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Later in the series he would actually do genga a few times
The statues give him away entirely in case the acting somehow doesn't
Of course this wasnt the first time an episode lead by Sessha featured a surprise animator with zero connection to the franchise, like when Takafumi Hori blessed the Sakura vs Sasori fight
Once or twice might be a coincidence but after a while you have to assume it was his doing