Was the abrupt cut to the eyecatch in the Funimation version of episode 2 of Kuusen Madoushi a production error?
Okay, yeah, the schmucks at Funimation messed this one up. The versions of this episode that aired on TOKYO MX and SUN both don't have the abrupt cut - there's about 20 seconds of content missing. Here's a webm of the missing content, taken from the MX raws: http://webmshare.com/play/7D8wK.

Basically, Kanata tells them that he's too strong for them. Misora asks what they're going to be doing for training today. Kanata replies that they'll be playing tag, to which they all respond in shock.

Given that this didn't happen in the versions of the show that aired in Japan, I blame this on Funimation.