Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan

Terrible drop in quality from first season! From the moment I started watching the second season I could tell something was really off, the animation has become extremy basic and lacks the character it had on the previous season. I was reading some reviews and saw some people praising the animation, but if you watch one of the episodes from the second season and one from the first right after you will be able to tell how bad it is. The story is incorporatinng new characters but all of them look and act so generic that is hard to get back into this show. Everything, ... from animation and voice acting to even soundtrack has had a tremendous drop in quality that has ruined the show for me. I can understand that not everyone was a fan of the unique animation of the first season, but it certainly gave the show a degree of uniqueness that has been taken away. The first season's animation was well polished and cohisive, making smooth trasintions that allowed for easy to watch scenes. Whereas as this season's animation looks cheap, clunky and the most basic it can. Kinda reminds me of every other average anime that comes out every season that ends up not fulfilling its full potential, and it is a shame because this show doesn't lack potential. The direction and character development has also been horrendous so far, with each and every character spewing the most standard dialogues lacking any feeling or depth. It's almost like you are listening small talk for more than half the episode, and if not, it's cliches that are not even funny and are not even pulled off properly. Now, some people say they must be saving the budget for the fight scenes, but if this is the case, the studio must be about to go under because all fighting scenes have been subpar at most and not that enjoyable.

Overall, this show has become another one of those average shows that has wasted the potential its plot had, another boring, basic anime getting pumped out for the studio's financial benefit that lacks love and dedication. Really sad to see.

As a fan of "Tower of God," I had high hopes for Season 2, but unfortunately, it failed to meet expectations. The drop in quality is evident from the outset, with a slower pace that drags down the story's momentum.

One of the most significant changes is the art style. The unique style that initially drew many of us into the series have been replaced by a more basic one that you find in any random anime. This shift detracts from the show's distinctive charm and makes it feel less special.

As well as the introduction of the new characters in this season that falls flat. ... Instead of bringing exciting characters to the story, they brought some boring generic one that lack the depth and originality that made the first season feel better.

Overall, this season of Tower of God is a letdown. The slower pacing, the basic art quality, and generic new characters combine to create a season that feels lackluster and uninspired.

I can't get over how absolutely dogshit the art style and animation looks. Especially since season 1 looked so good and had a really nice art style. What did they do for 4 years? This just looks ugly and amateurish. Like it really effects my enjoyment of the show and I'm sure that I could like it if it looked better.

And also I really don't care about these new characters. They're really just uninteresting and bland. I don't get that they have all these fantastic characters that they introduce and spend the entire first season developing and fleshing out and then season 2 rolls around ... and they're like "alright let's bring in an entirely new cast of characters". Like I know that the old characters will return but this just feels messy and unstructured and there are too many irrelevant characters.

Still hoping that it'll get renewed for a 3rd season with a better art style tho.

What is the point of producing an anime that looks like the fanart retracing of an already poor looking comic?

I was charmed by the first season's vibrant aesthetics, poetic BGM, and the arbitrary but somewhat fascinating worldbuilding, but season two made me realise how much animation quality was important for me to enjoy this series.
What we got now is something that looks like the cheapest, most generic run-of-the-mill isekai seasonal you could imagine, where (save a couple seconds in fight scenes) not even main characters deserve to have proper shadowing and detailing of their faces, and animation fluidity is something I myself could replicate using ... MS Paint.

Plot wise the time skip was also very jarring. We know the conclusion of S1 was dramatic and with lots of plot holes, but after a six-year timeskip I did not expect to bear through the shouting of an annoying new mc and a very slow plot pacing, with three episodes spent on a single uninteresting exam floor. An example of where a similar situation was instead well handled could be Oshi no Ko S2: the plot is excruciatingly slow so far, but I'm still watching and enjoying the show because production quality is through the roof, making even a super boring administrative quarrel suddenly interesting.

I did try to read the webtoon of ToG for the first chapters of S1 and S2, but got shivers at the quality of drawing. I know this series has a huge fanbase but I fail to understand how something with such immature aesthetics and meandering dialogues could become so popular. Again, a done right example of this could be Jujutsu Kaisen: I really don't get the hype and don't like how basic and messy the drawings are in the manga, but I did enjoy the anime a lot because that's a work of art of an adaptation, not just animation and production-wise, but also when it comes to make everything, from barebone scenes to cardboard characters, look and feel so much richer and sexier.

If you're going to make an anime when the source material is a full color comic and there already is a videogame adaptation, it better be something that stands out artistically in some way, otherwise what's the point in watching it?

A lot of people say the plot is gonna get good soon, but at this point I'm better off bracing myself and reading the comic because at least there won't be random cuts to the dialogues and sub scenes.

Okay, lets be honest. It was the biggest disappointment. This is the first time I've seen the second season of an anime done this badly. Seriously, is this a sequel to Kami no Tou, which I watched? Where is divine and existential references and a deep philosophy lie? Dark but mysterious theme? Background music that excites you? Classic but still appealing character designs?

First of all, let me tell i didnt read the Webtoon. I am making my review as someone who has only watched the anime.
ANIMATIONS. I don't even wanna talk about it. It's really sad that it turned from a unique animation into a ... 3rd part simple no-budget thing. The plot progression in season 2 is considerably lower in quality compared to season 1. The anime inexplicably focuses on uninteresting, simplistic characters. Instead of the mysterious theme from season 1, it now follows a low-quality, low-budget Slice of Life theme. Given how season 1 ended and the impression it left on the audience, in my opinion, this is not a good approach. While everyone is curious about between Rachel and Yoru, and Yoru's journey, season 2’s focus on mediocre characters is entirely frustrating. Especially the blonde character's empty motivation, the predictability of his character arc at first glance, and the near-identical character design make it unbearable.

There is definitely a significant difference between season 1 and season 2. Unfortunately, I couldn't even get 2/10 of the enjoyment from season 2 compared to what I got from season 1.

Horrendous. How are people still defending this anime? Huge drop in quality both animation, story and characters. Super generic, obnoxious and predictable. Painfully telegraphed. Don’t bother and waste your time! There is nothing entertaining, the main character is now OP and finishes “fights” immediately, all of other characters are either arrogant, cowardly or whiney. The art style of the first season was rough yes, but it was unique, it gave the series charm, now this is just mass produced crap like so many other main stream anime. This anime hardly deserves a 7/10, just watching the first 3 episodes was mind numbing, despite the stupidly ... fast pace I was begging for it to be over just so I could leave a bad review, I haven’t bothered to badly review another anime before now, just shows how disappointing the second season of this anime is.

As a fan of the series and the webtoon (read all chapters up to the most recent one) I was eagerly awaiting the second season since they anounced it years ago... Now after all those years of waiting all we get is horrible animations, horrible pacing and an absolutely horrendous amount of ''zoom in on characters face to not have to animate more'' to show how low budget this anime is.
For this part of the story which doesnt have many big figths happening I was wondering (like many others) if they would just save the budget for those couple of fights. Sadly all ... we got is animation quality that look worse than the stuff you can do in Powerpoint.
It's honestly sad this part of the story got done by this no name trash studio which only makes children tv shows.
What also made me sad is they didn't really made new osts for this season and use the ost from season 1. Don't get me wrong, I love what Kevin Penkin did for season 1 and I allway listen to that same ost when I read the newest chapter of the webtoon. It's just the way they use the ost is hella weird and sometimes the ost just doesn't fit in with the mood the scene is having or they just randomly clip in a couple seconds from one track and then cut it out again. You litteraly can see and hear how bad this studio is handling this anime.

After watching 5 Eps I honestly don't think its gonna get better at all (It mostly feels like it just gets worse every new episode).

All I can say at this point don't waste your time with this season and just read the manhwa if you enjoy the story. The art in this part of the story still looks kinda shitty but its bearable and it gets way better after some chapters.

Here's to hope Season 3 (if we ever get another season) gets done by a better studio...