Tiger & Bunny 2

I don't have very much experience with Western superhero media, but it feels like Tiger and Bunny draws significant roots from shows of this ilk. In addition to a poppy color palate and a jazzed up soundtrack, the show has the same vibes as the old Spiderman cartoons while maintaining its own signature spin.

Tiger and Bunny 2 (part 1?) is funny when it wants to be, intense when it needs to be, and genuine always. From my experience, I've noticed that Tiger and Bunny is ridiculously overlooked despite having had such a bout of popularity in Japan for a time. The third installment of the ... franchise has garnered not even 10,000 users on MAL. It's likely because Sunrise adapted it that it got so popular in Japan, also tending to the average viewer's tastes with a hint of mecha with action and comedy.

Either way, it somehow brings about the "old school" feel despite being grounded in a relatively normal setting by modern standards. I love that. There is one catch to the second season though. It doesn't feel like a step up from the first, despite being produced 10 years later. Tiger & Bunny looked incredible for its 2011 debut and blew my mind with how stylish the whole package was. Tiger and Bunny 2 was... well, it was no different from that previous stylish package. But in 2022, you'd kind of hope for more.

Setting aside the visuals though, the story picks up where the movie left off, with the buddy system taking over as the standard. New villains are introduced, and a greater power is hinted to be in motion behind the scenes. Though formulaic, it's nice to see Tiger & Bunny back, doing what it did best more than a decade ago. I'm looking forward to what part 2 has in store!

Tiger and Bunny was released in 2011,great style,awesome characters and a plot.
Tiger and bunny 2 was released 11 years later,grapich is exactly the same,characters are still there but the plot is awful.
I feel like the first series already said everything and this second season was pointless,still I like the characters,probably the only reason why you should consider watching this second season.
Tiger and bunny 1 offered a fresh and unique take on superheros,but sadly after 11 years and a new season the show is not fresh and new anymore.
If you liked tiger and bunny and you are here just for the character watch it,if you are ... looking for something more,this is not for you.

Bear in mind that I watched this anime right after binging the first season, I did not watch the first season right when it came out 10 years ago. I will also be comparing this to the first season (which I would give a 9)

Honestly it is very saddening to me what they did with the pacing and general episode structure. It follows the style of character episodes where each character gets their own episode. The difference is now it is much more apparent and "in your face" about it. On a character episode, most of the other characters are just removed from the episode ... they might as well not exist. This is very contrasting to the first season where they would still have other characters be part of the episode, albeit only a small part. Fire emblem and sky high just did not exist other than in their own episode. I understand that this is mostly to build up the new heroes, but they really did not have to remove the old ones from the equation.

The second main letdown is how they show the overarching story and main villain of the season. The first season did this very well by organically incorporating them into the character episodes, while in this season they just shoehorn it into the episode which felt really cheap. There are a couple of mentions about them, but it didn't help after them just blatantly shoving it every episode. I know that comparing it to the first season might be unfair since the villains were related to the main characters and it might have been easier to implement the villains organically into the story, but this was what I was thinking all the time while watching this.

3rd point is just the villains weren't very interesting, not much else to say

4th is very bad logistics... the 1st season actually also has very very bad logistic, but it was consistently bad, and actually felt like a charm of the anime. Meanwhile this season just felt too much deus ex machina. The first season was filled with deus ex machina, but it's very consistent that somehow it really feels proper, while this one was not the same...


Honestly am very disappointed, I wouldn't advise to watching it