Shuumatsu no Walküre II

In a shocking turn of events, humanity has won its first battle in the Ragnarök tournament—a series of 13 fights that will decide the fate of mankind. Zeus, the head of gods, sends the demigod Heracles for the next round to avenge the humiliated Greek pantheon. To face this hero loved by gods and humans alike, the Valkyrie Brunhilde decides to use Heracles' complete moral opposite: the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper—leaving human beings unsure who they should support.

Meanwhile, tensions begin to rise between various divine pantheons, and rumors of a traitor jeopardize the unity of those who want to annihilate humanity. As the line between friend and foe becomes blurred, Brunhilde will do everything she can to make her machinations successful.

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Brunhilde Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Göll Main

Kurosawa, Tomoyo Japanese

Jack the Ripper Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Buddha Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Sasaki, Kojirou Supporting

Yamaji, Kazuhiro Japanese

Shiva Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Heracles Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Hermes Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Loki Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Zeus Supporting

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Kawase, Kouhei Producer

Ozawa, Fumihiro Producer

Matsuoka, Kouhei Producer

Inamoto, Sachiko Producer

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Jul 12, 2024

shao12138

Recommended

A sequal that overcame its crucial flaws in order to deliver a highly entertaining cinematic expereience.

Whilst not to say it has reached the quality of the big name shows, the fight choreography and animation has improved substantially from the first season. Movements and strikes are much more fluid and impactful. Frames are fresh and no longer recycled. Suspense is kept between scene cuts without excessive stalling.

Character designs continue to be unique and flavorful, with the opening fight of this season, featuring Hercules versus Jack the ripper, being one of the best fights seen so far. The backstories are more in depth and covered ... with much more detail, as well as presenting much better motivations and targets for the fighters.

The worst offender of the first season is the disasterous use of comedy, which was thankfully removed almost entirely in season 2. There was still some jokes here and there, and not all at the best of timings, but overall the immersion was not broken or ruined at all.

If you have watched the first season, this sequal is the best part of it, minus the stuff that made season one feel unwatchable. I hope if this anime gets a third season, the production team follows the examples of this season to deliver another enjoyable anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 7, 2024

KibaGbH

Mixed Feelings

Being a huge fan of the original work, (I own all currently available volumes) I was very disappointed with Season 1. Shuumatsu no Valkyrie had the potential to be the hypest fighting manga of the current decade, but Netflix just chose to fumble the bag: amazing character designs, great fighting secuencies, enjoyable and quick-to-read backstories... if well adapted, SnV could have easily become one of the best fighting anime ever made. But Netflix just didn't want to.

However, with Season 2, they managed to offer an actually decent product. It still has evident flaws, yes, and that's why not everyone will enjoy it- but there were ... some pretty good moments, something the first season lacked, and besides the animation (which wasn't that bad this time), everything else is actually pretty good.

Overall, this season is a lot better than the first one, but I still deeply recommend reading the manga instead. It's just better in every aspect.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 23, 2023

gabu_rieru

Not Recommended

Preliminary (15/10 eps)

I watched this season somewhat against my will because its previous season did not captivate me at all to continue following the work. But here we are and I must say that, to my surprise, there was a leap in quality (also because it was practically impossible to get worse).

Shuumatsu no Walküre, at first, has a theme that is difficult to go wrong, just comply with all the clichés that the genre proposes and minimally animate a fight, which this season has started to do. All fights are no longer those static and uninteresting frame shows. Now it has a more pleasant visual appeal for ... those who watch it. Nothing fancy or anything, just the basics.

There is still a long way to go to become a "good anime" in my view, but if the growing is maintained, already in the next season we can really start to have a decent anime here. In this season itself, we already had some indications that the story does not seem to be so predictable and this is good, because since the micro of the story and the main attraction, which are the fights of characters from random legends, it is not being so well executed, maybe exploring the lore of these characters before there is a final fight, or even a saga can lead to an interesting conflict, after all, practically all the fights here, the characters shown did not have a bond with those who watched and developed, or tried to develop, these bonds throughout of the fight wasn't the smartest ideas, even more so being done in the dirty way that this anime does.

In addition, it is still a bad anime, but I will still follow. In case you have a lot of time to waste, watch this anime. it may be that "lost time" is actually "invested time".

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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