Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan

Tower of God deserves better than this. After a four years wait between season 1 and season 2, what we get is akin to a PowerPoint slide show rather than a proper anime adaptation of one of the most popular manhwa.

ART STYLE: There is a noticeable difference in art style between seasons 1 and 2. In season 1, the art style was more unique and colorful and fits with the overall mysterious atmosphere of the tower. In comparison, the art style + color palette in this season is completely bland and generic, and the characters are often drawn off-model and look inconsistent.

ANIMATION: Frankly, the animation ... is ass. This season is full of still shots and the animation completely lacks any fluidity. The fight scene in the first episode is the best in animation the season has to offer; afterwards, the animation for the rest of the season completely plummets. The punches and blasts completely lack any impact, the fighting choreographies are lazy, important techniques specifically named and emphasized in the manhwa are skipped, and most of the non-fighting animation are limited to either character mouth movements or character walking/running movements. The characters always look so stiff and lifeless, and even the characters walking or running look very awkwardly animated. There are minimal body or hand gesture movements, plus character expressions are also mostly static.

DIRECTING: This season is directed by someone who is a complete novice at directing, and it shows. Everything about the anime looks so cheap and uninspired, and in turn makes the entire show feel so soulless and bland. It's no exaggeration to say that a vast majority of the shots consist of either zoom-ins/face shots or characters just awkwardly standing around with zero creativity or thought put into the camera angles. The camera pans on the characters' eyes or faces so often that it's distracting and an obvious way of cutting corners. The transitions from scene to scene feel awkward and disjointed as well. Even the "comedy" scenes are not funny, any emotional scenes lack any impact, and the scenes that are obviously supposed to feel very hype and tense lack any suspense and intensity. It feels like the studio is adapting things by going through a checklist of what to adapt instead of actually putting effort and care into what they're adapting.

CHARACTERS: This season focuses on the introduction of a completely new cast of characters from the first season. While season 1 revolves around a cast of genius characters with above average strength, this season revolves more around a cast of normal/misfit characters with mostly average/below average strength. Yes, the main cast of characters from the first season make brief appearances and will eventually return, but this season is mostly a setup to the introduction of the new cast of characters and for the big battle arc next cour.
However, this season fails at making any of the new characters compelling. Their interactions as a team feel so forced and the characters are barely given any depth. Numerous character interactions were cut from the manhwa that make you care more about the characters and help to develop them to understand their personalities, views, and motivations for climbing up the tower. A lot of the dialogues that were cut were a baseline that build up to dialogues that were included in the anime, so some conversations the characters have in the anime feel so unnatural and out-of-nowhere.
It's especially hard to care for any of the characters when the way they are drawn and animated is so dull and lifeless. The VAs have to carry many of the scenes, since the anime, with the static character expressions and stiff animation, fails to properly convey the various emotions of the characters.

STORY: The storyboard writing and the way the anime presents the story is clunky. Many times, the events that occur in the episodes seem random, disconnected, and rushed through. Key information to understand the context of what's happening in the show, such as time skips or what floor the characters are on, are omitted for no reason.
The first four episodes of this season are especially painful to watch. The first big game/test arc of this season has horrible pacing, so much so that it's difficult to understand the game rules and care about anything that is going on. The anime even skipped out on properly explaining the conclusion of that arc, which was vital information and had no reason to be excluded.
The remaining episodes have slightly better pacing; however, everything else - the directing, the storyboard writing, the animation, etc. - continue to be subpar, thus failing to create a fluid, cohesive story and failing to make the developments in the story feel exciting.

MUSIC: Kevin Penkin's music carries the show. He never misses when it comes to creating a playlist of epic soundtracks. However, the placements of the OSTs in some scenes are questionable, and it sometimes feels as if the OSTs are randomly thrown in everywhere to make up for everything else the anime lacks.
The OP is visually presented like a scrapbook, while the ED shows 1-3 snapshots of each episode. The studio really seems to be doing all they can to cut corners when even the OP and ED have little to no animation.

Ultimately, S2 is a huge disappointment. This season is barely watchable. I can't recommend it when the source material is clearly not being respected and the anime doesn't offer anything above mediocrity in any aspect, aside from the OSTs. You're way better off reading the manhwa while playing the OSTs in the background.

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.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. What was once one of the most hyped anime of all time, Tower of God is a shadow of its former self. Changing studios completely destroyed the quality of this show. Horrible animation, art and fights that look like my nephew put them together in MS paint.. not even a Kevin Penkin masterclass could save this. Barring some miracle in the second cour, this will go down as one of the biggest collapses ever and that’s not hyperbolic.

Funny enough, ToG season 2’s story is actually better than season 1’s by quite a bit. We meet a lot of new ... characters and the world gets expanded substantially introducing new factions, allies and foes. The tower which we already know is almost incomprehensibly massive, gets explored in a way we didn’t see in season 1. Bam’s whole edgy FUG Viole phase was actually pretty cool too. But, it’s overshadowed by the horrible pacing, direction, animation and art of this season. I always say that anime is a two part story. Yes, a good plot and narrative are important, but it is ANIME at the end of the day, so If that narrative is wrapped in horrible production quality it’s going to hurt it. Occasionally during this cour, we did have a good episode where the animation was passable and that was great.. but, it just didn’t happen nearly enough to save this season.

Pacing even as an anime only notably feels off. I’ve heard from manwha readers that they often skipped chapters or adapted too many in one go, and it shows. It feels at times that things are happening too fast and you just feel lost when watching. I think it did get better in the last 3-4 episodes when some big twists have, but you shouldn’t have to wait two months for a show to get its act together.

For me, the only thing I really enjoyed in this season was the worldbuilding. Season 1 felt kind of claustrophobic because we were with Bam, Khun and the group on a select few floors as they were beginning this long and arduous journey to the top. Season 2 really shows you the sheer scale of the tower, reveals more of the powers that be in this world, terrorist organisations trying to change the world order. It’s almost like a child realising how insignificant they are in the vastness of an ocean. Say what you will about Tower of God, but this author knows how to world build. I mean there’s enough stuff here that ToG could go on easily past One Piece in terms of length. Just needs a better team behind it. Bam’s character arc was actually really good in this though. Did enjoy seeing him go from the wimp in season 1 to this Edgelord Chad here, BUT the fact he’s still simping for Rachel annoys the hell out of me.

Whether or not you’ll enjoy season 2 of ToG really depends on how big a fan you are of the series. I think manhwa readers who have been on the series for years and are looking forward to some of their fave moments being adapted will be disappointed overall, but find some solace in some of the hype moments. Anime onlies will be in shock from the drop of quality from season 1 and feel lost for half the season. In short, Season 2 of Tower of God is a better story, worse anime. What you choose to do with that info is up to you.

Tower of God gets 6, out of 10.

Ok, I know this is just one of the many negative reviews this anime has, but I'll try to be less subjective and more "surgical" in this review, to tell you how bad it is, and why it is disappointing this whole season.

First of all, I want to state here that I am just a viewer of the anime, I have not read the manga.

The first season was a dazzling visual and mystical storyline, which pitted people against each other in the tower to achieve their goals. The animation was smooth and colorful, with engaging soundtracks during the fights, and the fights themselves were always ... well directed and exciting.
Did I like the first season? Honestly, I thought it was average, because sometimes I felt the pace was "rushed", rhythm I say is "in a hurry": Season 1 addressed mysteries and a logical dynamic between the characters, but the story itself was "vague", there were moments where I didn't know where it would go, and the ending wasn't satisfactory either. but overall, I don't think it was bad the anime as a whole, the only thing that bothered me was the pace/story, that's all, the rest was good.


In view of such experience that I had. I thought the pace would improve in the second season, and maybe the story would be more organized, I was a fool for thinking and creating such expectations.
The problems I mentioned remained worse. And new problems in production began to emerge.

Season 2 fails to introduce the characters. As someone who only watched the anime, I found the arrival of the characters in this second season to be so illogical and it seemed like the characters only existed to "fill" the void in the plot of this anime. They were just there as a supporting cast for Viole. The other old characters were simply discarded and new ones were created without any explanation. They show up, they have conversations monotonous, with generic speeches, and without development, some support Viole, and others want to fight against Viole, that's all, they just serve to "decorate" the story. the interactions are simply boring to follow, they are not superficial, I see them more as something "meaningless". Like they are just there to add to the script and give continuity to the anime, none of them is really "interesting" to watch. The animation is terrible, one of the worst I've seen this year. With still scenes, blurred scenarios, giving the impression of something made in a cell phone application. The fights are quick, there is simply no action, only visual and sound effects appear, scenes that should represent the "character's movement" in the fights,but which is actually just a sequence of poorly made images. The color is a little dull, I'm not saying it's black and white, but the colors in this second season just seem "a shade weaker than usual", thus representing something generic but which, when done in a hurry, became something horrible.

The sounds are insignificant. Both the soundtrack, which is forgettable, and the opening and ending songs, that besides having "ugly" visuals of just images, without any movement, the music is also something that you won't remember after listening to it. I have nothing to complain about the dubbing, but I also have nothing to "praise" about the dubbing, it's just "ok".

The story is confusing, and you even start to doubt Viole's motivations, because the anime makes it seem like he doesn't take his goal seriously. And this doesn't just happen to him, but to everyone else, all the characters seem to have superficial motivations. The tower itself, which was something mysterious, has become just a "video game" where you pass levels, the tower story simply doesn't exist this season, while the first approached in a mysterious way,The second season barely mentions the history of the tower, making everything seem like something that exists just to pass levels and whoever conquers her will have their wish fulfilled as a reward, the story simply lost the shine of mysticism that the first one tried to show.


The plot continues to be a complete mess, with characters appearing without "logic" for that moment occurs. You just don't know where this is going, because it will be something which will not motivate you at all. You watch, follow this plot, and then you will ask yourself: "what did I watch?".




I could easily rate this as a "0/10", but even if that option existed, I wouldn't do it because the first season one was visually beautiful, despite the rushed pace.

I wonder: Where did the mystical scenes with mysteries about the tower go? Where did those characters that made me laugh? Where did that soft, colorful animation go? Where to? Where to...?...It's all just... poorly done.

I can't understand these negative reviews, it gave me goosebumps, episode 11 was insane, incredibly accurated adaptation with few flaws, that flaws being average animation and not perfect fights, but they are still enjoyable. What I really wanna is to it keep being released till forever. ToG can be a really captivating series if you give it a chance, I was never super fan but I always saw big potential, big secrets can be expected and you can almost feel like you are about to discover an incredible unknown future, Baam's friendship to his partners are put to test while he must overcome his own ... weakness that is Rachel and FUG. I can't wait to see the next episodes. Give it a chance.

I don't understand why so many people dislike this season of Kami no Tou. Yes, the animation style is different, this season has different pacing, and the story does not pick up where Season 1 ended. All this was obvious 10 minutes into the first episode, and none of it bothers me at all.

First I'll say that while the animation style and quality are not as good as Season1, its not at all bad quality. Its just middle-of-road. I don't devalue a series if animation style or quality are not top-notch. I'd have missed out on a lot of good ... anime series if I had done that.

Second is the pacing. This season seems to be spending more time working on adding characters to the mix and showing different aspects of life in the tower than what was portrayed in Season 1. I find it very interesting and entertaining.

Third is the relationship of Season 2 to Season 1. As everyone has already said, its obvious in the first 10 minutes of Episode 1 of Season 2 that its not picking up where Season 1 left off. However, its still clear that this is Kami no Tou, and possible connections to Season 1 started going through my mind pretty quickly. And Season 2 is slowly making connections to Season 1. In fact, it now clear that Season 2 is an arc that is merging with the main story line at a point in the future beyond Season 1. Whether Season 2 will continue on this approach is unclear, but that's fine. I wouldn't be surprised if Season 2 switched to another arc that merges with the main story.

Overall, I'd say its well worth watching. Its one of my favorite anime of Summer 2024, and I think it should be at least a solid mid-8 rating. I definitely like it better than almost all the 8+ rating Summer 2024 anime TV series.

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.

THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SEASON!

BEFORE
Khun, I knew you’d never disappoint me! I was a bit anxious about this new arc and the new characters, but when he showed up, it was incredible. Great job on the script for fooling us for a moment, even if we were a little suspicious—after all, we're talking about the freaking Khun. Kudos to the staff; everything has been flawless so far. I also think they nailed the animation this time, and Bam’s new badass look is truly awesome.

I can't express how happy I am that Khun knows everything and has a plan. Rachel, brace yourself because ... your worst nightmare is named Khun Aguero Agnis. I’m really pumped for this season!
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AFTER
*Rectifying everything I said earlier: The anime declined very quickly. The animation is full of flaws, and the fights are horrible and very poorly choreographed. A real disregard! Maybe it hasn't even declined; it was me who was too excited at the beginning to notice all the mistakes.*
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I’m giving it a 4 purely out of sentiment for the first season because I should be giving it a 1.

TOG is one of my favorite manhwa, and the S1 was good, the visual style was unique, the animation was good but not outstanding.
And after years of wait we get S2 of TOG and at the first moment of EP1 I can already see the most generic visual style. The animation quality is also bad, like PowerPoint presentations. TOG deserves a big studio like Bones, Madhouse etc even mid-size studios would have been great, instead the producers decided to give this project to this no name Answer studio who has not done any major projects. In EP3 & 4 the number of super closeup shots ... were literally unbearable. I think even previous studio Telecom Animation would have done a much better job than this. What bugs me the most is that most mid manhwa like SL getting super animation and budget and TOG is getting pennies.

Don't know how will future episodes look, but as an avid TOG manhwa lover I will watch through remaining episodes, and only hope that future arcs like Hell train arc, Floor of Death arc get the type of budget and animation they deserve.

EDIT: Looks like I was bit too much optimistic, I am currently in episode 8, and the animation quality has dropped significantly more, as if it was not already bad enough. And we probably also will get core-2 from this studio. This adaptation so horrid that it spits in the face of author SIU and the fans. Fuck you answer studio for ruining TOG

A disgrace to the original source material and painfully average in every category the animation is unbelievably bad even the first season had better animation and the VA choice is also so bad a perfect example would be the scene with urek mazino where mazino was supposed to be threatening meanwhile here he just seems psychopathic (that's not what his character is about at all) or how bam sounds like an emotional his voice is so emotionless it's not how it should be and it's also very rushed and skips some good moments between the characters (something that was noticeable in the first season as ... well) honestly the only reason this isn't a 3 is because I really love the original source of this

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.

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.

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.

Slow season, understandable if we consider that they have to advance to timelines at the same time. It's not bad but they are building ground for the third season so as transition season I recommend seen it where start the emission of the third one, so you have everything fresh (This thinking that the next season will be intense). Considering all of this I still recommend the season, they put in the table new things, as the conditions of the relation between baam and FUG.

Animation: 6/10. It feels, specially in the fighting scenes a little bit rigid, the movements lack of fluidity.
Drawing: 6/10. It's a ... little too flat, it doesn't glow but its ok.
Plot: 9/10. They are cooking
Characters: 9/10. Unique in they own way, they grow and have flaws, solid characters.
Voice Acting (JP): 7/10. I'm a little bit confused, why they use different names? It just doesn't click to me.

Final score: 7.7/10

Let it be known that the people who complained so heavily about season 1's artstyle have now condemned us to the flat garbage we are bearing witness to in the second season. The constant complaints over season 1 which led us to a studio change and now the end result is this slop. Season 1's artstyle was so incredibly unique and soulful, and everyone who contributed to the studio change through their complaints, I hope you're happy that you took it for granted.

The story is suffering even more due to the poor direction, script writing, and storyboarding. It feels much more jarring than it did ... in the first season. The characters aren't getting enough development through interactions with each other, the adaptation of some of these fights are just laughable.

If I had to rate this season's adaptation alone thus far, it'd be a 3 or 4. But Tower of God still holds a place in my heart and my rating for the series in general is an 8 or 9. If a third season is somehow magically green lit after this mess, I hope either one of two things happen.

1. Return the anime to the previous studio
2. Give the anime to a studio that will do it justice.

Lastly, I think many of you who gave a poor rating to the first season should go and rethink that rating. You know deep down that season 1 was miles above this season and that you'd do anything to get that kind of quality back.

I can only speak for myself: The first seasons animation was kinda weird at first but after 3-4 episodes I started to love it with the thought that it really suits tower of god but the new animation style is just common for slice of life animes or even worse compared to the slice of life animes these days. I hope they improve the animation - ofc I would wish the old one for myself back but I also do know that the manhwa also changed the art style between the seasons but it was a quality improvment and not, again it´s my opinion, a ... down grade.

To say this season is a disappointment is an euphemism.
The downgrade from season 1 being extremely obvious, there's only so much you can say about it.
Basically the animation is terrible, I have been watching anime since the early 00s and among popular series it must have been one of the worst animation I ever seen.
To sum it up, let's say characters are talking, most of the time they will do a close up of the face of the character talking to not even have to animate the whole scene and it's overdone at this point it feels like your watching two .png talking to each ... other. Now that you get the idea how lazy is the animation you would think it would have been to focus more on the actions scenes right ? Aaand no it's below average and the fights are rushed.
Now what about the pace ? It is also bad, actually it is probably the worst part, they skipped over SO much content yet this arc is very important to the world building of the story, they basically stripped away a lot of lore.
So let me resume, bad animation and terrible pacing.
Save your time and read the manwha instead.

Like many others, I am extremely disappointed by the change of animation. The first season's visual style is what absolutely sold the world and the characters. It looked fantastical, with thick, varying line work, round character designs, and an almost matted looking color palette. The backgrounds were nice, and everything felt like it had a good sense of place. It all just perfectly suited this series.

With this season, I'd say that style was even more important to create a sense of cohesion, as the plot has grown more disparate, with new characters being introduced, plot threads splintering off, and ... a far less overal focus. I get that we are clearly setting the story up for something greater, but honestly I might as well just read the webcomic at this point, as it feels like they just traced the art of the webcomic (which is not particularly good at this stage). I'd say that the art is actually even more boring than the comic, with way too many static shots of characters standing around, talking, with no interesting framing or attempt at direction. The pacing is also glacial, which is bizarre to me, given how much source material there is to work from.

The plot continues with the themes of brutal pragmatism and ultilitarianism, where sincere feelings and desires are tread upon by those that would exploit such vulnerability (capitalists, criminals, oportunists, radicals). It's starting to feel kind of pseudo-mature and performative, but I don't want to dismiss it because the struggle these characters go through feels like something the author earnestly cares about and wants to explore, rather than being some pandering grabage like we see in dozens of isekai. A few of the new characters are likeable, but a lot of them are fairly boring. Some of the humor does land, which is nice. Some of the plot beats also evoke an emotional response, or are at least mildly interesting.

One pet peeve I have is the typical fantasy manhwa thing where they introduce contemporary cultural elements such as clothes, smart phones, etc. that always just feel a bit out of place. The previous art style really helped to make that feel less jarring, but this season it comes across way more obtrusively.

I do like Tower of God, and I love that it really feels like the author wanted to flesh out all their different little creative ideas and interests and put them into this sprawling fantasy world. There's something very playful about it, like we're really seeing the inside of the author's mind, a place where they clearly spend a lot of their time. There's a sense of growth too, they don't want to be stagnant, they want to build something and push themselves. I respect those vibes, and I want to support that kind of expression.

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.

Alright, let’s just get this over with.

Season 2 picks up a few years after the events of the first. The 25th Bam, now going by the ominous name Jue Viole Grace, is part of FUG, a shady organization bent on overthrowing the mighty Jahad (yes, with a J). For Viole, though, it’s less of a choice and more of a forced, love-hate relationship with FUG. Even after being alone since the first floor, he’s back to working with - and against - people he can’t help but grow attached to.

Now that the intro’s out of the way, let’s get into the details, shall we? I’m ... going to try to capture the overall feeling of this season, since that’s what made season 1 so great - not the visuals, not the music, not even the story, but the feeling of it all coming together. Me? Oh, I absolutely binged the living hell out of the first season.

Right, right, I’m getting to it... Okay?! Just give me a second here.

So, the overall feeling of Tower of God Season 2 is... well, underwhelming. And that’s putting it kindly. The most immediate and obvious difference? The artwork. Whether you liked or disliked the art style of the first season, you can’t deny that it had a distinct look. The colors were vibrant, the animation was smooth, and you could feel the care that went into every scene. Fast forward to Season 2, and all of that is gone. The aesthetic feels generic. Bland. But here’s the kicker: the animation is lazy. Like, really lazy. The special effects are so poorly done that they make my childhood doodles seem like art in comparison. From start to finish, the visuals lack any kind of flourish, leaving us with a show that feels flat and lifeless.

The music? Still good, but it feels recycled. There are no standout new tracks, and somehow, even the familiar ones don’t hit as hard. In fact, I’d argue it’s worse than season 1. The audio effects that enhanced the music back then are gone. This just makes the contrast between the decent soundtrack and the subpar visuals all the more jarring. It’s like watching Beauty and the Beast, except the Beast never gets his redemption arc.

And that brings me to the story. Oh boy, the story. Let’s get one thing straight: I understand that adapting a sprawling narrative like Tower of God means making some cuts. There’s simply too much content to fit into a single season, so naturally, some elements have to be dropped. But that’s not the real issue here. A lot of unnecessary scenes were included, while crucial moments that could have enriched character development were left behind. Instead of focusing on the growth of our characters, we’re treated to drawn-out dialogue that often explains things we can easily deduce just by watching the action unfold. Remember the golden rule of storytelling: “show, don’t tell”? Well, it feels like the creators of Season 2 completely forgot that, and the result is a story that trips over itself instead of pulling you in. In the end, this leads to a pacing that slows everything down.

Honestly, there’s no real saving grace for season 2. The majority of it is mediocre at best, and the parts that are bad are really bad. The plot lacks any real tension, and the visual downgrade is impossible to ignore. Everything about this season feels like it was phoned in, like the new studio didn’t have the time, energy, or budget to deliver the same level of quality we got in the first season.

After sitting through the whole thing, I can’t help but feel like we’ve been flat-out scammed. Seriously, what happened here? season 1 gave us hope - it teased us with the idea that Tower of God could be something truly epic, something special. And then season 2 comes along and just yanks the rug out from under us, like a cruel joke. We waited for this? What we’re left with isn’t just a disappointment - it’s a slap in the face. A bland, lifeless sequel that barely even tries. How did they manage to take all that potential and flush it down the drain? It’s generic. It’s uninspired. And if this is the direction the series is headed in, I’m telling you right now: don’t even bother. Why waste your time on something that’s clearly lost the spark that made it great in the first place? Honestly, if this is what they’re serving up, I’m done.

In conclusion: disappointing, forgettable, and thoroughly generic. Here’s hoping the new studio gets their act together, but I’m not holding my breath.