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Aug 3, 2019 11:03 AM
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The official website of Granblue Fantasy The Animation unveiled new staff, the first key visual (pictured below right), and the first promotional video for the second season on Saturday. The new season is being produced by animation studio MAPPA, and will premiere on October 4 on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11, MBS, and AT-X stations. AbemaTV and other online platforms will also stream the anime.

Staff
Director, Sound Director: Yui Umemoto (Banana Fish episode director)
Series Composition: Kiyoko Yoshimura (Garo: Vanishing Line)
Character Design: Fumihide Sai (Gokujo.: Gokurakuin Joshikou Ryou Monogatari)
Color Design: Yukie Noguchi (Overlord)
Art Director: Nobuhito Sue (Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai)
3D Director: Shunsaku Usui (Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou)
Director of Photography: Yoshihisa Ooyama (Shoukoku no Altair)
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi (Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto ja Nai)
Sound Effects: Toshiya Wada (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)
Sound Production: dugout

Music composers Tsutomu Narita and Yasunori Nishiki are returning from the first season. The main cast members are set to reprise their roles.

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Note: The video is region-locked; click here for an alternative link.

A-1 Pictures produced the first Granblue Fantasy anime season in Spring 2017, which aired in 13 episodes. An unaired episode was bundled with the anime's seventh Blu-ray and DVD volume in November 2017.

Source: Dengeki Online

Aug 3, 2019 11:04 AM
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Hopefully the animation will be better this time

Aug 3, 2019 11:35 AM
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I haven’t checked out the first season out yet so I’m a ways away but I’m still glad for the fans of the franchise.

MAPPA helming this must be a good sight for many too as A-1 Pictures can be a hit-or-a-miss more often than not. Moreover, the Staff looks fairly good too.
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Aug 3, 2019 12:14 PM
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I was pretty surprised and pleased when I saw the PV during stream because the poster on their site wasn't anything special. The animation was surprisingly good.
After the disaster that was first season, it's nice to know that another studio will handle it. Even if they screw up, chances that this season will be better are still rather high.
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Aug 3, 2019 12:29 PM
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Hmm, pretty interesting to say the least.

Might be worth checking out when the time comes.
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Aug 3, 2019 12:45 PM
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Hakaminah said:
I was pretty surprised and pleased when I saw the PV during stream because the poster on their site wasn't anything special. The animation was surprisingly good.
After the disaster that was first season, it's nice to know that another studio will handle it. Even if they screw up, chances that this season will be better are still rather high.


Disaster ???

1st season was good. I don't see any disaster
Aug 3, 2019 12:52 PM
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ohh I forgot this anime even exist...


let me just play the mobage though... I didn't quite get into the anime
Aug 3, 2019 1:09 PM
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The first season was dull, but the new staff looks really promising. Looking forward to it.
Aug 3, 2019 1:27 PM
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Seems like they are trying to make as good as the rage of bahamut which was also a game adaptation and done by same studio and even the main visual post looks incredibly similar. Good also they changed the staff from the previous season and I hope this won't end up more than 1 cour then all OK.
Aug 3, 2019 1:47 PM

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I think that whether this fails or not wouldn't really matter to the devs (Cygames) seeing that the game is monstrously popular in Japan. Really want to get into the franchise at some point, but the game seems to be too much of a time sink. Hoping this will at least be as good as Rage of Bahamut, which is one of the only decent mobage adaptations.
Aug 3, 2019 1:58 PM

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Animated Vira and onee-sama Vira is hyped.
That artstyle change tho it looks mediocre, I hope the animation gonna be good. Decent staff I guess.


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While I never could get into the first season because it wasn't for me the visual style looks less unique. The one thing the first season had going for it was a unique presentation. And from what little I saw I can't believe people were saying it was animated poorly. It had some really cool scenes from what I remember and have seen.

I feel it has lost its individuality visually with Mappa taking over. The story, however, might be better with different staff though. So it makes me interested in getting into the series now.

Spoilers in this sakugabooru clip below, but when you have clips like this I have a hard time seeing this show having bad animation.

https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/33758
Aug 3, 2019 2:37 PM
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Studio change? Well not bad. I must see season 2 now.
Aug 3, 2019 2:39 PM

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first season wasnt very good so fuck it, why not.

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Aug 3, 2019 8:31 PM

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Mixed feelings about this. If there's one thing I liked about the first season it was its artstyle and with the studio change it seems it has lost it, shame. But if sacrificing this, means that I can like the overall show more, then I'm fine with it... And I don't remember the animation being bad in S1...
Aug 3, 2019 11:49 PM

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I've tried the browser game back when the anime was airing and I guess, it felt kinda weird so I stopped. Heard it was one of the better gacha games out there. Probably going to do well too since I'm expecting the BD for this to also have an item exclusive just like the first season

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Mixed feelings about this. If there's one thing I liked about the first season it was its artstyle and with the studio change it seems it has lost it, shame. But if sacrificing this, means that I can like the overall show more, then I'm fine with it... And I don't remember the animation being bad in S1...
You're not remembering wrong, it did look good. I guess people were off put by the thin outlines, which was what made it stood out. The new art looks really generic ngl
Aug 4, 2019 12:39 AM

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I had no problem with the animation, it was the lackluster plot and terrible characterizations that made me need a month long break before finishing it.
Maybe new staff will make it suck less.

Also the Happy voice for the small flying animal sidekick -bothered me
Aug 4, 2019 1:24 AM

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Really excited, I liked the first season a lot.
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Aug 4, 2019 4:11 AM

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PogChamp, fall 2019 will be the season of the year.

I hope all side character got a major design change and retain the animation quality.

I dont understand why people hate s1.
it is the same as any other shonen we fucking see anyway, but it dont really complicated and too exagerating like 'mc relative is dead' so he want to be a hero or some shit.
MC clearly want to be a sky farer like he wanted at same time looking for his lost grand father iirc (cmiiw).

MC look like a shit because he mostly not in the center of the spotlight cause all characters get a decent screentime and not so much drama between the characters.

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Aug 4, 2019 9:18 AM

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As a fan of Darkfeast Bat deck in Shadowverse, I'm more than happy to see Vira.
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Aug 4, 2019 7:06 PM

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Didn't like the first season all that much, but MAPPA has slowly become a favorite studio of mine, so I may give this a chance.
Aug 5, 2019 4:18 AM

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Dope! I really enjoyed the first season... I just hope it still focuses on Gran and his party, and doesn’t completely flip it to the cast of the one-off, special episode.
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People who talk about animation know what lol is talking about?

chriskor022 said:
Animated Vira and onee-sama Vira is hyped.
That artstyle change tho it looks mediocre, I hope the animation gonna be good. Decent staff I guess.

They look a lot like the art they used in the first PV of the game


By the way, people who expect "characterization" know that the game is not over yet and characters like Eugen develop in the second arc of the story?


The first season is an excellent adaptation that even improved the original material. The good thing is that it seems that they adapted all the rest of the first arc of the story since a symphonic version of the ending of this is heard in the background
Aug 5, 2019 3:09 PM

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looks really generic now. A pity..
Aug 5, 2019 9:25 PM
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Not gonna lie the change in staff is kinda disappointing considering the people behind S1 did gave their all to make the series entertaining despite being the typical fantasy show. While I think it's good enough to work, it just feels off to an extent.

Really the only issue I have with S1 was the filler final episode but even that was more because it felt like an OVA.
Sep 27, 2019 10:08 PM
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Sep 27, 2019 11:15 PM

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New key visual
ED: "Ao (蒼)" by adieu (Moka Kamishiraishi's music project)
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/349389
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November 8 will air Holloween Ep., which released as unaired ep. which included in 7th BD & DVD Vol. of first season.
http://www.ota-suke.jp/news/252136
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Dec 14, 2019 2:37 AM
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"Granblue Fantasy: The Animation" Season 2 Special for Djeeta announced!

https://twitter.com/AIR_News01/status/1205797862442860544?s=20
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