Goblin Slayer season2?

dragon97king said:
Hard to say the anime is pretty much caught up to the manga so it needs times to get more

Frazs said:


That's interesting I didn't know a lot of that. I agree having the guild girl and the cowgirl be the main protagonists for the next season would be strange due to how little they're currently cared about. They're definitely seen as interesting characters by some especially the cowgirl but they're not quite that loved (which is kind of sad because there's SO MUCH potential there).

I also agree that a lot of the character development is happening very very slowly. A part of me feels like they're doing it that way to make it feel more human. In many shows I see characters develop so fast it almost makes no sense and takes me out of the experience because it's too unreal. At the same time from a storytelling perspective, it's going a bit too slow but I am excited to see how everyone develops. I just hope they don't spend so much time with all these other characters (like all the people in the guild for example) that they lose sight of the main people and never develop them in the show.

I may read the manga or go look at the LN for this one I'm curious to see the differences.

hiimnewbenice said:

That's interesting I didn't know a lot of that. I agree having the guild girl and the cowgirl be the main protagonists for the next season would be strange due to how little they're currently cared about. They're definitely seen as interesting characters by some especially the cowgirl but they're not quite that loved (which is kind of sad because there's SO MUCH potential there).

hiimnewbenice said:
also agree that a lot of the character development is happening very very slowly. A part of me feels like they're doing it that way to make it feel more human. In many shows I see characters develop so fast it almost makes no sense and takes me out of the experience because it's too unreal. At the same time from a storytelling perspective, it's going a bit too slow but I am excited to see how everyone develops. I just hope they don't spend so much time with all these other characters (like all the people in the guild for example) that they lose sight of the main people and never develop them in the show.

hiimnewbenice said:
may read the manga or go look at the LN for this one I'm curious to see the differences.

Frazs said:
i think you got it, but just to be safe:for protagonists i dont mean literally, but as character which have a major role in driving the plot. So yeah, as i said, as they aren't really developed nor popular in this medium the bigger audience may find it boring to watch(obviously not everyone). And i do agree there's lots of wasted potential, they are great and unique characters overall just badly adapted.


The pacing of the anime is off, you are totally right, that's mostly because of rushed or cut content, either for budget saving or time saving(cramming what you can in 12eps) the overall non-animated series(talking from manga prospective which ive read is considered a really faithful adaptaion of LN in contrast to anime) does a great job with character development, its nor fast nor slow, but its packed with it, in 30 chaps (no spoiler) you can see characters changing wildly, they learn, they adapt, they mature, etc, its great and manga does gives much more care in this part.


again from what ive read somewhere, the LN goes even more deep into characters lifes than manga, the manga itself is more balanced towards action and explicit parts compared to it(just to point out even more how badly the anime is unbalanced). Wether the manga or LN is better ive seen its been debated, its mostly come to preferences, but are they worth reading? If you even tought about it, than yes, absolutely, they outdo the anime completely. I would advocate to you to check the manga first, as its easier to transition from animation->illustrations, and its overall top notch drawn!(it has a outstanding prequel too called Goblin Slayer:Year one)

hiimnewbenice said:


In other words Frazs you haven't read a single page of the light novels. I have read every page and I can say you have no idea what you're talking about.

Yes some scenes and elements have been cut, but those were mostly for time and pacing reasons. An anime is an adaptation at the end of the day. Adaptations are virtually never 1:1.

The anime has played itself very faithful and close to the light novels for the most part.

papsoshea said:
Let's hope not. Not only is Goblin Slayer a very bad anime, but the story and worldbuilding itself are just too bland that it makes Grimgar look decent. A telling sign is that it had a recap episode for no reason, and very weird to come after episode 10. I just don't see this getting one, especially where the source material is currently at, and it's for the best that it doesn't get one. By the end of next season, Goblin Slayer would be yet another anime, hyped up but the masses, only to fade away in the trash can where it belongs - it would be forgotten.

NyronGTR said:


No episode came remotely close to what the first baited audience with. Occasional carnage, sure, but nothing remarkable. Then comes the obvious censorship and i'll let the samples speak for me

CondemneDio said:
It's either coming next summer (they need time to produce it after all), or we won't get it at all.

I wouldn't mind a second season, good way to put myself to sleep. Boring show.

CondemneDio said:
I wouldn't mind a second season, good way to put myself to sleep. Boring show.

DarkSasukeKikoo said:
It's said at the end of the twelfth episode : "goblin slayer will return"

UTJeff316 said:
Peter Jackson changed and removed a ton of The Lord of the Rings for his film trilogy and got a clean sweep at the Academy Awards in 2004. A lot of material that was taken out was good material as well.

papsoshea said:
It will be forgotten. It won't get better.

Tsunshine-Chris said:
Late 2019 or winter 2020, once the source material reaches a good point. If 2019 expect one cour. If 2020 expect 2.

Tsunshine-Chris said:
Just because they have the material doesn't mean it'll be used. Logic dictates if the anime takes longer to produce they're adapting more.

papsoshea said:
Let's hope not. Not only is Goblin Slayer a very bad anime, but the story and worldbuilding itself are just too bland that it makes Grimgar look decent. A telling sign is that it had a recap episode for no reason, and very weird to come after episode 10. I just don't see this getting one, especially where the source material is currently at, and it's for the best that it doesn't get one. By the end of next season, Goblin Slayer would be yet another anime, hyped up but the masses, only to fade away in the trash can where it belongs - it would be forgotten.

UTJeff316 said:
We don't even know what the next animation will be. They just said he will return. We don't now if it will be a season 2, 1 cour, 2 cour, an OVA, or a movie.

NoviSun said:
Exactly, they could easily be talking about an OVA. Like most non trolls, I’d like to see a new season, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it were only an ova or two.

UTJeff316 said:


Based on what? It could take even longer. A lot of so-called experts here that don't know jack slack.

CondemneDio said:

Just a guess basically.
Usually new shows get a second season after 1 season has passed, or the show doesn't get anything.

UTJeff316 said:

Overlord anime debuted in September 2015. The second season didn't come out until January 2018.

CondemneDio said:

Good point. Speaking of Overlord; season 2 was spring, and season 3 was autumn.
Proving my point right there.

UTJeff316 said:

Except that was seasons 2 and 3. They there was still more than two years between seasons 1 and 2.

This was prospectively the first season of Goblin Slayer. So your point was far from absolute.

animeruler1 said:
So with only a couple of weeks left til this anime ends, what do you all think? Will it get a second season or Not?
Personally I think it will

UTJeff316 said:
A lot of what is cut from Volume 1 are the interludes that do offer some nice worldbuilding elements, but even the elements of the gods and their GAME from the light novels have been incorporated into the anime proper.

In fact, those elements of the gods playing GAMEs and dice didn't figure into the manga until about chapter 16 or so. The anime already worked those in by episode 3. They actually visualized passages from the light novel about the gods creating the world and the races and using them to play a tabletop GAME at the roll of the dice.

By comparison, the Goblin Slayer anime is more faithful to the anime. And any changes that were made were approved by author Kumo Kagyu. He did help with the production here.

Dreamt1me said:

Yes. I want another season and think there will be one just not soon. Also UTJeff316 gave me an idea...wouldn't it be great if they had Platinum Games make a hack & slash videogame based on Goblin slayer?

UTJeff316 said:


I think there are a lot of video game possibilities with this series that I hope are realized.

-ShadowClaw- said:
Unless GS is split cour? we will have to wait at least until 2020-21 for a s2 as whitefox has quite a few other upcoming titles, THey got Arifuerta in summer, Hero is overpowered by overly cautius as well as the tupcoming theatrical ova for Re:zero and the s3 of is this order a rabbit in 2020 as well as another ova there making this year.

Bottom line we still have to wait awhile unless the studio changes.

UTJeff316 said:
I mean they could do Year One OVAs if they wanted.

Only_Brad said:


You know what? you are right. Year One is perfect after episode 12, even if the next arc was hinted since episode 10.

GreenNet said:
It will, the only problem is that it already gave the best it could offer. The best story out of the novels it's the 9th one and hardly it could reach that point a possible second season.

Novel 3 is a really low point for the series, it's basically super generic and uninspired. Volume 4 is a bunch of side-stories, Volume 5 it's a cool mission with yet again the dark stuff but the anime already toned down things a lot so...

Then we have Year One that is super, super dark. Novel 6-7 are a bit boring. Novel 8 is great for the action. The fact is that after the first novel the story basically stops to develop until novel 9 so how they could handle the second season in a satisfying way? Well...only with a good production quality.

GreenNet said:
It will, the only problem is that it already gave the best it could offer. The best story out of the novels it's the 9th one and hardly it could reach that point a possible second season.

Novel 3 is a really low point for the series, it's basically super generic and uninspired. Volume 4 is a bunch of side-stories, Volume 5 it's a cool mission with yet again the dark stuff but the anime already toned down things a lot so...

Then we have Year One that is super, super dark. Novel 6-7 are a bit boring. Novel 8 is great for the action. The fact is that after the first novel the story basically stops to develop until novel 9 so how they could handle the second season in a satisfying way? Well...only with a good production quality.

UTJeff316 said:
A lot of what is cut from Volume 1 are the interludes that do offer some nice worldbuilding elements, but even the elements of the gods and their game from the light novels have been incorporated into the anime proper.

In fact, those elements of the gods playing games and dice didn't figure into the manga until about chapter 16 or so. The anime already worked those in by episode 3. They actually visualized passages from the light novel about the gods creating the world and the races and using them to play a tabletop game at the roll of the dice.

A novel is a book, so of course it can offer more descriptions and greater insight into how characters are thinking or feeling. That's pretty much the same for any book that gets adapted onscreen. You can't always infer as much based on the visualization onscreen as the description in a book.

Peter Jackson changed and removed a ton of The Lord of the Rings for his film trilogy and got a clean sweep at the Academy Awards in 2004. A lot of material that was taken out was good material as well.

By comparison, the Goblin Slayer anime is more faithful to the light novels. And any changes that were made were approved by author Kumo Kagyu. He did help with the production here.

UTJeff316 said:


I doubt you've read anything after Volume 5. You are only going off of synopses and spoilers on the internet for the other ones.

Also one of the short stories from Volume 4 was already adapted into episode 5. Most of Volume 4 can be skipped unless they want to do some OVAs or do what they did with episode 5 and stick them in to part of the larger story.

Also, I'd hardly consider Volume 3 a lowpoint at all.

Dagvi said:
So are there any news for season 2?

marconii2002 said:


R.I.P Season 2

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