I remember watching the first season of Terra Formars when it was airing a year or two back and thinking it is a pretty decent show. So when I watched the first episode of the second season of Terra Formars I was on the point of giving the series an overall score of four and dropping. After watching the full season of Revenge I have to say this show had a good comeback from the cruddy first episode it gave us.
When I watched the first episode of Terra Formars Revenge I had the same problem as other people. The show felt like it turned from a dark sci-fi series to an episode of Dragon Ball Z. This was mainly due to one of our main hero's going super Saiyan or should I say super Moth resulting in a big unrealistic explosion like I was watching some Michael Bay movie. Instead of dropping the show I said to myself I keep watching to see how much more they will wreck this show. To my surprise the show actually got better in terms of story with being fateful to the Manga by adapting some of the best arcs in the manga in the right way and of course completely erasing unnecessary explosions after episode 1.
Apart from episode one which was a big joke that roughly came out on April fool’s Day (coincidence?). Every episode carried the story well and allowed a lot of characters both major and minor to develop freely. The show had each minor arc a battle between groups of characters. The best were the ones between the minor characters which was the case in the final part of the show and the part of the show that focused on Alexander. The arc with Alexander was one of the best from the Manga, seeing it done fatefully gave me hope for this show. Apart from the first episode the only other problem with the story is that it’s too short for 13 episodes.
The Art was the only other thing people went crazy about. The art in season one was a lot darker, characters and environments had a lot more detail and the cockroaches looked less hilarious then they do now. In this season everything is a lot more shiny and bright. The characters designs have changed and the level of detail for the whole cast are downgraded. When the human characters transform to use their powers, most look like they just got tattoos applied to their faces rather than go through a major transformation.
Now the art when it comes to action scenes is far different then the actions scenes from the first season. When someone were bruised they looked like they were bruised they had bruises. When someone were cut they looked like they were cut. When someone was missing and arm or a leg it was extremely gory. The show kind of lost some its extremes that made it appealing to a mature audience by doing this. .
The Music In revenge was sometimes really good especially in the fights. The opening and ending themes where ok but were nothing compared to the opening in the first season. The voice cast in the Japanese Dub of the anime differentiate with different members of the cast. Some voices were pretty plain while others stood out in terms of emotion.
The characters in the series include the return of our surviving main cast from the last season of the show. The series does not force us to keep our eyes on the main cast the whole time. It keeps our eyes on the characters that have the most influence on what is currently happening in the story. This includes minor characters both fighters and non-fighters. I hate it when an anime forces the main characters into the centre of every situation because they are the main character. So seeing Revenge give the wheel to some others for a change is refreshing.
Overall I enjoyed the show, I am hopeful for a season 3 with better art but I will have to wait and see.
