Overview
- Director Tatsuya Yoshihara confirms a conscious shift to mirror Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga, with thicker lines, brighter colors, and more exaggerated animation than the TV season.
- The team circulated a design guide instructing artists to remove eye highlights, reduce shading, and depict natural wrinkles to achieve an ink-on-paper feel.
- MAPPA’s approach departs from season 1’s subdued, cinematic naturalism, a pivot informed by domestic reception and aimed at restoring the manga’s bolder expressiveness.
- Action direction by Sota Shigetsugu amplified set pieces such as the typhoon battle, with some over-the-top cuts trimmed in editing to balance runtime and tone.
- Theatrical screenings continue with energetic fan events and strong turnout, while multiple reviews praise the animation and note episode-like pacing that may confuse newcomers.