Review of Overlord II

Overlord II for some reason doesn't quite have the spice that it carried so well for it's first season. It ends up feeling very oh another Isekai game anime instead of Overlord. Part of this reason might be because that the most successful approach from the first season was a very tight knit, and focused storyline around Momonga. And then he was established as a character who had really defining moments we could chuckle to. Season 2 tries to expand perspectives based on many characters but we end up with the Lizardmen, Sebastian, and the various Kingdom people. To an extent it is a reallygreat attempt at expanding the world building but it's done so haphazardly that when it's forced to come together all in the end you don't really, truly understand the big picture or any of these characters and their motivations. Nothing clicks as an a-ha for the watcher and the narratives are forced together. And overall, devoid of emotion.

As great as Madhouse is with their animation quality, they too have fallen to using appalling CGI... However they still keep a good amount of well done high tension scenes that sadly don't go anywhere story wise. Sound was also quite unmemorable, even the OP and ED.

Again, as the story kind of falls through on cohesively pulling the anime together, the potential for some genuine character developments is hard to present. We actually did get an expanded cast of many interesting personalities, but as far as knowing enough about them, probably only light novel readers will know. Also the fact that the first and last snippets of Overlord II featured some really amazing character designs that have no connotation for anything contributes nothing.

The takeaway is that it ends up being another pretty, easy to digest and throwaway project. One that you can still enjoy as a generic action pack adventure story that continues to dominate the anime trends.