Review of SSSS.Dynazenon

For a 12 episode show, it does what it needs to do well enough. Unlike it’s predecessor, we have an actual cast this time around. The drama doesn’t feel overly forced and the characters aren’t extremely one-dimensional. They have inner conflicts and struggles that they have to work on throughout the 12 episodes, and learn from them and grow and become better people. The main focus of all of these is probably Yume, the deuteragonist, who has a decent backstory and her own personal issues she works on, while being helped with the friends she makes through the dynazenon and mecha/kaiju stuff. Unfortunately, most of theother characters personal struggles and backstories overshadow the MC’s which felt kind of forgotten, as it seemed it was going to have more attention paid to it. Though he acts as more of a support character and has his fair share of moments throughout the season.

Again, studio trigger did animate this, which leads to the cinematography/directing being great as usual, and the character designs this time are actually great, all of them look unique and cool in their own ways. The dialogue is also good, as usual. They sound like normal humans, not scripted animated characters.

The fights are still filled with dumb mecha/kaiju tropes and corny lines, but with a bit more self-awareness of the fact. The show peaked around episode 10 - 11, with the finale feeling squeezed in and ruining potential plot lines with a pretty unsatisfactory boring ending, which anyone could expect from the start.

ssss.dynazenon is an average mecha anime with a well rounded entertaining cast, and big dumb fights with kaijus. You could finish it in a night or 2, and be satisfied with it.