The second season of The Rise of the Shield Herobased on the series of light novels written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Minami Seira, provoked divided opinions among fans and presented a real challenge from a production point of view for the Kinema Citrus artistic team that lit it. one of the producers.
In a series of interviews held during Crunchyroll Expo Producer Kousuke Arai spoke frankly about the various difficulties encountered during the production phase in adapting some very important elements of the manga to also give them proper attention in the 13 episodes of the second season. Finding a balance between the events of the Turtle Spirit arc and that Growth of the Iwatani Groupto then condense it into each episode and try to make it exciting, it was an adventure for the whole team.
“We had to consider both the turtle spirit and Kizuna and her bonds. We approached these two episodes with nervousness as one focused on spirituality, the other on friendship and how the team works together in battles. We wanted to make sure Each episode aroused a different kind of emotion in the audience“Arai commented and then repeated the attention they also paid to the promotional material, such as the incredible key visuals from which we immediately see a change in aesthetics and in the rendering of colors and characters compared to the first season.
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