(CR) Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha S2 [Split-cour]

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Originally Posted by Kanon

The very fact people are complaining about the change should be enough to tell Suzuki's performance was greatly appreciated.

I never argued otherwise. Surely there are diehard Suzuki-Anos fans out there & among us. Heck, I myself appreciate his performance even though not to the degree where I will complain hard about losing him. But I'm also sure there are people who changed their tune about it as time goes by, especially after the news.

Originally Posted by Kanon

If it were someone else, it may not have been such a big deal.

From what I can see, the "big deal" mostly came from Suzuki's scandal which resulted in his replacement for this project that gets people talking.

[BWTraveller]

Wow, what's the big deal that people didn't go out of their way to specifically state that Suzuki did a great job as Anos and fit him perfectly? I mean, just because I don't specifically say that a voice fits a character doesn't mean I don't think it's perfect. If anything, with a lot of the best voices I don't even think of it as "so-and-so's performance", I just think of the character. I thought a lot of how perfect Anos' tone was, how brilliant the whole thing was. Just because I didn't specifically think or come out and talk about how the voice acting specifically was awesome doesn't mean I didn't think it was masterfully done and matched the character perfectly. I'm sure the same held true for a lot of people. But you never really appreciate how great something was until you lose it, so of course when people hear a voice that just doesn't seem able to evoke the same reaction, suddenly they become vocal about something they never bothered mentioning before.

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Originally Posted by BWTraveller

Wow, what's the big deal that people didn't go out of their way to specifically state that Suzuki did a great job as Anos and fit him perfectly? I mean, just because I don't specifically say that a voice fits a character doesn't mean I don't think it's perfect. If anything, with a lot of the best voices I don't even think of it as "so-and-so's performance", I just think of the character. I thought a lot of how perfect Anos' tone was, how brilliant the whole thing was. Just because I didn't specifically think or come out and talk about how the voice acting specifically was awesome doesn't mean I didn't think it was masterfully done and matched the character perfectly. I'm sure the same held true for a lot of people. But you never really appreciate how great something was until you lose it, so of course when people hear a voice that just doesn't seem able to evoke the same reaction, suddenly they become vocal about something they never bothered mentioning before.

The bolded one is partly what I was pointing out. I'm sure a lot of people felt that way the moment they heard the "original voice" won't be there anymore and their sense of nostalgia & loss are hightened making them feeling more precious about Suzuki's voice than they were when S1 aired.

[Frontier]

I guess the real lesson we should take from all this is don't screw your promising career over like Suzuki did .

[MAX_COLA_POWER!]

As for me, I'm gonna take a wait and see attitude and not judge based on a trailer alone. Yes Suzuki did Anos well in the first season, but the show is not only his character. The entire cast carries a portion of the weight of the show too and for me at least, they all did a pretty good job. We'll wait and see if they can do it again this time.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by MAX_COLA_POWER!

As for me, I'm gonna take a wait and see attitude and not judge based on a trailer alone. Yes Suzuki did Anos well in the first season, but the show is not only his character. The entire cast carries a portion of the weight of the show too and for me at least, they all did a pretty good job. We'll wait and see if they can do it again this time.

Honestly, Anos carries 90% of the show on his shoulders.

[MCAL]

Originally Posted by MCAL

I think Daisuke Ono would also be a good fit.

I still stand by this btw.

[shmaster]

I think the biggest question is that... just why whoever in charge of picking the VA think Umehara fits the role?
If they want deep voice, they could have picked, say Takahashi Hiroki or Matsumoto Yasunori. They both can do very deep voice, but the same type can act aloof and smug the same time.

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We also have interview with the cast:

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https://youtu.be/qoPiIdrjhLg

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[Frontier]

Umehara's kind of growing on me as Anos, but it looks like more of what I fell in love with in season 1 !

[Kanon]

I still think he sounds way too serious and one note.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I still think he sounds way too serious and one note.

Yep. Tatsuhisa no bakaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[shmaster]

Umehara still sounds very boring.
But we have a bigger problem now: they didn't cast Koyasu as Erudemede, WTF?

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by shmaster

Umehara still sounds very boring.
But we have a bigger problem now: they didn't cast Koyasu as Erudemede, WTF?

Is that Rikiya Koyama's character ?

[shmaster]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Is that Rikiya Koyama's character ?

Yes. Erudemed is such a Koyasu character that my brain automatically broadcasts Koyasu's voice when I was reading the novel.

[EroKing]

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[Kanon]

Originally Posted by EroKing

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Misha's got them tits and hips.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by EroKing

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I missed the Necrom sisters .

Did we get a beach episode last season? I hope they rectify that this go around .

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Frontier

Did we get a beach episode last season? I hope they rectify that this go around .

I don't think we did.

[Frontier]

Spoiler:

The man, the myth, the legend, Anos Voldigoad has returned! And he's already casually slaying Gods to save fairy spirits from getting raped like it's just another Tuesday for him .

So...am I catching vibes from Great Spirit Mother Leno (Kana Asumi) and Anos' loyal right hand man Shin? Anos assigns Shin to be her bodyguard, his stoic demeanor contrasted with her energy and cuteness, and their companionship seems to have meant a lot to Leno in the end even after Anos pulled his sacrifice play. Also, there's a young Anos with a different name? Huh ?

I guess we need to talk about the elephant in the room which is the voice change for Anos...as much as I love Yuicihiro Umehara, he would not have been my first choice to replace Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Anos, but this isn't his first rodeo as a Demon King and I feel like he's doing his best to acclimate and capture Anos' character in his own way. His silky smooth delivery does fit well in its own way .

Anos back with his fangirls and the Necron Sisters, two Best Girls back! And Sasha is still a bit of a tsundere wanting the guy she likes to notice her new ribbons which Anos does...but overexplains and analyzes it to the point of ruining the moment. Still a charmer, but still doesn't have quite the grasp on the right thing to say to a girl, but luckily he's got Misha .

Ah, I see everyone's noticed what's going on between Lay and Misa. We even get to see that developed more as Lay tries to protect Misa and Misa wants to protect Lay and accepts both Lay and the Hero Kanon (even saying she loves him!), and Lay gives Misa the kiss she wanted back in season 1! Great progress !

That's cool that Eleonore and Zeshia have transferred to the school! It's like we've got the whole gang together now !

So now we're just going to basically and definitively tell the class that Anos is the true Demon King reborn and that everybody needs to bow and worship him...although that's not really what Anos is after and he'd rather just live his peaceful life as a student with the rest of the class. Although I did notice one girls' panties when they put everyone back in their seat .

Okay, so we've got Rikiya Koyama playing a demon and new teacher for the class...who turns out to be the God Anos defeated in the opening of the episode...and then threatens everyone and plots to kill Anos...and then Anos defeats him (did you really think threatening the world would be enough to stop Anos?)...and then they're back to teaching the class like none of it happened. And this was our first day back too .

So looks like they're after a Child of God who is destined or plotted to destroy Anos? And it might be one of Anos' people? I'm also interested in the lore behind that Goddess that Anos slew .

Who needs a professional choir when you have the singing talents of the Anos Fangirls ?

So Anos is engaging in a battle of wits as the rest of this team end up in their own battles as an alliance of four royal demons to take down Anos leaves their subordinates to try and break Anos' team...Misa getting stabbed by Kouki Uchiyama (?) by Shin's sword (?) (poor girl thought she was getting to meet her father) and leaving Lay to protect her, Sasha and Misha trying to save poor Menou-sensei, and Eleonore and Zeshia having to save the trash trio from the Hero Academy. Really coming out of the gate with the action in this season premier .