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Of all the fall anime that was supposed to be released this autumn 2024 season, Muneyuki Kaneshiro’sBlue LockSeason 2 was one of the most anticipated sports series. However, with the very first episode of the 2nd season, fans realized that their patience was for nothing because 8 Bit presented a massive downgrade in animation.
The new season has been thoroughly criticized by fans because it featured a massive change in its art style. Hence, the fandom mocked the series that featured PowerPoint-style animation where they animated pages from the manga. Thus, denting the popularity of the series, which once held the power to change the genre.
Though the fame has been tainted by poor animation quality, a fan demonstrates how to animate a football player’s dynamic and fluid movements. Hence, this proves that with the right effort, the game can just get a little too intense when the stakes are too high to lose.
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After making the fans wait for one year, Muneyuki Kaseshiro’sBlue Lockreturned and decided to continue its storyline from what transpired in the first season. 8 Bit’s project continues to feature Isagi Yoichi battling his way among other top talents to become the greatest egoist who can take Japan’s football team to a whole new level.
The second season focuses on“assertion and coexistence,”where the players have to focus on their synergy to collaborate with the top 2 players of Project Blue Lock. Every character pushed their boundaries, but the key moments that impacted the story became a bit jarring to watch.
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The frames were still, and sometimes absurdly animated, which received backlash from the fans. Ryoya Arisawa, the producer of the anime,addressed the issue, where they had to go the extra mile, which failed to bore them the desired result.
However, a fan page (@xAuraZora) felt otherwise as they took to X, flaunting the fluid animation of a fan from Season 2 Episode 3, where our protagonist channeled his inner egoist and scored the winner against Team B.
So a Fan Animated todays episode from the Manga of Blue Lock S2 EP3 and Oh WOW#BlueLock#エゴいLOpic.twitter.com/s0rxMtqFiB
Though a rough animation that looked very similar to the manga, it discarded the bizarre neon light effects, focusing more on the movements on and off the ball. The fans were awestruck as they watched the animation, which made them look forward to the series.
Blue LockCommunity Support The GOATed Fan Animation
Even though the second season of the show has left a bad taste in the viewers’ mouths, watching the fan animation rejuvenated their thoughts. They were bewitched with the footwork, which 8 Bit Studios never bothered to show despite the show’s primary focus on football.
The animation received immensely positive reactions from the fans, who were immensely frustrated with the show’s poor animation quality. They commented,
This is way better than how it was animated by the studio
Must be easy to not have to include dialogs as well. Would like to see him now try and do this with them included like the studio did
Much better than the PowerPoint made by 8-bit, Isagi looks insane, congratulations to the creator
You know, just make him the art director or something…
It’s sad that I can’t even enjoy the anime’s story anymore cause the trash animationhttps://t.co/MXY80ZEsb3
I’ve seen enough Hire them immediatelyhttps://t.co/gOBjKxpCvZ
Nevertheless, the series has many awkward situations that the studio can’t overcome anymore. However, the studio can repent its shortcomings in the third season by going back to the original animation style that opened the doors of opportunity for the series.
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Blue Lockcan be streamed on Crunchyroll.
Tushar Auddy
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Tushar Auddy is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, primarily covering WWE. He has contributed to anime, MCU, DCU, animation, and TV Series, giving sharp insights and coming up with his own unique theories, which take the fandom by storm.
