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- Producers
- KADOKAWA Aiming newgin AT-X BS Nittele Sentai Filmworks
- Studio
- Nexus
- Source
- Light Novel
- Aired
- October 2023 to December 2023
- Genres
- Action Comedy Fantasy
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Jack's Score
-
5 / 10
- Rick's Score
-
8 / 10
This week we talk about The Eminence in Shadow Season 2. We start off by discussing our views on the pacing as well as the main character's ridiculous luck. Jack breaks down the rapid-fire arcs, from the Lawless City to a literal corporate war, arguing that the 12-episode run felt rushed and entirely predictable. He saw the protagonist, Cid, as an idiot with blinders on who just stumbles into success through the whole series. Rick, on the other hand, thinks the pacing is a solid step up from season one. He argued that Cid doesn't stumble but rather he "confidently saunters" through the plot as the ultimate edgelord, spitting out gibberish and half-remembered facts that his fanatical followers interpret as absolute genius. In the end we discuss how the series was overall and if it was something that is worth the watch.
The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 continues where season 1 largely left off. Kicking off with the "Lawless City Arc," where Cid and Shadow Garden investigate the red moon phenomenon and clash with the city’s three monarchs: the Blood Queen Elisabeth, Juggernaut, and Yukime. After a very chaotic and rapid first few episodes, everything transitions into the "Corporate War Arc," where Cid takes on a new persona of John Smith and moves into a massive counterfeit currency operation to cause a crisis meant to bankrupt the Mitsugoshi Company. In the end everything results in a massive misunderstanding for him but to his peers everything went according to plan. Leading to the third and final “Oriana Kingdom Arc” where we learn more about the Cult of Diablo, their plans and views and the worlds(?). The show maintains that Cid constantly misunderstands the gravity of the plot while effortlessly looking like a tactical genius to everyone around him.
Cid Kagenou
Main
VA: Seiichirou Yamashita (JP)
VA: Adam Gibbs (EN)
Alpha
Main
VA: Asami Seto (JP)
VA: Christina Kelly (EN)
Beta
Main
VA: Inori Minase (JP)
VA: Annie Wild (EN)
Gamma
Supporting
VA: Suzuko Mimori (JP)
VA: Elissa Cuellar (EN)
Delta
Supporting
VA: Fairouz Ai (JP)
VA: Raven Troup (EN)
Epsilon
Supporting
VA: Hisako Kanemoto (JP)
VA: Ellen Evans (EN)
Claire Kagenou
Supporting
VA: Rina Hidaka (JP)
VA: Luci Christian (EN)
Alexia Midgar
Supporting
VA: Kana Hanazawa (JP)
VA: Olivia Swasey (EN)
Rose Oriana
Supporting
VA: Haruka Shiraishi (JP)
VA: Donna Bella Litton (EN)
Nu
Supporting
VA: Maaya Uchida (JP)
VA: Cat Thomas (EN)
Iris Midgar
Supporting
VA: Youko Hikasa (JP)
VA: Patricia Duran (EN)
Aurora
Supporting
VA: Kaori Nazuka (JP)
VA: Shelley Calene-Black (EN)
Mary
Supporting
VA: Ai Kakuma (JP)
VA: Katelyn Barr (EN)
Elisabeth
Supporting
VA: Saori Hayami (JP)
VA: Brianna Roberts (EN)
Yukime
Supporting
VA: Shizuka Itou (JP)
VA: Courtney Lomelo (EN)
No.665
Supporting
VA: Hina Youmiya (JP)
VA: Christie Guidry (EN)
Crimson
Supporting
VA: Tomokazu Sugita (JP)
VA: Dickie Sanders (EN)
No.664
Supporting
VA: Miyu Tomita (JP)
VA: Dominique Meyer (EN)
Juggernaut
Supporting
VA: Tsuyoshi Koyama (JP)
VA: Luis Galindo (EN)
Zeta
Supporting
VA: Ayaka Asai (JP)
VA: Dominique Meyer (EN)
Hyoro Gali
Supporting
VA: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (JP)
VA: Nathan Wilson (EN)
Jaga Imo
Supporting
VA: Shin Matsushige (JP)
VA: Greg Ayres (EN)
Eta
Supporting
VA: Reina Kondou (JP)
VA: Genevieve Simmons (EN)
Kai
Supporting
VA: Mayu Minami (JP)
VA: Kalin Coates (EN)
Omega
Supporting
VA: Ryouko Maekawa (JP)
VA: Skyler Sinclair (EN)
Daisuke Aizawa
Original Story
Touzai
Original Character Design
Kazuya Nakanishi
Director
Kanichi Katou
Series Composition
Makoto Iino
Character Design
Daichi Kitahara
Prop Design
Beom-Seon Lee
Art Director
Beom-Seon Lee
Art Design
Naoto Tanaka
Color Design
Junko Okazaki
Color Design
Gaku Hirooka
Director of Photography
Kentarou Tsubone
Editing
Toshirou Hamamura
CG Director
Jin Aketagawa
Sound Director
Rei Ueno
Sound Effects
Kenichirou Suehiro
Music
Gou Wakabayashi
Music Producer
Hiroshi Nakamura
Animation Producer
Momo Nishida
Original Work Assistance
Hiroshi Nakamura
Production Desk
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