Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2 – Review

There’s an element of presumed prestige to the back half of this Muv-Luv Alternative anime adaptation. And why shouldn’t there be? The original visual novel is a pretty hallowed text in the circles of that medium’s fans, so this closing of the televised take on that epic story should command some attention. They even brought in certifiable legends JAM Project to do the opening theme for this second batch of episodes, pumping everything up with the expectations of resounding mecha action and the true triumphant meaning of the human, and Japanese, spirit. But of course, that’s only the skeletal structural synopsis of what this project is aiming to be. What Yumeta Company and Graphnica have actually delivered here, as we all know by now, is basically the anime adaptation equivalent of Rankin/Bass jumping to animating The Return of the King without bothering to cover either of the…