Renewed, Release Date and Speculations
‘Pacific Rim: The Black’ is an adult anime entry to the popular Pacific Rim franchise created by Greg Johnson and Craig Kyle, which draws heavily from Japanese pop culture: Mangas, Kaiju, and giant robots.
What’s that? Kaiju?
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Basically, they are Godzilla-like beings, sometimes even larger, who level Japanese cities before being defeated by a ‘Jaeger’. “Titanic monsters known the world over as Kaiju. Our only defense? Homebuilt monsters of our own, Jaegers.”
Now what’s a Jaeger?
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Imagine Optimus Prime but larger and he is controlled by humans inside him, like how the Power Rangers pilot their giant robots while fighting their Kaiju. “Too bad you couldn’t find the pilot to go with it”. On March 31st, 2021, the official Twitter account of Pacific Rim put out a tweet confirming that season 2 of the Pacific Rim: the Black was happening:
It came as no surprise since those who follow the show closely know that the adult anime was picked up for two seasons when it was initially green-lit, which speaks volumes on the amount of faith Netflix has on the show. Hence, the production of the second season was expected to happen straight off the back of the first to minimize the lengthy waits that fans of the series are usually subjected to.
“The sooner we leave, the sooner we’ll be back.”
The story centers around the siblings, Taylor and Hayley Travis, children of two Jaeger pilots who were separated from them as they travel across the desolate landscape of a post-apocalyptic Australian continent. They come across a mysterious boy Mei with supernatural abilities, whose past is mostly shady throughout the first season but the finale delivers a huge shocker. So season 2 will focus on the alien race called the Precursors and the cult that considers the boy as a Kaiju Messiah. We might also learn about the history between Atlas, Horizon, and their crews. “Mom and Dad are never coming back”
Although this isn’t official, the first season was recently released and Netflix generally takes about a year to make a second season, one can expect season 2 until May 2022 at the earliest. “Don’t worry. They’ll come back. They always come back.” For more on Kaiju and Giant Robots, be sure to stick around and have a look at more Kaiju-related stuff. “Not leaving are ya? Because that would be rude.”
