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Dec 17, 2022 8:58 AM
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Shouta Aoi makes a return being Kamen Rider to save the Earth from destruction, and the legacy continues from the very first episode of the season wiith the live-action sequences throughout different timelines.

They even got Takanori Nishikawa, the famous TNNK singer! What a presence.

UchuPeople is back with the weird felt dolls, it's a nostalgic trip ride.

Everyone all coming in for the clutch to help Shouta Aoi out, this is truly the definition of anything goes, shitposting is KUSO.

And that's a wrap of yet another shitposting season!
KANLen09Dec 17, 2022 10:55 AM
Dec 17, 2022 9:07 AM
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I feel like I just watched an entire shitpost in 3 weeks time.

I don't regret it since it was hilarious.
Dec 17, 2022 9:25 AM
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So the OP from first episode wasn't made for fun after all.

They got Nishikawa Takanori, a very well-known singer of TM Revolution fame, to have a toku duel against Aoi Shota!

Also, they got Nakamura Yuichi (voice actor) to voice over Nakamura Yuichi (actor, kanjis are written differently)!

And UchuPeople, those felt doll folks, are back!

And Ikeda Shuichi, best known as Char, to voice Pipimi for exactly one line, hinting future PTE project!?

Truly epic.

11/10
Dec 17, 2022 9:28 AM
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Just like how the production team ended off last season, this season concludes with the adventures of Shouta Aoi, with no rebroadcast version as this takes up the normal 23-min episode run. While it is a whole live action segment of just Aoi going around fighting people, there's still a Bobunemimimi and felt character singing number for the breaks. Also, crazy how there's so many different drawings of the characters throughout the current run of this shitposting crusade as shown in the ED and final scenes (and I guess B-side had to make one last cameo).

Oh well, let's see what happens next with this troublesome duo until next time and the continuing adventures of Aoi. This was probably the most entertaining end to this second season, especially with the overly-expressive actions of all the characters that were genuinely entertaining.

For this week's seiyuus credits, it's a compilation of all the ones that played the respective characters.

NekOniiChanDec 17, 2022 6:08 PM
Dec 17, 2022 10:42 AM
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just 20 solid minutes of spot the Kamen Rider reference. excellent
Dec 17, 2022 10:52 AM
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This thing of having live action parts really spoils the great animated skits.

This was a horrible end of season for an anime that was great.
Dec 17, 2022 11:06 AM
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When the first opening played when they saved Shouta I nearly creamed myself
Dec 17, 2022 11:08 AM
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In my opinion, series did not stick the landing. Meh finale, 5-10min of live action would be bearable, but whole ep, nope.
Dec 17, 2022 11:54 AM
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I just pretend this episode doesn't exist. Nothing against my boy Aoi Shouta.

Mixed season, but oddly enough still great. I would love myself a 3rd season.

One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron


Dec 17, 2022 12:00 PM

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Bruh, as a diehard tokusatsu fan, what a fanservice treat.
The animated skits are supposed to be the CM for the Endless Love show I suppose
Dec 17, 2022 12:03 PM

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FMmatron said:
I just pretend this episode doesn't exist. Nothing against my boy Aoi Shouta.

Mixed season, but oddly enough still great. I would love myself a 3rd season.

I agree the skits overall weren't as funny as Season 1. But this finale completely got me by surprise and entertained me
Dec 17, 2022 12:06 PM

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This isn't just an anime. This is a piece of art, unironically.
Dec 17, 2022 12:38 PM
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This parody is a pretty good love letter to tokusatsu stuff like kamen rider and they put actual effort into it, instead of being a cynical parody that’s just there to make fun of it. Peak shitposting. Season 3 when?
Dec 17, 2022 12:41 PM
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anime? seems a bad episode of a life-action1!!! kekeke



3/10 and lucky
Dec 17, 2022 1:19 PM

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Am I the only one that got genuinely teary eyed when they all came out at the end and the orchestral cover of the S1 OP started to play?
Dec 17, 2022 2:56 PM
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last ep and only funny thing is eco friendly animation lol. I dont care much about live action so i skipping it.
Dec 17, 2022 3:19 PM

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An unironic cinematic masterpiece. Season 3 when?
Dec 17, 2022 3:55 PM

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... They did it... Endless L.O.V.E is real...
Dec 17, 2022 3:56 PM

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I'm....speechless

Words can't describe this episode
"You can't spell slaughter without laughter".
Dec 17, 2022 4:16 PM
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They got Char to voice a single line... I hope it's hinting at S3 and he's partnered up with Toru Furuya (AKA Amuro Ray). And I hope it doesn't take 4 years this time between the seasons!

Overall decent season, not as consistent as the first season (Which itself wasn't consistent, but had more memorable moments IMO) but with some memorable moments (My favorite is probably still the 3rd episode with Enoki Junya and Uchida Yuuma for going completely off the rails with the script, especially Poputan). It was, however, more creative than the first, so that definitely balances it out IMO.
Dec 17, 2022 4:28 PM

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They already did this fake tokusatsu shtick in the first episode so what's the gag in doing it for an entire episode? It's not suprising if they've already done it before.

I liked the song about spinal cords, though.
Dec 17, 2022 5:08 PM
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Never watched Kamen Rider in my life (lmao).

But I like how this seemingly unrelated parody actually has themes related to Pop Team Epic as a series.

Most normal anime have a single cohesive time-line. Shows with multiple time-lines can be confusing especially for marketing to new audiences. Thus the Time Patrol seeks to destroy other timelines, to maintain the integrity of the original time-line. But Pop Team Epic is not a normal anime, but a SHIT anime. And all throughout all the different variations of Popuko and Pipimi, their bond transcends and is forever strengthened by their multiple timelines.

Like, Shouta Aoi said, "wouldn't it be great if we all laugh and smile together with everybody 😊."
Dec 17, 2022 6:02 PM
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We really got a full live action of what we saw during 1st ep lol... though what's the point, I don't see where it is supposed to be funny or parody but whatever... the first few eps were actually really good but the rest was just so underwhelming compared to the 1st season :S
Dec 17, 2022 6:34 PM
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Peak fiction has unfortunately ended, it's a sad day
Dec 17, 2022 7:52 PM
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Never thought the Kamen Rider spoof featuring Shouta Aoi took a grand scale than the previous finale. I am real melancholic to see another season ended a lot sooner, but there's always the time when Pop Team Epic returns back on-air.
Dec 18, 2022 12:03 AM

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Holy fuck, that was a shitty finale, not even really in the charming way, simply boring, haha.
Dec 18, 2022 12:08 AM
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Sorry, but you are mistake!!! kekeke
Dec 18, 2022 4:45 AM
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I really hope they do a season three lol
Dec 18, 2022 5:29 AM

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This skit was too long, but the conclusion was really nice

Weaker than S1 overall due to less creativity (because of a lower budget ?) but still a pretty fun time, will miss it
Dec 18, 2022 5:33 AM

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Better than Endgame kind of ending~
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Dec 18, 2022 6:00 AM

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that was possibly the worst thing i've ever seen that i thoroughly enjoyed.
Dec 18, 2022 7:20 AM

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mmmhmm. a very explosive episode! Enjoyed the 2nd season of this surreal anime.
Dec 18, 2022 1:45 PM
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No Gal and Dino reference?
Dec 18, 2022 10:08 PM

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Gave the first season a 10 rating. Giving this one a 7. There were many great skits throughout the season, but I felt it lost some steam over the last 3-4 episodes.
Dec 19, 2022 7:27 AM

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This is Poputepipikku
Dec 19, 2022 12:08 PM

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Hilarious that the best episode of all Pop Team Epic is the one featuring mostly pure live-action content. Aoi Shouta my boy!
But still not enough to save another lackluster season of unfunny Japanese shitposts.

3/10 - Nearly cried when B-side made a final cameo tho.
Dec 19, 2022 4:25 PM
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BlichoBoy said:
This thing of having live action parts really spoils the great animated skits.

This was a horrible end of season for an anime that was great.


Yeah, I agree. The live-action wasn't particularly fun, funny, nice to look at or interesting.
Dec 19, 2022 11:26 PM
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Oshcuru said:
No Gal and Dino reference?

It's an alternate timeline only Aoi Shota can cross between.
Dec 19, 2022 11:48 PM
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So who edited the episode list down to 11, and how do we put it back?
Dec 20, 2022 6:30 AM

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absolute masterpiece, aoi shota best
Dec 20, 2022 10:22 AM
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The main page was updated and it only has 11 episodes?
Dec 20, 2022 1:48 PM

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Justice for Endless Love!! Bring back episode 12 to MAL.
Dec 21, 2022 2:53 AM

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This episode and the one take one carried the whole season
Dec 21, 2022 11:43 AM
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MAL staff, this series is 12 episodes, not 11. What are you doing?
Dec 21, 2022 7:40 PM

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Okay so the villain guy, Takanori Nishikawa, is also known as TM Revolution, and if you listen to the Kamen Rider segment's opening song it sounds ~very~ TM Revolution.

I didn't understand much else as far as the references went though honestly. Probably really funny if you did.
Dec 23, 2022 11:44 AM

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hahaha the live action was awesomely insane sick!!!
props to VA Shouta Aoi and VA/singer/performer Takanori Nishikawa! and ALL the VA's involved!
5/5.


Dec 23, 2022 9:42 PM

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The live action segments are probably my least favorite part of this series, or any series really.

Anyway, an overall pretty (ironically) consistent continuation of the first season. Though of course liking that doesn't guarantee you'll like this due to the massive amount of randomness.
Dec 24, 2022 5:42 AM
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Care to explain yourselves, MAL? Why is the series still listed as 11 episodes?
Dec 24, 2022 1:54 PM
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when is MAL adding episode 12? it feels weird to have it on 11/11 when there is a 12th episode
Dec 24, 2022 4:09 PM

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Great season!! This was a tough one for me to rate… where as I feel like they did better this season on some things, like a lot of the ad-libs were better this season in my opinion, but I feel like I laughed a LOT more with the first season.

I don’t know. Maybe I was in a different mood? Or maybe I just didn’t appreciate the jokes??

Whatever it was, it was still a great season.

7/10 for me.
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