CATDOLL: The second season of The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls is all about the new director’s style change

Recently, the interview between Takahashi Tatsuya, who wrote the animation script, and Toba Yoshinori, the producer, in the newly released fan book of "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls" has attracted everyone's attention. Those who have watched "The Idolmaster" season 1 and 2 should not be difficult to notice that in the second season, the story style has completely changed, and the "culprit" who caused all this is the newly joined director "Takao Masako"

In an interview, Toba producer said that because he wanted the animation to have a certain plot, he invited Takao Tomoko to be the director. Director Takao paid more attention to the story than the director of the first season. She wanted to depict the plot of these girls getting some kind of growth. When convincing me, Director Takao said: "765 Agency is 'everyone is together', 346 Agency will be a story of growth and change. Instead of everyone holding hands and moving forward together, I want them to go their own different ways."

Ryu Takahashi, who co-wrote the script with Tomoko Takao, said in an interview that at first the second season of the animation was going to be as light-hearted as the first season, but after director Takahashi joined, the original direction of the story was changed to a more realistic one.

Fans have been discussing this matter and have divided into two camps. One side thinks it is better, while the other side thinks it is completely opposite. However, such things are a matter of personal preference of the audience, and it is impossible to accurately distinguish between good and bad. What do you think?