The upcoming season will include eight new animated shorts. Netflix also announced that the show had been renewed for an eight-episode Season 3, which will premiere sometime in 2022. Per Netflix, the show’s logline reads: Otherworlds, naked giants, and robots-gone-wild clash in this anthology of adult animated stories executive produced by Tim Miller, David Fincher, Jennifer Miller, and Joshua Donen. Jennifer Yuh Nelson joined Season 2 as supervising director. The series, stylized as “Love, Death + Robots,” is an adult anthology series where each episode is animated by a unique crew hailing from a variety of countries. The series serves as a re-imagining of 1981’s cult hit “Heavy Metal” sci-fi anthology film, which was notorious for its violence and sexual themes. As for “Love, Death & Robots” Season 2, the show’s new trailer begins on a lighter, surprisingly philosophical note, but soon makes clear that the show won’t skimp on gritty sci-fi action and more comedic moments.
IndieWire’s Ben Travers had mixed feelings about the show’s first season — he referred to it as “too often hyper-masculine and half-baked” in his grade C review in 2019 — but added that the show had several commendable traits. “‘When the Yogurt Took Over’ is cute in tone, concept, and style; ‘Fish Night’ uses rotoscoping to stimulating effect; and ‘Three Robots’ earns big points for incorporating cats and avoiding objectification,” Travers said in his review. “As a celebration of animation’s potential, the series works to the extent that many of these miniature creations are given maximum viewpoints — rich with textures, details, and savvy techniques, most of the episodes will give you more than a few aesthetics to admire at once.” Check out the trailer for “Love, Death & Robots” Season 2 below:
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