WOW this episode has massively improved from the first. I'm glad the intro made a return and the new characters are awesome! With a runtime of 12 mins this is a full 2nd episode.
The beginning really had me thinking this was going to be a small adventure away from the tournament, but it found them in the end, which is a very cool unexpected turn. The music (and designs of the new characters) inspired by Jason Voorhees was a perfect detail, but I was surprised it sounds like "Gin... ko..." instead of Geisons name. With that said I adore the new characters, both Geison and Geiko! I love their designs and they're both lovable antagonists.
Holy moly the animation is fantastic, it has gotten better and with more people on your team I know its on the up and up. I was blown away with the fight sequences and the very expressive cartoony faces. I love the gore- so glad that didn't change. The backgrounds once again are crazy good, amazing work to everyone on all the backgrounds. I also love the jokes in this episode, they are thought-out and funny. The obvious tree over the bg at 6:00 being an animation joke was so good. I love that Coolfrog has been addressed and his cut-off burp was hilarious. I can't forget the emperor Koro flashback, love the storyboard design being put into the episode since it feels like it was before the series's time that it occurred.
The art is amazing, VonKreepulas splash screen art is crazy good, hands down everything has improved and I love it so much, this will probably stay my favorite episode for a while but at this rate it won't take long for it to be topped in the near future. I'm actually surprised this is out since its been under a year since the pilot was released.
You are doing a great job dude.