It has taken over two years, but the second season of the animated superhero series “Invincible” is finally ready to premiere on November 3rd on Amazon Prime Video.
Based on an Image Comics book, the series follows Steve Yeun as Mark Grayson – a teenager whose father is the world’s most powerful superhero. On his 17th birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and realizes he needs help to contain his powers, while also reckoning with his Dad’s less-than-perfect legacy.
The series was so well received at launch that even before the first season finale aired, a two-season renewal order was handed out. But it took a long time for the first of these two new seasons to arrive.
Franchise creator Robert Kirkman has now explained why fans have had to wait so long. Speaking with Polygon, he says the delay came down to the pandemic and staff turnover as opposed to a widely held assumption about it being the removal of CG animation:
“I think that’s an assumption that’s being made based on some comments that were said at the [San Diego Comic-Con] panel, but I don’t think that’s necessarily a delay.
With COVID, there was a longer break in production than we wanted there to be. It took some time to rebuild the team. And frankly, I like a lot of the CG elements in Season 1, but I feel like at certain points, they stand out.
So doing less CG in Seasons 2 and 3 is a creative decision. The delays were really just COVID. Making a cartoon is like assembling a factory and letting it run.
And because of COVID, we had to shut the factory down. So to get into Seasons 2 and 3, we had to rebuild the factory and get it up and running again, and that took a lot of time.”
It’s expected the third season won’t see anywhere near as long a delay as it is already deep into development with voice recording already completed.
