Unlike the video game, the anime sheds off every inch of strategy in every battle, and replaces it with random attacks that seem to serve no purpose other than for eye-candy and to weakly move the plot forward. The same can’t be said for the anime adaptation. However the video game managed to blend in its own traditional and original aspects of the Megami Tensei franchise, (Devil Survivor belongs to the Megami Tensei franchise), thereby allowing the game to hold onto its charm. Wait a minute, doesn’t this premise sound a bit familiar? Devil Survivor 2 borrows a lot of the same concept from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Soon, invaders called Septentriones appear and humans must defeat every one of them using demons they can summon in order to survive. The story starts out when a colossal, unnatural disaster hits Japan which pushes civilians and society into desperation, as any major disaster in real life would. Unfortunately, the anime never really improves anything throughout its entirety and leaves off a trail of poor writing everywhere. However the anime definitely could had improved on the overarching story in various ways. I wasn’t expecting the anime to have a storyline to be on a whole different tier. Now, the story of the video game wasn’t exactly original nor was it interesting, so It is rather, to put it simply, a monstrosity. The writing in this anime is childish as it constantly uses well-known clichés, character archetypes who never develop past their cardboard cut-out selves, spills melodrama all over the floor, and everything feels rushed and unconvincing. Having beaten the video game myself, this anime adaptation was a severe disappointment from start to finish in many off-putting ways. Neon Genesis Evangeli- I mean, Devil Survivor 2 the Animation, is a great example of an adaptation from a video game to television gone wrong.