Pacific Rim: The Black Season 2 Interview - Greg Johnson On Expanding Guillermo Del Toro’s Original Vision

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Guillermo del Toro’s universe is alive and well in Pacific Rim: The Black, an animated series that seeks to expand upon the world of Jaegers and Kaiju with an entirely original story that simultaneously builds on the existing films while standing apart from them.

Taking place after the events of Pacific Rim and its polarising sequel, The Black takes the battle to Australia as teenage siblings Hayley and Taylor Travis are left behind by their parents in the wake of devastation and have no choice but to pilot a giant mech and take back their home. It’s silly, over-the-top, and filled with wonderful melodrama.

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With the second season arriving on Netflix this week, we had a chance to catch up with series creator Greg Johnson to talk about expanding upon the Pacific Rim universe, 3D animation, cinematic universes, and so much more.

TheGamer: Pacific Rim - while a loving homage to kaiju, mecha, and anime - is a fairly simplistic film at its core. How was it to take that lore and expand upon it so massively in The Black and its two current seasons?

Greg Johnson: Yes, giant monsters fighting giant robots is pretty straight forward. To get to that point of conflict in an interesting way is where the artistry comes in. The world-building that exists in the original films is deceptively huge. The rise of the Kaiju presents a problem that the tech world and the working-class world must confront only by joining together. Partnerships must be forged. Unlikely allies. There is so much character potential to explore in such diverse relationships.

And the Drift. In mounting a defence, two heads are always better than one, which is also the case for operating