Aa! Megami-sama - Sorezore no Tsubasa

Title:Aa! Megami-sama - Sorezore no Tsubasa
Aa! My Goddess TV 2
Ah! My Goddess 2: Flights of Fancy
Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings
ああっ女神さまっ それぞれの翼
Overall:Rent
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Notables: FUJISHIMA Kosuke
HISAKAWA Aya
INOUE Kikuko
KIKUCHI Masami
NOTO Mamiko
R1 License - FUNimation
TOUMA Yumi
"A year has passed since Belldandy made her contract with Keiichi. The goddesses who have stirred people's hearts around the world are coming down to earth once again. After overcoming many hardships and coming to understand their feelings for each other, a new trial befalls Belldandy and Keichi. Their contract may cease to exist."
[TV series, 2006, 22 episodes, 24 min; sequel of the 2005 TV series. There will be 2 OAV episodes created for the DVD.]

On July 4th ’08, it was announced that this title has been picked up by FUNimation.
(Note:Season one went to Media Blasters)
[edit] The ↗Aa! Megami-sama franchise:

Old releases (not based on manga material): Parody spin-off: TV series remake (partially rewritten/rearranged manga stories):
1:30min Series Opening - YouTube Video
Episode Details 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
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Last updated Friday, December 05 2008. Created Friday, December 05 2008.
Watch 8 8 7 7 6 6 AstroNerdBoy [series:1316#436]

After the first series, I have to say that I wasn't that enthused about the sequel. But, I felt that I should at least give it a try, so here's goes an attempt at a review. The Ah! Megami-sama manga has its share of problems, more so in recent years. Fujishima-sensei is notorious about doing retconning to suit his whim for whatever story he's currently telling. While this can be a tad frustrating (not as much as the lack of progress between Belldandy and Keiichi though), we forgive him. So the anime could be used to rectify those retconning continuity errors. Sadly, the anime writers still refuse to do so, deciding to do things their own way.

Like before, there's too much Baka Bell-chan, mostly in the begining. So she uses her powers in public a lot (and to be fair, Urd does too and Skuld does in front of a guy her age, even giving up her secret without even blinking). To be fair, Baka Belldandy lessened quite a bit once the writers went to following manga stories more closely (such as the Ninja episode). But the Belldandy I love was already gone for me. So all I could do was roll my eyes at times.

Because this series got cut short, the writers made some changes to get Hild-sama into the picture. But they changed the story of her arrival for another reason, and frankly it didn't work for me because it was forced. In the manga, contacting the Dainakaicho is required because they need her to unlock "demon code," something the kami and megami cannot do. In the anime, the problem could be resolved by Kami-sama, but they don't trust him so they are going to trust the ruler of the demon realm. Yeah, whatever. And Belldandy has another baka moment because she doesn't know Urd's mother. In the manga, she knows but just never says (at least, from what I recall).

Well, I could complain all day about what I didn't like. So instead I'll switch to some things I did like. Skuld making "Murder-kun" was a hoot for me (and an anime-only creation). I liked Sentarou-kun, though I had a problem with his immediate acceptance of Skuld and sisters being megami. I felt he should know and accept, but the way he just did it without question bothered me. I loved the Ninja story adaptation despite Hild's being in the story now. It is a shame that Fujishima-sensei dropped them as soon as the story was over in the manga and I didn't know how much I missed them until I saw the episode.

Bottom line: I'm just very disappointed with how the anime has adapted the manga. Having waited for so many years, I had such high hopes. They were dashed with the first series and continued to mostly be stomped for this second series. So whatever R1 company decides to license this, good luck because I'm not buying.



Last updated Thursday, December 14 2006. Created Friday, April 14 2006.
Rent 10 9 7 7 8 8 Devil Doll [series:1316#752]
[Score: 78% = Rent. Recommended Romantic Comedy anime: Love Hina, Ai Yori Aoshi, Aa! Megami-sama! TV, REC]
  • Drama: Med (the leads' relation is slowly developing)
  • Comedy: Med (this is the main element)
  • Action: Low (no real fights, mostly ruckus)
  • SciFi: Med (goddess/demon powers are significant for many episodes)
  • Ecchi: Low (a little teasing now and then)
The first series covered Keiichi and Belldandy learning about each other and handle their contract situation, plus Keiichi's campus life (including the motor club) and his feelings for Belldandy, ending with the Lord of Terror arc putting their relation to the test. There must be some significant progress in the leads' relation: Are they ready for being together for the rest of Keiichi's life?
Now that their love for each other is strong enough to no longer require the contract to effectively link them together, the second series can play the harem scenario and focus more on Belldandy's feelings. Or in Urd's words: "This girl is no doll." During the first series Belldandy's character suffered from its setup in the prequel - she's not too bright and far from being the "tech nerd" she was in the manga (which excludes a number of manga chapters from reasonably being used in the series). But at least she's developing a real character now - that's why the jealousy episodes make sense here, that's why we need Peorth in this sequel, and why we need a real competitor in the end.
Just like the first season, this one has the High Magic episodes during the second half, and the episodes that do not focus too much on Belldandy again are the best ones of this series... the Urd story arc was quite nice in its rewritten form, and Urd's mother Hild becomes very important towards the end of this series - actually she is the star of this show.
Compared to the prequel, I like the characters better but I'm missing Hasegawa and Megumi, and the music really annoys me at times. So this series will again miss the "Buy" rating, partially because the ending is disappointing in a way (this time the additional OVA episodes seem to be essential, with Keiichi's parents not appearing during the regular series).

Last updated Thursday, February 17 2011. Created Friday, April 07 2006.

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