Magic Knight Rayearth II

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Synonyms: Mahou Kishi Rayearth II

Japanese: 魔法騎士（マジックナイト）レイアース II

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Type: TV

Episodes: 29

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 10, 1995 to Nov 27, 1995

Premiered: Spring 1995

Broadcast: Mondays at 19:30 (JST)

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Media Blasters, Discotek Media

Studios: TMS Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Themes: Isekai, Mahou Shoujo, Mecha

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.52¹ (scored by 17,120 users)

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Ranked: #1822²

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Popularity: #3804

Members: 34,118

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Little time has passed since the Magic Knights’ final confrontation with Princess Emeraude’s "Mashin." Still haunted by the princess’ death, Hikaru Shidou returns to Tokyo Tower. There, she meets her friends Umi Ryuuzaki and Fuu Hououji for the first time since their spontaneous quest to save Cephiro. Plagued by nightmares of the realm she had left behind, Hikaru is relieved to find that her companions too want to return and serve the kingdom they once so dutifully protected.

The Magic Knights’ wish is answered, for at the top of Tokyo Tower, the three are blinded by the same great light they had seen on the day they first met. Once more on the back of a flying fish, the group returns to Cephiro—a world now desolate and in ruins. With the collapse of the Pillar's power, monsters freely roam the land while three nations seek to annex Cephiro with hopes of seizing the Pillar for themselves. Complicating things further is the mysterious Lady Debonair, who proclaims herself to be the rightful heir of the fallen country.

Now confronting graver stakes and radically different enemies, the three Magic Knights set forth once more to save Cephiro and bring peace. With the bonds they have forged together, the trio stands united in the face of such a great challenge.

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Background

Magic Knight Rayearth II was released on DVD by Media Blasters in seven volumes on March 25, 2003. The series was later remastered and released on Blu-ray and DVD by Discotek Media on January 31, 2017 and February 28, 2017 respectively.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Shidou, Hikaru

Main

Shiina, Hekiru
Japanese

Ryuuzaki, Umi

Main

Yoshida, Konami
Japanese

Hououji, Fuu

Main

Kasahara, Hiroko
Japanese

Mokona

Supporting

Shiratori, Yuri
Japanese

Lantis

Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta
Japanese

Vision, Eagle

Supporting

Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Ferio

Supporting

Yamazaki, Takumi
Japanese

Nova

Supporting

Itou, Miki
Japanese

Zagato

Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta
Japanese

Clef

Supporting

Sasaki, Nozomu
Japanese

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Hirano, Toshiki

Director

Urakami, Yasuo

Sound Director

Motonaga, Keitarou

Episode Director

Kamegaki, Hajime

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Opening Theme

	1: "キライになれない (Kirai ni Narenai)" by Ayumi Nakamura (eps 1-22)
	2: "光と影を抱きしめたまま (Hikari to Kage wo Dakishimeta Mama)" by Naomi Tamura (eps 23-29)

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Ending Theme

	1: "ら・ら・ば・い～優しく抱かせて～ (Lullaby ~Yasashiku Dakasete~)" by Minako Honda (eps 1-22)
	2: "いつか輝く (Itsuka Kagayaku)" by Keiko Yoshinari (eps 23-29)

Reviews

Oct 18, 2009

Galactic_Kitten

Recommended

Magic Knight Rayearth 2 is the telling of the second arc of the manga. While it differs from the manga, it is still a good story. The tone of the series becomes much darker in this season, and it deals much with the past of the pillar. We see the sorrowful role the pillar really is.
This is emphasized by the three nations invading the crumbing Cephiro, each who have their own reasons for invading, but eventually, two of the three decide the better, and actually help to save Cephiro during the final battle.
Besides the invading nations, there is the mysterious Nova and her ...

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Aug 22, 2022

Mahoukun

Mixed Feelings

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Before I go into my review of Magic Knight Rayearth II, I have to establish that the first season is a fantastic interpretation of the magical girl genre, and it really demonstrates many interesting tropes found in 90s anime. The first season excelled in making a show that was well-paced, featured a great soundtrack, and created an epic feeling with its awesome mecha influence. Moreover, Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu each received an equitable amount of character exploration, which made their friendship and emotions feel real. Most importantly, without attempting to subvert the genre, it breaks the boundaries of magical girl, especially through its ...

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Oct 12, 2008

ParaParaJMo

Not Recommended

I personally felt this didn't live up to the first season. I really felt the impact of the ending of the first series. Sure it left things open, but it still felt conclusive at the same time. I thought the ending was really touching and you really feel how the three magic knights bonded with one another and you really see that. To me, making a sequel just takes away the impact the ending had on me. Personally, I thought if they were going to do a sequel, they could have just made them stay in Cefiro instead to try solve the remaining problems it ... had and would eventually come and then end it the same way the first season did. The series doesn’t really have the same unpredictable plot twists the first series had impact wise. And I just really didn’t like the newer characters. The Chizeta twins and Lady Aska just came across as annoying and I didn’t like the rest of the cast. When you have your antagonists as your comic relief and not acting serious, it just goes down the toilet.

I thought the magic knights were developed enough already and they were able to use their maturity and experience, but they just simply couldn’t develop any further to some extent. To me, at that point, they just hit their peak. If they didn’t go back and have that ending where they are embracing each other and crying, then this story would have worked out better. It’s just my main beef will always be that the ending had an incredible impression on me filled with emotion and resolution But by going back, and then coming back, you truly do see their development of how much they cared about protecting Cefiro.

Along with the characters, we now have a lot of new elements to the series with design. Like the Autozam people represented industrial and robotic technology. Of course with the Magic Knights have those Mashins looking like mechs, the Autozam people have their own mechs like the FTO and the GTO. Their costume designs are pretty nifty as well. It has a descent balance of being fantasy and sci fi features to it. The FTO that Eagle pilots bares a very strong resemblance to the Dunbine from Aura Battler Dunbine which I thought was pretty cool, but had more of a First Appearance Iron Man twist to it. I also like how the other antagonists from Fahren and Chizeta were more cultural looking. Fahren was based on ancient China and Chizeta was more Arabic but they spoke in Osaka dialect. To combat the Mashin’s, Lady Aska brings a drawing that resembles her servant to a gigantic form and the Chizeta twins can use humongous genies.

Which leads me to the action. It is more reliant on the lets say “mech action” and we don’t see much sword play or magic. I guess that takes away from using excessive recycled footage. I really like the action, but I just really miss the approach and how it tried to distinguish itself from other magical girl anime. Now it tries to be more like a mech anime. Granted I do like the designs of the Mashins and the FTO, but giant genies and weird drawings once again comes into why I didn’t like the humor.

And the miniaturization of the characters isn’t really as prevalent as it was in the previous season.

Ferio now being revealed to have royal blood is now dressed up more formally, and lets say Caladina shedded some clothing.

Other than that, it’s the same old CLAMP school of how they draw eyes and faces. It’s a pity thanks to the circumstances of the story, we don’t get to see much of the scenery that the first season had which brought a great imagination element to it.

Well, I couldn’t get past an episode of watching the English dub in the first season, so I never really bothered watching the dub for the 2nd season. But anyway, the cast still remains the same that were initially introduced in the previous series. The original cast still do their roles very well and convincingly. I still love how passionate and emotional Hikaru always comes across. Juurouta Kosugi who played Zagato is also back and this time he is playing his brother Lantis. I don’t think the role really requires his charisma or his dark voice, but character wise, it was important.

Some additions to the cast are Inoue Yo and Hisakawa Aya as the Chizeta princess twins, Tatra and Tetra. Inoue Yo still has that calm voice you always hear in other roles as Belldandy from Ranma and Kasumi from Ranma. But she brings a more humorous tone with how she likes to joke around. Hisakawa Aya who has played Sailor Mercury as Chizeta is not really as recognizable as Inoue Yo. She is more darker toned and tends to sound more angry and serious.

Some of the background music is still the same from the first season. Like instrumental versions of Yuzurenai Negai are still sometimes used and still plays very orchestrated music. A lot of the new background music is well cultural appropriate to some of the characters. Especially that of Tetra and Tarta who represent more of an Arabian kind of background and that kind of music is played to represent them. So I think it’s really well appropriate to the mood as usual.

I can’t really get into the new opening theme, Hikari to Kage wo Dakishimete Mama. Sure it’s still sung by the same singer of the previous song, Naomi Tamura, but because I don’t like the themes of the story, the song also does a good job of telling it but doesn’t have the kind of pacing or the kind of emotion that was appealing that Yuzurenai Negai had. But on the other hand, the video clips does go pretty synch to the song.

Well, in terms of story, on a conceivable sense, it was a great idea. I thought it took a very original and distinctive approach. I really miss the Japanese style RPG like characteristics it had. And as a result, there are no video games based on this particular story arc in considering the fact I do happen to still enjoy the Sega Saturn and Super Nintendo games. And with the art and animation, since the 2nd season aired a week after the first season ended and didn’t have a year break like how other anime seasons do, they really couldn’t do much to have any significant improvement in the design. But the newer characters were fresh, but not really that exciting or distinctive. The music is still alright and didn’t really change too much.

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