Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino


Gunslinger Girl: II Teatrino

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Synonyms: Gunslinger Girl 2nd Season, Gunslinger Girl Second
Japanese: ガンスリンガー ガール -IL TEATRINO-
English: Gunslinger Girl: II Teatrino
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 8, 2008 to Apr 1, 2008
Premiered: Winter 2008
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 03:00 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Artland
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 25 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Ranked: #39172
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Popularity: #2998
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Preliminary Spoiler
Jan 27, 2008
Preliminary (6/13 eps)
I'm hearing so much bleating about how different S2 is to S1, I thought I'd better jot down a couple of pointers for the uninformed.

Anybody who's watched S1 will realise that Madhouse spoilt us - everything was right, the artwork, the music, the character design and most of all the story. When Marvelous commissioned S2 they, for whatever reason (I assume Madhouse had become victims of their own brilliance and had too much work - including, I heard, Satoshi Kon's new movie) they gave the job to ArtLand. This meant an entirely new crew working on the project, from the artists to the seiyuu (so, ...
Jun 19, 2008
Having being the first reviewer to actually finish the series, I'd like to say that, despite the obvious reduction in artwork due to changing production studios. They do try their best in trying to stay faithful to the manga. In which they do quite well in my opinion all the way to the final episode.

Story - (Great)
Basically the main story arc this time around is having the girls try to crack down on a radical terrorist organization. The story is simple enough to cause enough action, drama, and straight up melancholy sadness. Yu Aida does such a good job on the story that theres ...
Jan 24, 2008
Preliminary (1/13 eps)
Okay, this is the first review I've even written and the first anime I've ever graded 1/10, but after watching just the first half of the first episode, it is easy to see how poorly this season compares to the first.

For one thing, the animators are extremely lazy. In the first season, movements were fluid. The girls made firing guns and taking bullets a work of art. Even the few short combat sequences were poetry. But in Il Teatrino, the animators took a still image of a mob attack and shook it. Literally, they shook the image to give the illusion that the people were ...
Sep 5, 2013
Some of you may remember my review of the first Gunslinger Girl anime by Madhouse. The final verdict ended up as a /10 for its excellent character elements, well constructed story and well done action. This week we're going to look at the second anime, Il Teatrino. Unlike the first series, this one was handled by Artland, a studio best known for doing support work in projects such as Darker than Black, School Rumble, Star Ocean EX and others. The only thing I've seen where they took the lead was the atrocious to the point of being almost unwatchable, Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Mao. Of ...
Dec 18, 2012
This second season has gotten quite a bit of hate for it's artwork, and it is unnecessary. I watch a series for the story, honestly the story could be told with stick figures for me, but if the plot was compelling, and the characters believable, then I am sold.

On that note, I found the story was more powerful, if less subtle, in this second season, and the same could be said for the characters. This season seemed to focus a bit more on Triela (which I didn't mind, as she was my favourite character) and her personality.

What sold me the most about this series ...
Mar 12, 2008
Preliminary (2/13 eps)
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- Review: by John Kim

Reviewers note: I have not yet read the manga, so I can not make tactful comparisons between the anime and the manga. I will only be comparing the quality between the two anime seasons. I am well aware the second season is more faithful to the manga than the first. I am not reviewing how well Il Teatrino follows the manga, I am reviewing the quality and the overall production of Il Teatrino above all else.

After a 4 year gap, Il Teatrino, A second season to the original Gunslinger Girl, has been announced. On January 7, 2008, the ...
Jan 26, 2008
Preliminary (3/13 eps)
After watching the original series of Gunslinger Girl a few times over the years and just prior to the 2nd series, I find this series to be awefully lacking in many respects.

Right now, from the 1st episode, the story is hard to comment on, but the Artwork is severly lacking in comparison to series 1 which is much older.
It also seems to me that the voices on many of the characters have changed even though some sound similar, some are very different.
The characters seem to have a completely different style than they did in the 1st series also, they clothing and looks are similar in ...
Jul 14, 2019
After watching the first season, I was excited, but now I'm rather sorry to see the second season.


Story 1/10 - the worst
Isn't it some fan-made sequel season?

Art 1/10 - I've never seen anything so bad. Art is worse than in Berserk.
The first season looked much better. All the characters in this season look like they were 19 years old. Why didn't they do the same as in the previous season?

Sound - Baaad
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Sep 30, 2018
Preliminary (3/13 eps)
I absolutely adored the first season of Gunslinger Girl. By the first few minutes of the first episode of season two, I could tell that this was going to be a dumpster fire of a sequel. with the drop in audio quality, the drastic changes to animation and character design, and the overall tone of the show flipped on its head i knew i wasn't going to enjoy this show. where the first season put a focus on the girl's emotional states explored in an episodic format, the second puts a focus on action scenes in a longer running story arc. with the change to ...
Mar 9, 2008
Preliminary (5/13 eps)
Im a General Gunslinger Girl fan mostly because I'm a military aficionado but also because I enjoy getting a lot of action in this particular genre of Anime and Gunslinger girl does this very well. The second season is a definitely different turn of events and animation from the first. Some subtle notes are the differences in animation the Girls appear different in shape and form, I think their emotions are much more vivid and painted better then season one.

So far, the story seems to be pretty linear with a two sided battle between an extremist group and the government which is where our ...
Jul 3, 2010
OK so when I played episode 1 of Il Teatrino, my eyes widened in disbelief in the obvious downgrade in art, I thought I was reliving the “Saiyuki Debacle” all over again: the change in character designs, the animation was sub-par and the voice acting and the character portrayals were way different. If it weren't for the names of the characters and the continuation of the storyline, one would never guess the the two series were related....and that's probably what saved this series. The fact that visual differences between the part1 and part 2 of this series were so stark that you had no choice ...
Jul 9, 2011
hi all this is my first review so be gentle with me

Let me just start by saying that this is one of the few sequels that manage to outshine the original although not many will agree with me. The reason is because there is the existence of clear thinking and planing involved with this anime that I did not find in the previous. majority of the viewers will commonly complain about the difference in artwork however you should watch this anime as a standalone from the original much like how similar Death Note and Code Geass is but you dont watch them as the same ...
Jun 29, 2010
I guess I might as well start off by saying that this review won't be liked by a good number of fans who loved the first season of Gunslinger Girl and hated the vast number of changes that Il Teatrino made to the original. Having seen and loved season one myself, I will concede that it was a better adaptation in every department. However, to leave it at that does the series a great injustice.

The biggest flaw Il Teatrino struggles with throughout all 13 episodes, to the point where some action scenes are really hampered, is quite poor animation. I'm hardly an expert when it ...
Mar 4, 2010
story: continuation of section 2 fighting the five republics.

art: more cutesy from the first season. are all drwan up diffenrtly.

sound: different from the first season. different feel. wonderful opening

character: new antagonist.

enjoyment: it take you along with the feel of section 2 getting good grasp against the fight with the five republics which was different from the first season.

overall: was completely different from what was to be expected from the thought of a second season but was good still nonetheless. noting to be disappointed about at all.
Oct 20, 2020
Another case of an anime that feels like it ended too early.
The weakest aspect is definitely the unfinished overarching plot, as well as the art and the animation.
There is a lot missing. Things that "should" have been explored, considering the premise and setup, but weren't. This is because the show ends at volume 5, while the manga is 15 volumes long.
The animation quality takes a nosedive sometimes, especially early on in season 2, like during car chase scenes. Season 2 also commits the sin of overusing flashbacks.
My guess is that the studio ran out of resources and/or time during production, so they cut ...
Jun 12, 2020
Mixed Feelings
This review includes the OVA

So i finished Gunslinger Girl S2. and they made quite a few changes to both the animation and music. The changes itself are both good and bad. I liked the fact that this one focused more on the story and world building however i didn't like how the epic music of S1 was practically non existent here. I preferred the animation in S2 than S1 but this is really a minor preference. Now it has the same issues as S1. Despite changing directors. the series about robotic cyborg girls that are assassin/hitman are still somehow boring. The issue with S2 is ...
Nov 4, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (2/13 eps)
I really wanted to give this season a fair chance, and after being pretty disappointed with the first episode, I decided to give this season up to episode three to sell me on its strengths, unfortunately I could not live up to my own standards and dropped this season after just two.
From the get go, the art is changed, and in no way is it an improvement. A lot of use of shaking stills, animation became less fluid, and the biggest change in my opinion, is the overall style. The first season's atmosphere is lost through the style change, the girls all look like they ...
Sep 1, 2014
Mixed Feelings
(First off, each season of Gunslinger Girl is only 13 episodes long. I don't know why it says 9001 here...)

This show, including its first season, had the opportunity to do many things really well.
It could have been a heartbreaking/warming story of the humanity of its "cyborg" characters and their relationships with their handlers.
It could have been about the humanity shared on both sides by terrorists, assassins, and government agents.
It could have been simply a badass show about assassinations and bodyguarding.

Best of all, it had the potential to do all of the above blended into something spectacular.

Unfortunately, it falls short ...
Aug 29, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (4/13 eps)
Before you enter this review thinking that I am one of those people who just hates stuff for the sake of hating, I would like to assure you, that I actually really liked the first season of Gunslinger Girl.
I would also like to point out that I dropped it after 4 episodes, so some of the details might be off.
So where to begin, well first of all the story is a bore. It constantly tries to add layers of development across all these different factions and tries to tie it's story together like it's a Deus Ex game. But none of the plots that go ...
May 12, 2024
In Short...
If you really liked Madhouse's interpretation of Gunslinger Girl and are expecting more of that, you're not going to like S2. But if you've read the manga and can look past the low production quality, then you'll probably have more respect and patience for this show. But overall, there are so many things that get in the way of making a decent show, and that goes beyond just the animation and audio budget. In my opinion, the show didn't make good use of the limited time it had.

Lack of Focus
A lot all of characters have conflicts that I felt didn't receive adequate time to ...