is a 2009 Japanese anime television series. It is a sequel to the anime series Kiddy Grade, created by gímik and Satelight and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The manga adaptation , illustrated by Yukari Higa, ran in Comp Ace and was released into two collected volumes.
Plot
Twenty-five years after Éclair and Lumière, (from the flagship Kiddy Grade series), rescued the galaxy from destruction's doorstep, the GTO (Galactic Trade Organization), created after the defeat of the GOTT (Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs), act on behalf of universal peace by combating criminal activity. Their special ES division mirrored after the GOTT's ES (Encounter of Shadow-work) force, now includes publicly acknowledged ES member candidates. The series follows three such trainees, Ascoeur, Q-feuille, and Di-air as they work their way to ES membership.
Broadcast
In October 2006 news of a Kiddy Grade sequel was announced, under the working title of (K-G.2), to be animated by asread (Shuffle! anime). A DVD containing a 7-minute preview of the new series was released on 2007-05-25 but nothing further was heard until, on February 26, 2009, it was re-announced under the new title along with news of a new manga adaptation, .
The anime aired from autumn of 2009 until spring of 2010, and was produced by studio Satelight, based on a story by gímik. Set 50 years after the original series, Kiddy Girl-and introduced two new female protagonists, and . The manga version, with story by Hidefumi Kimura and art by Yukari Higa (Shina Dark), is being serialized in the magazine Comp Ace, starting March 26, 2009.
Funimation announced during their Otakon 2017 panel that they have licensed the anime for a North American release.
Reception The review at Anime News Network assessed it as C+, noting that it "isn't a bad series; it just fails to do much to distinguish itself, and as a result stands as a pale follow-up to the original".https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kiddy-girl-and/sub.blu-ray-dvd-the-complete-series/.125428
In The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the 2009 continuation of Kiddy Grade was poorly received; the entry calls it "a poorly executed clone of the original series" and notes that it illustrate how Japanese sf franchises of the era often softened into parody and moe tropes when trying (not very successfully) to attract new audiences..
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