My-Otome Zwei

My-Otome Zwei
Cover of My-Otome Zwei Volume 01
舞-乙HiME Zwei
Original video animation
Directed byMasakazu Obara
Written byHiroyuki Yoshino
Music byYuki Kajiura
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Released November 24, 2006 – August 24, 2007
Episodes4 (List of episodes)

My-Otome Zwei (舞-乙HiME Zwei) is a Japanese OVA anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it consists of four episodes, which were released across three-month intervals and is the sequel to the original My-Otome anime series. It is published in Japan by Bandai Visual and North America initially by Bandai Entertainment. At Otakon 2013, Funimation Entertainment had announced that they have rescued My-Otome Zwei, along with a handful of other former BEI titles.[1] They also announced at the 2017 New York Comic Con that they will release My-HiMe, My-Otome, and a My-Otome Zwei + My-Otome 0: S.ifr pack, all on Blu-Ray + DVD combo packs on January 8, 2018.[2] They will start pre-orders on October 15, 2017.[3]

Similar to its predecessors My-HiME and My-Otome, the title is a pun, which derives from the visual similarity of the Latin letter "Z" (from the German word zwei "two") to the kanji "乙", the first of the two characters in the word 乙女 otome "maiden". On the logo, the two similar glyphs are shown superimposed on one another.

Plot

My-Otome Zwei takes place one year after the events of My-Otome. Arika is now a full-fledged Otome (though still under the tutelage of Miss Maria as she has not yet received enough credits to graduate) and Nagi is incarcerated in a prison somewhere in Aries. The various nations are at peace with one another and plan to hold S.O.L.T. (Strategic Otome Limitation Talks) to discuss limiting the numbers of Otome.

A mission to destroy a meteor threatening to collide with Earl sets into motion a chain of events which result in a mysterious shadowy figure attacking Garderobe and several Otome as well as a new, more powerful version of Slave appearing across the planet. To make matters worse, Queen Mashiro disappears following an argument with Arika. The series follows Arika's search for Mashiro as well as Garderobe's attempts to uncover the truth behind the shadowy figure.

Characters

Main article: List of My-Otome characters

Episode list

Main article: List of My-Otome episodes § My-Otome Zwei

Release information

Each release is available in two versions; a standard edition containing only the 30-minute episode on DVD and a limited edition Special Package.

Each Volume's Special Package contains:

  • A DVD containing the 30-minute episode
  • A 3-track music CD containing the episode's ending song, its off vocal version and an audio commentary (Volume 4 had a drama track of My-HiME★DESTINY instead of the audio commentary)
  • A figurine (Volume 1: Mini Mikoto cat, Volume 2: Meister Arika, Volume 3: Blue Sky Robe Arika and Volume 4: Neptune Robe Nina)
  • A picture label

The Volume 1 Special Package also included an illustration book.

The first volume was released November 24, 2006, the second volume was released February 23, 2007, the third volume was released May 25, 2007, and the fourth and final volume was released August 24, 2007.

Theme songs

Ending themes

Manga

In 2007, My-Otome Zwei was serialized as a single-volume manga in Champion RED. The art was done by Chako Abeno. Having nothing to do with the original My-Otome manga, it followed the storyline of the OVA at first but later diverged.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Funimation Adds Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Outlaw Star, More". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Funimation's My-Hime, My-Otome Home Video Releases Slated for January". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Funimation". Facebook. Retrieved 5 October 2017.