GATE 自衛隊彼の地にて、斯く戦えり 2

GATE: JIEITAI KANOCHI NITE, KAKU TATAKAERI 2

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
March 26, 2016
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

The second season of the Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri anime which will cover the Fire Dragon Arc.

Several months have passed since the infamous Ginza Incident, with tensions between the Empire and JSDF escalating in the vast and mysterious "Special Region" over peace negotiations. The greed and curiosity of the global powers have also begun to grow, as reports about the technological limitations of the magical realm's archaic civilizations come to light.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Youji Itami and his merry band of female admirers struggle to navigate the complex political intrigue that plagues the Empire's court. Despite her best efforts, Princess Piña Co Lada faces difficulties attempting to convince her father that the JSDF has no intention of conquering their kingdom. Pressured from both sides of the Gate, Itami must consider even more drastic measures to fulfill his mission.

CAST

Rory Mercury
Risa Taneda
Youji Itami
Junichi Suwabe
Lelei la Lelena
Nao Touyama
Piña Co Lada
Haruka Tomatsu
Tuka Luna Marceau
Hisako Kanemoto
Shino Kuribayashi
Maaya Uchida
Mari Kurokawa
Satomi Akesaka
Sherry Tueli
Rina Hidaka
Yao Ha Ducy
Youko Hikasa
Tyuule
Ami Koshimizu
Arpeggio el Lalena
Ayahi Takagaki
Takeo Kurata
Kaito Ishikawa
Bozes Ko Palesti
Yumi Uchiyama
Akira Yanagida
Kouji Yusa
Hamilton Uno Ror
Ikumi Hayama
Risa Aoi
Yoshino Nanjou
Meia
Asuka Nishi
Giselle
Ayane Sakura
Delilah
Aina Kusuda
Duran
Masuo Amada
Tarou Kanou
Tetsuo Kanao
Shandy Gaff Marea
Rumi Ookubo
Myuute Luna Sires
Lynn
Beefeater E Caty
Mutsumi Tamura
Molt Augustus
Atsushi Ono

EPISODES

Dubbed

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Not available on crunchyroll

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REVIEWS

Saknika
85/100
Do you like military anime? Comedy anime? Harem anime? Isekai anime? Fantasy anime? You might want to watch this then!
Where to start with this anime... it's a ride, that's for sure! This review will encompass season one and season two thoughts because I watched them back-to-back on Crunchyroll (where it's made to seem like one season overall of 24 episodes), so for me it's just one big story.

Do you like military anime? Comedy anime? Harem anime? Isekai anime? Fantasy anime? Well man oh man, if you answered yes to all of that then you definitely want to watch GATE! I can't really pick a specific genre that I'd put it in, because it's just so ridiculous that it doesn't necessarily fit any true standards. I think that's why I liked it so much though, because it is so absolutely out there.

Thankfully, there is [sort of] a plot to this anime. It's extremely loose, but the key element that ties all of this together is Japan is trying to make friends with people from another world who is far behind them in technology. It's not a strong plot line, but it fits well because it thus lets the story develop in fun and interesting ways as we watch the characters evolving [a bit] and facing interesting struggles that come from two very different worlds colliding. It's probably something many of us have thought about, but few anime have really approached. Certainly even rarer that they do so in such an overwhelming way. Regardless this anime is a lot of laughs, a few serious moments, and a few moments that just make you really happy to watch overwhelming force be applied to selfish idiots.

It's not a perfect story, but it's a fun one filled with fun characters. Better yet we have a diverse cast of characters, and even though our main protagonist is surrounded by [beautiful] women, for a change we aren't thrown with the trope that he's a pervert, the women aren't (for the most part) throwing themselves all over him or having jealous fits of rage, and romance is not the actual undercurrent of the plot. It was extremely refreshing, to say the least. After a while you just get tired of the boy-meets-harem-girls-fight-over-him nonsense. There really wasn't any of that here, and in fact many of them harbor a lot of respect for our protagonist as a sort of savior (without devolving into hero worship).

At the same time we of course have our required bad guys, because this wouldn't be an anime with any action if we didn't have that. This is probably the only place that's a bit lack-luster, because the bad guys in this instance are just morons. Straight up, grade A idiots. They're not particularly a challenge, at least not at this point in the story, and that's almost a shame. For me anyways it was still fun to watch the baddies struggle uselessly against our unlikely band of heroes, so why not? Not all anime need strong opposition for the heroes to fight, sometimes you just want to watch the good guys win. And we did, and we knew we would.

Despite it having a loose plot, there are some items that needed to be tied-up that haven't been. This being the case one can only hope that perhaps there will be a season 3, but if there isn't then it's no big loss, either. Thankfully, even with a few unanswered plot points we still get a [relatively] satisfying end that does bring closure to where we are in the story, so one isn't left with an intense longing for more. Another welcome relief, because as nice as it is to get new seasons, it's also nice to not crave them to resolve a massive cliff-hanger (that leaves you on the hook for over a year, the struggle).
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