Tokyo Mew Mew New ♡ 2nd Season

After a successful showdown at Tokyo Tower, the Mew Mew girls enjoy a temporary respite. Now that Ichigo Momomiya and Masaya Aoyama have confessed their feelings to each other, Ichigo is overjoyed to spend time with her new boyfriend. However, their quick break gets interrupted, and soon the girls must battle against the Chimera Anima yet again. When things go awry in the ensuing fight, Ichigo is placed in grave danger.

Just when things look most bleak, the mysterious Blue Knight arrives and saves Ichigo, proclaiming that he was born to protect her, before disappearing into thin air. With the fate of the world on their shoulders and the identity of the Blue Knight in question, the Mew Mew girls must strive to create balance between alien-fighting and their personal lives.

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Momomiya, Ichigo Main

Tenma, Yuuki Japanese

Fujiwara, Zakuro Main

Ishii, Momoka Japanese

Aizawa, Mint Main

Hinata, Mirai Japanese

Huang, Bu-Ling Main

Toda, Rian Japanese

Midorikawa, Lettuce Main

Juuni, Ryouko Japanese

Quiche Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Shirogane, Ryou Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Aoyama, Masaya Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Masha Supporting

Ishihara, Kaori Japanese

Blue Knight Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Itou, Hirofumi Producer

Yamada, Yuriko Producer

Yamato, Masae Producer

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Jul 8, 2023

UsagiBloom

Recommended

Hey! I’m back with another review.

Today is my birthday!

Let’s get into it, ya?

First, I want to say how much I’ve enjoyed this season compared to the first. This season was darker, more mature and just overall entertaining.
The plot follows the original anime (not sure about the manga, I haven't read it yet) but it had a happier ending. (I won’t spoil it for you!)

Story: like I said, the story was just better than the first season. The story was way more serious, it kept you on the edge of your seat and by the end you were rooting for all of the ... characters to win.

Characters: everyone seemed to mature and come out of their shell more. Ichigo stopped being such a big cry baby, Lettuce gained more confidence, Bu-Ling showed how responsible she was with her siblings, Mint showed her older brother that she wasn’t a child anymore and Zakuro became more friendly. The aliens had good character development as well; my heart really went out to them. I still believe Shirogane has a thing for Ichigo. We get a background story on Shirogane and Akasaka.

Music: the soundtrack was better too! The opening theme got on my nerves at first, but by episode 6 I was dancing along to it. The end theme is cute. For the last episode we hear “My sweetheart” from the original anime and I just loved that, it was so nostalgic. I’m definitely going back to add some songs to my playlist.

Artwork: the art looked amazing and it kept the original designs of the classic anime. I still don’t care too much for the super suits, but I wasn’t too bothered about them this season. I was obsessed with the story; it was SO good.

Overall: this season was great and I highly recommend it. A third season hasn’t been announced, and I’m not sure if there will be one. The story seemed to wrap up in the last episode. Unless the writers come up with a new enemy, in my opinion, I don’t see a third season coming out.

Thanks for reading my review! Please leave a comment and reaction to let me know what you think. My next review will be Trigun Stempede.
Until next time, take care!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 12, 2023

Fancyjasper

Mixed Feelings

Here we have another anime getting a remake for its anniversary. With a fairly lengthy anime adaptation for this series already existing, the question is whether this new adaptation is worth it. This review and score reflect both seasons as a whole.

Characters suffer quite a bit in this new series. Mint is practically a different character now and Zakuro is way too talkative for a few examples. I'm not a fan of the changes and even without comparing to the original series, most of the characters are just okay. Aoyama as the main love interest did tend to be criticized for being boring back in ... the 2000’s series. I never found that to be the case. Megumi Ogata voiced him and it’s true that probably added a lot to his character back then. In New I really do feel like he’s a boring love interest, in due part to his new actor. The new voice cast is fine overall, but replacing someone of Ogata’s caliber is a real shame.

There’s quite a few anime original episodes and new scenes. I didn’t find most of these that interesting and I only really started to enjoy the newly added content towards the end of season 2. I actually preferred how the final conflict played out this time around, as we got more time with the big bad which expanded upon ideas brought up in the original show that never had any pay off. Plus seeing what the cast is up to after the main conflict was over was really nice to see.

Music is a mixed bag. On its own the music is great - really grand and epic sounding. Problem is it lacks identity. This is the same composer as the Sailor Moon Crystal OST and that’s all I could think of whenever these grandiose tracks started playing. The original anime really nailed its OST. Each of the Mew Mew’s had their own transformation music that reflected their personalities, now it’s all the same and blends together for me. Again, the music is great on its own, it’s just not a great fit for this series.

I noticed there’s quite a few scenes where the characters start singing an insert song. The cast sings the opening and ending too. It’s cute, but I suppose the cynical side of me was starting to think this anime was made purely to promote their new idol group, thus we got quite a few songs out of nowhere sometimes. It’s not like there’s a new insert song every episode, but I did feel most were a bit intrusive when they happened and felt out of place.

Tokyo Mew Mew New is a totally fine anime. Despite my complaints, It isn’t offensively bad, nor does it butcher the original material. It just doesn’t have much going for it to recommend it to anyone other than hardcore fans such as myself who want to see more of these characters. Everything from the character outfits to the characters themselves are downgraded. I only got excited during the odd new scene I liked or whenever Quiche was on-screen. Give the 2000’s series a try instead and only watch this one if you’re dying for more content...Or if you’re a depraved Quiche fan such as myself and need to see more of him to survive.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 14, 2023

Kotaru92

Not Recommended

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Its my first time writing a review for a anime, so i gotta try my best.

Season 1 was good but season 2?
Nope.

They did do scenes from the manga that made me very happy but the journey up to it, felt lackluster and some new changes made no sense
But what i cant forgive this remake for is what they did to my favorite character Kisshu.
In the manga and original, he had a good progress which i could relate to when it comes to unrequited love cause he could not understand as why he loved his enemy, but this version of him? He was a creep ... and he used his own hands to try kill her by trying strangle her, after he got rejected and then scenes later, when he saves her, its like forgotten that he tried strangle her earlier! So that scene should have been cut!

So yeah, even though it was happy to see Kisshu, this remake did NOT justice for the manga or for the creator Mia Ikumi.
I am sad about it.
So, 2/10 for me

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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