is a 2009 Japanese

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television series. It is a sequel to the anime series ''

Kiddy Grade is a Japanese 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment. In October 2006, ...

'', created by gímik and

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and directed by

Keiji Gotoh is a Japanese anime director, character designer, manga artist, and member of three man production team gímik whose works include ''Kiddy Grade'' and ''Uta Kata''. Works Television * '' Thundercats'' (1985), In-between animation * '' Kiko Senki ...

. The manga adaptation , illustrated by

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, 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''

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was announced, under the working title of (K-G.2), to be animated by asread (''

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'' 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

, 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

(

Shina Dark is a Japanese fantasy and comedy manga series written by Bunjūrō Nakayama and drawn by Yukari Higa. The manga originally started serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine '' Dengeki Teioh'' on January 26, 2006, and ran in that ...

), is being serialized in the magazine ''

Comp Ace is a Japanese computer game and manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. ''Comp Ace'' began as a special edition version of another one of Kadokawa Shoten's magazines, ''Comptiq''. The first issue was released on March 26, 2005, and was publ ...

'', starting March 26, 2009.

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announced during their

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2017 panel that they have licensed the anime for a North American release.

References

External links

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