

Battle Couple: Last Samurai and Yumiko are married in real life, but in PSO2, they're a badass action duo.Last Samurai and Kid get in on the action in Episode 3 while under fire from Dragonkin.Itsuki and SORO are shown doing this in a flashback in Episode 2.Quna acts as Aika's direct superior, a Late EPISODE 1 Spoiler that she is the highest-ranking member OF The Council Of Six.Authority Equals Asskicking: The Council of Six, who are the highest-ranking members of the ARKS and among the most powerful.He attempts to do so, but the Breeahda gets up too quickly and forces Itsuki to take a hit while charging his Photon Art. Attack Its Weakpoint: In Episode 1, SORO suggests this to Itsuki to take out a pesky Breeahda.As Himself: Marika Kouno, Riko Kohara, and Yurika Takagi, collectively known as the "Dark Falz Girls" note A group of voice actors who formerly participated in the "ARKS Cadet" segment of the PSO2 Live Broadcasts, all guest star as anime counterparts of themselves who go by First-Name Basis.Phantoms are also comprised of the same Ether that makes the Ethernet run. This service is maintained by ESC-A Towers, which are large, glowing spires built in numerous places across Earth for the purposes of dispersing Ether. Even in the modern day, it is still unknown what Ether is or how it works, but it is capable of high-speed data transmission, which is used for the Ethernet, an advanced form of The Internet that utilizes Ether to achieve lightning-fast wireless communication anywhere on the globe. Applied Phlebotinum: Ether particles, a mysterious type of particle discovered on Earth in the year 2016 AD.Anime Theme Song: Unmatched Stargate for the opening, and Rare Drop KOI Koi! One More! for the ending, performed by Halko Momoi and M-A-O.The Anime of the Game: Of Phantasy Star Online 2.Just try properly replicating Matoi's hair. Played straight in PSO2, as in the real game. Aika sports two unusually long braided ponytails, but even then that isn't completely impossible. Anime Hair: Almost completely averted for everyone in the real world.Itsuki in particular gets bonus dramatic shots with increased detail. It helps that it's a recreation of an existing event for the real game. Quna is more fluidly animated than either Itsuki or SORO at the end of Episode 2.



Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation provides examples of: What connection do they have with Phantasy Star Online 2, and how is the strange transfer student Aika Suzuki linked to the darkness on the horizon? However, the game's rising popularity has also brought with it a rise in mysterious disappearances that are resolved as fast as they occur. Itsuki Tachibana, an average high school student with no interest in the so-called " PSO2", is suddenly dragged into the world of online games when the Student Council President, Rina Izumi, recruits him to prevent the banning of PSO2 on Seiga Academy school grounds. In the country of Japan, the operating system "ESC-A" introduced a massively multiplayer RPG known as Phantasy Star Online 2, which is now a national phenomenon played by youth to old. It is now 2027 AD, where from Ether the "Ethernet" was born, a revolution in internet technology where anyone, anywhere has access to high-speed internet. In the year 2016 AD, a new particle known as Ether was made known to the world, capable of lightning-fast data transfer unlike anything the world had seen. Developed as the 8th project as part of the 15th anniversary celebration of the original Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation is an original 12-episode Slice of Life/ Science Fiction anime based on the popular MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2.
