Very entertaining anime series
based on the manga of Adachitoka serialized in the Monthly Shonen Magazine,
and yes, this
Season Two of Noragami was even better than the first season. Not a
boring moment.
This UK edition DVD region 2 has an english dub in
5.1 audio and the original japanese audio in stereo with english subtitles.
13 episodes and Extras only a textless opening and ending song plus
trailers. Presented in anamorphic widescreen
Among Japan's many Shintoism gods there are those with
magnificent shrines, many are worshipped still today and then there
are
the forgotten and minor ones - as Yato, once a war
God but now absolutely obscure and forgotten and without any shrine.
Schoolgirl Hiyori is a human who can see the Gods and the annoying Phantom
monsters. When she falls asleep her spirit leaves
her body and she receives super powers and can enter the realms of the
Gods.
In Season Two Lady Bishamon, the Godess of War, riding
her regalia Lion has a sinister main regalia in Dr. Kugaha, and he plans
to provoke a war between her and Yato as she believes that Yato once
killed her whole family, and he believes that she has
kidnapped Hiyori and Kazuma. The High Gods are much displeased with
the war and the killings and blames the God Ebisu.
Yato goes to the Underworld to save Ebisu and may be caught by the powerful
Queen of the Underworld. Can Hiyori call him back ?
But, the most important of all - Yato desperately wants
a Shrine. As neither humans or the Gods themselves know his name
Hiyori and Yukine
Once a powerful war god Yato today are totally forgotten,
without worshippers, without a shrine and money. He's the God of Nothing
and uses his powers in his telephone service, to fulfill peoples wishes
for a 5 yen coin, as cleaning someones bathroom, babysit etc.
But Yato's optimistic and has big plans for being a popular God with
a lot of worshippers.
Yato's Regalia, is Yukine his spirit weapon. And, Hiyori
has become the third member of the trio. After an accident she suffers
from
becomes a member of the trio. Hiyori, after the bus accident, suffers
from narcolepsy and travels between the world of gods and spirits
and her human existance. When she falls asleep, she can leave her body
as a spirit with a tail and assist Yato-Yukine in his fights with
the Phantoms and with his encounters with friendly or hostile gods.
The Episodes in Season Two:
Chapter 1: Bearing a Posthumous Name
Chapter 2: One of Her Memories
Chapter 3: False Bond
Chapter 4: Wish
Chapter 5: Divine Acclamation, Imprecation
Chapter 6: What Must be Done
Chapter 7: How to Worship a God
Chapter 8: God of Calamity
Chapter 9: The Sound of a Thread Snapping
Chapter 10: A Certain Desire
Chapter 11: Revival
Chapter 12: Your Voice Calls Out
Chapter 13: The God of Fortunes Message
Voices: Hiyori Iki - Maaya Uchida, Yato - Hiroshi Kamaiya,
Yukine - Yuki Kaji, Tomo/Mayu - Asami Imai, Kofuku - Aki Toyosaki
Original comic - Adachitoka (Kodansha)
Director of art: Kasuo Nagai, Color design: Hiroko Umezaki, Director
of photography: Mayuko Furumoto, Music: Taku Iwasaki,
Animation production: BONES, Direction of animation: Toshihoro Kawamoto,
Hideki Yamasaki, Direction: Kotaro Tamura