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First, let me make a few corrections to my previous post about Galaxy Angel. Mint isn't a cat-girl... she's a girl with rabbit ears. I don't think they made that as clear in the first series. The commander has a name, which they finally put in the opening. It's Volcott, for those who really want to know.

Anyway, I think the difference betwene GA2 and the first season is that this season is more confident in itself, and willing to branch out from the simpler humor of the first series. The writers seem more willing to experiment, and deal with things like lost technology and the history of Galaxy Angel. Coupled with the expected improvement in animation, the result is a better season.

This season actually deals with lost technology, normally by having the main characters ingest it. Characters become unlucky, get trapped in costume, and wind up on the series that became Most Extreme Elimination. (All in different episodes.) There is an episode in which the characters never leave their spacefighters. There is a hilarious sendup of combining giant robot shows.

Galaxy Angel 2 is sci-fi comedy done right. I'll call this a good series, and recommend it over its predecessor. I think it may stand well alone, without depending on the first series.