Soap Opera II: Wind Calling

Soap Opera II: Wind Calling is a sequel anime to Soap Opera, supervised by the creator of the original show, and produced by Kyoto Animation. The title is an obvious nod to the recurring in-universe film series, "Wind Calling."

Unlike the movie, which took place in an alternate universe, this series serves as the direct continuation to the show's timeline. It was released 10 years after the initial run's conclusion, and is set 21 years after the original series' finale.

List of Episodes
See Soap Opera II: Wind Calling/List of Episodes

Animation
Soap Opera II is noted for having a much more refined/polished style than the former series, due to the animation now being done by Kyoto. This allowed for more fluidity and personality in the characters' movements.

Format
The revival picks up directly where "season 1" left off. "Directly," meaning it starts back up at the thirty-fifth overall episode. Instead of doing seasons, or flat-out abandoning the very concept, the show airs 12 episodes over three-month periods called "cours." An exec on the show even stated "It's still us. And we still hate seasons."

Takashi Miyake
Takashi is a 50 year-old family man, living with his wife Ayumi and his three daughters; Hiromi, Ami, and Haruka. Not in a studio apartment, but a full-blown house! He currently works on the writing staff at Bernard and Mana's film studio, Soup. Most notably, their two thousand episode anime series, "Wind Calling: A Soap Opera."

Ayumi Yamazaki-Miyake
49 year-old mother of three, and famous mangaka since the age of 20. In her time as an author/artist, she has produced three series that each ran for about ten years, each being collected into 50 volumes.