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Format
TV
Episodes
12
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Winter 2016
Aired
2016-01-08 to 2016-04-01
Source
Game
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
School
Sci-Fi
Video Game
Studios
Telecom Animation Film
Producers
TBS
Sega
Sega Games
Licensors
Sentai Filmworks
Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation (ファンタシースターオンライン2 ジ アニメーション)
In the year 2027, the video game Phantasy Star Online 2 is all the rage at Seiga Academy. Every student is on board the fad—except for Itsuki Tachibana, a well-rounded student who doesn't play video games. Due to its popularity, the game is currently under review at Seiga Academy to see if it has a negative impact on the students. Consequently, this causes Itsuki to catch the attention of Rina Izumi, the perfectionist student council president who aims to prove that the game is not to blame. To accomplish her objective, Rina recruits Itsuki as the student council vice president and tasks him with learning to play the game while keeping his grades up. Now obliged to report his daily findings of the game to Rina and analyze its merits, Itsuki carries the fate of Phantasy Star Online 2 in his hands. [Written by MAL Rewrite]