Blue Seed Beyond - Invasion from Within
In the originalBlue Seed(1994), 15-year-old Momiji fulfilled her  hereditary destiny by fighting the shape-shifting monsters, the Aragami--with  some help from the rakish Kusanagi, who drew supernatural powers from seven  implantedmitama(Aragami seeds). The action in this follow-up series shifts  between Japan and San Francisco, as a mad scientist creates synthetic Aragami  in a clandestine weapons program. The new monsters are bigger and nastier,  and a potential rival for Kusanagi's affection turns up: scantily clad Valencia,  who has also been implanted withmitama. In the third episode, the  plot halts for some fan service while the Terrestrial Administration Center gang  tackles a mad bomber at a hot spring. The new crew fails to recapture the  appeal of the original series: Momiji is just another whiny "magical girl," and  Kusanagi has lost his outlaw charm. (Rated 17 and older: violence, nudity, minor  profanity, risqué humor, alcohol use)--Charles Solomon