Jubei-Chan 2 - Resurrection (Vol. 1) + Series Box
The 2004 broadcast seriesJubei Chan 2: Resurrectionpicks up shortly afterJubei-Chan the Ninja Girl(1999) ended. When perky junior high student Jiyu "Jubei" Nanohana ended an ancient vendetta, she thought she'd finished with the "lovely eyepatch" that transformed her into the reincarnation of legendary samurai Yagyu Jubei. But the Rettsai Kita clan, who were defeated and exiled to Siberia by the original Jubei 300 years ago, also have a score to settle. Global warming thaws Freesia, Rettsai's frozen daughter: she comes to Japan seeking revenge. So does the rest of the Kita clan under the addled leadership of samurai Furo Kita. Freesia transforms into Yagyu's reincarnation when she dons a spade-shaped eye patch; the runny-nosed child of Koinusuke brings the heart-shaped eye patch back to Jiyu, who also tranforms.The three-way sword fights are complicated by the presence of kendo champion Shiro, Mikage the ninja, Jiyu's writer-father, and "unrefined" Bantaro, all of whom remember "the first series." The visual style varies from broad cartoon action to photographs to computer graphics to live action.Resurrectionis entertaining, but it doesn't make much sense. (Rated 13 and older: violence, risqué humor, alcohol use)--Charles Solomon