Kazuki and Mizuki are now in college, and the doujinshi world has moved on around them. Characters absent from the original series — including Subaru Mikage and Asahi Sakurai — make their debut, and the focus shifts from Kazuki alone to the full ensemble, with each heroine given spotlight episodes. The hot springs trip, the tennis tournament, the camping disaster, and the ongoing challenge of balancing real adult life with the consuming passion of doujinshi creation give the series its episodic structure — lighter in tone than the first season, more interested in the full cast than in Kazuki's personal journey, and steadily building toward the question of whether making doujinshi can survive growing up. Comic Party Revolution is the 13-episode sequel to Comic Party, with the first four episodes originally released as OVAs between December 22, 2003 and November 26, 2004, before the series was extended and broadcast as a TV series from May 2 to June 27, 2005. Episodes 1–4 were directed by Junichi Sakata and produced by Chaos Project; episodes 5–13 were directed by Mitsuhiro Tōgō and produced by Radix Ace Entertainment — the studio behind Sakura Wars OVA and Birdy the Mighty — with music by Yoshihiro Ike (Kai Doh Maru, Arc the Lad) for the TV episodes. ADV Films licensed the anime and dubbed it with a new Houston-based voice cast, releasing the series on DVD between 2006 and 2007. The ADV individual volumes include Seiyuu Profiles, Production Background Art, Japanese voice cast interviews, "The Language of Doujinshi," "What is Comic Party," and "How to Doujinshi" featurettes not present on later releases. Notable Staff & Voice Talent Directors: Junichi Sakata (eps 1–4; DNA², Love Hina Again) / Mitsuhiro Tōgō (eps 5–13) Studio (eps 1–4): Chaos Project Studio (eps 5–13): Radix Ace Entertainment (Sakura Wars OVA, Birdy the Mighty, Haibane Renmei) Music (eps 1–4): Junya Matsuoka & Michio Igasa Music (eps 5–13): Yoshihiro Ike (Kai Doh Maru, Arc the Lad, Kaiba) Original Game: Aquaplus / Leaf (Comic Party visual novel) Japanese Cast: - Masami Kikuchi as Kazuki Sendou (Oh My Goddess! OVA, Tenchi films, Moldiver, Comic Party) - Koichi Tochika as Taishi Kuhonbutsu (Pilot Candidate, Comic Party) - Riko Sayama as Mizuki Takase (Comic Party) - Shizuka Ishikawa as Eimi Ohba (Comic Party) - Takashi Nagasako as additional cast English Dub Cast (ADV Films — Houston, different cast from original series): - Leraldo Anzaldua as Kazuki Sendou - John Swasey as Taishi Kuhonbutsu (El-Hazard: The Alternative World, Princess Nine, Megazone 23, WXIII Patlabor, Spriggan) - Natalie Arneson as Mizuki Takase - Brittney Karbowski as Eimi Ohba (Akame ga Kill!, Phantom: Requiem, Black Bullet) - Luci Christian as Subaru Mikage (Black Bullet — Enju, Chivalry of a Failed Knight — Stella) DVD Features (ADV Films Individual Volumes) - Seiyuu Profiles - Production Background Art Gallery - Interviews with Japanese Voice Cast - "The Language of Doujinshi" — Cultural Guide - "What is Comic Party" — Franchise Introduction - "How to Doujinshi" — Creator Tutorial Featurette - Clean Opening & Closing Animations - ADV Films Previews - Note: ADV Thinpak (2008) and FUNimation Complete Collection (2009) do not include the above bonus features Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles Edition Details Japanese Title: こみっくパーティーRevolution (Komikku Pātī Reboryūshon) Runtime: ~317 Minutes (Complete Series, 13 Episodes) Directors: Junichi Sakata (eps 1–4) / Mitsuhiro Tōgō (eps 5–13) DVD Release Year: 2006–2007 (U.S. Individual Volumes, ADV Films); ADV Thinpak 2008; FUNimation Complete Collection October 20, 2009 Original Release Date (Japan): December 22, 2003 – June 27, 2005 (OVA then TV broadcast) Publisher: ADV Films (original); FUNimation Entertainment (2009 reissue) Rating: 14+ Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada) Note: ADV individual volumes contain exclusive extras (Seiyuu Profiles, Doujinshi guides, Japanese cast interviews) not present on ADV Thinpak or FUNimation reissue. New English dub cast — different from the original Right Stuf Comic Party dub. Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life Themes: Doujinshi Culture, College Life, Full Ensemble Focus, OVA-to-TV Continuation, Aquaplus Sequel Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.
