Birdie Wing

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Season 2

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
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141"A Certain Truth Sleeping in the Girl's Memories"
Transliteration: "Shōjo no Kioku no Naka ni Nemutteiru Tashikana Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 少女の記憶の中に眠っている確かな真実)		Seo Hye-JinYōsuke KurodaKatsuyuki KoderaApril 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) [e]
Eve and Aoi go up against Kaoruko and Kuyou in the semifinal match, and both pair of teams end up in a tie after every hole up until the 18th hole. During the match play, Kaoruko wants to prove her former coach Amuro wrong by using her ability more times than she can count, despite the consequences coming to her.
152"The Reason Just Playing Golf Makes Me So Happy"
Transliteration: "Tada Gorufu ga Dekiru Toiukoto ga Kore Hodo made ni Kōfukuna Riyū" (Japanese: ただゴルフができるということがこれほどまでに幸福な理由)		Kōsuke ShimotoriYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiApril 15, 2023 (2023-04-15)
The final match between the team of Eve and Aoi and the team of Mizuho and Kaede take a shocking turn of events. During Eve's Rainbow Shot, the truth is revealed as Eve found out who her parents really were, shocking Aoi in a process.
163"The Strange Fates of Two Generations of Young People Who Were Caught Up in The Ego of Adults"
Transliteration: "Otona no Ego ni Makikomareta Wakamonotachi no Nidai ni Wataru Sūkina Unmei" (Japanese: 大人のエゴに巻き込まれた若者たちの二代に渡る数奇な運命)		Yoshito HataYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiApril 22, 2023 (2023-04-22)
The All-Japan Girls High School Doubles Championship has come to an end, and both Eve and Aoi have won and become champions. But, things are getting worse as they find out that they both have their same father but different mothers, as explained in a flashback 20 years ago.
174"The Girl Who Regained Her Lost Memories Returns Home and Learns a New Truth"
Transliteration: "Ushinatta Kioku o Torimodoshita Shōjo wa, Kokyō ni Modotte Aratana Shinjitsu o Shiru" (Japanese: 失った記憶を取り戻した少女は、故郷に戻って新たな真実を知る)		Naoyoshi KusakaYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiApril 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)
Eve is deported from Japan to Nafrece, who then visits the grave of Eleanor, her mother. There, she meets her mother's butler who knows more about her during the time he served her. Afterwards, Eve challenges a pro golfer who is ranked eight in the European Tour.
185"A Farewell to Lies"
Transliteration: "Itsuwari to no Ketsubetsu" (Japanese: 偽りとの決別)		Ayaka TsujihashiYōsuke KurodaAyaka TsujihashiMay 6, 2023 (2023-05-06)
Ichina withdraws from Raiho Girls' Academy in order to travel to Nafrece and become Eve's caddie once again. Upon her arrival, however, Ichina soon learns that Eve is involved with the mafia and Eve's fate will be determined during her upcoming underground golf match.
196"Shining Wings"
Transliteration: "Kagayakeru Tsubasa" (Japanese: 輝ける翼)		Harume KosakaYōsuke KurodaTsuyoshi KimuraMay 13, 2023 (2023-05-13)
The Japan Women's Pro Tour is underway, but Aoi is struggling after realizing that Reiya may be her real father. However, as Reiya recovers, Aoi learns her new golf skill that rivals Eve's and puts Aoi back in the game.
207"The Rainbow That Tells of Victory"
Transliteration: "Shōri o Tsugeru Niji" (Japanese: 勝利を告げる虹)		Shigeki AwaiYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiMay 20, 2023 (2023-05-20) [f]
The Japan Women's Pro Tour has ended with Aoi catching up to Reika and winning first place on the last day. Aoi is now a pro golfer, but Amane wants to keep tagging along with her in the next Pro Tour. Meanwhile, Eve encounters her former master Leo and his new student Aisha for the upcoming European Women's Pro Tour.
218"Rainbow and Bullet"
Transliteration: "Niji to Dangan" (Japanese: 虹と弾丸)		Hisaya TakabayashiYōsuke KurodaKatsuyuki KoderaMay 27, 2023 (2023-05-27) [g]
The Europe Women's Pro Tour is under way, but Eve is struggling on every hole despite using her usual skills. The next day, however, she combines her former master Leo's skill and her late father Kazuhiko's skill to get her back on top, in hopes to defeat Aisha and win the tournament.
229"Over the Rainbow"
Transliteration: "Obā・Za・Reinbō" (Japanese: オーバー・ザ・レインボー)		Kōsuke ShimotoriYōsuke KurodaKōsuke ShimotoriJune 3, 2023 (2023-06-03)
Eve is in danger thanks to the overreliance of her new skill. However, she refuses to withdraw from the tournament and competes on the last day. Despite the warning she was given, Eve unleashes her ultimate skill that not even Leo can do.
2310"To Make Dreams Come True"
Transliteration: "Yume o Kanaeru Tame ni" (Japanese: 夢を叶えるために)		Seo Hye-JinYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiJune 10, 2023 (2023-06-10)
Eve wins the Europe Women's Pro Tour, but then she collapses and is unable to golf until she completely recovers from her injuries. Meanwhile, after Aoi suffers another collapse, she learns she has her father Reiya's illness and she may never golf again. Amane is able to get Aoi back in the game so the latter can challenge Eve to one final golf tournament: The British Women's Masters Tour.
2411"Promise"
Transliteration: "Yakusoku" (Japanese: 約束)		Ayaka TsujihashiYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiJune 17, 2023 (2023-06-17)
The British Women's Masters Tour has begun in a three-way crossfire between Eve, Aoi, and their new opponent Juha Hamilail. During the tournament, Aoi is in the lead while Eve is trying to catch up to her. However, an unfortunate event is bound to happen to Aoi.
2512"The Promise Revives"
Transliteration: "Yomigaeru Yakusoku" (Japanese: 蘇る約束)		Takayuki InagakiYōsuke KurodaTakayuki InagakiJune 24, 2023 (2023-06-24)
With Aoi forfeit from the tournament, she ends up as Eve's caddie for the final day of the British Women's Masters Tour, despite the fact that Eve's involvement with the mafia was exposed to the media, putting Eve's golf career in serious danger. Nonetheless, the final showdown between Eve and Juha comes to a huge climax.

Video game

An eponymously-titled sports video game developed by Viverse and WOWWOW Technology was announced in April 2023. It was released on June 15 of the same year for the Nintendo Switch. [21] A mobile game and virtual reality experiences based on the series are also planned to be released in the future. [22]

Reception

Critical response

The series received generally positive reviews. Briana Lawrence of The Mary Sue called the series "delightfully bonkers" and predicted future episodes would expand its "wacky, sapphic vibe". [23] She later described the series as a "fantastically campy golf (love) story". [24] Yuricon founder Erica Friedman argued that the series is similar to isekai like I'm in Love with the Villainess and argued it flouts the rules of the sports anime genre. She also called it a "delightful romp" with openly yuri themes and said it is close to becoming the "greatest Yuri sports anime of all time". [25]

Alex Henderson of Anime Feminist, reviewing the first episode, criticized the series for its "questionable tropes" and tackling "touchy subjects with [fairly] wild abandon" but still argued it is entertaining and the most fun they "ever had watching golf". [26] Vrai Kaiser of the same publication, reviewing the first four episodes, argued that the show's "extreme sports angle" wasn't as strong as it could be, and described the show as "flashy" and "weird" but said that the rivalry between Eve and Aoi gave the series "an unexpectedly solid core". [27]

Reviewers for Anime News Network were more positive. They stated that they either loved the series, said it was cool with an "utterly ridiculous premise", were invested in seeing where the Aoi/Eve relationship went, described it as the best sports anime of the season, or otherwise praised the series. [1] Nicholas Dupree and Steve Jones, writing for the same publication, said, in the This Week in Anime chatlog, that the series had a compelling angle when it came to the "rivalry/romance between Eve and Aoi" and praised the opening sequence. [28]

ANN reviewer Farris also noted the "memeable" nature of the series, while reviewer Jairus Taylor, of the same site, said this series compensated for golf not being exciting to watch by being "as flashy and over the top as possible with their presentation," in contrast to Oi! Tonbo season 1, which was said to "overly technical." [29] [30] ANN reviewer Richard Eisenbeis described the series as a "sapphic-charged golf anime" which turned golf "into an extreme sport with high-stakes mob gambling" while James Beckett said it made golf "absolutely batshit insane...and...incredibly gay" and Caitlin Moore said that the series mix of mafia and stunt shots were "approximately equivalent to KISS-theming and black lights." All three contrasted it to Sorairo Utility , which they said was based more in "the real world" but is still "pretty darned charming...and...incredibly gay" and is a "straightforward anime about girls playing golf." [31]

Influence and legacy

In March 2024, reviewers Christopher Farris and Steve Jones, of Anime News Network, discussed whether the premiere of anime such as Sorairo Utility , Rising Impact , Oi! Tonbo , later in 2024, is the result of Birdie Wing causing a "golf anime renaissance" while comparing the series to Haikyu!! , Robot × LaserBeam , Chihayafuru , and Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Nikaido Hell Golf, and PuraOre! Pride of Orange . [32] The characters from Birdie Wing later had a crossover mini-anime with those from Sorairo Utility, which began in February 2025. [33] Producer Masakazu Kubo of Tonbo later compared Tonbo to Birdie Wing, saying that the former series has "name-brand golf gear is pulled from reality as often as possible." [34]

Notes

  1. 1 2 TV Tokyo listed the series premiere at 24:00 JST on April 5, 2022, which is effectively April 6 at midnight. [7]
  2. 1 2 TV Tokyo listed the season premiere at 25:23 on April 7, 2023, which is effectively April 8 at 1:23 a.m. [15]
  3. 1 2 All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll. [19]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
  5. ↑ The episode had an advanced screening on December 25, 2022. [13]
  6. ↑ This episode aired at 12:10 a.m. JST, 10 minutes after the original air time on TV Tokyo.
  7. ↑ This episode aired at 3:09 a.m. JST, 2 hours and 46 minutes after the original air time on TV Tokyo.

References

  1. 1 2 Moore, Caitlin; Beckett, James; Silverman, Rebecca; Eisenbeis, Richard; Dupree, Nicholas (June 21, 2022). "The Spring 2022 Preview Guide: Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 28, 2021). "Bandai Namco Pictures Unveils Original 2022 Golf TV Anime Birdie Wing". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Mateo, Alex (December 6, 2021). "Birdie Wing Original Golf TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Additional Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 17, 2022). "Birdie Wing Golf Anime Unveils More Cast, Ending Song Artist". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 3, 2022). "Birdie Wing Golf Anime's Video Announces More Cast, April 5 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ Moo, William (February 18, 2022). "Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Reveals Additional Cast Members, ED Song Artist". Anitrendz. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Terebi Anime "Bādī Uingu -Gorufu Gāruzu Sutōrī-" Kōshiki Saito (Bādī Uingu)" TVアニメ『BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-』公式サイト(バーディーウイング) [TV Anime "BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-" Official Website (Birdie Wing)]. birdie-wing.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  8. ↑ Mateo, Alex (April 5, 2022). "Crunchyroll Streams Birdie Wing, Deaimon, Heroines Run the Show, Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost, RPG Real Estate, More Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 5, 2022). "Ani-One Asia Streams Birdie Wing, Deaimon Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ Morrissy, Kim (May 24, 2022). "You Can Now Buy the Outfits in Birdie Wing's ED". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Season 2 of the Birdie Wing Golf Girls Anime Series Will Premiere Next January". 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  12. ↑ Mateo, Alex (June 28, 2022). "Birdie Wing Golf Anime Gets 2nd Season in January 2023". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  13. 1 2 Cayanan, Joanna (October 26, 2022). "Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Anime Season 2 Delayed by 3 Months to April 2023". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  14. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 24, 2023). "Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Anime's 2nd Season Reveals Visual, April 7 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Terebi Anime "Bādī Uingu -Gorufu Gāruzu Sutōrī-" Kōshiki Saito (Bādī Uingu)" TVアニメ『BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-』公式サイト(バーディーウイング) [TV Anime "BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-" Official Website (Birdie Wing)]. birdie-wing.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  16. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 6, 2022). "Birdie Wing Golf Anime Unveils 2 Videos, More Staff, April Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  17. ↑ Loo, Egan (December 25, 2022). "Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Season 2 Unveils 1st Video, Song Artists". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Terebi Anime "Bādī Uingu -Gorufu Gāruzu Sutōrī-" Kōshiki Saito (Bādī Uingu)" TVアニメ『BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-』公式サイト(バーディーウイング) [TV Anime "BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-" Official Website (Birdie Wing)]. birdie-wing.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  19. ↑ "BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story- - Watch on Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll . Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  20. 1 2 "Episōdo Bādī Uingu -Gorufu Gāruzu Sutōrī-｜Terebi Tōkyō Anime Kōshiki" エピソード BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-｜テレビ東京アニメ公式 [Episodes BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-｜TV Tokyo Anime Official]. TV Tokyo (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  21. ↑ Romano, Sal (April 6, 2023). "BIRDIE WING: Girls' Golf Story announced for Switch". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  22. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 7, 2023). "Birdie Wing Anime Gets Switch Game in English on June 15". Anime News Network . Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  23. ↑ Lawrence, Briana (May 2, 2022). "There's No Heterosexual Explanation for the Golf Girl Anime". The Mary Sue . Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  24. ↑ Lawrence, Briana (June 29, 2022). "The Unapologetically Campy and Extremely Gay Girl Golf Anime Tees off for Season 2". The Mary Sue . Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  25. ↑ Friedman, Erica (June 29, 2022). "Birdie Wing -Golf Girls Story-, Season 1". Okazu . Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  26. ↑ Henderson, Alex (June 24, 2022). "BIRDIE WING – Golf Girls Story – Episode 1". Anime Feminist. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  27. ↑ Kaiser, Vrai (May 4, 2022). "2022 Spring Three-Episode Check-In". Anime Feminist. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  28. ↑ Dupree, Nicholas; Jones, Steve (May 10, 2022). "This Week in Anime: Birdie Wing Has Big Camp Energy". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  29. ↑ Farris, Christopher; Jones, Steve (July 25, 2024). "This Week in Anime: How to Make Your Anime a Meme". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on February 23, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  30. ↑ Taylor, Jairus (October 5, 2024). "Tonbo! Season 1 Anime Series Review". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on October 5, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  31. ↑ Eisenbeis, Richard; Silverman, Rebecca; Beckett, James; Moore, Caitlin (January 3, 2025). "The Winter 2025 Anime Preview Guide: Sorairo Utility". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on March 8, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  32. ↑ Farris, Christopher; Jones, Steve (March 28, 2024). "This Week in Anime: Did Birdie Wing Start a Golf Anime Renaissance?". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  33. ↑ Tai, Anita (February 12, 2025). "Sorairo Utility, Birdie Wing Get Crossover Mini-Anime". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on February 14, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  34. ↑ Eisenbeis, Richard (May 6, 2024). "Producer Masakazu Kubo on Making an Anime for Hardcore Golf Fans". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on February 9, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
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