Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (originally known as "ANUBIS: Zone of the Enders" in Japan) is the sequel to Zone of the Enders. Taking place two years after the Antilia Raid, ZOE2 opens with a new main protagonist -- Dingo Egret, an ice miner working on the icy moon Callisto of Jupiter. Dingo would soon discover what seems to be an abandoned Orbital Frame.

In the aspect of the gaming experience, The 2nd Runner is a vast improvement to the first ZOE game in several ways and leaves many flaws the first game had behind.

"Basking in the sun of reviews bashing on the original Zone of the Enders for 2 years, Konami and Hideo Kojima decided to bring out a sequel to the series that was seeked upon since the concept first saw daylight. It really seems like that Kojima had decided to accept the challenge and make the game that the critics wanted to see originally with Zone of the Enders.

As a result of this everything got fine tuned that could be tuned.

For animation Konami decided to completely drop the GC produced anime and go out all anime. This still does not break the..."

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