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Is The Big O II good to watch with a friend?

A quiet night. The Big O II (The Big O Second Season) is a TV series from Winter 2003 by Sunrise Inc.: 13 episodes, about 5.4 hours in total, finished, 7.4/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged psychological and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
TV series
Episodes
13
Episode length
25 min
Total time
about 5.4 hours — a weekend
First aired
Winter 2003
Status
Finished
Studio
Sunrise Inc.
Score
7.4/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, adventure, robots & AI, cyberpunk, detective, drama, dystopian, love triangle, mecha, mystery, politics, post-apocalyptic, psychological, sci-fi, seinen, supernatural

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.

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TV series · 26 ep · 1999 · 7.64/10

More like this: action · adventure · robots & AI · cyberpunk · detective · drama · dystopian · love triangle · mecha · mystery · politics · post-apocalyptic · psychological · sci-fi · seinen · supernatural.

Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of The Big O II?
About 5.4 hours for all 13 episodes at 25 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 7 evenings.
How many episodes does The Big O II have?
13 episodes of 25 min.
Is The Big O II finished?
Yes, The Big O II is finished (13 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is The Big O II good for a group?
Better for two than for a crowd. The Big O II is tagged drama, psychological; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
Where is The Big O II listed?
The Big O II is on AniList (id 129608); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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