As my review of the Fruits Basket manga series yesterday obviously demonstrates, I’ve finished reading that series (after getting the final 2 volumes not too long ago, and trying to get through the entire series again, including marathoning the last 16 or so volumes over the weekend).

Finishing the manga series reminded me of something that I had thought about for quite a while since reading the manga when it got well beyond where the anime went: what about a 2nd season?  I think there is so much good material there that, in a perfect and just world, I think it should definitely get a second season, if not a remake. (I actually think they may be better off doing an FMA style remake where they go ahead and do a 52 episode series from the beginning.)

I won’t necessarily go over all the details about why or why not a second season may or may not occur.  AstroNerdBoy already did that way back two and half years ago in his post on the topic.  I guess the only thing I could really add is that, the prospects of a sequel, or a remake are even bleaker now than they were then because it’s been something like 8 years since the first season came out, and it’s been 2 years since the last manga volume was published in Japan.  There seems little reason to actually make a new series unless someone just suddenly gets the urge to.

However, this also made me wonder about other series that should get a sequel or a remake done of them.  So I decided to go through the list of shows that I’ve seen and see which ones I thought were worthy of a remake or sequel, and this is what I came up with:

• Bokura ga Ita: It’s been a while since I’ve seen this series, but from my memory (and reading my review of it), I was furstrated by the fact that it had a wide open ending that drove me crazy.  Of course, I’m not sure I particularly liked the show anyway, but I suppose I’ll still include it on my list.
• Cardcaptor Sakura: OK, guilty pleasure for me.  The only real reason I’d like to see this remade is to see it with top-of-the-line current animation (though the new HD releases go a long way in satisfying my improved animation wishes).  My only fear is that they’d muck up the story and ruin it if they ever redid it.
• His and Her Circumstances: Really? Is there any greater crime than ending a series, mid-story arc?  I haven’t read the manga, but I’m sure this is one series where the manga goes far beyond where the anime went, and it could sure use a continuation.
• Kannagi: This series really needs a sequel.  I think there were just too many loose ends left and it could really use another season.  Really.
• Video Girl Ai: A 6 episode, 17 year old OVA series just doesn’t give a 15 volume manga series justice.  I think this would be one of my prime candidates for a remake.  I does a sort of sufficient job of telling the story to the point in the manga that it reaches (which, if I recall, wasn’t very far) but there is so much more to tell.

What other shows do people think are badly in need of a sequel due to a an insufficient or left-wide-open ending, or do you think should be remake because it either flat out sucked and could be done better, could use an FMA-style reboot, or is old and could do with some updating? (I intentionally left out series which I might like seeing more of, but it was pretty much concluded in the episodes that aired).