Exploring the Surprising World of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The Unconventional Revival

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is one of the most surprising releases of 2023. Not only did the anime series reassemble the original cast from Edgar Wright’s 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World—with Wright himself returning as a producer—but it took the story first told in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series into an entirely new direction.

Screenshot from Scott Pilgrim Takes Off shows Scott with a huge smile with sparkles floating around his head and many brights lights and colors shining behind him.

Scott Pilgrim took off, quite literally, at the end of the first episode, leaving the majority of the series open to explore the world’s fascinating cast of supporting characters. The anime series has left fans eager for more, prompting discussions about the potential for a second season.

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Season 2 Potential

The Scott Pilgrim Takes Off ending seemingly sets up some season 2 potential, but showrunners Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski have been quick to say they did not plan to continue the anime series. Even if the ending is more of a fun button than a promise for more, the show executed its premise so well that viewers understandably may hunger for more. The good news is that the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off cast would be game; the bad news is that they don’t know what it would take to make a season 2.

Scott and Ramona in the animated Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ellen Wong, who play Ramona Flowers and Knives Chau respectively, expressed their enthusiasm for a potential continuation of the series. Winstead acknowledged the challenge of creating a compelling story for a second season, while Wong emphasized their trust in the showrunners’ creative vision.

Knives Chau and Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

One potential plot point for a second season is the brewing conflict involving Gideon and Julie, hinting at unique team-ups and new dynamics among the characters. Additionally, the fate of Scott and Ramona’s relationship, as revealed in the first season, presents an intriguing avenue for exploration in a possible continuation.

Old Scott and the Takayanagi twins in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The Road Ahead

The most obvious place for a potential Scott Pilgrim Takes Off season 2 to begin is with the plot that Gideon and Julie appear to be cooking up in season 1’s final moments. Considering how Scott Pilgrim Takes Off redefines its villains, this could result in unique team-ups in which Scott and Ramona band together with some of Ramona’s other exes to stop Gideon and Julie. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off already pitted Ramona’s exes against one another, but the addition of Scott himself into the mix could create some new and interesting dynamics.

Thanks to a look far into the future, another big revelation in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is the fate of Scott and Ramona’s relationship. In Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Screen Rant interview, the actor praised the realness of the way the characters’ future was presented. With the early 20s Scott and Ramona now aware of the dissolution of their relationship, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off season 2 could explore the couple’s struggles to avoid that future, and address the question of whether or not a relationship is doomed from the start.

The biggest question mark for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off season 2 could be the season’s overarching theme. The first season of the anime series guides most of its key players through a journey of self-discovery; with many of them finding a version of that, season 2 may need to find something else to explore without undoing the journeys of its characters. Still, BenDavid Grabinski and Bryan Lee O’Malley pulled off quite the surprise with Scott Pilgrim Takes Off; it’s not difficult to imagine that they could do it again.