zone of the enders: the 2nd runner, known in japan as , is a third-person shooter hack and slash video game that was developed and published by konami for the playstation 2 in 2003. the sequel to "zone of the enders" is based around mecha combat with the player once again controlling the "orbital frame" jehuty. unlike its predecessor, the game is now centered on action elements with the player not needing to protect civilians in need and instead jehuty contains more weaponry than in the previous game.