Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is a Japanese anime series television produced by Gainax that aired from October 1, 2010, to December 24, 2010.
A Second Season will be made by Studio Trigger.
Plot
The show revolves around the benefits of the Anarchy sisters, consisting of Panty and Stocking, two angels who were kicked out of Heaven. They were sent to Daten City, a place that is on the border between Heaven and Hell, which is surrounded by evil spirits that are referred to as "ghosts". The sisters take refuge under the care of reverend Garterbelt; under his watchful eyes, the sisters are tasked with using their ability to transform their lingerie into weapons and using them to destroy malicious ghosts. By doing so, the sisters earn "heaven coins" which they intend to one day use to buy their way back into Heaven. However, Panty and Stocking are constantly sidetracked by their respective interests in men and sugary sweets.
Why It Can Feel All Right
- All the characters are very likable, especially the titular main protagonists.
- The characters have very distinct personalities.
- Panty Anarchy has a huge interest in men.
- Stocking Anarchy is addicted to sugar and sweets such as cake and ice cream.
- Garterbelt is the minister of Daten City and is the grumpy guardian of Panty and Stocking Anarchy.
- Brief (aka "Geekboy", according to both of the Anarchy sisters) is a self-proclaimed ghost hunter who has a vast interest in science fiction and the supernatural.
- His jumpsuit and backpack are reminiscent of the uniforms and proton packs worn in the Ghostbusters franchise.
- Scanty is the older of the Demon sisters, the main antagonists of the series, and is obsessed with rules and conformity, in contrast to the Anarchy sisters' more erratic and out-of-control behavior. Her design is a partial reference to Nia from Gurren Lagann, which was Gainax's previous series.
- Kneesocks is the younger of the Demon sisters and although shares her obsessions with rules and conformity with Scanty, she is slightly calmer than her older sister.
- Corset is the boss of the Demon sisters, and besides being Garterbelt's acquaintance and mayor of Daten City, he is obsessed with pure evil by producing "ghosts".
- A ton of interesting references and parodies to pop culture.
- Chuck and Fastener, the respective pets, a dog and a rodent, of the Anarchy sisters and Demon sisters a reference to Pokémon.
- The Ghost of the Week formula is a reference to Super Sentai's (Power Rangers in the US) Monster of the Week.
- Ghost #36, "Giant Brown", is a reference to Dogma.
- Ghost #37, "Crazy Crazy Cabbie", is a reference to Death Race 2000.
- Ghost #38, "Queen Bee", is a reference to Barbie, Regina George from Mean Girls, and Vexus from My Life as a Teenage Robot.
- Although collectively both Ghost #39, "Bloody Hood" and "Gal Ghoul" are both a reference to Little Red Riding Hood, plus the wolf that ate her.
- Ghost #42, "Secret Speed Star", is a reference to The Flash.
- "Ghost Bot" is a reference to "the Fallen" from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
- By an extent, Masculimus Surprise and Femitron are a reference to both Optimus Prime and Megatron from Transformers, respectively.
- The fight scenes between the Anarchy sisters and the ghosts are fantastic.
- To an extent, it's really interesting to see the animation change from "classic cartoon" to actual anime when they're about to take down a ghost.
- The animation is quite refreshing for an anime.
- The concept of this anime mixing South Park-like humor with The Powerpuff Girls-like action is very well executed and interesting.
- Its English dub by Funimation is very well done, as it was intended to be more vulgar and racier, as the staff of Gainax requested it to be that. The English dub was to be written more crudely, due to one of the show's goals to take a jab at the culture of Western animation.
- Unlike most adult comedy cartoons and anime the jokes are original and usually don't use too much of the same generic offensive jokes.
- It parodies many tropes and clichés of American, mostly adult, cartoons, such as jerk protagonists, overuse of gross-out, and sexual humor.
- The Tokusatsu-styled defeat animation of the ghosts is hilarious and very creative.
- The final blow line when the Anarchy sisters are about to defeat a ghost in the English dub has a more humorous impact to it which is "repent, you motherf**ker!" instead of just "repent!"
- The voice acting is great.
- Very well-composed music by Taku Takahashi of M-Flo, which fits the wacky and stylish theme of the anime.
Bad Qualities
- Nonsensical ending, as is the norm for Gainax.
- Brief can be a punching bag in the entire series.
Trivia
- Funimation's English dub of the show was made more vulgar than the original Japanese version at the request of Gainax themselves.
- Gainax was inspired by Drawn Together to make the series.
Reception
- The show received mostly a positive reception having a 94% on Google, a 7.6/10 on IMDb, and a 7.8/10 on TV.com.
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