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Dec 15, 2022 4:10 PM
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Personally as a straight guy, yes fan service makes the anime series better, more mature.
Also who doesn't like woman's big breasts and big ass?
Sure it may ruin the show for some, but overall fan service doess its job well and make the show somewhat more mature and less childish. So those people can't really call it cartoon if there's a massive long shot of tits bouncing up and down, but sure then they just call it porn, but whatever at least it's not called cartoon anymore, so that's a win I guess.
As for example highschool of the dead, some say that there's too much of it, but personally it's great it's like those B movies where they would be about stripper zombies, but in this case the anime does it better, also it's more from a guy's perspective as it is aimed at dudes. Zombies, tits & ass, guns and action.
I can't really think of any bad fan service that I've seen in my over 700 completed entries, as some were okay, others were entertaining as in funny like slapstick comedy.
Also fan service makes the show more diverse, more different anime with lots of female casts get to show off their bodies, so body positivity with sex sells sticker slapped on it, but hey it's still better than nothing or what woke west is doing, by turning women into trans boys.
As for diversity just look at monster musume, you can't get more diverse than this, well there's also interspecies reviewers.
Well on the end note, fan service brings a certain perverted or comedic charm to the anime, some don't like it as they have bad or no taste and others like it and can appreciate it.
So just like gore and blood being uncernsored, same with nudity and sexy angles, it's nice to look at artistic expression.

PS. The worse fan service is censorship fan service as they don't count as fan service. Looking at your air gear fucking birds, or rosario vampire season fucking bats. Or any other censored fan service like light, steam, shadow or black void. If it's censored it ain't fan service or fan service not done right.
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Dec 15, 2022 4:32 PM
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I think it's good depending on the anime, in some more serious anime it might not improve it, it may even detract from the show, for example death note or attack on titan.
Again not hating on fan service, I quite like it just saying it probably shouldn't be in everything.
Dec 15, 2022 4:36 PM
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I love some hot waifus so I think it improves series. I watched many series on the basis of liking certain characters designs like Konosuba and Dress up Darling. Fanservice improves a series for me, and I like fanservice based humor.
Dec 15, 2022 5:20 PM
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Absolutely it does, fan service makes an anime a 100 times better.
Dec 15, 2022 5:35 PM
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Yes.

Somethimes it's no but most of the time, Yes.
Dec 15, 2022 5:36 PM
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If I wanted to see fanservice I'd watch porn instead. I'm watching for plot/characters not ass and tits.
Dec 15, 2022 5:41 PM
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Depends on the anime.

but if im watching an action anime with girls wearing short skirts and jumping around, then YES i'd expect at least 1 panty shot please. In that sense it would vastly improve it imo.
Dec 15, 2022 5:42 PM
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I'm all for fan service & freedom of expression. But I frown upon fan service as a one off. Either keep it a consistent theme (no matter the pace) or exclude it. If you're gonna have it in one episode, it needs to be in at least two more. Otherwise it's a bait & switch
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Dec 15, 2022 5:48 PM
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These days I don't really care if an anime has fans service or not, it's just there...I guess, I don't complain about it nor do I praise it.
Dec 15, 2022 6:00 PM

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Fanservices could either make anime worse or not worse, but never better.



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Dec 15, 2022 8:47 PM

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I'll preface this by saying I'm a mostly straight woman. I do like fan service.

In my opinion, fan service is fine as long as they balance it out. For example, if a series is going to have female characters in a state of undress, then male characters should be seen in similar states of undress. Also, characters and plot are just as important.


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Dec 15, 2022 9:10 PM

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Kill la Kill has saved anime, so yes. Big fat voluptuous round anime tiddies.
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Dec 15, 2022 9:22 PM
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Rinrinka said:
Fanservices could either make anime worse or not worse, but never better.
fanservice can definitely make a show better, especially when its not a serious show.

it adds charm/personality to the show's identity/brand. It adds nothing to the plot and in some cases detracts from the plot, but what it does add is a net positive for some people

people dont just watch shows for the story. They watch it for the entertainment value and aesthetic value that fans identify with. I'm not even a big fanservice guy, I'm more into moe (both the cute and lewd side, its not only cute stuff like some might think).

I think this applies to moe as well. Moe adds charm/personality to a show because it gives an anime a recognizable identity that engages the viewer. And you clearly like moe based on your profile. So I dont get why you need to hate one and like the other. Double standards imo.
Dec 15, 2022 9:25 PM

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depends on how it's done, and in what anime it is used in.

ecchi scenes are a tool, not a solution. if you use them right, yes, if you don't, you can easily ruins a part of the show.
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Dec 15, 2022 9:27 PM

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Rinrinka said:
Fanservices could either make anime worse or not worse, but never better.


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dress up darling, call of the night, interspecies reviewers and basically every harem series would be worse if they didn't have fanservice.
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Dec 15, 2022 9:52 PM

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They make them better, it's a clear fact really.
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Dec 15, 2022 9:57 PM

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Don't really care about fanservice.
Also don't think it makes the show better
Dec 15, 2022 10:22 PM

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Depends on the genre of the show and how it is used.
Dec 15, 2022 10:22 PM
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I've never said to my self "this anime needs less fan service". I have said to my self "you know what this anime needs more tiddies".
Dec 15, 2022 10:25 PM

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Depends on the anime. There's anime that can benefit from it. It can help set the tone, lead to character development, or provide "ecchi relief" (like comic relief, where there's a particularly harsh scene and a bit of fanservice can aid in calming people down).

There's a time and a place for it, though, and there are shows that are actively harmed by their fanservice as well as anime without fanservice that would be worsened by its inclusion.
Dec 15, 2022 11:04 PM

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Well, it totally depends on the anime.
Dec 15, 2022 11:07 PM

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Yes, it makes them better. Never a no.
Dec 15, 2022 11:07 PM

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Catering to "fan service" has ruined so many of my favorite anime for example later seasons of Zero no Tsukaima, I loved Zero no Tsukaima season 1, not sure how the og light novel was but the first season had stroooong Harry Potter feels for me.

Same with Shakugan no Shana here and there, and it was annoying when it popped up in Oh My Goddess anywhere at all. It got crazy ridiculous here and there in Minami-Ke to, lol.
Dec 15, 2022 11:10 PM

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I don't mind fanservice, I don't think it ruins an anime but I don't really feel strongly positive about it, just kind of like a "hah, tits"
but I did like interspecies reviewers
I guess a case where I wouldn't like it is if its a serious anime and the fanservice just takes me out of it so it could depend on the anime
Dec 15, 2022 11:25 PM

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depends on the theme of the anime. it's great if done right and not forced and not too explicit.

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Dec 15, 2022 11:27 PM

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fan service are important but sometimes is overused. but after all it depends on what is the anime about if is a very heavy ecchi or not. for example if a very serious serious top of the notch anime such as Gundam series for example were to abuse of fan service that anime will drop its quality and overall value or ranking because is a anime that usually are very serious and tension making about fictional conflicts. so that's what I mean by the overuse. if is a comedy or a ecchi anime is more than welcome.
Dec 15, 2022 11:35 PM
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absolutely yes i mean what kind of human would disagree? Fanservice is the main reason why anime rose in popularity (and stop pretending it's not)
Dec 15, 2022 11:40 PM
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Yes, it makes them better. Never a no.

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Dec 16, 2022 2:00 AM
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Depends on how it's used. Some situations call for fanservice because they're erotic themselves in real life. Like what is the point of being a prude on a beach when everybody's wearing just swimsuits and bikinis?
That said, while I don't mind fanservice in and of itself I do think there is a limit above which it feels like other things start getting sacrificed for fanservice. Most modern harems abuse fanservice by putting so much of it it becomes tasteless, not related to the situation/location at all.
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Dec 16, 2022 2:19 AM
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It's the same either way for me. Until they overdo it and it becomes annoying. Like nisemonogatari.
Dec 16, 2022 2:20 AM

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If it's a light-hearted anime and it isn't a iyashikei, definitely yes.

If it's a serious anime, it depends on the case but it's usually detrimental.
Dec 16, 2022 2:36 AM
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No I don't think it improves it Cuz they don't need to show you big titties so you can continue it's like the author saying i have nothing to offer here is some fan service to keep you watching one of my favorite anime is monogatari and it does have lots of fan service but it offers a lot of other things so i can ignore it's fan service
Dec 16, 2022 2:42 AM
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Fan service pleases the fans and can be part of the studio's tour de force. Nevertheless, fan service does not improve a good anime or worsen a bad anime.
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Dec 16, 2022 5:14 AM
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TinaTunaTina said:
If I wanted to see fanservice I'd watch porn instead. I'm watching for plot/characters not ass and tits.

Yes but also fan service is the plot or it acts as a comedic relief. Don't you like entertainment?
Dec 16, 2022 5:22 AM
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BigMac7 said:
It's the same either way for me. Until they overdo it and it becomes annoying. Like nisemonogatari.

What cray cray stuff you talking about? You clearly didn't understand the message and theme behind it. The fan service was the whole point of it. As we all know the sister brother incest trope in anime and nisemonogatari expanded on it with funny plot points, over the top fan service and hidden messages. Like damn you didn't get Nisemonogatari at all.
Dec 16, 2022 5:22 AM

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Yes and no, depends on how they use the fanservice in anime.
Dec 16, 2022 5:27 AM
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Fan service pleases the fans and can be part of the studio's tour de force. Nevertheless, fan service does not improve a good anime or worsen a bad anime.

nah dawg, anime without fan service is just bland. Sure it depends on the genre, like noir seinen about criminal gang might be too dark for fan service, but we could still get nudity like prostitutes changing or whatever.
As fan service could range from nudity or uncernsored gore, but in this case it's mostly nudity, because yet again highschool of the dead without fan service it would have been a forrgetable yet another zombie anime and their take on zombies. But with all of that action and fan service it was remembered way more. It also felt like those cheesy b movies, but better.
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nahh, Idrc if there's fanservice or not
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This is the first time I see a poll here in MAL so evenly divided even after more than 80 polls in, interesting :)

So fanservice is like pineapple on pizza I see~



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Depends on the show, its target audience and content. The rest depends on your tastes.
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It wouldn't be called "FAN" service if it didn't in the first place.
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Dec 16, 2022 8:45 AM
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Rinrinka said:
This is the first time I see a poll here in MAL so evenly divided even after more than 80 polls in, interesting :)

So fanservice is like pineapple on pizza I see~

so those who don't like it eat pizza with pineapple I see.
Dec 16, 2022 12:44 PM
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Donkunsan said:
leonardobarba said:
Fan service pleases the fans and can be part of the studio's tour de force. Nevertheless, fan service does not improve a good anime or worsen a bad anime.

nah dawg, anime without fan service is just bland. Sure it depends on the genre, like noir seinen about criminal gang might be too dark for fan service, but we could still get nudity like prostitutes changing or whatever.
As fan service could range from nudity or uncernsored gore, but in this case it's mostly nudity, because yet again highschool of the dead without fan service it would have been a forrgetable yet another zombie anime and their take on zombies. But with all of that action and fan service it was remembered way more. It also felt like those cheesy b movies, but better.


It is not fan service, it is eroticism part of the core of the story. Fan service, by definition, is outside the core of the story, related or unrelated to the subject of the story.
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Dec 16, 2022 12:52 PM

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fan service in Aria might please some of you but it's completely at odds with the spirit of the story and characters. It would detract from it not make it better.
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Why is the poll 50/50 lol

Fanservice does make it better tho
Dec 16, 2022 1:10 PM

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Depends on how it is done, but I would at least say it does not make it worse.

Well could be a problem watching it in public though.
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I feel like the main problem with fanservice is that it's too tame, as an adult I feel like you have to at least show the nipple (or do something equivalent) to have any sexual tension at all.

To put it another way, its the same problem as with the power rangers, as a member of the audience you know the power rangers are never going to lose so any apparent tension or threat instantly evaporates, you know for a fact that the authors couldn't write it that way even if they wanted to. That is generally how fanservice comes across to me, you have a guy getting excited that he's going to an onsen with his crush or whatever but as a viewer I know for a fact that there's not going to be any developments, I literally have a higher chance of something sexual happening stepping outside cause at least then there's no omnipotent force watching over me making sure nothing PG 12 and up happens (copium). The irony is palpable that a wish fulfillment premise is more subdued than reality.

So even though I am conceptually for fanservice, and though there's even some series that I think have good fanservice, in general I would rather there was less of it but more explicit and purposefully executed.
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leonardobarba said:
Donkunsan said:

nah dawg, anime without fan service is just bland. Sure it depends on the genre, like noir seinen about criminal gang might be too dark for fan service, but we could still get nudity like prostitutes changing or whatever.
As fan service could range from nudity or uncernsored gore, but in this case it's mostly nudity, because yet again highschool of the dead without fan service it would have been a forrgetable yet another zombie anime and their take on zombies. But with all of that action and fan service it was remembered way more. It also felt like those cheesy b movies, but better.


It is not fan service, it is eroticism part of the core of the story. Fan service, by definition, is outside the core of the story, related or unrelated to the subject of the story.


Well you got different definition of fan service as interspecies reviewers and redo of healer are full of fan service.
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