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Well... Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (I’ll call it PSG in this article) was a delicious experience for me. I really appreciate all the non-sense work further combined with dirty jokes, direct and referential humor, a pinch of black humor and... bitching (laughs). By this mean, I bought the joke, the idea (more easily). However, those wasn’t the only reasons that formatted my admiration.

Other factors that pleased me was the animation, the art, the OST, the background of the series and the possible hidden ideas. The animation was incredible appealing, it was fluid and admirable with all those camera angles well worked and alluring ... to the eyes that had provided scenes that I can only describe as fascinating and out of the common.

The art was one of the series’ strongest point. It served to soften all the visual aggression present among it. It contributed greatly for an appealing sense of humor and it has a gorgeous cartoon trace. It’s crooked, shocking and… “out of proportion.” Allowing the execution of the slapstick comedy, bizarre and exaggerated expressions together with the character’s design that can only be described as hideous.

The OST is truly wonderful in behalf of the perfectly combination made within the scenes. Consecutively intensifying the exceptional feeling of that moment. A first-class example is the transformation scene (ow jeez, that is sooo beatiful). The music used on this part (Fly Away Now) gave with a correct sense the sexy and provoking sensation of the moment.

Other interesting point is the dub eng, since the actor’s voices combined with the characters simultaneously. Besides that, they had “jokes” with the way they talk. With completely caught me. Also, the way they used the onomatopoeia concept was amusing to my ears. In general, PSG is astonishing. However, in some points, the animation can lack behind.

PSG follows an episode structure, and it got to define well the protagonist couple (Panty and Stocking) all together in the first frames. An interesting thing about it is the dichotomy between the characters, both in personality and in outfit (with caveats). Even the Garterbelt and the Chuck was defined as “genesis”. Although it’s not necessary. The structure is well functional because of the intriguing things that keep happening. For example, the dichotomous between epi 9 and the perception of boredom from the duo on epi 10-11. Apart from that the structure contributes (a little) with the main purpose: to be crazy; to attack YOU. Well... let’s talk about this.

Basically, the PSG’s humor is something dichotomous as I said previously. In other words, you love it or you hate it. The humor used on the series is eschatological, direct, purely aggressive, douchebag and... referential. IT IS VERY GOOD! Because Imaishi execute it sensationally. While growing, the series keep getting crazy (catarrh monster ----- > final plot twist). The structure in some episodes is half “WTF?!” as we can see at epi 10. The referential humor helps with the bizarre sensation as it gives a more comical air at the same time. However, the Japanese public disagree. WHY?

Well... The answers are just theory. I even have my own. The more acceptable is that they didn’t get the occidental referential humor and the final joke: “WHY YOU KILLED MIIINEEE PANTY?!!”. The other is that the post-credit scene is only Gainax’s joke. And mine is... the Panty. She comes out completely away from the Japanese woman stereotype. and what they hate the most: Strong independent women who dominate their own sexuality. Based on that, the final was a “pleasure” to the public, representing this: “the (sick) woman pattern> the “alternative and bizarre kind” woman pattern.” HOWEVER, IT ARE JUST THEORIES.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is astonishing. If you like non-sense things as South Park this anime CAN be for you. I appreciated soooo much the PSG series that it entered on mine top 5 animes of all time. I hope you enjoy it too(with this bullshit). See ya!