Well thats about the best way I can introduce the smash hit that was PSG.
This is what the american saturday morning cartoon would look like with a thick bucket of anime glazing on top, And it did not disappoint.
PSG features the story of two angels who clearly represent the sins of lust and gluttony, are cast out of heaven for inappropriate behaviour. they must defeat "Ghosts" on earth to earn heaven coins with which they can buy their way back into heaven. And this is already one of the most unique things about PSG, our...protagonists...if we can even call them that.
The Angels, Panty and her sister Stockings, are everything but your typical Anime main character, they're rude, lazy, anarchistic, shameless and despite all these traits they are Angels! in comparison to a couple of this series major villains The Demon Sisters, Scanty and Kneesocks which are orderly, polite, (though a tad arrogant) and will alway's follow the Rules (or in their words the RURU!) These switchups make the characters stand out a great deal and in my case made me root for the villains a lot more then I probably should. but thats simply because Panty and Stockings can get so hateful at times. In a comedic way ofcrouse, but still, since they don't care about humanity, or saving the world. all they want is getting the coins get back to heaven and lead their sinful life.
The art is very simple (aside from the fanservice transformation scenes) but in contrast the animation is a RIOT to watch.
especially the chase or combat scene's are astonishingly dynamic and fastpaced, along with beautiful angles. But what deserves my respect the most is that for the majority of episodic villains they switch to a reallife clip where they blow up a handmade statue of the villain of that episode.
It works greatly as a comedic factor and gets a lot of respect from me for the time it must take to craft all those statues.
The Music is incredibly addicting, And I easily have 4 memorable tracks from the ost that made it to my mp3 player. and i'm saying this while it's not even a genre I tend to favor.
In Overall, PSG is a crazy ride that makes use of it's tools the best way it can, It wants to be a saturday morning cartoon, but it's to dirty and rude to ever be one, and it's doesn't give a shit about it! the plot aside, this is a show you watch for the simple reason of " oh geez, what are they going to do next! "
If I had to point out one major flaw, it's the ending. I won't spoil it, but it ends on a major cliffhanger and up till this day we don't have a sequel. it's a typicial case of "oh you want to know what happens next? THEN BUY THE MANGA! " fuck you PSG, give me my second season!
