Project #68: Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Welcome to second edition of the AI arc, please welcome this week’s guest host the violent but lovely Shizuku. God help me. *Shizuku appears* (Shizuku): Yo, what’s up, welcome to Project Nitsuj? (Nitsuj): Hey, Shizuku, dare I ask what anime you enjoy watching? (Shizuku): Action and insanity. Anything with action or insanity in it is bound to make me happy. (Nitsuj): Do you know an anime that has either of these qualities? (Shizuku): I know an anime that has both. Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. Based off a manga written by Omara under the same name, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is what I can best describe as a combination between Ren and Stimpy, HiHi Puffy AmiYumi, and the Powerpuff Girls. The anime focuses on these two angels who got kicked out of Heaven because of their unholy behavior and are sent to Earth to eliminate demons in the hopes that they’ll become more angelic and act like proper angels. In 2010 the anime studio Gainax (Evangelion and Gurren Lagann) decided to take the series and turn it into an anime even getting Hiroyuki Imaishi the director of Gurren Lagann to direct it. Since its debut the series has garnered quite the fanbase. (Nitsuj): Why do people like it so much? (Shizuku): Some say it’s for the story, others for the characters, I think it’s for the complete nonsensical insanity, action, and sexual references. So ready to dive into a world of insanity, action, and sex? (Nitsuj): Do I have a choice? (Shizuku): Nope. (Nitsuj): Than let’s not waste any time and take a look at Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. (Shizuku): And to add more fun we’re looking at the English dub of the series.

 

Opening and Ending Theme

 

(Shizuku): The opening for this anime is “Theme for Panty & Stocking” by Hoshina Anniversary. While I don’t like it I won’t say it’s a bad song in anyway. It’s a good instrumental it’s loud and catching but the problem with is it’s way too short, it’s only 30 seconds long so when you start to get into to it, it stops which is really the one weakness of the opening. (Nitsuj): The ending for this anime is “Fallen Angel” by Aimee B which is a very smooth, slow, and relaxing song. When I first heard this I was totally caught off guard, I was honestly expecting another rock song but to my surprise we get a somewhat sad and beautiful song sung entirely in English so that’s a big plus in my book.

 

Episodes 1-4

 

(Shizuku): Okay, so for a majority of the season each episode is split up into 2 stories. The first part acts as an introduction for us. Our story takes place in Daten City a city constantly under the threat of monsters called ghost (Nitsuj: Call the Ghostbusters or better yet leave town. It’s like those people in the town of Old Tristram in the Diablo games. Your town is built on the Gates of Hell leave~, why would you want to live in such a dangerous spot? What’s stopping you from leaving? Funny skit here: //youtu.be/2vlTE6hBm7s). We get introduced to our main characters Panty voiced by Jamie Marchi (Shouko from Baka and Test) her sister Stocking voiced by Monica Rial (Shizuku from H.O.T.D) and their handler Father Garterbelt voiced by Chris Sabat (Jigen from Lupin III). Each of them have their own unique personalities and problems (Nitsuj: Panty’s a slut who makes Miley Cyrus look classy, Stocking is a glutton for sweets, and Garterbelt is a catholic priest need I say more. Oh and their all foul-mouthed people). Anyway they receive a message from Heaven telling them that a ghost has appeared and their only clue is bathroom. So Panty and Stocking harass a plumber only to find out he’s not the ghost and Panty has sex with him at the Motel (stating the obvious here but slut). That night Panty gets swallowed by the toilet and she figures out that ghost is actually a big pile of shit (I haven’t seen shit this big since Maken-Ki. (Nitsuj): I would have said Ikkitousen). The ghost wreaks havoc on town until Panty and Stocking show up and we get this scene: //youtu.be/nEpy0znKHWs. (Nitsuj): Okay that was like four different styles of animation right there and why do I feel like throwing money during the transformation scene? (Shizuku): That’s the power of Gainax. Take care of the second part for me. (Nitsuj): In the second part of the episode Panty and Stocking are chasing this car ghost who likes to move fast and who’s only purpose is to spout out cheap innuendo one-liners (Shizuku: Hey it’s taking away your job. (Nitsuj): Shut up). The duo corner the car and destroy it but it turns out the ghost can go from any form of vehicle at will and thus we get a death race so to speak to catch the ghost. The ghost goes from a regular car, to a semi-truck, and finally to a bullet train where Panty finally destroys the damn thing and shuts him up (Shizuku: Looks like your job is safe. (Nitsuj): And your job as being the big-breasted girl with attitude is on the line if you don’t shut up).

 

In the first part of episode 2 Panty and Stocking go undercover at the Daten High School to investigate the sighting of a ghost. In this school we get introduced to Brief a geek wannabe ghost hunter who has a crush on Panty and wants to go boldly where no man has gone with her (I hate to break it to you buddy but pretty much every man in the city has boldly gone with her). He’s voiced by Joel McDonald (Meow from Space Dandy). In the school they meet the Queen Bee Barbie (Shizuku: Oh God how cliché) where they quickly steal her swagger and become the school’s new queens (bow before their slutiness and gluttoness Panty and Stocking). But Barbie doesn’t take kindly to being removed from her throne and reveals herself to be the ghost the duo were after. They fight the ghost which is actually a queen bee ghost, destroy her, and get heavenly coins. To celebrate their victory Panty has her way with the football team on the field (going, going, and touchdown. Go home team). (Shizuku): In the second part of the episode Panty and Stocking have a movie (no doubt directed by Michael Bay, having those two star in his movie is practically his wet dream). At the preview for the movie Panty shows a clip of a porno she was in which she didn’t know was a porno (//youtu.be/O9xRhwmHBBE) and it leaks to the public (Nitsuj: Put her on the list of dumbass celebrities who’s lives got ruined because of a sex tape). Not wanting to lose all her fame Panty convinces Stocking to travel the world with her destroying all traces of the porno movie put keeping one for their own pleasure (yes, because nothing gets Stocking off more than seeing her sister do it with some random guy). At the second attempt of their movie preview Stocking finds out that Panty edited all of Stocking’s parts out of the movie pissing her off and she gets revenge by uploading Panty’s sex video on the Internet (last I check it was the most watched video of 2010 on Youtube).

 

In episode 3 the girls get into a fight with each other all because Panty ate Stocking’s expensive heavenly pudding pissing her off greatly (scene here: //youtu.be/8Z4s0mMD5xQ, wow the voice actors really go all out in this scene. (Nitsuj): Seems no different than how girls are in real life when they get together). Because of this Panty refuses to work with Stocking forcing Stocking to go off and fight against 2 ghost who are a parody of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf (and believe it or not this isn’t the best parody in the show). The two trick Stocking into an alley way where they commit bondage torture on her (Shizuku: My, what tight ropes you have Mr. Ghost. (Nitsuj): All the better to bondage you my dear). Panty comes in with Brief to save her but the 2 start arguing again allowing the ghosts to take advantage of the situation and lay a beatdown on both of them which causes the sisters to get angry and set aside their differences just to destroy the two ghost (your first and last mistake was pissing them off). They ride off in their car and makeup (sort of). Also, Garterbelt has taken an interest in Brief (Nitsuj: Like I said catholic priest, the joke writes itself). (Nitsuj): In the second part of the episode vengeful ghost sperm have caused a shortage of tissues in the city stopping men from being able to clean up their ejaculation (okay should I really be talking about this I’m pretty sure I got teen readers? (Shizuku): Keep going. Not literally, figuratively). Panty and Stocking go to the tissue factory where they find the vengeful sperm ghosts voiced by the actor who voices Chopper from One Piece (and there goes my one piece fandom. Congratulations anime, you’ve destroyed Chopper’s English voice for me) and destroy them returning the world to normal.

 

In the first part of episode 4 Stocking is getting fat (Shizuku: What’d you expect she keeps eating nothing but sweets. (Nitsuj): So do you and yet you still have the body of a Hooter’s girl. (Shizuku): Yeah but I workout not to mention I’m just bits and data). We find out that all the sweets Stocking has been eating were contaminated by a ghost who represent people who refused to diet (in other words fatasses) and Stocking vows revenge on the ghost by killing it and thus restoring her to her gothic slim figure. (Shizuku): In the second part the students of Daten High School hold a lingerie and underwear run through the city (Nitsuj: A good shout out to American Pie only funnier, better, action-filled, and even more insane) which was started by Garterbelt (he just wanted to see guys in their underwear. Something I enjoy seeing as well). But the race gets interrupted by a ghost who eats underwear (a nudist ghost then) and manages to eat up Panty and Stocking’s underwear (Nitsuj: Panty should be used to it she’s naked about ¾ of the day. Stocking I’m not so sure about so she might be a little embarrassed but then again she’s goth so she probably doesn’t give a fuck) forcing Panty to use the underwear of others to create weapons and destroy the ghost (Nitsuj: Wow, so underwear is an important weapon).

 

Episodes 5-9

 

(Shizuku): A new sex fetish has hit Daten City in the first part of episode 5 called Nose picking. That’s right apparently the most disgusting habit to do in a public setting is the hottest new sex fetish to hit the world since cosplay sex. In the episode Panty and Stocking are invited to this snot orgy in the sky where Oscar the guy who started this fetish (you sick disgusting fuck of an anime character) has a nose fuck with Panty where she finds out that he’s a ghost booger (Nitsuj: Okay now they’re just being silly) and has plans on making everyone get a nosebleed which will repel him to the moon (why, no idea, this plan makes about as much sense as people getting off picking each other’s nose). Luckily, Brief finds that the ghost is allergic to angel boogers (could this episode get anymore disgusting) so he gives Panty his big ball collection of Panty’s boogers (I spoke too soon) and she uses it to plug up his nostril and destroy him. (Nitsuj): The second part of the episode is weird, we go to a town called Little Tokyo which is the neighboring city of Daten City where a whole new animation style similar to the one used in Tokyo Godfathers rules the city (it’s like we’ve entered a whole new anime). The story follows a struggling office worker named Terao who just can’t catch a break in the world. After screwing up on a present for one of his co-workers he gets talked into going out to a bar with them skipping out on his daughter’s birthday where he drinks a ton of beer and vomits creating a ghost from all his pent up negative emotions. The vomit ghost wreaks havoc in Little Tokyo (man first Gonzilla and now this, Tokyo just can’t catch a break can it) until Panty and Stocking show up to destroy the ghost. Terao approaches them and begs for their autograph since their daughter is a big fan of them (oh how nice a slut and a glutton are her role models) and they give it to them not out of kindness but just because their annoyed by him. On the plus side I will give this episode credit and say that the blending of anime styles is done well here. Panty and Stocking maintain their bright colorful appearance in this depressing grey city and surprisingly they still look good.

 

(Shizuku): In episode 6 the most unlikely thing you would expect happens in this anime. . .the anime gets main antagonists (Nitsuj: Holy fucking shit with a side of fucking finally! I’m gonna piss my pants)! Yep, it turns out the school has new queens, Scanty voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard (Luffy from One Piece) and her sister Kneesocks voiced by Cherami Leigh (Eu from Is this a Zombie?) who I have to give major props to Funimation and say that they couldn’t have picked better voice actors for these two characters. Scanty and Kneesocks are demon sisters and daughters of the mayor who are pretty much free to do anything (Nitsuj: So they’re like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie when everyone actually cared about them), they quickly take over the school enforcing new rules to make all the students act proper, implement a new dress code, and even give the cafeteria a healthy new lunch menu. On top of that the demon sisters are model students with excellent looks, brains, and manners (how is it that the demons the villains in the series act more angelic and proper than the actual angels? (Nitsuj): I know right, it’s like the scripts and character designs got mixed up with each other and we got bad angels and good demons). Once the demon sisters completely take over the school they send Panty and Stocking to loser class (I believe the school term is remedial class) where they meet up with Brief (figures he be in this class) and a ghost who takes them into the sewers of the school and shows them the ghost factory going on beneath the school. The demon sisters show up and reveal to the duo that they are in fact actual demons (Nitsuj: Really? The red skin didn’t tip them off? (Shizuku): Shut up and watch their transformation and fight scene, //youtu.be/lgY034R6e8M. (Nitsuj): Yeah, that was epic). So the school gets destroyed (it wasn’t anything to begin with), Scanty and Kneesocks gets punished by the mayor for screwing up (Nitsuj: You dun fucked it up), and we get a silhouette of him smiling and laughing.

 

(Nitsuj): In the first part of episode 7 we get probably the craziest and weirdest parody this anime or any anime for that matter has ever given me. A Transformers parody. Yeah, Panty and Stocking are fighting each other when these Optimus Prime (resembling a penis) and Megatron (resembling a vagina) rip-offs crash on Earth and get their hearts eaten by Panty and Stocking. Because of this Panty and Stocking each turn into Transformers and continue the war on Cybertron with each other using machines and other devices around the church to build their own armies of death machines. What makes this whole part even funnier is that Panty and Stocking are actually saying lines from the movies in fact Brief even references the movies at one point in the episode and there’s also a narrator trying to tell this whole epic story and he has no idea what the hell to make of any of this. When the fighting finally reaches its climax (as if there wasn’t enough of that in this anime) Brief tries to get Optimus and Megatron to stop the fighting but instead they decide to team up and destroy the human race together and combine with each other to form a ghost robot. This forces Panty and Stocking to set aside their differences and work together to defeat the ghost and collect the Heaven coins it drops (and at the end the narrator still doesn’t know what hell he just saw). (Shizuku): In the second part Garterbelt is tired of Panty and Stocking wasting his money on stupid stuff (nothing in this world is cheap. (Nitsuj): Except you and Panty. (Shizuku): I ain’t cheap asshole! (Nitsuj): Fine, free or half off). The girls decide to make a bet with him and say that they’ll make 3 million dollars in 3 days (just have Panty prostitute herself she practically does that already so just have her start charging people) and they start taking up a bunch of odd jobs but they keep getting fired so they decide to go for the next best thing and start gambling at the casino (Nitsuj: Which is owned by the demon sisters). They go into the casino and win big in roulette (Nitsuj: I’m more of a Blackjack guy) but Kneesocks (in disguise) takes over the role of dealer and causes them to lose all their money (no different than a real casino). In order to keep on gambling and win back their money the girls begin to strip off their clothes and sell them to the many perverts in the audience (casinos really are for the shameless aren’t they). When their just down to their panties they win by pure luck earning back all the money they lost as well as destroying the casino ghost which is in the form of that weird one-eye pyramid on the back of the $1 bill.

 

It’s zombie season in the first part of episode 8. Panty, Stocking and Garterbelt get trapped in a town full of zombies created by the demon sisters. Held up in the sex shop the gang rounds up all the survivors and use the sex toys to battle against zombies in the hopes of escaping (Nitsuj: And this episode just became a parody combination of The Walking Dead and Saints Row two things you would never think about associating with each other). They get to the car but Panty and Stocking get bit as does the demon sisters, Garterbelt possibly gets eaten by Panty and Stocking (ha! The Black guy was the last one to die) and the episode ends in a cliffhanger with everyone being turned into zombies and us not knowing how they’ll turn back to normal in the next part (Nitsuj: We also get this funny scene which I have to admit is the only scene the Japanese did better than the English version, //youtu.be/mixzbaXx208). (Nitsuj): In the second half Panty and Stocking are on trial for killing a ghost version of Stimpy (that’s right, Stimpy from the all so infamous Ren and Stimpy show one of the most inappropriate shows ever made for children and to add more fuel to this insanity he’s married to Ren who I can only assume is a female in the anime. Folks, I present to you the best parody in this anime). Why, because this was a good ghost that everyone seemed to love and did nothing wrong to anyone (//youtu.be/59GwT_Qlj0Y). The celebrity prosecutor Tom Cruise (as if the anime couldn’t get crazier) puts up the case against Panty and Stocking while the duo are defendant by a monkey with a device that allows him to speak. Panty and Stocking are found guilty and are given the electric chair execution (where Stocking admits to jizzing her pants during the electrocution). But the monkey gets electrocuted as well and becomes Phoenix Wright (*slams desk* OBJECTION) where he reveals that the real culprit who killed Stimpy was none other than Ren which she (or he) admits to doing and the girls defeat Ren on live TV. We also get Panty doing a short pole dance in the court room (//youtu.be/FrY17sxf2Kc, (Shizuku): Said the man who sniff those panties in a scene earlier).

 

In episode 9 its Summer time and the girls are relaxing on the beach until Scanty and Kneesocks come in and demand the girls leave since they own the beach. But as you would guess Panty and Stocking refuse to leave and the girls decide to settle their difference the only way girls know how to on a beach (sexy swimsuit contest) and have a volleyball match where the losers have to strip naked on the beach (I’m sure the people of Daten have seen Panty naked a number of times so it’s nothing new to them so I hope Scanty and Kneesocks lose either way we win in the end). Panty and Stocking beat Scanty and Kneesocks and the demon sisters are forced to strip but they decide to act like bitches and bring ghost sea life to life and attack the beach while they escape (Shizuku: So what was that about you winning in the end? *Nitsuj slides fingers down Shizuku’s spine* Yahhh~! (Nitsuj): Oh yeah sensitive spine. Still winning. (Shizuku): Sandanjuu sentakuro-pu (Shotgun clothesline)! *Knocks Nitsuj out*). (Shizuku) In the second part Stocking is in love with a ghost (//youtu.be/CuOq0Twz31w) and in all seriousness this is possibly my favorite episode in the anime but at the same time it’s an episode that’s very hard to stomach. Let me start by explaining why this episode is hard to stomach. The main reason why this episode is so hard is because of the ghost, he is a complete asshole who disrespects, belittles, and treats Stocking like shit and on top of that he’s gross and farts just about every minute he’s on screen, what poor delusional woman would fall for this guy? Well apparently Stocking has and completely accepts his character without question or anger at him. This is what turns a lot of people off to this episode because when you see how nice and sweet Stocking is being to him and how he continues to act like an asshole it just pisses you off because a sweet, respectful, and kind guy like you is single while the douchebag gets the hot goth girl even though he doesn’t deserve her. This whole idea fits into every girl’s dumb and disillusioned fantasy of wanting to turn that bad boy into some one good and the hopes that he’ll be eternally grateful to you and try his best to make you the happiest person in world. New flash girls, that’s not how life works so fuck that dream and the person whoever started that dumbass illusion. And Hollywood stop feeding us this shit. Hell, the guy isn’t even a bad boy he’s just a straight up asshole. Now, despite all of these faults there is one thing that does make this episode great for me, the seriousness in the episode. This is the only time the anime actually takes itself seriously, there’s no action, no comedy, a few cuss words yes but it’s still a very serious episode. I like how despite all of the faults of the ghost Stocking still loves him because she sees that deep down he’s a good guy he just doesn’t know how to express his feelings correctly something I think a lot of boys including girls have trouble with these days. And that’s what the ghost’s character represents, he’s the manifestation of a bachelor who’s never known what it’s like to be in love and as the episode goes we see how much Stocking loves him so much that she’s actually willing to give up her duties as an angel just to be with him and he comes to start to love her and is finally able to move on peacefully after he’s found the girl he’s always wanted. Again, I’m not a fan of the ghost’s character or that ridiculous ending of the ghost having a complete change of heart at the last minute to redeem his character but the overall seriousness of the episode is still pretty damn impressive and well worth making this episode very watchable.

 

Episodes 10-13

 

Episode 10 is probably the weakest episode in the anime. In the first half the girls fall for the demon sisters’ tricks again and drink a shrinking potion which makes them small and after being made fun of by Brief they go inside and cause all kinds of havoc until they start to grow big again and have only 2 minutes to escape or Brief’s belly will explode like in the Alien movies. In order to save him Garterbelt performs anal surgery and manages to get Panty and Stocking out in time (well on the plus side Brief’s no virgin anymore). The second part focuses on Chuck, Panty and Stocking’s pet dog and his rivalry with the demon sisters’ dog. Yeah, I didn’t mention him in the beginning not because I forgot about him but because he’s a pointless character throughout the anime. He doesn’t really do much and every time he’s on screen he gets hurt. He almost reminds me of Gir from Invader Zim you know if you removed all of the things that made Gir funny and memorable. That’s pretty much the episode. (Nitsuj): Wait! (Shizuku): Oh you’re back up. When did you regain consciousness? (Nitsuj): About halfway through your rant in the second part of episode 9. Good rant by the way. But I digress, there is one redeeming quality about this episode. There’s a third part in this episode where we get a music video of the main characters performing the song “We are Angels” by D City Rock feat. Debra Zeer. The music video is good and funny and the rock song is nice to listen to so my advice just skip the first two parts of this episode and go straight to the third part and get ready to rock with the sisters of anarchy (song here: //youtu.be/5KN0_-HgWNo).

 

(Nitsuj): In the first part of episode 11 we see the history of Garterbelt. In the beginning he was a normal human street punk who grew up in the slums and became a straight up thug. He was a drug dealer, a pimp, a thief, anything bad you can think of Garterbelt did it until he eventually rose to the top and became the Scarface of the slums. But with all that power comes people wanting to steal that power for their own and Garterbelt got killed by his own men. When he goes up to Heaven (seriously this guy gets to go Heaven) God tells him he has a mission for him to carry out but Garterbelt isn’t interested in God’s mission and says fuck it (uh Garterbelt you should know that the last guy who refused to go on God’s mission got swallowed by a whale). So as punishment for refusing God, Garterfelt is given the gift (or curse to some) of immortality and has to live all through the events of history until he agrees to go on God’s mission. Finally, after not being able to stand it anymore Garterbelt gives in and becomes God’s missionary accepting his fate. In the second part we do nothing except spend time with Panty and Stocking in the living room as they wait for Garterbelt to make them dinner it’s pretty tedious and boring.

 

(Shizuku): In part 1 of episode 12 we get to meet Corset the boss of Scanty and Kneesocks and the mayor of Daten City. Scanty and Kneesocks are giving a report of their many fails against Panty and Stocking so this part can be seen as a recap episode so nothing really interesting happens in this (Nitsuj: Except for the food sex scene going on between Scanty and Kneesocks after their report, //youtu.be/wzJHRgDeYT0. (Shizuku): Not gotta lie that was kinda arousing. (Nitsuj): I have a weird boner right now. (Shizuku): Gross. (Nitsuj): Oh please, out of everything we’ve seen so far in this anime me getting a boner is nothing). Corset comes back in to stop their fun and asks if they’ve found the blood kin of Hell’s Monkey a human who holds the key to unlocking the gates of Hell. They report they haven’t found him yet and thus get punished by Corset. (Nitsuj): In the second part Panty and Stocking have finally earned enough heavenly coins to buy their way back in Heaven (oh good Stocking can have all the sweets she wants and Panty can have all the hot angel sex she wants). Stocking gets taken up into Heaven but Panty gets rejected because she failed her trail doing nothing but have sex with random guys and trying to beat her record by doing it with 1000 guys (again, are we sure she’s in angel and not a succubus from Hell or something? (Shizuku): I think the better question is how does Stocking get in Heaven when she just as bad as Panty? (Nitsuj): Well if you had a choice between the two who would you choose, the goth girl or the slutty girl? (Shizuku): . . .Goth girl. (Nitsuj): Exactly). So because she failed the trail she has to repeat the process all over again alone. She gets Brief to help him but he proves to be useless as does Panty who does nothing but fuck all day until she reaches 999 guys. In order to get the final guy Brief takes her to a party hosted by his family (yeah apparently Brief comes from a big name family in the city. (Shizuku): Who knew) where Garterbelt shows up and tells Panty that there’s a stipulation to her new trail, she can’t have sex (damn man that’s like telling me to watch a TeamFourStar video and not laugh. Can’t be done). But Panty ignores him and tries to score her 1000th guy but Garterbelt keeps stopping her (man I’ve heard of cock-blocking but I never thought pussy-blocking existed). Panty becomes pissed at all the pussy-blocking but she finally sees the guy who she wants to sleep with (scene here: //youtu.be/5RprSeqWwUM, I’m sure Shakespeare would be happy knowing his work was being portrayed in such a beautiful romantic anime. Unfortunately, his work is in a vulgar anime where characters swear like there’s no tomorrow and angels are sluts). He gets taken away and we find out the handsome guy is Brief (Shizuku: Damn, he cleans up real nice. If he was like that 24/7 even I might go for him) who is engaged to be married to Scanty but he tells everyone that he wants to marry Panty instead (you wanna marry the slut!? Dude why, you know what and who’s been inside her go with Scanty. Yeah I admit she’s evil but I give her credit I know nothing’s been inside her except for maybe a carrot but that’s another story). Upset at Brief choosing Panty over her Scanty and Kneesocks attack Panty where her powers stop working and she gets captured by the demons until Brief saves her and they escape to an abandoned house where Panty decides she wants Brief to be her 1000th guy (way to score on the rebound Brief, //youtu.be/_SO8ukV_Thw). Garterbelt comes in (Shizuku: The fuck did he find them) where he tells Panty that she’s been re-virginized (alright Brief hit the motherload. All he has do is pop that cherry and she’ll be his for life. (Shizuku): That’s bullshit it’s just an urban myth. (Nitsuj): Care to give it a try? (Shizuku): Keep it in your pants or I’m gonna smash it with my hammer). Corset then comes in and reveals that the key to unlocking Hell’s gate is Brief’s penis (I’m sure it can unlock other things) and he takes Brief away with Panty powerless to stop him to end the episode.

 

In the final episode after Panty loses all her angelic powers Garterbelt throws her out in the streets where she gets picked up by an old lady named Granny who owns a farm in the country and takes care of Panty but unbeknownst to her Granny is actually a friend of Garterbelt asked to take care of Panty. Panty seems to be content with spending the rest of her days in the country that is until a biker gang comes by and shoots the farm up and kills Granny (Shizuku: Shit, this escalated quickly) in a fake shootout (Shizuku: I retract my previous statement). As Granny pretends to die she encourages Panty to go back to the city and face her responsibilities which Panty does and heads back to the city (Shizuku: So Garterbelt threw Panty out to get her to face her responsibilities only to have her come back. Makes total sense to me. (Nitsuj): Yeah, when you think about it this whole plan of Garterbelt was stupid and pointless. He could have just told Panty own up to your responsibilities and save the city. Why toss her out when he could have done the job himself). So Panty returns to the city and gets her virginity taken away by Brief’s large key-like penis (//youtu.be/VL4xRwl1f3A). With her virginity lost Panty regains her angelic powers and Stocking returns to help Panty fight the demons. (Shizuku): In the second part Brief falls into the keyhole which opens up the gates of Hell and unleashes (no use in hiding it) a giant hairy penis monster in the city which Corset plans to use to get into Heaven and destroy it (and this is the anime not giving a fuck anymore). Garterbelt shows up and fights Corset where we see the two are into bondage play and Corset kills Garterbelt by crushing his heart (scene here: //youtu.be/4wC38cbUmXA). With Garterbelt defeated Corset fuses with the giant penis (Nitsuj: Fitting, considering that the voice actor for Corset also does the voice of Freiza in the new Dragonball Z series) and makes his way up to Heaven but Panty and Stocking find Garterbelt’s Black credit card (Nitsuj: Oh shit, Garterbelt’s been holding out on them) and they use it to buy Heaven’s biggest and baddest gun. They fire the gun at Corset but they fired the gun backwards and it shoots up into Heaven (//youtu.be/Ek1ktZO3lLw) which summons a giant woman which is hinted to be Panty and Stocking’s mother and she uses her foot to crush the penis ghost along with Corset thus saving the day. Also, Garterbelt comes back from the dead (scene here: //youtu.be/GxIbpMl0MU0). They ride back to the church where Stocking reveals that she’s a demon and slices Panty up into tiny pieces (Stocking! The fuck). Corset also returns in the form of a sperm drop and takes the parts of Panty leaving a trail for the others to follow ending the anime on a cliffhanger until the second season (Nitsuj: Which won’t be happening because the director and the animation team quit Gainax to start their own studio but that’s a story for another time).

 

Final Thoughts

 

(Shizuku): This anime is downright crazy, nonsensical, action-packed, vulgar, hilarious, and I love every minute of it. It is an anime that knows what it is and embraces it taking you the viewer on a wild mindfuck that you can’t help but enjoy. (Nitsuj): I couldn’t agree more, this anime is so wild and crazy that you can’t help but laugh and enjoy every minute of it. Panty and Stocking are straight up bitches. They’re cruel, selfish, and do everything that is the opposite of an angel in other words their straight up bitches and they accept this. Even Garterbelt pretty much represents everything wrong with a priest but give him some credit he at least tries to act proper and holy. (Shizuku): The demon sisters Scanty and Stocking are by far my favorite characters in the show. While I love Panty and Stocking I feel that the demon sisters stole the show. Every time they were on screen they managed to do something funny (Nitsuj): and it’s ironic that the demon sisters the villains in this show act more proper and take their job more seriously than the actual angels in the show.

 

(Nitsuj): I like the various animation styles they use in the anime. I like how most of the anime is done in American animation but then we’ll see anime style for the more sexual scenes and transformations and then when they kill the monsters it’s done in stop motion just like those old superhero shows. I’m normally wary of shows that try to use more than two animation styles because the animators tend to get out of hand and favor one over the other but in this anime it actually works out well there’s a balance between all the styles and they’re done really well. (Shizuku): Music is also great it’s mostly rock music so if anybody out there is a fan of music I think you’ll enjoy the anime. The only thing I wish the anime would have done better is give us a bit more backstory about Panty and Stocking like tells us about their time in Heaven before they got sent to Earth, tells us a little more about the demon sisters were they always this proper or did something happen to them that caused them to change, (Nitsuj): and probably the biggest problem is the ending to this anime to a second season that I doubt we’ll get to see which is such a shame because it’s tough to find an anime where you can just tell everyone working on it is having so much fun. In all honesty I highly recommend watching the English version over the Japanese version. The Japanese version is good in that they add in engrish to the dialogue but they kinda try to make the anime a little cutesy at some parts. The English version on the other hand is having a blast with this anime, they know this series is crazy, nonsensical, and vulgar and they embrace it. You can just tell from the dialogue the actors are having fun dubbing this anime and I like how they add in a few pop culture references to make the anime more localized and funnier to us the viewers. This anime was obviously meant for the American audience so do yourself a favor and watch it in the dub.

 

Final Score

 

(Nitsuj): For me the final score for Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is a 7.5/10. How about you Shizuku? (Shizuku): Yeah, I say a 7.5/10 is right. I’ll have to give it that as well. (Nitsuj): So the anime is a 7.5/10 from both of us, if you’re looking for an anime that’s fun, doesn’t take itself too seriously, but action-packed to keep you entertained I say go ahead and check this anime out you won’t be disappointed. (Shizuku): And I say if you were a fan or Ren and Stimpy, the Powerpuff girls, and HiHi Puffy AmiYumi and wondered what would happen if those three shows ever crossed over I say watch this anime and give yourself something to laugh at and be entertained. It’s an anime that doesn’t take itself seriously and has fun doing it. (Nitsuj): Thanks for reading, I’m Nitsuj (Shizuku): And I’m Shizuku the badass AI girl whether you like me or not. (Nitsuj): We’ll see you next time on Project Nitsuj.

 

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