Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

One of my favorite shows that debuted in the mid-2000's. I remember watching this show back in the day alongside SpongeBob Fairly Oddparents Jimmy Neutron and many other shows. However this show got cancelled in 2008. Due to it being too inappropriate for children. But the characters are still hilarious and entertaining. But however Nickelodeon managed to bleep out the cursing and censor some other inappropriate stuff. But I do own a stocking plushie. I still have it to this day even though that my chuck plush has a bunch of stains over the years. But the show is still entertaining and chuck is one of the funniest characters in the entire show.

Ratings for all 13 episodes,

Ep 1 ~ 6/10; Ep 2 ~ 7/10; Ep 3 ~ 7/10; Ep 4 ~ 7/10; Ep 5 ~ 5/10; Ep 6 ~ 7/10; Ep 7 ~ 7/10; Ep 8 ~ 7/10; Ep 9 ~ 7/10; Ep10 ~ 4/10; Ep11 ~ 8/10; Ep12 ~ 7/10; Ep13 ~ 7/10

Love the voice cast (outstanding English dub). The idea of foul-mouthed angel sisters Panty (a sex maniac) and Stocking (a sugar addict) getting kicked out of Heaven for 'bad behaviour' (never specified) is a funny one. Their attempting to earn their way back in is pretty much all there is in terms of connecting plot; apart from that the episodes are pretty self-contained. There's a lot of innuendo and fan-service (without it there wouldn't be much of a show!), as well as extremely strong language, but it's done in a very funny way. And some of the dialogue between Panty, Stocking, and their Earthly 'handler', Garterbelt, is laugh-out-loud. The big problem with the show is lack of consistency.

Some episodes are pretty good, one is very good; and a few are downright poor. Almost all episodes consist of two separate stories, one usually stronger than the other (episode ratings above are averaged out over the two stories; sadly, ratings of strong segments get dragged down by weaker ones). There's far too much reliance on 'toilet humour'. And the art/animation is sometimes wanting; Panty and Stocking, their demonic opposites Scanty and Kneesocks, and Garterbelt, are fine, but several supporting characters are jarringly drawn/animated in a style reminiscent of 'Ren & Stimpy' or 'Courage the Cowardly Dog', which I can't stand.

The ending of the final episode infuriated some fans at the time, whilst others loved it. The promised (or trolled?!) second season never arrived. A return was teased a few years back but nothing came of it. If it did come back, I'd watch it. When this series hits it is very funny. Overall rating, 6.5/10.

This is one of my first modern Anime I ever watched; it looks like a stylized version of 2 Broke Girls but with a lot of fantasy elements UwU.

I speak both English and Japanese but the English dub of Panty and Stocking is one of the best dubs that Funimation has made. Jamie Marchi's crass screenplay not only provides raunchy material but made the anime more true to what Gainax wanted. Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, Christopher Sabat, Christopher Ayres, Joel McDonald, Ian Sinclair, Cherami Leigh and Colleen Clinkenbeard have provided their best voice work in that anime. It's basically if Deadpool had an anime made after him.

In many ways, this show gets a completely unfair rap from people that had been expecting something entirely different. When one conjures up images of anime comedy, one tends to think of a moe-blob and her misadventures in high school - something the creators of Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt have obviously had just about enough of.

In that respect, they're not alone. This is a show that is truly in sync with true veteran anime fans for its self-referential comedy, its blunt and honest lambasting of ludicrous anime norms and expectations, and its innovative art style.

Do yourself a favor - if you're into anime, have been growing a little bit bored with the endlessly repeated formulae that have been plaguing the genre and you don't mind being occasionally shocked or disgusted, this brilliantly animated and laugh-out-loud show will quickly become one of your favorites.

Easily the sleeper hit of 2010.