A friend told me about Panty and Stocking, so I decided to watch it with an open mind. I had heard that it was inspired by the TV show Drawn Together, which I loved. Because of this, I thought I would enjoy Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, but boy, was I wrong.
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is a travesty of an anime, and that is putting it mildly. It relies far too much on sex jokes, the swearing gets old very, VERY fast, the toilet humour is lame, and every single character is immensely unlikable. Now I've seen many unlikable characters, from film, to cartoons, to TV series, and Panty has to be the most unlikable character I've ever come across.
It seemed like this anime was trying to out-swear South Park, have more sex jokes than B-Gata H Kei and Seitokai Yakuindomo (which, if I might add, are both a fantastic and sorely underrated anime series) combined, and have more toilet humor than Family Guy. You would think that this would all mesh together well. Sorry people, it doesn't. It falls flat on its face and every episode is worse than the previous one. The episode basically consists of 5 minutes of fighting enemies, then about 15 minutes of two sisters having a go at each other. With lots and lots of swearing, obviously.
I have met various people who have watched Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, and there were definitely more haters than lovers. Unless you are either a pre-teen who finds toilet humour, sex jokes and swearing to be the best form of humour, or if you are a full-grown adult who has the most low-brow sense of humour, avoid this one like the plague.
A final note- Panty and Stocking fanfiction is TERRIBLE.
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is a travesty of an anime, and that is putting it mildly. It relies far too much on sex jokes, the swearing gets old very, VERY fast, the toilet humour is lame, and every single character is immensely unlikable. Now I've seen many unlikable characters, from film, to cartoons, to TV series, and Panty has to be the most unlikable character I've ever come across.
It seemed like this anime was trying to out-swear South Park, have more sex jokes than B-Gata H Kei and Seitokai Yakuindomo (which, if I might add, are both a fantastic and sorely underrated anime series) combined, and have more toilet humor than Family Guy. You would think that this would all mesh together well. Sorry people, it doesn't. It falls flat on its face and every episode is worse than the previous one. The episode basically consists of 5 minutes of fighting enemies, then about 15 minutes of two sisters having a go at each other. With lots and lots of swearing, obviously.
I have met various people who have watched Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, and there were definitely more haters than lovers. Unless you are either a pre-teen who finds toilet humour, sex jokes and swearing to be the best form of humour, or if you are a full-grown adult who has the most low-brow sense of humour, avoid this one like the plague.
A final note- Panty and Stocking fanfiction is TERRIBLE.