Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt



As you can see from this clip, this is an animated series originating in Japan. Since the first season it's been rapidly gaining popularity and left misunderstood by a lot of people as well. If you can't see the parody, satire and irony of this show then you probably shouldn't be watching it at all.
 About the show: Panty and Stocking are two "angels" (their behavior suggests otherwise) and they are lead by a priest known as Garterbelt. Much of the animation is done in the style of Powerpuff Girls, though occasionally goes into sequences resembling other shows. It makes many references to things from pop culture and doesn't take itself seriously in the least bit. (The first episode is about a poop monster, if that tells you anything.) It's vulgar, it's ridiculous, and for whatever reason I love it.
Anyway, Panty and Stocking defeat evil monsters to earn Heaven Coins so they can one day return to where they belong. They're major slackers though, and each have their weaknesses. Stocking loves all things gothic and candy (I'm planning on being Stocking for Halloween, since I identify with her love of sweets so much), and Panty can't go out of the house without having sex with somebody and enjoys all things spicy. Their adversaries are two demons named Scanty and Kneesocks. Each set of girls has a little animal sidekick resembling creatures from Invader Zim. The demons are much more orderly and follow strict rules, completely the opposite of Panty and Stocking.
 The show seems to have caught on so much according to this picture I found on Tumblr today. I'm still trying to find out just where this place is, but I have no doubt it's somewhere in Japan. I found more pictures of the dishes they have there and it looks perfect. They even went as far as making the special Heaven pudding that Stocking joneses for so often.
All fans are hoping for a second season and the first season suggested one but due to the nature of the show it's very likely at the time they made the episode the creators had no idea if they were making a second season yet and just felt like messing with the fans.

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