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1,590 reviews 27 followers

March 31, 2023

Fortunately, there is no accounting for taste, and I am assured that this vulgarity will appeal to someone. --TAGRO

There accept more or less ever been some kind of cuteish manga and/or manga that tries to push the lines of practiced taste to shock the fans as best they tin. This volume fits that kind of idea of if we didn't offend everyone at least once in this serial then nosotros did something incorrect only that's non the major result per say (Just look at the proper noun of the title) just rather how these nine new tales of fallen angels and their decadent handler are not particularly interesting and fast paced then they can attempt to fit equally much vulgarity they could in the express page span. All in all I was not peculiarly inspired to read more so a trivial at a time equally I connected wondering how much longer I have left and what new matter will they try to shock me with next time?

Another matter I found strange which I don't know if information technology is a Kindle type of affair is the book seems to be read from left to correct per a typical English book while the actual manga is read like a typical Japanese mode of narration. I institute myself more than once turning the pages the wrong fashion thanks to the strange lack of reading order and page gild. Well at to the lowest degree the art was nice to wait at but not enough for me to actually like the book.

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Author eight books 3 followers

July 6, 2022

(This review is ostensibly for the manga, but it'southward actually for the whole franchise, plus some related anime. Strap yourselves in; it'due south a long one.)

In 2010, people from Studio Gainax, an anime studio responsible for products similar Evangelion and Gunbuster, got together to make a new anime, one non based on any pre-existing material. This anime would be a one-act. What sort of one-act? A very westernized, very Americanized comedy anime, 1 that yous could mistake for a lost episode of Dexter'due south Laboratory at first glance. It would be vulgar. It would be low forehead. It would be Ren & Stimpy on crack. Imagine a testify with the art mode of The Powerpuff Girls, the "maturity" of the early on seasons of South Park, musical stylings akin to Daft Punk and Deadmau5, and more innuendos than my high school lunchbreaks. The premise would even be reflected in the name: Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. No, the championship is not however yous would say those words in Japanese; you e'er read it in English. Well-nigh of the evidence's onscreen text is in English…sometimes broken English language, but English all the same. People would either declare it a travesty, or the terminal practiced thing Gainax put out. It merely lasted 13 episodes, a curt manga run, and two soundtrack CDs, yet to this solar day, people clamor for more.

If y'all've read my blogs, you lot know I recently got back into Evangelion. From that, you probably think I'grand i of those anime fans who thinks certain studios, Gainax included, tin can exercise no wrong, that I eat upwards everything they put out. The truth is…I kind of don't.

PSG, as it'due south called for brusk, came out in the early 2010s. This was earlier I rediscovered Evangelion, back when I liked Eva, only didn't love information technology. I had also seen Gurren Lagaan. (straps on football padding. American football padding.) For those who are curious, exercise I recollect GL, as it's called for curt, is ZOMG awesum awesum aswsum awesum awesum AEWSUM AWESUM AWESDUM ASWEMUM similar everyone else thinks? Short review: no. Slightly longer review: barring one particularly excellent episode about two-thirds into its run, GL does NOT live up to its ungodly levels of hype. This is just my opinion, so yous are costless to disagree with it, only GL really is as stupid as its naysayers merits. More accurately, 90 percent of it is impaired immature bullshit, the remaining 10 is actually heartfelt and moving. ("Don't believe in yourself. Believe in the me who believes in y'all.") It was that 10 percent that prevented me from dropping GL, merely soundtrack aside, I, to this twenty-four hours, practise not understand what is so special about GL, especially because that shows like Hunter X Hunter and Re:Zero exist.

And so there's the Developed Swim favorite Fooly Cooly, besides from Gainax. If you lot've never seen Fooly Cooly AKA FLCL, I'k gonna spoil information technology right now: at that place is no meaning behind FLCL. It'due south pure randomness. That's it. Just pure "lolrandum!" from kickoff to finish. I can't fifty-fifty get past the second episode, and it's a half dozen-part miniseries! If anyone tells you FLCL is not random and information technology'south actually a deep and introspective animated masterpiece, and so they've got ameliorate analytical skills than me, cuz all I remember is catchy music and setpieces that go nowhere. I couldn't tell y'all anything virtually the characters or the setting since they're and so ill-defined.

Shortly later on PSG came out, many members of Gainax left to kickoff a new studio called Studio Trigger. A show they did, from Hiroyuki Imaishi, the same director of GL and PSG no less, was Kill La Impale, or KLK for short. Again, this is just my opinion, but here are my thoughts of KLK: I like Until My Body is Dry, and Ryuko and Satsuki are not annoying. Those are the Merely upsides to KLK. If it isn't the obnoxious characters or the mediocre animation or the ear-bleedingly bad soundtrack (hands Hiroyuki Sawano's worst) or that it's even dumber than GL minus its rare moments of genuine centre, it's, again, the cool hype that makes it difficult for someone like me to discuss it online without being subjected to noxious harassment from its fans who call up nonstop intensity can substitute for adept writing. Two episodes was all I could stomach, and no amount of, "But wait! It gets better at [X]!" will drive me back.

With this is mind, it makes sense why I skipped PSG for equally long equally I did, not until 2021. I got a subscription to Funimation. I got bored. PSG didn't have a long run. I don't pay Funimation a whole lot for my subscription. If nothing else, I could always drop PSG mid-way and watch Darker Than Black over again.

PSG beats those other Ganiax/Trigger joints I complained almost. It doesn't surpass Evangelion, no, but PSG did not disappoint me. Aye, it too is really stupid, but it works. Why? PSG is dumb immature bullshit 97 percent of the fourth dimension. It's not trying to alter your life. It's not trying to tell a serialized ballsy. It's trying to be similar the episodic American cartoons of the 1990s and early 2000s, shows that rode entirely on weirdness and pure amusement. And the finish result? PSG is sublime in its stupidity. It's not random, for each episode has a starting time, center, and end. Unlike FLCL, the characters and setting are defined just enough to give you a grasp of the prove's madness. PSG has no business with delivering a message to its viewers, but fun in the course of masterful anarchy. Information technology's not making up nonsensical reasons for the characters to lose their wear, and as a result, different Imaishi's other works, the fanservice in PSG is funny, which may be the merely time I've said that for an anime that isn't Haruhi Suzumiya. (So no, complimentary nudity is non what turned me away from Kill La Kill.) The show has a very odd ending, as Gainax shows often exercise, yet PSG rises above the stale mediocrity that has come to define present-day Japanese blitheness.

Oh, and I didn't spotter it in Japanese. I watched the English language dub, every bit apparently, Gainax ordered Funimation, the dubbing company that got the rights, to make it as dirty as possible, since U.S. censorship laws are less strict than Japanese censorship laws. This means the dialog is not a close match to the original Japanese, nonetheless manages to be funnier and more, cartel I say, in-character as a result. Supposedly, the English dubbed script was what the creators originally wanted, but information technology could only be made in the western world. (Information technology also helps that English has more than vulgar terms than Japanese.) I sampled the Japanese version, and it is well washed, only to me, PSG is an anime better in English than Japanese, and I say that for only possibly 10 percent of all anime in existence.

And another 1 of PSG'due south upsides is the soundtrack. I observe that Gainax shows tend to excel in music, and PSG is no exception. Instead of trying to sound like a typical TV show soundtrack, PSG instead opts for modern electronic music, both vocal and instrumental. Also, unlike a traditional soundtrack, most of the music sounds like it was produced for an album as opposed to beingness set to a program, sort of like Cowboy Bebop. No, it's not quite every bit skilful as Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack, but it's close, close plenty for me to buy information technology on CD.

To demonstrate my feelings for the soundtrack, I demand to break character. I also need to get off on a tangent. You run into, the older I get, the less tolerant I become of new slang terms. If you're wondering why I've never used the give-and-take "hella" before, that's because I remember most slang terms make the speaker sound dumber than they actually are. No one, relieve for maybe John Oliver, tin can say things like "bae" and "[X] happened, and I am hither for it!" and not sound cringe-inducing. Also notation that I know how to use the word "cringe" properly, and in a grammatically correct fashion.

Listen closely, for this is probably the only time in my life I am ever going to say what I'm about to say. Hither goes: you meet this song, the one chosen Fly Away? Wing Away fucks. It. Fucks. HARD. Certain, I can also say that about Chocolat, Schranz Chase, Corset'southward theme, Meet-Thru'south theme, and the extended version of Fallen Angel, simply you go the bespeak. Those are the gratis streaming versions on YouTube. Do you know what these tracks sound like on CD? Pure. Orgasm. They're much louder than the streaming versions, but you can hear the instruments much better also.

Well, nosotros shouldn't be surprised, given that i of the composers, TeddyLoid, is the same mastermind behind ME!ME!ME!, the same song that took the net by storm sometime afterward PSG. Really, all of the songwriters and producers and vocalists are solid, non simply TeddyLoid.

There is a second album called The Worst Album. It's mostly remixes and an audio drama, merely I exercise adopt its version of D City Rock. Yesline Dub and Jumping Mole and Beverly Hills Cock Part 2 are also recommended. (Tin't find The Worst Album on YouTube, sorry.)

PSG's soundtrack contains rare examples of autotuned songs that don't sound like complete shit. Also remarkable is that the song songs are in English, and are only as good as whatsoever American songs I tin think of. In particular, Fallen Angel is one of my top ten favorite anime ED songs of all time. A show like PSG does not deserve a soundtrack this good, yet here we are.

Which brings us to the manga. When the anime was existence worked on, Imaishi also wanted a manga accommodation. He contacted a friend of his, a manga writer known as TAGRO. According to Imaishi, TAGRO was his first and only choice. If TAGRO rejected, at that place would be no PSG manga. We know who to thank for the being of this Goodreads page. How does it concur up?

When reading, I have no problem hearing the voices of Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, and Christopher Sabat as I read. It's not as vulgar as the Funimation dub, (Deplorable, Panty doesn't say, "Repent, motherfucker!" here.) but it all the same feels in-grapheme. There are plenty of funny bits and gags, and Garterbelt gets some good one-liners hither that he didn't in the anime.

Unfortunately, the very nature of manga dilutes PSG's nature. Much like its soundtrack, PSG the anime has much amend animation and artistry than a bear witness like it should have. I know Imaishi normally (usually) doesn't neglect in this regard, but function of PSG's charm is that the show is never boring to look at. Someone or something is ever in motility, the camera angles are clever and never lose track of the zaniness, the colors are bright without being garish, and Panty and Stocking accept multiple character models throughout the show. Simply considering it doesn't look every bit sharp as something from ufotable doesn't mean PSG is ugly, quite the opposite. It'due south also not afraid to employ techniques other shows cramp at. The manga doesn't have that. Information technology's rather apartment in comparing. No disrespect to TAGRO, it'south just PSG is clearly an anime-commencement project.

But there is one important thing the manga succeeds at: Panty and Stocking are still cute. Yeah, despite (for the about part) eschewing a "typical" anime appearance, and despite the countless vices of the two, Panty and Stocking are adorable. Go out it to Imaishi to make two sinful girls exist as cute equally they are. I enjoy how the two have multiple clothes beyond their "standard" costumes, and I dig how it'south possible to place Panty and Stocking past things like their fingernail polish and eye color. Beats the heck out of whatever is considered "moe" these days.

The manga is fun but short. Short and basic. It would've been a three star read were it not for a certain affiliate, one with (gasp!) meaningful commentary, the sort of meaningful commentary that could but happen in something like PSG. This is what I mean by PSG being impaired 97 percentage of the time; one time in a blue moon, it'll appeal to the audition in a fashion that makes them think, not express mirth at vulgar hijinks. That alone (plus the cute fallen angel drawings) made the rather-inexpensive purchase worth information technology.

Overall, I requite a 4.5 stars out of 5 for the anime, a four.7 stars out of 5 for the soundtrack, and 3.five stars out of five for the manga.

(Play this for added effect for the end of this review.)

So that'due south PSG, a brusque-lived but wildly entertaining curiosity of a franchise. Rumors abound that the anime volition return in the future. I don't know if this is true. I'm not sure if information technology even should render, as there'due south no guarantee a potential revival could capture the manic glee of the original. Regardless, fifty-fifty if the tale of two fallen dirty affections sisters and their afro-sporting priest of dubious morality never return, just know that even stupid content can be surprisingly clever.

EDIT AS OF 07/2022: I gauge the rumors were truthful. PSG IS COMING BACK, Baby! The new anime will exist produced by Trigger, since that'southward where the original staff works at now. This is the starting time time I've actually wanted to watch a Trigger joint since Little Witch Academia. (Given this and what I said about those other "classic" anime series, yeah, I tend to non converse with anime fans online. They take everything WAAAAAAY likewise personally. Simply a notation, if yous like GL, KLK, or FLCL, that's fine. I'k non calling you stupid or lowbrow. Yous're not stupid for liking those things.) Knowing me, I volition wait for the English language dub of the new PSG. If anyone important is reading this, PLEASE bring back Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, Cherami Leigh, and Colleen Clinkenbeard. At the very to the lowest degree, bring them back. I tin't picture anyone else playing Panty, Stocking, Scanty, and Knee Socks.

As for the new anime, any my thoughts, I won't post them here. This review is for the manga, remember? I retrieve I'll post it on my GR blog instead, whenever I do finally lookout man it. Information technology'southward funny; in the anime scene, everyone is freaking out over Bleach and Urusei Yatsura coming back, all the same here I am hotly anticipating the render of two dirty angels who are as messy every bit they are entertaining. No pressure now.

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753 reviews 72 followers

Dec x, 2016

Muddied and foulmouthed. just like the show. The art is bully, humor also, and the feeling from the show simply shines through. Ane blemish would simply be that the storys are to curt and take no bear on on the overall plot.

And the demons are underrepresented.

All in all great and for the fans of the show a must.

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51 reviews 28 followers

Jan 23, 2023

not done with it yet but imma go ahead and requite my review. i give it a 5 stars for the fine art (90% of the time seeing gaterbelt's donkey and him and full general was gross) merely that story is a directly 0 stars. the writing for this book is AWFUL and im literally only reading it crusade im using the art fashion for my comic and all that. BYE.

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one,821 reviews 197 followers

July 29, 2020

2020 Read #501

...I'll stick with the anime, thanks (fifty-fifty though that's not much better).

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sixteen reviews

May six, 2021

I don't think words can describe how much I love this title. The art style, the characters, and the overall plot are astonishing. I DEFINITELY recommend it!!

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xiv reviews

June 4, 2022

Giddy and fun! Loved seeing the characters after years of the show being inactive

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1,097 reviews 2 followers

April xi, 2023

Out at that place and raunchy just like the anime. I wish nosotros had a season 2 or the manga had covered more of the story after the anime instead of this whole new story with the same characters.

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103 reviews 2 followers

Oct 6, 2016

This manga is exactly like the anime of the aforementioned name. It is vulgar to read at times, ambrosial to look at, and simply is overall unique when in comparison to traditional manga styles. To those who do not know of the anime, Panty & Stocking are Angels who are stuck in Daten City eliminating beings called Ghosts until they have earned their manner back into heaven. Both characters, as the description hints at, are more than human than they are Affections with how blunt they are with their desires. The pace of the manga is good for how brusk it is, though to readers who do not know of the anime some of the characters at the very finish of the manga might come off every bit random. They matter in the anime, so remember them if y'all make up one's mind to scout the prove.

Every bit a whole this manga adds some life for fans who want to buy more merchandise for the series. It is short, adorable, blunt, and overall a hilarious feel in my opinion. It serves as a wonderful oneshot, and works good as a standalone on anyone's shelf.

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81 reviews 1 follower

December 26, 2019

Spoiler Gratuitous Review!
I decided to read this book because I've seen some of the episodes of the Anime series and I wanted to see what the manga will be similar - if there was any major differences in character's personalities or it would be like the anime. After reading Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt By Targo & Gainax I was very happy considering the character'south are exactly like how they're in the anime and information technology's also different because it isn't connected to the prove; it's short story adventures with the main plotline! The adult sense of humor in this book fabricated me express mirth with all information technology'south obsceneness and comical parodies to other media & history also the art style is similar American cartoons with some manga style which makes the characters expect very beautiful! I also like the authors notes explaining why they decided to write a manga for Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and the ghost grapheme profiles. This book was very enjoyable; I'll re-read it anytime and I'll recommend this book to Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Fans and anyone who likes developed/18+ manga!

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296 reviews

January 2, 2016

A strangely entertaining and profane manga.

I enjoyed the space transport chapter - Chapter #five: Captain Garterbelt, panic! Science Officeholder Panty, try to wait thoughtful! I'm going to press these buttons for no particular reason... and then turn around!

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July 7, 2016

Surprisingly, this manga was vulgar and showed what should've normally been covered up.
Basically panty goes around doing information technology with everybody, yes, including girls
And stocking is I'chiliad pretty sure a lesbian

I thought it'd be a cute manga, because I judged it by the encompass
But I was incorrect......

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240 reviews

January 1, 2016

A tiny, vulgar book that delivers pretty adept entertainment. Oh, and the art is pretty as well.

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489240-panty-stocking-with-garterbelt

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