Friday, November 25, 2016

The Return of Panty & Stocking?

Just woke up from one long, yet totally worth it Holiday evening and the first thing I saw when I fired up my feed was this:



Worth noting that the announcement is from Gainax West, which is the English Twitter page of Studio Gainax, rather than their Japanese one. I would think that this announcement is more for the Western audience, which leads me to believe a possible broadcast release of Panty & Stocking on Toonami. It would be unprecedented if true, as Toonami mainly provides action-themed anime and not comedy.

For those who don't know, Panty & Stocking was an anime series from Studio Gainax (Evangelion, Gurren Lagann) that aired in 2010. It's a comedy series of two sexually obsessed angels who hunt demons on Earth in order to gain re-entry back into heaven for their misbehavior. An English dub version from FUNimation was released in 2012. The series was loved by fans (especially in the West) for its over-the-top sexual comedy and animation-style akin to that of the Classic Powerpuff Girls. Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vazquez also praised the series for its depiction of the dog-character Chuck, who has an uncanny resemblance to the Invader Zim character Gir.




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