The show that has nearly everything a healthy male could want.
I’ve put a handful of final episodes on hold to watch Strike Witches. Why? No clue…I am not sure what to think of Strike Witches really. It’s enjoyable, yes, but not even close to something worth watching more than once. It’s a series that is bad need of a sequel (anyone can tell it needs more, even if I haven’t seen it all) and defogged/uncensored DVD releases. It’s like Sky Girls Light, but better than said series in ways. It’s hard not to draw comparisons between the two series (bishoujo at war, large alien attackers, and an overload of military and moe), and at the moment, I’d give the nod to Sky Girls for actually having a story thought out and implemented throughout. However, I find myself liking Strike Witches more, simply because the characters are much cuter more interesting and Strikers are much better looking than Sonic Divers. How this series wraps things up in the remaining 3 episodes will probably determine my sentiment towards this series.
After 9 episode, I’m glad something (plotwise) is happening. I was wondering whether or not this series was just going to be a moe-fest and pantsu-fest all 12 episodes. Considering that I managed to get through this many episodes running on nothing but Lynette, Erica, and Sanya goodness, I wasn’t expecting much of anything. I was already used to no major story, bloomer love, and throaty Chiba Saeko laughter. The fact that some sort of story has materialized is pretty much bonus material at this point. We’ll see how things pan out.
But on to more important dealings… Character rankings Hawtness list, based on absolutely nothing intellectual, mid-provoking, or evidence-based. Yep, the eye patch does nothing for me.
01. Lynette Bishop
02. Erica Hartmann (tied for second)
02. Sanya V. Litvyak (tied for second)
04. Gertruid Barkhorn
05. Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
06. Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen
07. Franesca Lucchini
08. Yoshika Miyafuji
09. Perrine H. Clostermann
10. Charolette E. Yeager
11. Mio Sakamoto
AWESOME!! I love little girls! I’m such a pedophile!! lol
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found a promo ep. for this series, but it wouldn’t play, of course. I’ll need to look elsewhere.
Well, at the time Rosario was airing, I was on that “I’ve had enough of fanservice” stage. But even after wanting to watch a fanservice filled anime, Rosario wasn’t even considered. Maybe it’s because I’ve read the manga and the usual “manga is better” thought came up.
But the manga too was forgotten because they overused the same ‘befriending’ plot over and over, but with different girls…which eventually let me to drop it.
Strike Witches did have some story, but it was to late in the series and it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be, leaving lots of things unanswered…
@Qwerty: Service does add that extra “spice” to any series, I don’t deny it. But in the end, solid content (story, characters, development, comedy) beats out anything that is extra (fanservice, pretty animation). Unfortunately, there seems to be an abundance of shows that have plenty of the extra stuff, but lacks in the content realm. Gosyusho-sama Ninomiya-kun is a good example of a show with tons of fanservice, but had just enough substance to separate itself from a show like Ichigo 100%. Who knows though. Perhaps cute characters and pretty girls are enough to make a series awesome for some people.
I’ve noticed that I try to convince myself I like anime even without fan service, but I find that fanservice always adds that little spice, for me and the main character. Pervertism always was a type of comedy.
Rosario + Vampire at least had a story going for it. I don’t think Gonzo has anything to do with it because they have such a varying history. Boils down to Strike Witches is blatant use of fanservice to draw an audience, whereas Rosario + Vampire was too much fanservice in a series that could have done without it.
It’s unfortunate really (especially considering what selkirk said–that the novels actually have story). Shows that run solely on moe and fanservice just don’t cut it for me. Been there, done that, need more to hold my interest.
It’s funny how I managed to watch Strike Witches (and like it) when I couldn’t stand Rosario + Vampire…another fan service filled GONZO anime!
Must be cause they just shoved the pantsu in our faces rather than trying to sneak a shot here and there. Pantless animal eared girls is the best idea EVAR!!
The plot in the novels is actually not bad at all. You get a much better sense of the whole world being in a real war against an enemy that can actually fight, instead of a bunch of panty-flashing girls enjoying themselves with daily luxury baths, with an occasional easily-defeated bad guy.