Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt was a rarity in anime, being an anime emulating the art style of turn of the century American animation, taking particular aesthetic inspiration from the the Powerpuff Girls. Its content, however, was very vulgar and raunchy, inspired by American cartoons in the “vulgar humor” subgenre such as South Park. Season one debuted in Japan all the way back in 2010 and 15 years later, we are getting a season two from Stuio Gainex’s successor studio, Stuido Trigger. The series is set to release on Amazon Prime July 9, but there’s a major catch:
The July 9 Japanese television premiere will be an edited, tamer broadcast. The unedited version premieres on Japanese television July 15. International releases will get different versions on different streaming services. This leaves lots of questions. Most fans expected Crunchyroll to get it first as the first season was licensed by Funimation, which is now part of Crunchyroll. A major reason for worry is that there is the possibility of the beloved dub cast consisting of Jamie Marchi as Panty and Monica Rial as Stocking might be completely recast. This is also a major issue as Jamie Marchi’s iconic English dub script was considered one of the most hilarious ever. Losing her acting or writing talents would sting if season two’s dub doesn’t have them. We don’t know which American streaming service, if any, will get the uncut version. We’ll provide updates as more information comes out.
The series involves two angels, Panty and Stocking, who were kicked out of heaven for their, um, sinful nature. Season one usually had two American style eleven minute segments and involved the characters fighting the monster of the week. Monsters were themed after poop, boogers, and other nasty things in American grossout cartoon fashion. The show is a very interesting window in how Japanese stereotype American cartoons. The show is filled to the brim with swearing and naughty humor, as the names of the title characters are pretty naughty.
There are signs that the US release of season two might not be completely ideal, but at least we’re getting season two, even if censored and with a different English cast.
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