Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been watching (and subsequently rambling on about) a lot of anime lately. I do actually watch other things occasionally, but I guess something had to fill the Alejandro-void. Don’t tell me you thought I might actually use the time to be productive ;-)

Anyway, my sudden spate of anime watching has inspired several conversations with Celia (ie., I’m trying to convince her that R.O.D. is a good series!!). She is not a fan of many of the, uh, comedic tropes common to anime, which has thus far limited my ability to persuade her to watch more than one episode. Fortunately, it is not the gratuitous boob-jiggling that bothers her so much as the vapid, giggling schoolgirl characters, and the random panty-exposing falls. In my defense, R.O.D. is *not* filled with either of these things and it a really good series, but I will admit the first episode does have a little of both. But come on, I’m sure in the first episode they wanted to suck in the pervs *and* the book-nerds. Anyway, my efforts to get Celia on the anime bandwagon are now taking on a new strategy: desensitize her with some of the most blatant panty-flashing anime ever, so the shows I recommend will look completely tame in comparison. :-)

In that vein, I present to you Najica Blitz Tactics.
Warning, this show is not for the faint of heart. It’s not a dirty anime per se–it really has a plot, and so far that plot is not related to the gratuitous panty exposure involved. Frankly, that’s what makes it both so ridiculous and so offensive… but mostly ridiculous. In the first part of the first episode, embedded below, I counted* 33 instances of panty exposure/crotch shots (not counting the 14 during the opening theme), 5 different wholly unnecessarily revealing outfits, 1 lesbian kiss, 1 scene of attempted lesbian rape/pedophilia, oh, and of course half a dozen machine guns mysteriously drawn from curiously skimpy outfits. The panty total for the entire first episode runs about 110. Mind you, these counts are only so accurate. It becomes very difficult to actually keep track of the number of panties being flashed on the screen! I’ve embedded part 1 to get you started and there are links to the rest of the episode below. Enjoy (or somethin’)!

Part 1/3

Part 2/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIPUPYU8vUw

Part 3/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phGA5IG_asE

*Oh yes, I did actually count. I’m not sure if it was entirely accurate to count every time Najica flashed her undies since she’s exposed in nearly every single scene, but I counted each scene/shot separately. Procrastination is such hard work, I tell you!