Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt/Season One

This is the page about the first season. For other uses, see Panty & Stocking (disambiguation).

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
(Season 1)

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Country of origin

Japan

No. of episodes

13 (28 segments)

First aired

October 1, 2010

May 29, 2012

Last aired

December 24, 2010

August 21, 2012

Season chronology
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (パンティ＆ストッキングwithガーターベルト , Pantii ando sutokkingu wizu gātāberuto) is the first season of the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt series, which premiered on October 1, 2010 with the episodes "Excretion Without Honor and Humanity" and "Death Race 2010" and ended on December 24, 2010 with the episodes "Bitch Girls" and "Bitch Girls: 2 Bitch". It was produced by Gainax and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi.^[1]

The season, which consists of thirteen episodes, revolves around the titular characters, Panty and Stocking, who live in a church with Garterbelt and kill ghosts as per his command. The first season aired on BS Nittele, and was simulcast on Nico Nico Douga and Crunchyroll.

The English dub for the first season was produced by Funimation and released throughout the summer of 2012. It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Development[]

Following the broadcast of Imaishi's previous series, Gurren Lagann, the show's staff took several trips to relax. During those trips, the staff often got drunk and created ideas for a new series. Many concepts for the anime were conceived during the initial trip, including the names of the main characters, "Panty" and "Stocking", which were initially joke names.

At first, the series was set to be a baseball-themed anime, led by Masahiko Otsaku and Atsushi Nishigori. However, Yoh Yoshinari, Shigeto Koyama, and Hiromi Wakabayashi had different plans; they wanted the series to be based around angels and demons and have a cartoony artstyle. They also wanted to write the series so that it could be continued forever, unlike Gurren Lagann, which had a proper conclusion.^[2] Wakabayashi cited the shows Drawn Together, The Powerpuff Girls, Glee, and Gossip Girl as inspiration for the series' crudeness.^[3]

On May 3, 2010, the series was first announced on the June issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine.^[4] Several comics and visuals were released prior to the series' premiere to preview the series.^[5] The series' first trailer was released on September 1, 2010 by Kadokawa Entertainment.

In August 2010, Gainax opened a blog about the production of Panty & Stocking, titled "Daten City Journal". The blog site provided information about new events, episodes, and merchandise regarding the series. The blog's last known post was in 2018, and it was shut down sometime afterward.

English dub[]

On April 14, 2011, Funimation announced that they had acquired the rights to the series and planned to release the series on DVD the following year.^[6] On April 28, 2012, Funimation announced the main cast of the series' English dub.^[7] The first two episodes of the English dub were released on streaming on May 22 for those that were subscribed to Funimation's Elite Video Subscription service.^[8] The entire English dub was released via DVD on July 10.^[1] The Blu-ray was released on January 15, 2013.^[9]

The English dub was directed by Colleen Clinkenbeard, who also played the English voice of Scanty, and primarily written by Jamie Marchi, who also played the English voice of Panty. Jamie stated that the dub is so vulgar because the Japanese directors wanted to learn more Western swearing.^[10] Upon its release, the English dub of the series was praised for its vulgar and dark humor, which matches the manic and ridiculous energy of the series. It has even been called one of the greatest anime dubs of all time.

Credits[]

Cast[]

Japanese[]

English[]

Staff[]

Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
Series composition: Geek Fleet
Character designer: Atsushi Nishigori
Art director: Masanobu Nomura
Music producer: ☆Taku Takahashi
Animation studio: Gainax
Script writers:
- Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps. 1, 9, 11, 14, 18)
- Masahiko Ōtsuka (eps. 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17)
- Hiromi Wakabayashi (eps. 3, 4, 8, 12, 18, 23, 26-28)
- Hiroshi Seko (eps. 4, 10, 14, 24, 25)
- Atsushi Nishigori (eps. 5, 16, 17)
- Shigeto Koyama (eps. 6, 19, 20, 21)
- Shin Itagaki (ep. 9)
Episode directors:
- Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps. 1, 11, 27, 28)
- Masahiko Ōtsuka (eps. 2, 6, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28)
- Hiroaki Tomita (eps. 3, 7, 19)
- Shoko Nakamura (ep. 4)
- Sayo Yamamoto (ep. 5)
- Masaharu Tomoda (ep. 8)
- Shin Itagaki (ep. 9)
- Osamu Kobayashi (ep. 10)
- Tatsumi Fujii (eps. 11, 26)
- Akira Amemiya (ep. 12)
- Satoshi Yamaguchi (ep. 13)
- Ryuichi Kimura (eps. 14, 17)
- Daizen Komatsuda (ep. 15)
- Ryo-timo (ep. 16)
- Nobutake Ito (ep. 18)
- Atsushi Nishigori (ep. 22)
- Yoh Yoshinari (ep. 23)
- Shouko Nishigaki (ep. 24)
- Hiromi Wakabayashi (ep. 25)

Episodes[]

Main article: List of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt episodes

Titlecard	#	Title	Airdate
	1A	"Excretion Without Honor and Humanity"	October 1, 2010
	Panty and Stocking are sent to investigate several cases of people getting eaten by toilets.
	1B	"Death Race 2010"	October 1, 2010
	Panty and Stocking chase after a ghost, who has the ability to possess vehicles.
	2A	"The Turmoil of the Beehive"	October 8, 2010
	Panty and Stocking meet Barby, whose reign at Daten City High School is threatened by the angels.
	2B	"Sex and the Daten City"	October 8, 2010
	Panty screens her sex tape during the preview of the angels' upcoming film.
	3A	"Catfight Club"	October 15, 2010
	Panty and Stocking get into a heated argument and go their separate ways.
	3B	"Pulp Addiction"	October 15, 2010
	Vengeful sperm ghosts cause a shortage of tissue paper.
	4A	"The Diet Syndrome"	October 22, 2010
	Stocking finds herself gaining weight and goes on an intense diet.
	4B	"High School Nudical"	October 22, 2010
	Daten City High School holds a Lingerie Run, in which participants must race in their underwear.
	5A	"Raiders of the Nasal Dark"	October 29, 2010
	An ecstatic nose-picking fad spreads across Daten City.
	5B	"Vomiting Point"	October 29, 2010
	A struggling office worker is denied the chance to attend his daughter's birthday party.
	6	"Les Diaboliques"	November 5, 2010
	Panty and Stocking arrive at Daten City High School to find that a strict academic regime has been established by the mayor's daughters, Scanty and Kneesocks.
	7A	"Trans-homers"	November 12, 2010
	Panty and Stocking's feud escalates into an all-out war after being transformed into robots.
	7B	"The Stripping"	November 12, 2010
	Panty and Stocking make a bet with Garterbelt to raise $3 million in three days.
	8A	"...Of the Dead"	November 19, 2010
	Panty and Stocking are holed up in a town full of zombies.
	8B	"1 Angry Ghost"	November 19, 2010
	Panty and Stocking are put on trial for the supposed murder of a friendly ghost.
	9A	"If the Angels Wore Swimsuits"	November 26, 2010
	Panty and Stocking face off against Scanty and Kneesocks in a volleyball match.
	9B	"Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City"	November 26, 2010
	Stocking falls in love with a repulsive and ill-mannered ghost.
	10A	"Inner Brief"	December 3, 2010
	Panty and Stocking are shrunken down and wind up inside Brief's body.
	10B	"Chuck to the Future"	December 3, 2010
	Chuck is reminded of his past and fights against Fastener.
	10C	"Chuck to the Future Part 2"	December 3, 2010
	Chuck is hurt after being hit by See Through.
	10D	"Chuck to the Future Part 3"	December 3, 2010
	Chuck realizes there is a demon living inside his head.
	10E	"HELP! We are Angels"	December 3, 2010
	This episode covers a music video, featuring the main characters performing D City Rock.
	11A	"Once Upon a Time in Garterbelt"	December 10, 2010
	Panty and Stocking suspect Garterbelt of engaging in sexual activities behind their backs.
	11B	"Nothing to Room"	December 10, 2010
	Panty and Stocking spend the entire day in their living room.
	12A	"D.C. Confidential"	December 17, 2010
	Scanty and Kneesocks report the results of their unsuccessful plans to Corset.
	12B	"Panty + Brief"	December 17, 2010
	Panty and Stocking have collected enough Heaven Coins to be allowed back in Heaven. However, only Stocking is taken back while Panty is forced to repeat her trial on Earth.
	13A	"Bitch Girls"	December 24, 2010
	Panty is kicked out by Garterbelt and moves onto a farm with her grandmother.
	13B	"Bitch Girls: 2 Bitch"	December 24, 2010
	Brief accidentally unlocks Hell's Gate, unleashing a massive ghost.

Trivia[]

Four episodes' titles were changed in the English dub:
- "Excretion Without Honor Nor Humanity" was renamed to "Excretion Without Honor and Humanity".
- "The Clamor of the Beehive" was renamed to "The Turmoil of the Beehive".
- "The Runny" was renamed to "Raiders of the Nasal Dark".
- "Transwhoremers" was renamed to "Trans-homers".
While most episodes of the series contain two segments, the sixth episode contains one segment and the tenth episode contains five segments.
The runtime of the first ten episodes is 23 minutes and 42 seconds. However, from the eleventh episode onward, the runtime is extended to 25 minutes.
Due to poor ratings in Japan and Gainax's ownership of the series, the second season was never released and was presumably scrapped. However, after Trigger finally got the rights to the series in 2023, they announced that the long-awaited second season (titled New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT) would be released in 2025.
While Crunchyroll lists the three "Chuck to the Future" episodes as one whole segment altogether, several storyboards and home media reveal that they are indeed three separate episodes.
In "D.C. Confidential", it is implied that this season (or at least every episode in this season up to that point) takes place in 2010, the same year that the series premiered.
In anticipation for the second season, every episode of the first season was rebroadcasted on Tokyo MX and BS Nippon Television every Wednesday from April 9, 2025 to July 3, 2025.^[11]
As revealed in the Neverending Streaming covering the episode "The Brothers from Heaven", they did not have the opportunity to explain in the first season how Panty and Stocking ended up on Earth for their trial, and added on, saying how their parents, Linière and Silk, intended for them both to finish collecting Heavens quickly but underestimated how their daughters slacked off for the most part instead.