Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (パンティ＆ストッキングwithガーターベルト, Panti 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 13 episodes, revolves around the titular characters, Panty and Stocking, who live in a church with Garterbelt and kill ghosts as per his command.
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 Gainax's previous series, the show's staff took several trips to relax. During those trips, the staff often got drunk and created ideas for a new show. Most of the show was conceived during the initial trip, including the names "Panty" and "Stocking".[1] Hiromi Wakabayashi, who created the idea of the series, cited the shows Drawn Together, The Powerpuff Girls, Glee, and Gossip Girl as inspiration for the series.[2]
On May 3, 2010, the series was first announced on the June issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine.[3] Several comics and visuals were released prior to the series' premiere to preview the series.[4]
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.[5] On April 28, 2012, Funimation announced the main cast of the series' English dub.[6] 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.[7] The entire English dub was released via DVD on July 10.[1] The Blu-ray was released on January 15, 2013.[8]
The English dub was primarily written by Jamie Marchi, who also played the English voice of Panty. She stated that the dub is so vulgar because the Japanese directors wanted to learn more dirty slang.[9]
Episodes[]
- Main article: List of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt episodes
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"Excretion Without Honor and Humanity" | October 1, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking are sent to investigate several cases of people getting eaten by toilets. | |||
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"Death Race 2010" | October 1, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking chase after a Ghost, who has the ability to possess vehicles. | |||
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"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. | |||
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"Sex and the Daten City" | October 8, 2010 | |
| Panty screens her sex tape during the preview of the angels' upcoming film. | |||
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"Catfight Club" | October 15, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking get into a heated argument and go their separate ways. | |||
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"Pulp Addiction" | October 15, 2010 | |
| Vengeful sperm Ghosts cause a shortage of tissue paper. | |||
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"The Diet Syndrome" | October 22, 2010 | |
| Stocking finds herself gaining weight and goes on an intense diet. | |||
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"High School Nudical" | October 22, 2010 | |
| Daten City High School holds a Lingerie Run, in which participants must race in their underwear. | |||
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"Raiders of the Nasal Dark" | October 29, 2010 | |
| An ecstatic nose-picking fad spreads across Daten City. | |||
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"Vomiting Point" | October 29, 2010 | |
| A struggling office worker is denied the chance to attend his daughter's birthday party. | |||
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"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. | |||
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"Trans-homers" | November 12, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking's feud escalates into an all-out war after being transformed into robots. | |||
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"The Stripping" | November 12, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking make a bet with Garterbelt to raise $3 million in three days. | |||
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"...Of the Dead" | November 19, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking are holed up in a town full of zombies. | |||
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"1 Angry Ghost" | November 19, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking are put on trial for the supposed murder of a friendly Ghost. | |||
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"If the Angels Wore Swimsuits" | November 26, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking face off against Scanty and Kneesocks in a volleyball match. | |||
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"Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City" | November 26, 2010 | |
| Stocking falls in love with a repulsive and ill-mannered Ghost. | |||
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"Inner Brief" | December 3, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking are shrunken down and wind up inside Brief's body. | |||
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"Chuck to the Future" | December 3, 2010 | |
| Chuck is reminded of his past and fights against Fastener. | |||
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"Chuck to the Future Part 2" | December 3, 2010 | |
| Chuck is hurt after being hit by See Through. | |||
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"Chuck to the Future Part 3" | December 3, 2010 | |
| Chuck realizes there is a devil living inside his head. | |||
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"HELP! We are Angels" | December 3, 2010 | |
| This episode covers a music video, featuring the main characters performing "D City Rock". | |||
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"Once Upon a Time in Garterbelt" | December 10, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking suspect Garterbelt of engaging in sexual activities behind their backs. | |||
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"Nothing to Room" | December 10, 2010 | |
| Panty and Stocking spend the entire day in their living room. | |||
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"D.C. Confidential" | December 17, 2010 | |
| Scanty and Kneesocks report the results of their unsuccessful plans to Corset. | |||
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"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. | |||
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"Bitch Girls" | December 24, 2010 | |
| Panty is kicked out by Garterbelt and moves onto a farm with her grandmother. | |||
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"Bitch Girls: 2 Bitch" | December 24, 2010 | |
| Brief accidentally unlocks Hell's Gate, unleashing a massive ghost. | |||
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Three episodes' titles were changed in the English dub:
- "The Clamor of the Beehive" was renamed to "The Turmoil of the Beehive".
- "The Runny" was renamed to "Raiders of the Nasal Dark".
- "Trans-whorers" was renamed to "Trans-homers".
- While most episodes of the series contain 2 segments, episode 6 contains 1 segment and episode 10 contains 5 segments.
- The runtime of the first 10 episodes is 23 minutes and 42 seconds. However, from the 11th 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 3 "Chuck to the Future" episodes as one whole segment altogether, several storyboards reveal that they are indeed 3 separate episodes.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panty_%26_Stocking_with_Garterbelt
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131218144620/https://grantalexander.blogspot.com/2011/02/gainax-at-pixar.html
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-06/gainax-newest-is-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt
- ↑ https://julalien.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/gainaxs-new-show-panty-stocking-with-garterbelt/
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-04-14/funimation-entertainment-acquires-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-04-28/funimation-announces-panty-and-stocking-english-dub-cast
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120525000909/http://www.funimation.com/char/blog/panty-stocking-with-garterbelt-hits-evs-early/3478441
- ↑ https://archive.today/20130201094521/http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/ZnbC5Jc5Z5Pq=mer4Q/browse/item/96645/4/0/0
- ↑ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt