Concept: Flying loli-furry witches who fire machine guns and transform into a girl/plane hybrid.

There, I've just ruined about all of the mystery behind Strike Witches. In a reality nothing like our own, the planet is under siege by bad CG monsters called the Neuroi. Its been that way since the 1930's, and on an unrelated note, middle aged women don't exist. You are either the main character's Mother, grandmother, or you are a 13 year old loli who doesn't believe in wearing pants. Sure, I balked when Len told me that no one in the show wears pants. I mean, pants would just get in the way of those weird... plane leg things they have, but seriously, no one in the world wears pants. Since everyone is half naked, there's no need to bother with panty shots, so Strike Witches uses all of its screen time taking itself seriously. Really, really seriously.

I've seen terrible anime before, but this reaches new heights. Sky Girls had nothing on this. Hit the jump and please explain to me why someone thought this was a good idea.        

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Diadda

I would like to make a correction. It is not that "no one in the show wears pants". It is no one who is a girl wears pants. The men are clothed and drawn to realistic proportions. Unlike the fetish providing flying child fury witches.

I also told friends about this show. They still don't believe it exists.

Slim Daniels

That gun is bigger then she is!

How could this fail?! Lets do the roll call.

Loli+huge guns+no pants+magic+cat girl+transformers?

Oh wait wait ... I see - no ecchi then.

Heero Yuy

Yeah, I think one of my friends said it best: "It's like Gonzo didn't have enough funds left to draw pants. EVER!"

What makes this even sadder is I know people who actually like this s*** sadly...

God Len

not to mention all the characters are based off of real famous pilots like the red head Charlotte E. Yeager based off of Chuck Yeager

Kurono K

I saw the first ep at expo....

Worst anime ever, i think.

byrc

Wow a lot of you people lost your Otaku badge. Loli's, military planes/weaponry, cat/fox ears, how can you lose. It's every Otaku's fetish rolled into one.

I guess this the show that separates the Japanese Otaku from the American Otaku.

Am I saying its a good show, nope, most Otaku-fetish shows aren't, if not all of them. This is what separates mainstream anime from Otaku-niche anime. If you don't like it, then don't call yourself an Otaku.

Generic_Mistake

This is my kind of show.

I am an epic lover of bad Anime

GOO Moetan!~

Yuusuke

[quote]This is my kind of show.

I am an epic lover of bad Anime

GOO Moetan!~[/quote]

I'm a fan of bad anime too, like Musashi Gundou bad, but this takes the cake. If I need to like this drivel to have an "otaku badge," thank god I was never an otaku in the first place. ;P

Is it this easy to pander to the lowest common denominator these days?

... wait, don't answer that. :P

Ronald Hennessy

From the previews I looked at, it basically screams PUT YOUR BRAIN ON PAUSE WHILE YOU WATCH THIS. While outlandish in form, is it still worth spending actual money on it via BOST-TV or CR?

Generic_Mistake

I still have been to scared to watch Musashi Gundou .

darkcyder

Seriously, Gonzo can do ALOT better... I'll be watching this understanding how terrible it is, all the while wondering WHY I'm watching it >_>

Matthew Blake

I believe this perfectly expresses my feelings regarding this animated programme.

Matthew Blake

Dangit. Let's try this again:

Yuusuke

I still have been to scared to watch Musashi Gundou .

What's there to be afraid of? :3 No, seriously, Musashi Gundou is so abominably bad that you'd think Monkey Punch purposefully made it god-awful for the comedy. You owe it to yourself to watch this show. ;D

king3vbo

I watched the first 2 episodes, just to see all the fuss. Oh sweet Jesus on high, its awful. It's terrible

Kougeru

did you even watch the show? there was plenty of "panty shots" they zoomed in on camel toe about 30 times in the first episode...

Red Veron

I think this was aimed at the mecha-loli-furry-military demographic. Im just glad no demographic is left behind.

John Martone

Ronald Hennessy: No, most definitely not. Unless of course you really just want to download it to show off to non-believers.

Kougeru: I just meant to say that since they don't wear pants, everything is a panty shot.

Actually, I've been showing this to everyone who's come over today. Totally amusing.

Virgazone

I thought this show was mediocre at best but seeing you guys bash it makes me want to defend it.

The action isn't bad, the CG and story does need some work but the fights are stylish. I know GONZO has a bad rep nowadays but this thing isn't as terrible as you guys claim it is. The characters have distinct personalities and space for growth, the designs are very cool and well thought out. As some people stated, Strike Witches is aimed at the neko-mimi mecah musume demographic but just cause you're aren't their target audience doesn't mean the show is automatically BAD.

So basically I disagree with your opinions, HURRRR

God Len

I like it!

The Amazing Shenazin

so they made an anime based on the figures of the girls with airplane legs?

I agree with Len!





also a loli based on Chuck Yeager is one of the most absurd things I've heard in a awhile

Heero Yuy

It's not the fact that this is a loli show, it's not the fact that this is a pseudo-mechagirl show, it's the combination of pseudo-mecha-loli nekomimi and even has MORE panty shots than Najica that bugs me. Their desperate attempt of hitting every demographic at once leaves very little room to focus on anything other THAN that stuff. And in all honest opinion after having sat through the first two episodes, my opinion still stands, and I still rate the action sequences in Nanoha considerably higher than this show, so I wouldn't even justify it with that.

(Sidenote: Nanoha is definitely a gundam show in disguise...I'm sure of it now...)

Jakudes

I watch this show because of Francesca-chan

Also, delicious Rei Tanaka

spongbros

Oh, come on. It's not fair to be comparing this show to Nanoha.