History Anime / PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt

** So far there's been [[ThickLineAnimation hard line]] ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 Powerpuff Girls]]'' style (the main art), detailed anime art, stylized anime art, SuperDeformed [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] cartoon, and thick pencil sketching. Sometimes in rapid succession.

* StylisticSuck: With {{Art Shift}}s across the quality spectrum. The most screwed up example yet would be the final act of the Sanitarybox shorts, which makes every other [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] animation in the series look vastly superior in comparison.

2010's ''Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'' mixes a raunchy sense of humor that wouldn't be out of place among any Creator/AdultSwim programming with director Creator/HiroyukiImaishi's trademark sense of slick style and blistering, over-the-top action. The show was created as an obvious homage to western cartoons (the story goes that much of the production crew of Imaishi's [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann previous show]] watched an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' while drunk and pondered what was stopping Japan from making a show like that), from its ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 Powerpuff Girls]]''-esque ThickLineAnimation art style, [[ThreeShorts Two Shorts]] format, and western-styled {{Episode Title Card}}s and 30-second long opening theme tune. Coupled with an eclectic pop and electro-house soundtrack primarily produced by TCY Force and ☆Taku Takahashi, ''Panty & Stocking'' stands out as likely the weirdest, kookiest, most out there series to ever come out of Gainax (which is saying an awful lot).

You can watch the show it in its entirety on [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/panty-stocking-with-garterbelt/?qid=445199e6d6d1090 Funimation's own website]] and [[https://beta.crunchyroll.com/series/GYNV02MJR/panty--stocking-with-garterbelt Crunchyroll]].

See also Imaishi's other directorial works: ''Anime/DeadLeaves'', a similarly-insane spiritual predeccesor, and ''Anime/KillLaKill'', another stylish MagicalGirl show produced by much of the same staff as ''Panty & Stocking''.

--> '''Panty:''' Did she seriously refer to herself as Franchise/{{Barbie}}? Like the outdated fetish doll with a zillion lame-ass occupations?

'''REPENT, MOTHERFUCKER!'''"''

'''REPENT, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!'''"''

The angelic Anarchy sisters have been [[FallenAngel exiled from Heaven]] for their less-than-heavenly behavior. Struck down to Daten City, located on the [[PurgatoryAndLimbo border]] of Heaven and Earth, the two sisters, Panty (Creator/ArisaOgasawara) -- an [[LovableSexManiac incredibly promiscuous]] blonde who can turn her panties into guns -- and Stocking (Creator/MariyaIse) -- a [[ElegantGothicLolita goth girl]] with an [[SweetTooth eternal craving for sweets]] who can turn her stockings into swords -- must buy their way back into Heaven by killing [[MonsterOfTheWeek ghosts]], the evil, corrupted spirits of man that have been plaguing Daten City. Aided by their immortal dog-like thing Chuck (Takashi Nakamura) and guided by Father Garterbelt (Creator/KoujiIshii), a black priest with a titanic afro and a variety of sexual fetishes, the sisters fight ghosts in sexy, exciting, and ''[[WidgetSeries just plain old weird]]'' ways.

* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: When they transform, Panty, Scanty and Kneesocks wear outfits that bare their midriffs. Thanks to the ArtShift, this helps to showcase their full figures and femininity, which the default art style downplays.