Poll: Does Fansevice bug you?

[Au Naturel.]

I don't mind it at all. I never experienced an anime with fan service for no reason I don't think. But recently I started watching Welcome to the NHK, which is a great show. I suppose it has fan service, but it is integral to the plot. It shows how lonely Satou is... and how hilarious he is.

 

[T-Bone24]

I think that it's patronising and insulting. Apparently I, being a simple man, shouldn't be capable of watching anything without naked women to appeal to my reptile brain.

 

[Del-Toro]

It used too, but I've realized that anime studios are businesses that are out to make a buck, and that they are in no way idiots. They know their audience, and know that the easiest way to make money is by giving them what they want, and they want sexuality. If it's done tastefully, and of course sometimes it can even have artistic meritc (Kannazuki No Miko had it's moments in this regard, although some weren't) or if it's used in a way that advances the plot by allowing a logical moment of explaination or meditation for the characters involved then there is no reason to have an issue with it. Actually Kyoshiro To Towa No Sora (Shattered Angels in North America) is a good example of this. It has quite a few bath scenes but they are used to clarify and advance the plot, as opposed to just showing off the animator's ability to draw naked girls.

 

[hurfdurp]

It bothers me in the sense that there isn't enough directed towards women. I want to see Marston's testicles bounce all over the place.

 

[Disaster Button]

Fanservice bugs me because its usually incredibly a blatant way of saying "men only want to see this film for boobs" so the scenes that include them are as subtle as an elephant driving a truck through my house.

Your poll is irritatingly offensive to me.

I also agree with this, as well as the original post.

 

[SilverUchiha]

Fanservice is great to a point. It should only be included if all the other set pieces (plot, animation, characters) all work great. On top of that, fanservice should feel like it needs to be there. For example, if there is a quiet and reclusive girl in the series, having her suddenly flash her tits is out of character and bad fanservice. But if there is another girl who is the exact opposite, it fits her character and makes it work.

In other words, fanservice is great if used properly and doesn't detract from the rest of the anime in question.

 

[Jet_02]

i answered I LOVE NAKED BOOBIES!!!

Because, well I do.

 

[Clarkarius]

In all honesty I really don't care. If I like a show i'll watch it, if it offends me or annoys the hell out of me i'll press the off button or change the channel.

 

[NoblePhilistineFox]

or how about the poll option.
"only a little"
becaause it only bothers me sometimes.

 

[TheBaron87]

On the other hand, there are genre's and animé where it's entirely appropriate, and Highschool of the Dead would seem such an Animé to me at least from what I've heard of it (though I haven't checked it out yet).

It's really not appropriate, and you should check it out. Better off reading the manga while you still can though, naturally it's much further along. The series has such awesome characters, art, and the zombies are actually pretty menacing looking. It has such a great sense of drama and horror, the fanservice just makes light of what could have been an awesome realism series. I can't help but feel the author isn't confident that the story could stand on its own two feet without pantyshots.

Anyway, as I said it's all about appropriateness. It's appropriate for a "sexy" character or a humor series. It's not appropriate in something dark and suspenseful. I never understood what was "funny" about fanservice and the perverted jokes in anime anyway. It can be "sexy" sometimes, but I never understood how they got humor out of some of the stupid ways the characters would behave. Faye from Cowboy Bebop, Haruko from FLCL, Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and Mikuru from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya are examples of good fanservice.

Pretty much all of Ken Akamatsu's work (Love Hina, Mahou Sensei Negima), Ikki Tousen, Eiken, and especially (yes, there is something worse than Eiken) Queen's Blade are not.

 

[The DSM]

As long as its not pointless.

I hate fan service for no reason, its stupid...

 

[Outright Villainy]

Yes, fan service is completely stupid, and I hate just about any time it's used unnecessarily when I want to get into the story. It's distracting, embarrassing, and if I wanted porn I'd watch porn.
It serves no purpose whatsoever.

 

[RatRace123]

I don't have any problems with it, in fact in certain circumstances it actually makes anime watchable for me.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Elfen Lied was a terrific anime but the 'fan service' very nearly ruined it. Whilst the nudity at the very beginning wasn't overtly sexual and fit in with the scene itself, later on it became incessant to the point of being ridiculous. We didn't need Nana having her clothes ripped off when she was attacked, we didn't need the frequent bath scenes or any of that other crap.

This is what I had in mind when I made my post. Elfen Lied had ridiculous fan service, and it was all the more annoying because I really liked the story.
I agree with you on the first episode too, it wasn't sexual, it just made it more macabre which I thought added to the whole feel of it being very wrong.
A few episodes later and we have Niu playing with her boobs. Argh.

 

[Jonluw]

It's okay in moderation. Or if it's a show I'm watching plainly for fun without paying any attention to story or other deeper elements.

 

[cornmancer]

There's the funny stuff like that thing on the PSN about acid spitting nipples or something, I didn't see it but sounds funny, then there's annoying things, like showing off Yuna's side boob on every possible occasion.

 

[VanityGirl]

It annoys me to a point. Every now and again, it can be funny, but if it is done like every two seconds, not funny at all.

I mean if I want to see boobies, I'll just go look at real porn, or I'll just look down.

 

[elcamino41383]

It's a bit silly and over the top at times, but really depends on the anime. Some anime just over does it. It never really deters me from liking the anime any more or less though. Well no, now that I think of it, sometimes it does make me like it more. The Burn Up Excess anime had a "jiggle counter" added to it, at least in the copies I have. Makes me giggle.

 

[Mstrswrd]

A little bit is fine, in so much as that it will actually bring in viewers, meaning that then the animation company will get a larger budget, etc, etc.

More then the absolute smallest amount, and it just gets annoying.

Unless the fanservice is slick and well done, like the ending to Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), where

Spoiler

Ciel, a boy, gets his soul ripped out of his body... by being kissed by his demonic butler. Fanservice for girls, but still fanservice, and it fit the show well enough that the mostly male anime club I was in just thought it was well done.

Then it's fine because it fits so well as to not initially feel like fanservice.

 

[Marik2]

I never watch anime, but I'd imagine that it'd irritate the living fuck out of me.

Seriously, if I really felt like watching that, I'd look up porn.

I probably could've worded that better, but oh well. >_>

Yes its fucking annoying.

Spoiler

Okay.

What. The fuck. Is that.

Just a video that over exaggerates breasts -_-

Theres only been a handful of anime that Ive seen where the fanservice doesnt damage the anime.

And dont let the 90% of crap that the anime industry releases make you hate it.

As any form of media you have to search for the gems, like this one.