Besides the storyline, and the random cursing and sexual references, the show uses different styles of animation and artwork. For starters, the regular drawing of Panty and Stocking looks something out of 90’s Nickelodeon, but when they’re in there angel from, they look more like the original style of drawing that’s used in drawing anime. Also, whenever a ghost is defeated, the ghost explodes in claymation. The fact that the creators used all sorts of styles brings more to love for the show.
July 10th Funimation will release the English dub version of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, but I was able to get it exclusively at the Funamation booth at the Anime Expo. The voice actors for the major roles are all very experienced and gifted. The English voice of Panty is played by Jamie Marchi. Some of Ms. Marchi pass anime roles includes Shizuka Nekonome form Rosario + Vampire, Aki Hinata from Sgt. Frog, and Liz from Soul Eater. The voice she give to Panty is the stereotypical white high school valley girl who just does not care about anything but herself, which is perfect because Panty is exactly that. The voice of Stocking is played by Monica Rial. Her roles includes Bulma in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Chihiro Shindou in both EF: A Tale of Memories and A Tale of Melodies, and Lara Gonzalez from School Rumble. I liked the voice that she gave to Stocking, but I personally believe that Stocking’s voice should have been a little sweeter, but it’s properly because the Japanese voice of Stocking was really sweet. Now for the voice of Garterbelt, he played by Christopher R. Sabet. When I found this out my first thought was, “Ok, is Garterbelt going to have Piccolo’s voice or Vegeta’s voice.” I’m happy to announce that Garterbelt is not going to have either voice. The English voice of Garterbelt is similar to a bad ass black action movie star, like Samuel L. Jackson. This was a major upgrade for Garterbelt because in the Japanese version Garterbelt sounded like Heihachi Mashima from the Tekken game series. Overall, the English dub is just good as it is dirty.
I've never seen Panty and Stocking, but I've always been interested... perhaps I'll give it a look!
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