New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is a sequel I never expected to get, let alone 15 years after the fact, but Trigger rescuing the license from the bloated corpse of Gainax turned out to be a surprisingly fruitful venture as Hiroyuki Imaishi’s very first sequel series. In many ways, it’s as if we never left: the jokes are just as crass and outlandish, the parodies often border on obsessively detailed, and, much like Witch Watch, the sheer scope of the gags is something to marvel at. There aren’t a lot of shows nowadays that can get me to laugh uncontrollably, but there were at ... least a few punchlines this season that had me literally laughing out loud, either out of sheer brazenness or sheer stupidity. The production is also just as solid as ever, with the cartoony character designs allowing for more flexible animation and an ever-expanding range of art styles bolstering any given parody exponentially, and TeddyLoid’s insanely explosive soundtrack amps all of that up to 11 and beyond.
There are a few notable differences about this season as well. On the negative end, the further division of some segments into 6-minute chunks instead of the standard 12 minutes, while allowing for a wider breadth of ideas, never managed to have the same level of impact as their longer counterparts. I didn’t outright dislike them, but they almost always felt like a bit of wasted potential. On the positive end, the incorporation of Scanty and Kneesocks into the primary cast, as well as giving much more screen time to Briefs, allowed this new season to start exploring the theme of found families and how, despite how much they might hate each other on the surface, they still share a bizarre sense of camaraderie that give them an edge in their battles against the Ghosts and even new heavenly beings that would stand in their way. It’s crude, in your face, and nearly uncompromising in all its efforts; exactly what I want from an anime of this nature.

Honestly, I have very mixed feelings about this new season — it just doesn’t hit the same.
It used to have two 12-minute stories per episode, but now they’ve switched to three 8-minute ones. That change really limited how much they could explore each concept, making the stories feel less relevant or complex. In exchange, we get more of them — but honestly I didn’t care much for having more stories, I was hoping for more entertainment instead, so for me it was kind of a loss.

My biggest gripe with this season is that nothing hits as hard as in the previous one, especially the action ... scenes. The animation quality is consistently good (no more “cheap” episodes like in the first season), but there are also no longer those insanely cool action moments. The show still has intense / hype scenes, they just dont hit nearly as hard.
The humor also took a hit, its just more cursing than actual funny lines / acid humor. The new characters aren’t as interesting as I expecting them to be, though that’s not really a problem since the original cast is still the main focus.

In the end I didnt laught as much or had the rushing adrenaline that the first season provided, which was for me the main point of the show. I wouldnt say its boring, but I'll probably stick to rewatching the first season if I'm looking for a laught or really cool action.

I can't believe it has been 15 years since the original. The first season made quite an impact with its Cartoon Network influences combined with great animation, music, humor and action. And now that the second season is finally here and we are all old now I just have one question? Why?

This questions stems from the fact that this season rightdown disappoints on almost all fronts outside music. The angels, Panty and Stocking, now team up with the demons from the first season, Scanty and Kneesocks. This is a very good idea as the demons are great characters but the show just sidelines them right ... from the start and it loves to focus on Panty for no reason. The humor is also a complete miss. There wasn't a good joke among them and I only chuckled because of the new angels that act and talk just like zoomers. The show also can't let a moment or joke land without focusing directly on some other distraction. It's like they made the show not for fans of the original but for a totally new audience that has the attention span of a child on a sugar rush. This makes that the action is all over the place. This really hurts the last two episodes that also bring the new big baddy on the stage, which is overall a very disappointing character.

When it all comes to a close the show ends with a cliffhanger. So I guess i'll see you guys in 15 years.

Also the dub is superior to the sub, suck it weebs.