[Emmanuel]

Interview with Yoh Yoshinari and Atsushi Nishigori about Panty & Stocking was published in Chara-Mel Febri magazine. Some new info:

-Yoshinari did conceptual design, Nishigori did the finalized character design.
-The cartoony style was chosen to allow for super-violent and stylish action sequence without losing some sort of twisted cuteness.
-The whole Gurren-Lagann animation team is involved: Sushio, Chikashi Kubota, Akira Amemiya, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Shouko Nakamura, Takashi Mukouda...
-Yoh Yoshinari is trying too do as many big action sequences as he can.
-Even if action sequences are the main dish, there is some sort of story going on in the background, as well. Panty & Stocking are supposed to be "angels", but they have problems with the bosses at "Heaven". Panty & Stocking's "Heaven" is a "blissful and peaceful" place filled with politeness, rules and pretending. Panty & Stocking are characters are extremely honest and don't go around "pretending" just for politeness: if Panty thinks someone is hot, she won't go around bullshiting her way by claiming she likes him for his personality and will just tell him that she wants to fuck him; if Stocking thinks someone is being annoying, she won't quietly ignore it, she will make sure, usually by force, that whoever is being annoying stops being annoying. Why hasn't "Heaven" gotten rid of them? Because they're some of the strongest angels around and they need them to fight against the monsters called "Ghosts" that "Hell" is sending to terrorize Earth.
-They managed to get a broadcaster that promised them to let them do whatever they wanted with no censorship whatsoever. The show will begin its run in October 2010.

Discuss.

I for one welcome our new crazy angel overlords.