Studio Trigger revealed a season 2 for Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt at its Anime Expo 2022 panel on July 2, as reported by @VamptVo. A new project was technically announced in 2016, but since then without news. The reveal included a short trailer that should be officially uploaded soon.
See more Panty and Stocking Season 2 by Trigger. Showed a teaser trailer with new animation right at the end. Panty forms out of her cube shape and she and Stocking hold up two middle fingers. Season 2 Baby Let’s Go! — Evan Minto (@VamptVo) July 3, 2022
Why Anime Fans Are Hyping for the Panty & Stocking Sequel
Produced by Gainax and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Kill La Kill), Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt first aired from October 1 to December 24, 2010. both at the command of Garterbelt, an Afro priest.
DUALSHOCKERS VIDEO OF THE DAYPanty & Stocking is an over-the-top series that goes way further into eccentricity than the typical Gainax series FLCL, Abenobashi or Gurren Lagann. It’s pretty hard to describe what made Panty & Stocking unforgettable for those who didn’t experience it. The series mixed in different gimmicks or sometimes a completely different approach to animation. TeddyLoid’s original electric soundtrack was also one of the strongest points of the series.
Personally I think it was an unbalanced series where certain episodes or scenes were much more memorable than others. In the now-dated era of anime blogs, a certain Kurogane once summed up Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt as “too experimental even for Gainax”, and I still agree 12 years later.
That being said, Panty & Stocking is definitely worth watching as long as you don’t mind his crude humor and imagery. If you like Studio Trigger and Imaishi stuff, and if you like Studio Trigger’s more niche and experimental series like Turning Girls or Inferno Cop, I’m sure you’ll love Panty & Stocking.
A brief history of the studio trigger and its Gainax origins
Panty And Stocking With Garterbelts director Hiroyuki Imaishi left Gainax with several other members in 2011 to found Studio Trigger. These included Panty & Stocking screenwriter Masahiko Otsuka and producer Kazuya Masumoto. After losing most of his talent, Gainax has done little since then but still held the rights to the series.
The situation finally changed in 2020 when Studio Trigger secured the rights to Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt and Gurren Lagann and has now officially announced more PSG. This is an incredibly exciting announcement and a dream come true for anime fans who have followed the medium since the late 2000s. I can’t wait to see what this new anime will be like.
As a side note, Studio Trigger also has a Twitch channel that you should check out.
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