Shippoyasha

The cutting sarcasm of Bill Maher with the real talk of Cenk?

OF COURRRSSSEEE!!!!

My interpretation of Kozaki's statement is that it's pretty par for the course for high fantasy characters to sometimes be dressed a lot lighter than what people would deem realistic. Such as the ideas that dancers shouldn't be decked out in armor and that elves can dress lighter if at least for the fact that they're often portrayed as a race that is more in tune with nature and has a lot freer way of personal expression. There's quite a lot of fantasy lore where female elves are dressed very lightly because of it. Sometimes even being explained that they're supposed to be less exposed to the elements than an average human as they're more in tune with nature.

In that sense, these characters aren't being padded on with fanservice elements such as directly making them look like French maids or giving them a strict schoolgirl look or anything like that. They're still in the motif for the high fantasy archetypes they're in. Of course there's some element of fanservice in overall designs (I would argue male characters are the same, as many of them don't have full armor or even half-face armors for the cool factor) and I think they're all perfectly fine.

I actually find clumsy, unsure characters as knights/warriors refreshing considering that seems to add more dimension to them than the 'fighters = always badass' cliche. I just don't like how whenever that dynamic is used in many Western TV shows and movies, those characters are always used as comic relief or as bad warriors for having those personality traits.

His answers seems to indicate that it all depends on how much freedom the author allows the project. I am curious as to how this process works. And whether that level of connectivity to the anime and the creator differs from studio to studio.

To be fair, it seems Kill la Kill has garnered a rather big following of female fans as well. It seems a lot of feminist outlets in Tumblr actually praised its sexual openness and powerful female protagonists. Though obviously there are people who don't like sexually charged shows.

I suppose I will have to respectfully disagree that KLK is more of the same, as Imaishi and Trigger did a great job of channeling Go Nagai's (and Imaishi's own) brand of sexual comedy and energy.

That being said, of course these kinds of shows could be divisive on one's perspective of sexual entertainment. I can respect either perspective and I can definitely see why it could be contentious. But I think there are certain differences to the nuance of sexual anime as over the top as they can be. Stuff like comedic timing, framing of the shots and directorial input can have an impact. But I definitely don't think it is easy to convey that to non fans of sexual elements of anime.

I mean no disrespect, of course. I can totally understand why sexual anime is a tough sell to some people.