If ever a show needed to get a Broadcast Dub…
FUNimation has put up their second clip for the summer 2015 anime simulcast series Bikini Warriors but with the runtime of the show it’s pretty much the entire episode when you get down to it. As it focuses on the traditional problem of how RPG characters essentially walk into any house in a game and take whatever they want.
The short form show is one that plays to the fanservice side in a big way and gets the TV-MA rating thrown at it, which for some makes it a must-see show. Hulu will be adding new subtitled episodes on a seven-day delay of their original Japanese air date and those that subscribe to Hulu can watch this show on their TV and mobile devices.
The series stars Yōko Hikasa as Fighter, Kana Ueda as Paladin, Ai Kakuma as Mage and Chiaki Takahashi as Dark Elf.
Plot concept: Who needs all that armor when your stats are this stacked? Inspired by old school RPGs, Bikini Warriors is a death(and gravity)-defying adventure filled with dungeon crawls, giant weapons, and bikinis that must have rolled a natural 20 just to stay on.
This was the episode that had me hope that this series could be salvaged, because I’ve gone through so many homes and just wandered around in MMOs, taking as I please.
I know that feel. I stopped watching this anime on the first episode.
I found three of the episodes to be particularly relevant to my experience with JRPGs: the skimpy women’s armor, pillaging villagers’ homes, and having an overabundance of healing items “just in case.”
As funny as I found that clip, as anyone who’s ever played any RPG knows the basic concept holds so true. I still have absolutely no desire to watch this series. Maybe it’s due to the obvious reasons or maybe it’s because I’m old now, lol. I understand concept of fanservice still but at a level at this point it just begs to ask the question, are they really even trying anymore?