# SDMB Challenge: Name an Anime without any fanservice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443 "2005-05-18T17:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/21 "2005-05-19T20:42:51Z")
Case Closed. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/22 "2005-05-19T20:49:57Z")
Case Closed? Nope. There’s a number of beach episodes. There’s even a hot springs episode where Ran and Conan take a bath together, much to Conan’s embarrassment (and secret joy :D). ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/23 "2005-05-19T21:09:16Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Off the top of my head, I’d say anything out of Studio Ghibli. You know, **Tentacle Monster** , there are still people out there who don’t know that Nausicaa’s pantaloons are a light khaki colour and think she zooms around bottomless on her mehve! :eek: Other than _Nausicaa_, you’re pretty much spot on. I would second a nomination for both _Spirited Away_ and _Laputa_; it may be heresy to say so, but I haven’t seen the other Ghibli features. I’m trying to think of other features in my collection that _don’t_ offer at least _some_ fan service… maybe the two _Patlabor_ movies? They were pretty serious. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/24 "2005-05-20T01:49:56Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Here’s a list of non-fanservice anime that my wife compiled, in addition to the one I mentioned: > Descendants Of Darkness Yami no Matsuei/DoD has MAJOR fanservice - that is, if you count scantily clad guys. And I’m going to count them, because it is the equivalent of the same thing with chicks. As far as I remember, the Heroic Legend of Arslan doesn’t have any fanservice. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/25 "2005-05-20T01:53:16Z")
Sorry, I can’t discuss anime with you. My wife is the anime person in our house. I know less than nothing about it. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/26 "2005-05-20T01:58:55Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Revolutionary Girl Utena Hmmm… dubious to me that this could escape the fan service completely - it’s loaded with bishounen! From [here:](http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/utena.html) > [@](#): > > Fanservice runs rampant in order to convey a mood. Touga seems to be seen with his uniform jacket unbuttoned more often than buttoned, and rolls around on rustling sheets from time to time. Touga and Saionji go shirtless together for no reason, and Akio takes pictures of them lounging on his car. The backseat of Akio’s car becomes a plausible setting for nearly any pairing imaginable. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/27 "2005-05-20T02:00:02Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Sorry, I can’t discuss anime with you. My wife is the anime person in our house. I know less than nothing about it. Spoke too soon! Send your wife! 😃😉 ---
**Author:** ![swanjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@swanjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swanjun)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/28 "2005-05-20T02:22:00Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Spoke too soon! Send your wife! 😃😉 Ta-da! I am the wife of fishbicycle. And you’re right about Touga et al in Utena. When I hastily scribbled out the list I was mentally running down shows I’d seen that didn’t have jiggling boobs and panty shots. I forgot about the bishounen quotient. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/29 "2005-05-20T02:52:03Z")
Millenium Actress Scrapped Princess FLCL (I can’t believe how long it took me to write a post this short) ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/30 "2005-05-20T04:36:28Z")
Tokyo Godfathers, as far as I recall. (this is going by the “stricter” definition of fan service being sexual in nature. I don’t think there’s any anime (or American TV show for that matter) that doesn’t contain shots or scences for fan amusement outside of what’s needed for the plot. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/31 "2005-05-20T05:56:42Z")
> [@swanjun](#): > > Ta-da! I am the wife of fishbicycle. > > And you’re right about Touga et al in Utena. When I hastily scribbled out the list I was mentally running down shows I’d seen that didn’t have jiggling boobs and panty shots. I forgot about the bishounen quotient. 🙂 Hello, and welcome! I hope you can stick around. 🙂 It actually took me a few moments of thinking when I saw that one on the list; Utena is one of my favourite animes, and I kept thinking “How did I miss that one?” I kept thinking there was \*something \* about it… ahhh - it’s the _boys_, not the girls! And thank goodness I’m not the only one to mention CCS - that one is my favourite. I couldn’t think of anything about it that would count. Fan service would be very disturbing in a show about a ten year old girl. (Some have made an argument about the adorable outfits Tomoyo makes for her, but I don’t think that’s the type of fan service the OP meant - far too innocent). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/32 "2005-05-20T08:22:15Z")
I seem to recall Ronin Warriors (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers i believe in Japanese) had two females, one plain that wore a sweater in every episode (Mia), and one flat-chested villain (Kayura) very late in the series who wore either a longer than her body robe or dull body armor. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/33 "2005-05-20T09:30:42Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > :smack: Thought of a few: > Shaman King > Zatch Bell > Not sure about Yu-Gi-Oh, it has at least two really cute girls. Uh, Yugi always wears a leather collar. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/34 "2005-05-20T09:38:25Z")
Genshaft Akira Personally I kinda have the hots for Mika in Geneshaft. Then again, Ive seen like 5 eps of Geneshaft so I doubt it. I’m Sure the Mecha fanservice is in there somewhere, but as the characters can’t have sex … The One episode I saw three times back when Tech TV was Tech TV, was with the Three guys from the Space shuttle, and they converse on how much has changed. One of the astronauts (from the 21st century past) plants one on one of the characters… who objects stating that - that is not the propper way to perform mouth to mouth. Then again, isnt Anime (Most of it) an excuse to show what they can get away with? Akira Ok prob not what we are looking for, as it is a movie, and not a series, but I can only recall motorcycles as being the most Mecha-ized item. There was the clown biker gang, but uh, if peeps are into that … then Im sorry I asked. What? Sailor Moon didnt make the list? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/35 "2005-05-20T12:01:11Z")
**Jayn\_Newell** : I remember at least one instance of fanservice in FLCL. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/36 "2005-05-20T13:35:17Z")
I don’t recall _Heatguy J_ having any fanservice (I just learned a new term!). I only got to see about six or so episodes before MTV2 yanked it, so my submission may be inaccurate. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/37 "2005-05-20T14:43:56Z")
From my DVDs: The Hakkenden Darkside Blues (well…they have some Goth fanservice I suppose) Nia UnderSeven Jin-Roh (Dudes with honkin guns though…) Kaze Makase, Tukikage Ran Wings of Honeamise (has breasts, but I’m not certain I would call it enticing) Super Gals Gosenzo-sama BanBanzai! Vampire Princess Miyu Record of Lodos War Metropolis Now and Then, Here and There Detective Conan Strange Dawn Vampire Hunter D (the newer one, though again Goth fanservice…) Boogiepop Phantom Ryvius Aljuna My LD’s are in storage, so the list would probably double. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/38 "2005-05-20T15:52:43Z")
> [@swanjun](#): > > Ta-da! I am the wife of fishbicycle. > > And you’re right about Touga et al in Utena. When I hastily scribbled out the list I was mentally running down shows I’d seen that didn’t have jiggling boobs and panty shots. I forgot about the bishounen quotient. 🙂 **swanjun**! Love your Username! Show us your Killer Yo-Yo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/39 "2005-05-20T16:07:28Z")
What about Gasaraki? It’s a fairly gritty military drama, and the mecha are almost believable. On the other hand, it’s kinda boring. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443/40 "2005-05-20T19:03:11Z")
FLCL? In the first episode alone the girlfriend asks the guy to kiss her several times. Sailor Moon? Am I being wooshed? Cute girls running around in sailor suits. Not to mention the American release was edited and I’ve heard rumors of an episode where the sailor scouts compare breast sizes. Thought of another with no fanservice: Di Gi Charat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-challenge-name-an-anime-without-any-fanservice/304443.md?page=3)