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How can one explain the trend of increasingly massive breasts in mainstream Japanese cartoons?  I'm fascinated by the incongruity: the gratuitous exaggeration and glorification of breasts in what would otherwise be innocent entertainment for kids.  It's a bit disturbing.  But damn if it isn't appealing.

"Girl with massive breasts" has become an anime archetype as ingrained as romantically timid boys and inexplicably devoted girls.  Many casts include one "token" very busty girl, whose breasts are always paid ample attention.  The busty girl is usually an agressive personality (Mizuki) or a shy girl who doesn't like the attention she receives (Chiharu).  Sometimes she's gratuitous and out-of-place (Aasu), and sometimes she's the center of the entire story (Mii).  This latter case seems to be an emerging sub-genre, with Jungle de Ikou and Eiken leading the way as shows entirely centered around breasts.

Please vote in the poll above, if you haven't already.  It's obviously a very incomplete list, but the other girls weren't available to compete this morning.  Maybe next time...

There are already several threads discussing big-breast anime, so I was thinking this thread would be more focused on particular characters.

Finally, does anyone know of any upcoming shows that might be of interest?  (Besides Eiken OAV 2, due out late this month.)  

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ahamu22

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2004, 10:23:49 AM »
This is the image attached above.
   

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2004, 01:34:45 PM »
A fine post, my friend.

Chiharu's a tough one, but I'ma go with Mii.  Even though she only comes up at the end of each episode, we do get to see more of her.

Another trend to elaborate on yours:  Said girls often appear on OVA's, and as such, have a VERY short appearence and/or runtime.  
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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2004, 01:40:06 PM »
I second voting Mii   Then again, i've not seen many of the others in .. uh.. person!

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2004, 02:01:41 PM »
Whenever the topic of fan service excess comes up, the first thing that comes to my mind is the girls of Love Hina and Shii Aasu of Puni Puni Poemi; says it all really.  

Personally I don't mind fan service in anime (hey: sex sells and the Japanese producers know it), but it gets annoying when the series is decent enough to watch without it as a crutch (Lova Hina for example). As an occassional thing, I have no complaint, but there is such thing as "too much of a good thing" to me when it comes to fan service.

Though I don't deny that for comedy series such as Puni Puni Poemi and Excel Saga (to name two; though Excel Saga doesn't count for 'excess'), it just adds to effect.      
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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2004, 02:29:13 PM »
Thanks for the replies.  I hope this will be a popular thread.  Feel free to share images of other girls we haven't mentioned yet.  In particular, I've been wondering about yet-unknown characters from upcoming shows.  I don't have my finger on the pulse of new anime like some do.

Yes Vlad, Mii shows herself off more than Chiharu.  But Eiken OAV 2 looks to be set on a beach, unless the DVD cover deceives.  We'll find out soon enough.

I see no one's voted for Nanako yet.  I don't really like her myself, I just included her because she was a somewhat high-profile representative of anime fanservice from the past few years.  But I don't think she's attractively drawn, her breasts look like triangles rather than anything physical.  And her personality is vapid and bungling.  I guess I just didn't find the show appealing in general.

Mii has definitely been my favorite for a long time, but I voted for Chiharu because she's more interesting at the moment.  My favorite thing about her is that she's still growing throughout the series.  But Mii, I think, was a much more audacious creation.  Eiken is flagrantly all about breasts, and was made after Jungle de Ikou (at least the OAV, I'm not sure about the manga).  JdI, on the other hand, was born in a more innocent time.  It seemed to reference Ranma 1/2 more than anything else, but carried that show's light but sometimes strangely inappropriate fanservice to a startling extremes.  It wasn't blatantly satiric and self-conscious, like Eiken.  Rather, it was just another "Ranma 1/2," one decisive shove towards gleeful perversion.  When Mii shows up at the end of each episode, the effect is jaw-dropping.  She simply doesn't seem to fit...

Mizuki is another recent favorite.  I don't care for her character or the show very much, but for a second-tier character in an ensemble show, she's absurdly large-breasted.  I mean, she would be absurd as a main character as well, but in her less important role, the decision to give her massive juggs seems more offhand and gratuitous.  She has some pretty good moments too, particularly in Gravion Zwei episode 3, which takes place at a hot springs resort.

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2004, 02:38:54 PM »
For a rather thorough list of rather well endowed women in anime, check out Being Upfront. Not all of the girls mentioned are truly massive, but he's on the right track fer sure.

I thought Naga the Serpent (from Slayers) might make a nice addition to the vote, but maybe she's not quite big enough.
 

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2004, 02:40:34 PM »
Quote:

I don't mind fan service in anime (hey: sex sells and the Japanese producers know it), but it gets annoying when the series is decent enough to watch without it as a crutch (Lova Hina for example).




I understand that.  Has anyone seen Read or Die?  I haven't seen it, but apparently there's some pretty good fanservice.  But it's also apparently a smart and well-made show.  I wonder if the fanservice there was intrusive.

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2004, 02:44:35 PM »
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I see no one's voted for Nanako yet.




Really makes me wish we can vote more than once.  It's like all of your children asking who you love more, but you can't answer that- you love them all!
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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2004, 03:20:14 PM »
Sadly, I take it that game babes, even those of anime styling, are dis-allowed from the voting... Looks like the topic focuses on video animes instead...  
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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2004, 03:27:51 PM »
Not necessarily... who would you include?

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2004, 03:31:45 PM »
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For a rather thorough list of rather well endowed women in anime, check out Being Upfront. Not all of the girls mentioned are truly massive, but he's on the right track fer sure.




Being Upfront is a great site.  It's too bad it hasn't been updated for almost two years.  There are some important additions to be made!  I wonder what Mr. Watson has been up to.

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2004, 04:00:49 PM »
*pokes thumb towards the attached...*

Apparently she does have some video screentime, but couldn't find a satisfactory capture...  
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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2004, 04:11:35 PM »
I asked Fraction if he wanted to continue Being Upfront with new stuff on another website, and he hasnt replied yet.

I voted for the Chi-Chi though. Otherwise it'd have to be Mii.

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Re: Princess of Excess: Favorite Anime Girl (with Abundant Breasts)
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2004, 04:38:22 PM »
Man, those are all the good big bust Anime girls and I'm disapointed that I have to vote for only one of them. Oh well...

My vote has to be Mizuki from Gravion. Besides her having a great body, my reason is because of director Masami Obari. Known for working the Fatal Fury OAV and movie, and Angel Blade. Thanks to him, he gave all of us big breasts fan what we wanted and I salute him.
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