Agent Aika, also known amongst the illustrious B.A.N. group as "Panty,Panty,Panty", is a comedic romp of an adventure set in the near, post-not-so-apocalyptic future of Japan. It was created by the guy who created Project A-ko. No, I don't know his name. I'm at work, leave me alone.
Anyway this series, like the A-ko series which was previously driven into the ground, is based on a strong female character with superb strength,agility and reflexes. This time around, the character's name is Aika Su . . . something. Again, I reiterate, I'm at work. Aika works for a small time underwater salvaging company that can barely pay their bills. In this world, some great catastrophe (gendo and an angel?) caused the ice at the poles of the world to melt flooding most of the world. Since catastrophic floods rarely give eviction notices, a lot of people left a lot of stuff on what has now become the ocean floor. Thus underwater salvage is big buisness. There's just too much competition.
All of this background information is practicly useless, as its only purpose is to get the titular character into conflict with an insane, bishonen (with a pink, capital letter "B") general and his army of women.
The story progresses through 4 episodes. While it is not the most sophisticated of storylines, it is more humerous than most of the dreck that pours forth from Tokyo. The animation is of a high calibre as well.
Possibly one of the biggest reasons for this series's failure is also the reason the highly influential B.A.N. group refers to it as "Panty, Panty, Panty". Nearly every scene has the pressence of female undergarments in it. Atleast 500 different up-skirt panty shots in the series makes Agent Aika the bane of some and the boon of others. There is nudity as well, but not nearly as much. And ofcourse, what perverted anime flick would be complete without a showstopping transformation that disdains the heroine's previous garments? Aika's nigh invincable alter ego is no different, as garments and and undergarments are doffed with pizazz enough to put even the great Cutey Honey to shame.
That, however, is as far as Agent Aika goes. This series dares not to enter into hentai territory. No nasty tentacles or demonic overlords need apply here. There is one instance of coitus between Aika and the effiminate General, yet even that is tastefully done. It seems that even though this series is willing to go further into the taboo than most, it refuses to go all the way, into the realm of the ecchi and explicit. This middle of the road mentality is probably the doom of the series as it appeals completely to neither of the two main anime audiences ( mainstream anime and hentai). Tis a shame too.
If you can stand a healthy dose of bathroom humor teenage wet dreams, then perhaps you will find this series a diamond in the rough. Extremely rough.
And for God's sake, do not do shots of alcahol evey time you see panties. Coma's are bad for the social life.
This movie was reviewed by Jason.
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