Fan service is one of those anime staples that can help to really make a show when done well, or if done badly bring down an otherwise good series and provide the finishing blow for a bad one.  The most common form of fan service is probably either the panty shot or the send the cast to an onsen* so we can see them naked episode.  Both are classics and do their job well, but the really stand out when you can incorparate them into an actual advancing of the plot, which is where so many shows fall flat on their faces.  I appreciate fan service as much as the next guy, and maybe a little more .  The biggest problem with fan service is that tends to become an end to itself in certain shows, destroying all plot movement and carachter development.  Thats not to say you can't build a show a around fanservice, you can, it just takes careful planning and a deft hand.  You can get a way with a hell of a lot without annoiying people if it drives the plot.  One of the funniest anime I own is built entirely around fan service, by using humor and an irreverent attitude Colorful provides a lot of laughs that in the hands of a less talented staff wouldn't be nearly as funny.

Here are four shows that bring on plenty of fanservice while still giving you a decent helping of plot and story.

1.  Najica Blitz Tactics- Panty Shots extrodinare, plus lots of firepower and suggestive outfits.

2.  Colorful- As the cover says 'Roses are red, violets are blue. This show is about panties.'  Short adventures of various people and the dumb and desperate thing they do to see panties while largely ignoring the women in them.

3.  Plastic Little: The Adventures of Captain Tita-  Old School at its best, an entertaining if not brilliant story and lots and lots of BOOBIES! Plus the infamous ADV jiggle counter.

4.  Godannar-A real fanservice all you can eat buffet, Girls, Guns, Giant Robots, Monsters, impossibly tiny and clingy battle suits. (for the ladies at least)  The story is good, the art great and the action occurs often, all served up with a bit of tongue firmly in cheek. 

*For those that might not know and Onsen is a traditional Japanese hot spring, and for maximum humor you sen your characters to one that features mixed bathing.**

**Mixed Bathing-Men and women bathing together with no dividers etc, let the nosebleeds begin.***

***And yes upon further review these notes are insanely obvious and perhaps unneeded in this case, oh and they were written by a moose.

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