This picture is a rather interesting one. It's definitely cute, what with her facial expression making this nothing short of adorable. But the scene it's based off is definitely a scene where they use a little girl for sexual purposes, to the point where she even tries to seduce the adult in the scene. To take a scene intended as material for pedophiles to lust after and turn it into something cute... that's a real accomplishment and is to be commended.

I've wanted to cover this episode for so long... it even served as the first episode of this day's show on Tumblr! It's time once again to shame an animator who went out of their way to say No Girls Allowed!
Back to Dexter's Laboratory. If I feature this one a lot, it's only because I find Dee Dee to be really cute. There was an ample opportunity to give her a matching set with her brother, too! In the first two seasons (season 3 was handled by a newcomer and broke many of the established rules), whenever Dexter got nude, which happened a lot, he would always have his privates hidden by a leaf of some kind. This, I found, was really clever, giving it a sort of Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve sort of thing that showed off the creativity of the production staff. It also gave them a lot of freedom to position Dexter now that they didn't need to use outside censorship; all they needed was the leaf and they were set. Read More »

I ought to be thankful; I only need to dedicate one show to PPG, and thankfully it doesn't have to be this week's show. So I just get to post as many PPGs in the bath as I want. This one is rather fun, showing that baths for a trio of superpowered girls can be stressful. One doesn't even want to be there, so you gotta make sure she doesn't try and bail out! And poor Bubbles, just watching the commotion like a deer in headlights. All she wanted was to have some fun in the tub!

Today's role reversal is a little bit on the fun side. I'm reversing one of my own pictures!
I already talked about the moment where Yumi got her outfit swiped by Ami. Well, in this version, shortly after Ami lightens up on her whole General of Cleanliness thing, Yumi swipes the outfit right off of her and tells her not to do the swipe clothes thing again. Fun stuff!
Of course, to get this commission, I had to wait several months after I paid for it. Krizeii got stuck in some personal traffic and found himself unable to complete the pic in a timely manner. However, he eventually got it done, and for that I'm glad. It's hard working with him sometimes, but he always provides in the end. He's a good guy.

I have a serious thing for embarrassed girls. It's a real nice way to diffuse any sort of sexuality and portray the whole thing as humorous. Not only does the embarrassment show with this picture, but the expression on her face is a nice, exaggerated, comedic look that sells the whole thing. You just know she's going to smack those two; her face says it all.

The week of wellness has come to a close, and so I leave you with these final thoughts.
Well, at long last, we've reached a bit of a choke point; we're running out of material for the blog to showcase. No, the lack of material doesn't come from any of the weekday shows, but from Mature Musings! Believe it or not, it's hard to find examples of women in animation who aren't just being exploited for their bodies. After all, we cover anime and cartoons, and anime is known for being quite full of fanservice. And, well, it's hard to cover events if they don't happen.
So let's discuss what'd happen if the blog ran out of material. Well, the weekday shows would likely come to a close, of course, but the examples would keep running. Even if we don't have any examples from the official show, we still have quite a bit from fans. Although, in the past I've run into the issue of running out of material on that side, too, so we may have to halt production altogether. Read More »

Geez, at this rate, the blog's gonna be an updated nightly sorta thing...
Anyway, on to the Sunday sexy men. This one is a bit interesting; it's from a Seth MacFarlane show, so naturally the intent is to gross you out. But still, it's being done in the exact same way a sexy car wash with ladies would be done, with almost no changes. If it were Marge and Lois doing this, it'd pretty much be softcore porn and I've seen the edits to prove it. Not so fun when it's happening to the men of the family, huh?

It's time for that show where we talk about what happens with older ladies, it's time for Mature Musings.
Today we're talking about something unique: A Disney film! Specifically, we're talking about the first in the Disney Renaissance, The Little Mermaid. Now, the movie went through a lot of production mishaps to try and make the film's main character Ariel look just right, believable yet family friendly. That meant giving her a bra made of seashells instead of featureless breasts shown in concept art.
Well, there's a moment in the movie where Ariel gets legs, and she isn't wearing anything down below because she's a mermaid and leg clothes don't exist in the deep. For the most part, she's hidden in shadow... but if you brighten up the lighting of the scene, you can see her shapely rear. This is portrayed as something completely natural and normal, a natural consequence of the change, not called attention to. Plus, Disney made this film to entice adults, too, so there was no point in denying that this kind of thing exists. Read More »

Time to bring in the ladies. And this one is one of my faves. It's such a good example of embarrassment and shyness. It looks like it could be used for nice comedic moments that any good Ecchi anime would use.

Time for another Q/A session with your favorite (heh) maniac, to take arguments and tear them apart to show how ridiculous they are.
Today's question has been in my inbox for a while, and goes something like this: "How do you reconcile your desire for women to be used for funny nude situations with the fact that women tend to be sexually abused?"
Well, the simple fact is that there's all the influence in the world telling the people to sexually abuse the women. I'm of course talking about a media that portrays the female body as "inherently sexual" by using it for sexual purposes. The idea behind this sexualization thing is very much a "I'll know it when I see it" sort of issue, and you can very much tell when something has been added for little purpose other than sex and when it's being used organically. Read More »

Looks like this time I didn't need to fill in the blanks! There's an episode of Billy and Mandy, "No Body Loves Grim", that starts on the beach. One of the things that happens is Mandy gets dragged by the bottom of her swimsuit by a dog, and we later see the dog has a piece of the swimsuit in its mouth. Clearly this is what we didn't see on TV, which is a shame because this stuff is just good. Plus it's nice to see Mandy get her comeuppance.

On to the segment of the show where I talk about ways to get nudity to characters it doesn't happen to, it's time to ask How Do We Do It?
Today we're looking at a show that's shown up once or twice around these parts, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. Now, one thing to consider is that this show is a little bland, but I'll do my best.
How does one add the element of female nudity to this show and make it seem organic and humorous and not just sexy? Well, I already covered that the animators seem to think their representations of the two are sexy, so how do we mitigate that? The answer, I think, lies in a simple bathing scenario, something the girls might to for fun.
The two seem to live on their tour bus, and since they don't get a lot of business in Japan, they might come to miss the place. As such, they might try and find ways for their bus to resemble their homes back in Japan, so I suspect they might have a Japanese Read More »

Clumsy me, forgetting this blog like that! I just haven't posted in so long, and lack of routine does bad things to me. I hope this post makes up for it.
Here's a picture that's just too cute for words. Sakura seems to have no problems having Kero around, and he provides a nice artful cover. It's like she's having trouble deciding what to wear, and so she looks through her closet to find something good. Private looks into personal lives are always so fun to the audience for some reason, and this is no exception.

Time once again to show I'm not talking from where the sun don't shine and remind people that Yes, It Can Be Done!
One of the most influential directors in anime is Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki's been making films for a long time, and his studio, Studio Ghibli has had its films nominated for an Oscar numerous times, even winning with Spirited Away. He mostly sets his films with young female stars, and when he writes kids, he really shows he gets them, understanding them perfectly.
Case in point, My Neighbor Totoro is one of the first anime films most people see as kids, and it stars a pair of girls just like the target audience. They're nice and childlike without being unrealistic, and there's a real sense of wonder to the world they live in. It's a beautiful art film that has rightfully put itself on the map because it's simply GOOD. Read More »

This time, our fanart is a little bit more interesting than usual. It comes from a show for rather young children, I think it's a pre-school show. Now, I'm certainly not advocating shows for toddlers include this kind of thing, that's ludicrous! But the art is cute, the situation is innocent, the whole thing can be spun for humor, so here we are. I just can't say no to cute.

After all the good I've talked about The Powerpuff Girls, it's time to talk about a moment where they gave into pressure and said No Girls Allowed!
One of the most notable moments of nudity-related humor came all the way in the first season, with the episode "The Bare Facts." In that one, Mojo had attempted to become Mayor, so he had to strip the existing Mayor of... something, something which led the Girls to laugh and laugh. We got our answer at the end, where the Mayor had been shown to be stripped of more than his powers... in a very personal way.
Three seasons later, in the episode, "Nano of the North", nanobots invaded Townsville via raindrops to destroy everything made of carbon (except evidently people for some reason), including buildings, cars and clothing. So when the Girls tried to fight them at full size, they failed, and they had to return home naked. Unfortunately, a series which used to do episodes like "Down N' Dirty" unashamed now embraced cowardice and comparatively censored the Girls, with them covering their butts and their fronts hidden by the Professor's arm. Read More »

Sorry for not posting yesterday. Still sleeping off the illness. I'm trying as hard as I can to get better.
I recently saw some nice Pokemon official art from a Drama CD. It helped me to realize Pokemon has a really nice art style that really lends itself well to this kind of thing. It's such a shame, then, that it's so kid-friendly since it means that this kinda thing is unlikely to happen. That's my reason for posting this: because the art style is just so appealing and this is probably one of the better fanarts in the style.

Welcome to our next role reversal picture! I don't have much of these left, only a few comics and stuff. I'll try and populate my gallery with a bit more of these, though.
Today we look at a moment from Fairly OddParents, specifically the episode "Crime Wave". In that one, Timmy Turner, our main hero didn't want to take a bath, and would rather be at the comic store. So he asked his fairy godparents to poof him over there, which they did... without dressing him first. So he had to make his way across the town of Dinsdale without being detected, and failed numerous times due to hidden cameras, bad hiding places, all that stuff. That, and he got mistaken for the comic hero Naked Lad!
The setup for the below pic involves a new character, Chloe. She was introduced in Season 10 as someone who had to share the fairy godparents with Timmy, so naturally, she could be poofed out of the bath and forced to go on an adventure as Naked Read More »

Well, I'm getting better, so I might as well start posting again. Sorry for the week of delay, all!
More fanart of that legendary moment that broke the mold, only this time from the rear. I can't explain why this is so cute; it's a bathtime fun picture between two kids, that's pretty much all the explanation I'll need, I guess.

Blog will be taking a hiatus while I get better.