Strike Witches is another of my guilty pleasures; nearly 98% of its audience is probably male. I did enjoy the show, but I will admit, it is so embarassingly "moe" that it made even *me* blush, and that's hard to do.
So basically we have here an "alternate WW2 history", "mecha", "sci-fi", magical (witch) girl...thing...where they have to interrupt WW2 and band together to fight an invasion of strange, crystaline aliens from outer space. The girls wear classic WW2 uniform tunics of their respective nations...with bikini bottoms. I don't know why they wear bikini bottoms, nobody ever explains why bikini bottoms are necessary, they just all wear them. Incredibly tightly. To the point of revealing possibly underage camel-toe through the fabric. And the girls bend over, stretch, climb, etc, a lot. Oh, and plenty of teen boob jiggle as well, along with a little playful yuri stuff along the way between some of the girls...
The emotional relationships of the characters are compelling and interesting and emotionally engaging and satisfying....it's just that the visuals are so often such a distraction. The battle sequences are pretty good. I admit, also, this was another case where the box art was off putting. I just thought the girls were anthroporphized airplanes...and while they kind of are...actually a better way to think of it is that they are more like Mecha pilots only using 1940s earth tech of the time, enhanced by mystical magic. It really ends up not looking nearly as goofy as you might think and really does work visually in motion. It's just hard to tell that from a still image.
It is a short series and I watched it entirely via Netflix streaming. It's fun and worth a viewing. Not the sort of show I would go around bragging about being a fan of, however. It's a guilty pleasure best kept to oneself.
