Post 26, and I really hope nothing goes wrong this time, powercuts are not fun, this time it's Ultimate Girls.
Ultimate Girls is the perfect homage to the ever popular Ultraman series, it begins as UFO man accidently crushes to death the main three girls Silk, Vivenne and Tsubomi during a routine monster battle. Feeling guilty for his mistake UFO man revives the three girls with his powers but in doing so makes him powerless, so the girls take over his duties turning into giant Ultraman style heroes but having to spread his power across three people means that once the transformation is triggered all the girls clothes start disintegrating during battle, it doesn't help that the monsters while paying homage to many Ultraman monsters look like phallic sex toys, yes it is one of those anime but it falls short of being a hentai and opts for a softcore ecchi show.
The story is really bad, there's absolutely no reason for the monsters to be phallic nor is there any reason for the clothing to randomly disappear, it's amazing that this anime was picked up for a license in America.
At least the episodes are short and don't outstay their welcome and a plot point about embarrassment adding more power to the girls is a surprisingly clever work around for essentially pubically stripping the female characters, but the most shocking thing I like about this series is the amazing opening theme. "White Heat" by Yozuca is one of my all time favorite opening themes and it comes from an anime that is terrible, seems to be one of those things that defies logic; the animation as well is just as good for a low budget late night anime.
No dub, would be funnier and better received if it was as it suits a gag dub very well.
Final Verdict: It's terrible, mainly because none of it is really necessary, you can have a stupidly fun anime without all the sexual innuendo but as it is all in this anime it really comes off as awkward and forced especially when it's supposed to be a spoof homage to Ultraman.
Transformations are the staple of anime culture, from the days of the pioneering Cutey Honey to the current day Pretty Cures, the transformation sequence is always a highlight of any anime series should it have one, however some shows have sequences that are not so good, these ten anime highlight the most embarrassing transformations in anime.
There are no honorable mentions but may be some at a later date.
10. Corrector Yui
While nothing is embarrassing about the costumes per say and the sequences are mostly normal, each one has a facial expression that kind of tells a different story like they are enjoying this a bit too much.
9. Negima Neo
For context this is what I call the alternate Negima. Now you have three different forms. A magical one with great power, a cosplay form with less practical powers and a chibi animal furry form with no use at all that reduces your mind to a childlike state and you can't control which form you get.........HOW IS THAT PRACTICAL?
8. Kampfer
Kampfer doesn't look so bad at first, you get some cool weapons, you sometimes can use magic and your personality may change to help you fight, but if your a male, you will be force changed into a female whether you like it or not. Not made any better when you become the fan service of the show.
7. Is This a Zombie
How do you add insult to injury when you are already a zombie? By being made to become a magical girl where your main powers give you such a frilly costume that gets more frillier the more you power up, the only thing I can really salvage from this is the fact that your weapon is a chainsaw.
6. Moldiver
Having the powers of Superman in a handy geeky cassette tape (That's what it looks like) is pretty handy, only one problem, you need to be naked to do the transformation, depending on the version you can't choose between male or female forms and there's a time limit that will leave you naked at the worst possible places. Yeah those powers don't seem so fancy now.
5. Kill La Kill
The power of the uniforms grant great powers, only problem is they look very gaudy and some make you look like a hooker and some are even alive. Ryuko Matoi's revenge has very little dignity.
4. Ultimate Girls
You are made to grow into giant size and then your clothes start fading until you are butt naked for the world to see, fighting phallic monsters wasn't bad enough. Although it would make for a very awkward episode of Power Rangers.
3. Pretear
While the costumes look relatively underwhelming for a magical girl show that's not the main issue here, the costumes are basically your male allies, so put that into context for a second, you are wearing pretty male characters as your costume and Himeno's reaction first time around is pretty much how any girl would feel being told that.
2. Agent Aika
While this anime doesn't have much dignity to begin with, Aika's powered form is activated by being groped by a sentient corset that can make her super powered, I'm surprised it still gave her clothing, considering the rest of the anime. (Review coming soon)
1. Jungle De Ikou
The dub summed up this transformation, "the sleaziest transformation ever seen" and they are 100% correct, I won't describe the full details because it's uncomfortable so I'll sum it up. 13 year old girl becomes an adult girl with very little clothing and boobs the size of beach volleyballs, that along with the quote will tell you everything, and this anime wasn't even a hentai.
