Anime
The television series was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and animated by Gainax. The series' animation is done in a distinct style resembling and paying homage to American cartoons, along with the Yoshinori Kanada techniques normally associated with Hiroyuki Imaishi's work. The theme of the anime is "vulgar and indecent jokes", with Imaishi saying, "If we are going to do this, we will try it thoroughly."[3] As a result, the series contains sexual themes and humor in every episode.
The series ran from October 2 to December 25, 2010, on BS NTV and other channels.[10] It was also shown on AT-X seven days after the premiere of each episode, and made available online on Nico Nico Channel (a service of Niconico) through the series's own channel a day after the AT-X broadcast. Internationally, the series was made available for streaming on Crunchyroll.[11]
The series was released in six DVD and Blu-ray volumes, respectively, over the course of six months, with the first DVD/Blu-ray volume released on December 24, 2010,[12] followed by succeeding volumes near the end of each following month. The fifth volume, released on April 28, 2011, includes a disc-exclusive episode (OVA) compiling eight short stories, some of which are sequels/conclusions to earlier episodes of the series.
On April 14, 2011, Funimation announced they licensed the series in North America, which was released on DVD on July 10, 2012.[13] The Blu-ray version was released January 15, 2013.[14] The English dub was directed by Colleen Clinkenbeard, with John Burgmeier acting as head writer and Jamie Marchi, Leah Clark, and Jared Hedges serving as episode writers.[15] The first two episodes were made available for streaming on May 22, 2012, for those subscribed to Funimation's Elite Video Subscription service.[16]
Manga Entertainment released the series in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2012,[17] although upon release, faults were discovered on some of the episodes.[18] A corrected version was released on September 10, 2012.[19]
On November 25, 2016, the official Twitter account for Gainax West posted an announcement teaser image featuring silhouettes of Panty and Stocking with the words "Comming [sic] Soon". An announcement for "something new with Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt" was to be made on December 16, 2016, which Gainax West stated would not be a pachinko, pachislot, social network game, or Blu-ray.[20][21] On December 16, 2016, various Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt projects were announced.[22]
A new anime project based on the series was announced by Studio Trigger at Anime Expo 2022.[23] At Anime Expo 2023, it was announced that the rights to the Panty & Stocking IP had been acquired from Gainax by Trigger, who shared an announcement video for the project.[24][25][26] Imaishi returned as series director, with Imaishi himself also handling series composition alongside Hiromi Wakabayashi and original character designs by Atsushi Nishigori with animation character designs by Shigeto Koyama, Masaru Sakamoto and Sushio.[27] The series world premiere event was held at Anime Expo 2025 on July 4, 2025, marking the 15th anniversary of the original series.[28][29]
Music
The series' musical score was composed by TCY Force and produced by Taku Takahashi (of M-Flo). The opening theme is "Theme for Panty & Stocking", performed by Hoshina Anniversary. The ending theme is "Fallen Angel", performed by Mitsunori Ikeda and featuring Aimee B. The original soundtrack was released on December 29, 2010.[40][41] A hidden track is on the CD. The special edition of the volume 4 BD/DVD includes a bonus CD containing television edits of certain songs from the official soundtrack, as well as previously unreleased songs.
A second album, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt THE WORST ALBUM, was released on 20 July 2011 and features 24 tracks, including remixes of previous songs from the original anime soundtrack, some new songs, as well as "Cherry Corrida" drama tracks.
