Since its premiere, I have been enjoying the revived Toonami a lot. While we're had our ups and downs, the block as a whole has been a great experience and is one of the most-connected-to-its-audience television blocks in our modern day, which is an excellent thing. I hope it stays around for a long while.
However, that's not to say Toonami is 100% flawless.
They seem to have this odd phobia, this utter horror of airing shows of a certain genre. And unlike a certain other genre, this one they could honestly manage to get away with.
This genre is ecchi.
Don't get me wrong here, do I think Toonami should show the likes of Kiss x Sis and To Love-Ru? By no means. Toonami at its heart is an action block and always will be.
I just think that this action block should experiment out of their comfort zone and air shows which combine the action element with more racy content. Oh, wait...they're already doing that.
Black Lagoon had bare breasts. Kill la Kill drowns in fanservice. Tenchi Muyo! GXP wasn't afraid to occasionally show skin. Hellsing Ultimate had those weird panty shots in the last OVA and...oh yeah, corpse sex.
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The difference is these shows aren't labeled as ecchi. Not that they're any tamer in content than some other shows labeled as 'ecchi'.
So what kind of ecchi shows do I think Toonami should show? Here are some suggestions.
Note: The rest of this post contains some images that aren't explicit, distasteful, or showing bare nudity in any way, but that might be eyebrow-raising in a public setting. Look over your shoulder before continuing on.
