Yeah. That's probably the thing that bugs me the most about this series-- the blatant... guy fanservice... -_-;;
I'll note right now, I don't look at much official art beyond the odd Lelouch here or there, so my opinions are just from the shows...
But there IS an equal amount of fanservice, really. Yes the girls have skimpier clothing but that's not exactly shocking considering their character designers. CLAMP has a thing about skimpy outfits for their females while the males are more fully clothed, yet the clothing accents both forms beautifully. The animators just rather...ran with it.
Lelouch's uniforms (school and Zero) are beautifully done to highlight his body while keeping him rather...closed-up which is his character.
Suzaku's uniforms are tailored to his job, with his flight suit being rather nice on the eyes (I still can't figure out how he wears it without a suffering 'creeping underwear'...or considering he's probably not wearing any 'creeping flight suit'. Not to mention his lovely shirtless appearance that made me forget it was a serious scene.
The rest of the boys...well, what can I say? They need to be out of uniform more but damn do they look good in it. *grins*
The girls' boobs are waaay too big, they bounce around annoyingly, Karen in a bunny suit was just... demoralizing, and the pics or her and CC from behind bug the hell out of me.
I have no comments on their breasts as it's a trend in anime, I've seen worse and I'm rather happy with their size, both ascetically and as a female.
I do find some of the gratuitous as shots of Kallen aggravating , I know it's the position of her Knightmare, but we don't see the others from that angle (which I mourned at the first inside shots of Gwaine(?) - Zero's Knightmare, though the two seater style did lead for some nice images of CC and Lelouch).
The rest of their costumes, as I said above, was based on the designs of a circle known to have skimpy yet fun outfits for their girls. I can't say I blame them either, the girls have nice bodies, both in their revealing outfits and in their more tailored looks (CC comes to mind here, she pulls off some of those business suits with style!)
As a feminist, I have no problems with the girl's clothing or the way they're portrayed. They're teenagers (well, CC looks like one...and acts like one some of the time), excluding the bunny suit and Sherley's swimsuit they seem to enjoy what they wear and wear it well.
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I'll note right now, I don't look at much official art beyond the odd Lelouch here or there, so my opinions are just from the shows...
But there IS an equal amount of fanservice, really. Yes the girls have skimpier clothing but that's not exactly shocking considering their character designers. CLAMP has a thing about skimpy outfits for their females while the males are more fully clothed, yet the clothing accents both forms beautifully. The animators just rather...ran with it.
Lelouch's uniforms (school and Zero) are beautifully done to highlight his body while keeping him rather...closed-up which is his character.
Suzaku's uniforms are tailored to his job, with his flight suit being rather nice on the eyes (I still can't figure out how he wears it without a suffering 'creeping underwear'...or considering he's probably not wearing any 'creeping flight suit'. Not to mention his lovely shirtless appearance that made me forget it was a serious scene.
The rest of the boys...well, what can I say? They need to be out of uniform more but damn do they look good in it. *grins*
The girls' boobs are waaay too big, they bounce around annoyingly, Karen in a bunny suit was just... demoralizing, and the pics or her and CC from behind bug the hell out of me.
I have no comments on their breasts as it's a trend in anime, I've seen worse and I'm rather happy with their size, both ascetically and as a female.
I do find some of the gratuitous as shots of Kallen aggravating , I know it's the position of her Knightmare, but we don't see the others from that angle (which I mourned at the first inside shots of Gwaine(?) - Zero's Knightmare, though the two seater style did lead for some nice images of CC and Lelouch).
The rest of their costumes, as I said above, was based on the designs of a circle known to have skimpy yet fun outfits for their girls. I can't say I blame them either, the girls have nice bodies, both in their revealing outfits and in their more tailored looks (CC comes to mind here, she pulls off some of those business suits with style!)
As a feminist, I have no problems with the girl's clothing or the way they're portrayed. They're teenagers (well, CC looks like one...and acts like one some of the time), excluding the bunny suit and Sherley's swimsuit they seem to enjoy what they wear and wear it well.