Let's get this over with.... What do you guys think of Fan Service? (Girls can answer too)

I would be happier if it didn't exist, or at least, that it was more subtle. I enjoy admiring a good figure or outfit, but don't really like having certain body parts thrust in my face. I might not have to cringe so much when watching anime with other people too. But I can certainly go with the flow, enjoy it for what it is as long as it is there, and note when they're doing a particularly good job of it and such.

Picture: Rio Rainbow Gate
Cowgirl outfit - yes! Wardrobe malfunction - no - but i'm not complaining

First off I always roll my eyes when I see someone (usually a teenage girl) going off about how much they hate it and how disgusting it is, as if anyone (besides other teen girls) actually cares about what they have to say.

People also like to say how "unrealistic" it is.(which is true) but that's really a silly argument. There are so many things in anime that are just as (if not more) unrealistic than huge boobs. Cherry picking really does nothing to help prove your point. The only thing it shows is that your not very good at formulating an argument.

I think that fanservice can be both good and bad, because like everything it has it's time and place. For example I loved Rosario Vampire, but when I read the manga I found out just how much better it was. It focused much more on plot and character development, while the second season of the anime left the manga behind and became mostly fanservice, and it definitely suffered because of that. The manga had fanservice too, but it was more balanced and less over the top.

On the other hand there are really good anime like Heaven's Lost Property, Is This A Zombie?, Baka and Test, Mayo Chiki, MM!, etc... where the fanservice exists for the purpose of comedy. While some of those may have their more dramatic moments too, they don't lose aspect of the fact that they are also a comedy.

Enjoying ecchi anime hardly makes me some kind of womanizing, sexist pig. I'm far from a player.

I apologize for the rant, but this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, and I'm rather tired of people (not just when it comes to anime) treating their opinion as if its's fact. I've seen this quite a bit when it comes to ecchi anime, especially on here. I'm just really sick of people acting superior about stuff that's actually very subjective if you stop and think about it.

I say if it wasn't for the ecchi category, Mizore Shirayuki wouldn't exist. And I wouldn't really have a life...

In my opinion, the Fan Service just makes the anime more interesting, and it's crucial for comedic purposes, especially in ecchi anime. Sora no Otoshimono and Kore wa zombie desu ka are one of my favourites, imagine those anime without fan service, they wouldn't be as good as they are

I hate it and I can like it at times. The bad is that It’s overused, it ruins the show, it takes away a characters personality, and it’s especially bad if the character is a minor. Like, if a character was explaining life and death I don’t need to be reminded that she has large boobs. Sometimes, fan service even distracts the viewer of the ACTUAL story, but, the good is that fan service is used amazingly well in someways and it actually helps out with the plot and story. It’s even used for comedic purposes which I like about it a lot (take kill la kill for example)