Najika Dengeki Sakusen

Najica Blitz Tatics is funny mix of an action Anime, a good story and pure Fan Service. The Fan Service (namely masses of panty shots) might offend some people, but nevertheless, Najica is well entertaining.

Najica Hiragi is a secret service agent who gets involved in finding "Humarits", artificial made humans. She partners up with Lila, who's a Humarit herself, and who has to learn her life from Najica. Although one wouldn't expect to find a Blade Runner like story among all those panty shots, there're really is quite a meaning in the relationship between humans and Humarits.

Concentrating on fast paced action scenes, beautiful girl with guns and the relationship between Najica and Lila, Najica Bitz Tactics features quite a deeper sense than Aika, it's predecessor.

Why I didn't like it: This is a collection of panty shot videos; Some guy took every opportunity to shoot up girl's skirts while they were minding their own business and put the shots in the form of a tough female spy story so he could justify his actions and perhaps you would not see him for what he really was...

It was difficult to enjoy the story when the view seemed to focus upon particular parts of the female anatomy, albeit covered. I personally do not want to be subjected the view of women's panties/crotches. If this is "fan service", it's mostly to please those who like to peek up skirt. Ugh, count me out.

The final pun ishment: on the upside, at least the art was descent...

The biggest problem with this series is not the wildly overdone and seemingly endless series of money shots of female nether-parts. That part is weird to watch at first, perhaps titillating perhaps not, but eventually it hardly even registers any more. Almost all the action figures in the story are female, without exception all nude from the crotch down and wearing oft-exposed flimsy hiked up panties. If this happens to be your fetish you are reading about the mother lode here.

Once you get used to -- if "used to" is the word for it -- the heroines and all the other female characters falling or getting knocked to the ground in sexually suggestive positions, with the camera positioned at knee level looking upwards of course, there is a story hidden back there. The biggest problem is that story always has potential but never develops very well. It has to do with artificial humans coming out of a secret lab causing trouble. It has to do with Najica, the heroine secret agent, and her forced relationship with one of the artificial humans, Lila, who becomes her slave and partner.

A bigger problem is the cheap and trite dialog. When Najica enters her office building all the girls watching her pass coo "she's so cool" and other fawning statements. The dialog with her superior, with whom she is inexplicably submissive, is also too heavily clichéd. Never is there a conversation that gives any clue as to what moves Najica, and why she does what she does.

So Najica herself is oddly aloof throughout the whole series. She has no personal interest in anyone, least of all the irredeemably cheesy Gento who is always hitting on her. The exception is with Lila, and the only storyline worth mentioning in the series is how Najica's feelings for Lila move from indifference and annoyance to true affection -- strictly maternal in nature. No "fan service" there.

I almost turned it off halfway through the first episode. There was just barely enough plot to keep me going to the the next episode to the last one. It was sort of like having one last quarter that you put into the slot machine on impulse, then winning a few each time to keep you going. The artwork at least is first rate, the action is above par, and that makes up for a lot.

Okay, I have to admit that I was intrigued by the concept of a female spy who flashed her panties a lot while gunning down the bad guys - er - girls. But having watched all twelve episodes I kinda miss it and want more. A second series would be nice.

The animation is superb and the music is good. The plot takes a while to get going, but you become attached to the main characters (Nagica and Lila) and become intrigued by the artificial humans and Nagica's missions to retrieve them.

This series has a distinct personality which encompasses the style of the animation together with the personalities of all the characters. It becomes almost like watching a soap. You know exactly where you are and you can just turn off your brain and enjoy the action.

I just attempted to watch Akira and gave up on it as impenetrable and extremely irritating. By comparison, Najica is light, entertaining fluff. It helps if you're male and enjoy lots of crotch shots of young girls, but there's a lot more to it than that.

As an aside, listen to the commentary from the American voice artistes. They say very little about the animation, but they're a scream.

If your an individual who likes a strong female lead, & lots and lots (.....& lots) of female "Pantalooms", then, by all means you'll really like Najica. By day, she (Najica) works for a cosmetic firm, CRI. By night, she's a top-notch spy that can hold her own. ....kinda like 007, only she is tougher. The first 4 episodes (Disc 1), pretty much lays the foundation for the series & later episodes. In the 1st. episode (Mission 001), Najica rescues a young girl, only to find out she is a "Hummarite" & becomes Najica's partner at the behest of her superiors. Together, Najica & "Lila" (ZZZ) go after various villains, recover other Hummarites, & Najica schools Lila about life, & it's do's & don'ts. I found the storyline to be very good & easy to follow. And, in the mix of things,....lots & lots of female "pantaloom" shots.....from various angles (I estimate a pantie picture every 20 seconds). In spite of all the "pantalooms", I found Najica to be "Very Entertaining & lots of fun".