History Stripperiffic / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/HeadhuntedToAnotherWorld'': {{Justified}} with the demons. A body that's in good shape is crucial to being able to use magic, so demons like Ulmandra traditionally like to show skin to advertise their magical power. Uchimura unintentionally offends Ulmandra when he suggests she use a weapon instead of magic to fight, which denigrates both her magic power and her looks.

* ''Anime/AgentAika'' is full of it. Granted, it is a ecchi anime, but one has to watch it to believe just how many variations of "half naked" apparently exist. Not even to mention the fact that Aika's weapon is a corset that ''undresses her'', just to form a very striperific...armor.

* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' introduced us to Mervamon who wears as little as she can. Lilithmon normally wears an [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline extremely low cut]], though still relatively conservative dress. However in Xros Wars as Gattai Lilithmon, this outfit is exchanged for a far more stripperiffic dominatrix outfit, [[WhipItGood complete with whip]]. {{Justified|Trope}}, since she's the Demon Lord embodying [[SevenDeadlySins the sin of lust]].

* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' introduced us to Mervamon who wears as little as she can. Lilithmon normally wears an [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline extremely low cut]], though still relatively conservative dress. However in Xros Wars as Gattai Lilithmon, this outfit is exchanged for a far more stripperiffic dominatrix outfit, [[WhipItGood complete with whip]]. {{Justified|Trope}}, since she's the Demon Lord embodying [[Theatre/TheSevenDeadlySins the sin of lust]].

* Othinus in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' wears such clothing because her philosophy is that she is extremely powerful, and therefore does not need any excessive clothing for self defense purposes.

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'' has the AST's wire suits which don't really seem designed as functional armor; aside from leaving a large part of the upper chest and legs bare, the portion that covers the midriff is skin-tight to show off the navel. They have ''nothing'' on the Yamai twins however, whose Astral Dresses look like BDSM outfits.

* Yuri and Kei from the ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''. Their original costume was based on WWF female costumes. Not that the later variants were any more modest.

* The majority of the PoweredArmor in ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' doesn't provide much actual protective armor. This is because the suits come with nigh-indestructible DeflectorShields; anything that can punch through that isn't going to be slowed down by armor, so the designers use the armor plating more for fashion than protection. There are a few exceptions, such as the [[SuperPrototype White Knight]].

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': There are two RunningGags about this, one more direct than the other.

* Pretty much the entire point of Naga's outfit from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' - what she can't obtain with a spell, she gets through sheer sex appeal. Martina wears a similar-looking outfit, albeit with a different color scheme and added hose.

* ''LightNovel/TorturePrincessFremdTorturchen'': Both Torture Princesses have ''questionable'' choices in fashion. [[http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9781975357306_p0_v1_s1200x630.jpg Elisabeth Le Fanu]] customarily wears CombatStilettos, [[ZettaiRyouiki black thigh-highs]], and a LittleBlackDress resembling dominatrix garb that leaves her chest bare but for strategically placed straps. [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91+aQD9tQSL.jpg Jeanne de Rais shows even more skin,]] wearing little more than two white ribbons in a cross pattern over her naughty bits: one runs in a vertical loop from her crotch to her collar, the other acts as a bandeau.

* Of the ten members of Mamoru Onodera's BattleHarem in ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'', only three are dressed decently. One is a Golem in a mini-dress that, at least, covers her panties (if she even has parts down there); the second is a Centaur who [[GoingCommando does not wear underwear]] and [[GagBoobs has a hard time covering up]]; the third is a Dullahan who [[ClingyCostume cannot remove her full-body armour.]]

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' has the mecha pilot suits that don't leave much to the imagination at all. They're essentially a bikini outfit that shows off a [[CleavageWindow large amount of cleavage]] and also the [[BareYourMidriff abdomen]] with the only thing that's actually covered up to an extent is the crotch and butt by a thong. It's [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the first few episodes.

* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' has a number of these outfits. Sorceress Alcyone wears a LeotardOfPower that's cut low, high, and in the middle. Caldina the dancer is a ShamelessFanserviceGirl. Chizetan princesses Tarta and Tatra [[BareYourMidriff bare their midriffs]] and ShowSomeLeg, and in the anime they dress Umi in similar clothes, then Tatra does a BattleStrip.

** Fate's {{Familiar}} Arf dressed with BareYourMidriff, CleavageWindow and short shorts that exposed her panty. And Precia's familiar Rynith had also a CleavageWindow. It must run in the entire Testarossa family.

** Some 20 years later, Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry brings Fumina Hoshino, a example of this trope being played completely straight. Odd considering the kind of franchise ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' usually is. And for how blatant it is? Fumina's casual clothes are a ''pair of [[SensualSpandex skintight]] [[BareYourMidriff shorts and a matching sports bra]]''
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[MsFanservice Midnight]] gives an interview discussing skimpy hero outfits in which she notes that for many heroes, this is actually practical, as a lot of quirks depend on exposed skin. Midnight's first outfit (A trenchcoat and a couple of strategically placed pouches, which prompted legislation about skimpy costumes) worked for her because her KnockoutGas is released from her skin, so the more she shows the more powerful she is. Momo Yaoyorozu and Toru Hagakure also fall into this category- Momo's hero costume is a NavelDeepNeckline and [[BareYourMidriff Midriff-baring]] leotard, but her Quirk is creating objects from her body and she needs to expose large swathes of skin to make big stuff like cannons. Toru's hero costume is a set of gloves and shoes, but she's [[InvisibleStreaker permanently invisible]] so there isn't really anything to show and she needs nudity to take full advantage of her quirk.

* For a {{shoujo|Demographic}} MagicalGirl franchise, ''Anime/PrettyCure'' has a lot of examples. Cures [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Black]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dream, Milky Rose]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Melody]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Mermaid]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]], [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Yell]], [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Summer, Cure Flamingo and Laura]] all sport (or used to sport, in Black and Dream's cases) battle attire that [[BareYourMidriff bares their midriffs]].

* ''Anime/{{Godannar}}'' has ''lots'' of this, coupled with copious {{Gainaxing}}. At some points, it almost seems that ''Godannar'' is {{Fanservice}} with incidental mecha rather than a mecha series with lots of fanservice.

* Ranpha and Forte from ''Anime/GalaxyAngel''; Both Ranpha's and Forte's clothes are designed to show as much skin as possible (mainly in the bust area). From the second season of the anime on, ExecutiveMeddling ordered a costume alteration for the two to cover up; [[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel the games]] kept them in their original outfits until ''Galaxy Angel II''.

* [[MsFanservice All things considered]], Anime/CuteyHoney's costume is rather tame, not going much beyond some AbsoluteCleavage (at least when it [[ClothingDamage stays on]]). Then ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'' rolls along and her outfit becomes fairly skimpy.

** Her mother Precia also wore a dress with both AbsoluteCleavage ''and'' VaporWear. It must be genetic.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[MsFanservice Midnight]] gives an interview discussing skimpy hero outfits in which she notes that for many heroes, this is actually practical, as a lot of quirks depend on exposed skin. Midnight's first outfit (A trenchcoat and a couple of strategically placed pouches, which prompted legislation about skimpy costumes) worked for her because her KnockoutGas is released from her skin, so the more she shows the more powerful she is. Momo Yaoyorozu and Toru Hagakure also fall into this category- Momo's hero costume is an AbsoluteCleavage and [[BareYourMidriff Midriff-baring]] leotard, but her Quirk is creating objects from her body and she needs to expose large swathes of skin to make big stuff like cannons. Toru's hero costume is a set of gloves and shoes, but she's [[InvisibleStreaker permanently invisible]] so there isn't really anything to show and she needs nudity to take full advantage of her quirk.

* Princess Theodora in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has an outfit combining AbsoluteCleavage and BareYourMidriff at once.

** In episode 3 [[spoiler: this becomes a plot point. Ryuko's embarrassment when wearing Senketsu caused [[ItMakesSenseInContext it to draw more of her blood]] in order to function. When she accepts to wear the uniform's slightly ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' revealing true form without worrying about its revealing nature, she gains a massive power boost]].

** Erza's normal armor is fairly all-covering, but many of her magic armor sets are much less so.

* Ranpha and Forte from ''Anime/GalaxyAngel''; Both Ranpha's and Forte's clothes are designed to show as much skin as possible. From the second season of the anime on, ExecutiveMeddling ordered a costume alteration for the two to cover up; [[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel the games]] kept them in their original outfits until ''Galaxy Angel II''.

** Fate's {{Familiar}} Arf dressed with BareYourMidriff, CleavageWindow and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] that exposed her panty. And Precia's familiar Rynith had also a CleavageWindow. It must run in the entire Testarossa family.

** Lucy has shown an increasing tendency to go into fights in very skimpy outfits like bikinis. Three of her Star Dresses have bikini tops.

* For a {{shoujo|Demographic}} MagicalGirl franchise, ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' has a lot of examples. Cures [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Black]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dream, Milky Rose]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Melody]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Mermaid]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]], [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Yell]], [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Summer, Cure Flamingo and Laura]] all sport (or used to sport, in Black and Dream's cases) battle attire that [[BareYourMidriff bares their midriffs]].

* There's a lot of stripperific characters in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. To name a few: there's Dio,[[labelnote:*]] In part 3; he dressed more conservatively in Part 1[[/labelnote]] Joseph, ''all'' of the Pillar Men (Santana, Wammu, Esidisi, and Kars), Vanilla Ice, Fugo, Diavolo, Risotto Nero, Jolyne, and Anasui. Again, to name a few!

** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' plays this trope blatantly straight with Sheryl Nome, whose entire shtick (well, besides being a good singer) is to flaunt her body to everyone in incredibly revealing outfits (with special emphasis placed on her all natural breasts, of which she is [[BigBreastPride incredibly proud]]).

* To quote the 34th rule in [[http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm The 100 Rules of Anime]] (not to be confused with the other RuleThirtyFour) known as "Law of Probable Attire":

* Anko Mitarashi from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has very short short-shorts, and wears only fishnet as a shirt. She ''does'' wear a BadassLongcoat however.

* For a {{shoujo|Demographic}} MagicalGirl franchise, ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' has a lot of examples. Cures [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Black]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dream, Milky Rose]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Melody]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Mermaid]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]] and [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Yell]] all sport (or used to sport, in Black and Dream's cases) battle attire that [[BareYourMidriff bares their midriffs]].

* Of the ten members of Mamoru Onodera's BattleHarem in ''Manga/DeadlineSummonner'', only three are dressed decently. One is a Golem in a mini-dress that, at least, covers her panties (if she even has parts down there); the second is a Centaur who [[GoingCommando does not wear underwear]] and [[GagBoobs has a hard time covering up]]; the third is a Dullahan who [[ClingyCostume cannot remove her full-body armour.]]

* ''Anime/AgentAika'' is full of it. Granted, it is a ecchi anime, but one has to watch it to believe just how many variations of "half naked" apparently exist. Not even to mention the fact that Aikas weapon is a corset that ''undresses her'', just to form a very striperific...armor.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Chi-Chi is a disturbingly played straight example of this, considering she is only *12 years* old. Though when she gets older she changes to a Kung fu outfit. *She's implyed to be 12 as she's Goku's love interest, thought this is never confirmed.
* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' introduced us to Mervamon who wears as little as she can. Lilithmon normally wears an [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline extremely low cut]], though still relatively conservative dress. However in Xros Wars as Gattai Lilithmon, this outfit is exchanged for a far more stripperiffic dominatrix outfit, [[WhipItGood complete with whip]]. {{Justified|Trope}}, since she's the Demon Lord embodying [[Theatre/TheSevenDeadlySins the sin of lust]].

* In a ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' story, Suneo designs a costume for Shizuka and comes up with this. Shizuka doesn't take it well.

* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''.

* Princess Theodora in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has an outfit combining AbsoluteCleavage and BareYourMidriff at once.

* Anko Mitarashi from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has very short short-shorts, and wears only fishnet as a shirt. She ''does'' wear a BadassLongcoat however.

* The Sailor Starlights in ''[[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Moon SailorStars]]'' are essentially dressed in leather S&M fetishwear, with thigh-high boots, a bikini bottom covered by [[Main/NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the shortest skirts in the franchise]], long black gloves and an upper part that is barely a bra with a star brooch in front and a piece of leather in the back to fulfill the 'Sailor' requirement, connected to the bikini bottom by thin straps that run across the rest of their torso, with fetishy chokers to match. If the SuperGenderBender wouldn't've been enough [[Main/NoExportForYou to get the series out of being distributed in the US]], those uniforms would've done the trick.

* ''Anime/ShinkonGattaiGodannar'' has ''lots'' of this, coupled with copious {{Gainaxing}}. At some points, it almost seems that ''Godannar'' is {{Fanservice}} with incidental mecha rather than a mecha series with lots of fanservice.

* Michiko from ''Anime/MichikoToHatchin'' usually dresses in shorts, while leaving her tattoed stomach bare. And she's supposed to be ''hiding'' from the police.

* [[HotTeacher Midori Sugiura]] from ''Anime/MaiHime'' only wears a denim jacket and a miniskirt. Even at school.

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' has the mecha pilot suits that don't leave much to the imagination at all. They're essentially a bikini outfit that shows off a huge chunk of cleavage and also the [[BareYourMidriff abdomen]] with the only thing that's actually covered up to an extent is the crotch and butt by a thong. It's [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the first few episodes.