I'm not even sure that this is a story, but it has two things going for it. The first is that it involves breasts and since we're all prepubescent guys here (and that one lesbian) we care about breasts a lot. The second is that I could not pass up the chance to describe the episode of Queen's Blade that recently got pulled from the PlayStation Network.
The first episode of the anime series showed up on PSN rated TV-MA and was downloadable for free. Evidently no one at the store realized that the episode ended when the show's lead character strips, puts on a suit of armor and then goes to confront the bad guy who has the power to shoot acid from her nipples. But that isn't where it ends, fellows. In order to defeat said bad guy the hero hugs her so that her acid shooting nipples can't shoot acid anymore and they swell up until her tits explode.
Death via exploding boobs. God bless Japan.
Anyway, Sony pulled the free episode down and its gone now. I don't think we should be too surprised or anything. You can get the rest of the Queen's Blade series still, but they cost money. I'm guess that at some point the first episode will be back at cost too.
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9:00 AM on 07.11.2010 | 
It doesn't really bother me at all, but if Dante's Inferno and God of War are okay, then why not this? :)
...and that pic is totally relevant to the story. :)
1 fist isn't that difficult. Fitting the other one, having to work around Popeye forearms? That's the hard part.
Too bad I missed out on the free episode. Sure, Queen's Blade is supposed to be awful, but free is free. I mean, hell, I even downloaded an episode of Naruto on PSN cuz it was free, and I hate that series.
Thank you Japan.
Knowledge is power. Thank you.
Hilarious. Bet they would make mad buck if they just released a bunch of pr0n for the PSMove.
It's free else where too btw, but i'm not sure if they're legally allowed to be streaming it...
I'm kind of not that surprised this happened. I saw the show back when it was 1st airing.....I THINK there was a plot. I was too distracted, though. But seriously, the ending to the 1st episode was hilarious.
Double Fisting is also slang for drinking two beers/two alcoholic beverages at once.
So...Maybe he was doing it all!
Also, google "Melona" for context. But not at work.
Seriously, there are some really itneresting and well-made anime out there, but Queens Blade is definitely not one of them.
And during that "exploding tits" scene? I thought maybe I was watching a comedy. But no, the heroine makes no snappy one-liners or anything, none of the characters appear to be even remotely aware that the situation they're in is utterly ridiculous, and there's no moment where the show slyly winks at the viewer to assure them that yes, this is supposed to be ridiculous. The whole thing is played straight without even a trace of irony.
So, yeah, I'd fix the title of this article to, "Sony removes show for being disturbing, creepy, and terrible," and that would probably be more accurate.