I love how people keep claiming there will be some sort of outrage, like these groups don't have better things to worry about. Setting aside the First Amendment and the legal protections involved for companies putting out shows in the first place, what would the groups protest anyway?

The ratings clearly mark the shows as being for a mature older audience, not for children. Parent's groups would be 1) wasting their time and 2) not doing anything to "protect" their precious angels anyway.

And why would feminists have a problem, they've promoted sexual freedom for years! Sophie, I actually think feminist groups might like Strike Witches and Vampire Bund if they focused on the plot rather than the fanservice. Both series are about strong women. The whole 501st are strong fighters and the major male character was a villain while Mina is a queen who only needs Akira because she's too busy leading to do all the hard work of fighting!

Really, if anything, I'd think protests would be useful since it would give every rebelling teen a list of shows they could buy to annoy their parents! (And any woman who'd buy these shows to begin with is probably too much of a free-thinker to be pestered into not buying them.)

I'm curious if the OP has watched the show yet. He makes a very clear statement of what the show is about but summaries can be deceiving.

I agree with the others who have posted here, if you don't like it, don't watch it. I will say I too am adimantly against the majority of anime like this, but over the years I've realized whining & complaining about it does nothning. (Well aside from make me feel better, lol.)

I can fully understand where you are coming from Cyber, but well.....your kind of overreacting.

And yeah shows like this may not be everyones cup of tea, but, for better or worse they sale, and some of that money can be used to acquire titles of higher quality.

Mature and pragmatic, yet expressing your negative opinion about the show type. Well posted monkey man.

Heck, they say controversy sells so maybe the key to success is licensing more "controversial" series. Besides, again, no one cares about this. The morality police, who give religious and politcal conservatives like me a bad name, are barely even aware of the existence of anime. What little has reached the drive-by media has been about the Death Note "hit lists" (and the real story there is punishing kids for non-violent emotional venting or even flat out BS lies told against them) and the Naruto "sand ninja" thing (wow, kid, I'm sad you're dead but having people bury you alive in sand to imitate a jutsu that kills people? Not a wise decision.)

Most of these fan-made "controversies" never get beyond fans worrying about what other people who don't buy anime think about fans. I hate to be a bearer of bad news but any niche fandom is viewed as inferior to mainstream ones. You can strip naked and paint yourself in a football team's colors to cheer in negative degree weather while sweaty men tackle each other and throw and kick a ball around but if you cosplay, you're a freak. (See the news articles written about events like Dragon Con, Comic Con and so forth.)

Patience is a virtue. It's not a big wait if you actually like the show or are really interested in it. You've got to take time to enjoy your life or you're just going to burn out before you hit middle age. (Seriously, I've been reading reports about this.)

It's funny that all the tech we were told would make our lives easier has just given us larger work loads and a more frantic pace to live. A few decades ago, people weren't nearly as stressed out.

Sophie if you read this would you mind clearing this up?

http://www.funimation.com/b-gata-h-kei-yamadas-first-time

Does Winter 2012 mean December of 2012 or January of 2012?

January 2012 isn't that long of a wait but December 2012 is really far off (still a few months until December 2011).