Anime and Female characters (yes, this topic again)

[Ratty]

Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing. Badass, cold as ice and, what can I say, very sexy. How can you not love the woman strong enough to be the master of the lord of the undead?

I remember watching the Hellsing OVA's for the first time and thinking she was a guy. And I agree she's kinda sexy in a weird gender confusing way.

A lot of people were unsure at first because of the title "Sir" and the many traditionally masculine aspects of her appearance. I don't think anyone knows for certain why in-canon she is called Sir. If it's because she's a noble the normal title for a woman would be "Dame". I've seen it suggested that the "Sir" title could be a reference to a military rank, since she is the head of a secret government military organization.

Spoiler: But yeah, she's a totally sexy badass.

 

[Scarim Coral]

-What are some very good female characters in anime and why?
Major Motoko Kusanagi (GiTS), Nico Robin and Satsuki Kiryuin from Kill La Kill. I guess I have a thing for mature and powerful female character.

-What are some of the worst examples of fanservice or "waifu" characters and why?
Excluding Highschool of the Dead, I guess that would be Queen Blades. It's hard to take the show seriously if the warrior women are all big breasted (msot of them) and wearing skimpy armours.

-Do you think that fanservice and waifu characters are increasing or decreasing and why?
Increasing. Let put it this way, 90's anime had nowhere that many blatant fanservice (I mean like bust shot) and waifu!

-Does anime have an issue with waifu charcters and fanservice?
Kind of? Not sure what you mean? If you mean the industry then I guess yes because they are cantering to those who adore it in Japan.

 

[Ragsnstitches]

- Best:
Motoko Kusanagi from GitS. Preferably the first film or the 2nd season of the TV series, but she's generally a good character despite some missteps.

Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop is good. Despite her provacative look she's a strong character with her own motivations that exist independently and sometimes antagonistically to the male characters, depending on her goals. Her look is obscene but it's integrated as part of her character rather then simple fetish fuel (though I won't argue that she isn't fetish fuel, given the huge amount of rule 34 surrounding her).

Mayer from Ergo Proxy is good, for the most part. Her relevance to the story seems to diminish in the latter quarter of the series, but she's competent and her personality is mostly independent to the male protagonists desires.

And a few others that slip my mind. Ryuko and Satsuki from Kill La Kill are great characters, but I can't reconcile the fetish fuel aesthetic choices. It's a wonderfully absurd and fun to watch show, but the "satire" behind design choices and the themes build on that is often extremely hard to separate from every other skimpily clad female warrior anime. It's much smarter then other anime of that niche genre, but sometimes satire is a fine line and I think they crossed it and kept running.

- Worst:
The list is so huge it would be easier to generalize. If the opening episode has an explicit panty shot or "protag stumbles on lady in state of undress" scene, there's a high probability that the show is utter garbage. If the subject of rape is broached in the first episode, expect vapid non-characters who's only purpose is to spur the protag into action. If a transformation scene utilises absurd amounts of boob jiggle for extended periods, couple with slow rotation and camera panning, expect the entire shows animation budget to be wasted on that scene.

It's often hard to avoid due to the culture conflict, but any anime that reduces a woman to specified gender roles is often operating on heavily cliched stereotypes too. The same issue affects male characters really, but depending on the nature of the anime this is often detrimental female characters, limiting their presence in the narrative.

-Fan service and Waifu characters:
I can't say for sure. I would lean on yes, there is an increase (some would argue explosive) of female characters who's sole purpose is to appeal to male desires and have little to no character beyond it. Make them cute and ditsy or hard on the outside soft on the inside, or temporary mentor only to be overshadowed by the big strong protag (and forever fauns over the protag). Of course, in the most egregious offending shows, male characters are equally vapid. I argue that this is the case because it's one of the primary reasons why I've become so detached from anime after nearly a decade of obsessive interest. No matter how hard I would look, garbage after garbage anime came my way. The few worthwhile shows are so few and far between (I'm lucky to find one every few years at this rate, let alone per anime season).

-Is this an issue:
Ehm... yes? It's so devoid of integrity or talent and leeches on a desperate and often damage minority of people. When I hear people say "Anime? That's the weird japanese stuff with cartoons trying to be sexy?" or fail to make the distinction from erotic anime and regular anime, I can't help but feel it's the anime industries fault. There is a potentially wider market, but it keeps reducing itself to baser appeals. Titillating fan service seems to be a priority for way too many studios for the medium to ever get respect beyond its niche market.

And Studios that make genuinely amazing works get stained by the filth too, simply due to proximity.

 

[BlackBark]

I think there are quite a few good female characters. In addition to the ones already mentioned, how about Caska from Berserk? She was a very strong character and I don't remember any fan service.

Also, one of my favourites:

Spoiler: Paprika/Atsuko

I don't really mind fan service as long as it isn't too noticeable. For example, I think the fan service in Outlaw Star is at an acceptable level, but the video in the OP is ridiculous. The only comparable one that comes to mind now is Daphne in the Brilliant Blue. They basically wore nothing in that series. The plot seemed kind of interesting but I never made it to the end.

I'm not sure that there is a serious issue. As far as I know, anime like that has always existed, but I haven't really come across that much of it, as I generally avoid titles with ecchi tags.

 

[bojackx]

These threads always ruin my mood for some reason, I don't know why... oh wait, I do! It's pretty much people saying every anime I enjoy is nothing but trash.

I feel the same way man, it sucks.

-No you have a problem with it. No one is forcing anyone to watch these shows. If you don't like the content, then just stop watching it. Don't force yourself to. Some people *gasp* like this stuff. So they can joyfully stick to what they like, while you can stick to what you like. Simple.[footnote]You is generalized by the way.[/footnote]

Whilst I agree, I think it annoys people how studios they like will be focusing their efforts on this kind of anime instead of something they would enjoy.

I don't think there needs to be a decrease in this kind of anime, but I understand their struggles nonetheless.

OT:
There's a lot of stuff I watch where I'm perfectly aware how one-dimensional and predictable the female characters are, but I guess I just don't feel that everything I watch must be a spell-binding rollercoaster from start to finish with wonderfully fleshed-out characters.

-Inaba from Kokoro Connect, Holo the Wisewolf and Yuigihama from Oregairu are the first three that come to my mind. Mostly because they break away from the usual templates set out for anime girls.
-The girls from To Love Ru are just way too fanservice-y and the lead male is such an unlikeable, easily-flustered turd that the show basically exists to show off waifus (Christ I hate that word).
-I don't know whether it's increasing or decreasing but I think things are fine as they are. I watch a lot of fanservice stuff so I wouldn't mind if it increased though.
-I think the whole idea of a waifu is just a bit bizarre. To each their own and all that but I mean, you know it's just pixels on a screen, right?

 

[WindKnight]

shows with Good female characters... give me a second to look over my dvd shelf.

Nadesciso, Rahxephon, Bubblegum Crisis (2040 too), Magic Knight Rayearth [footnote]really, if you ccan read the manga over the anime. th tv series is flawed and doesn;t do the story justice.[/footnote], Angelic Layer, Fruits Basket, Bacanno, Rideback, RG Veda, Daiguard, Escaflowne, Madoka Magica, Last Exile, Serial Experiments Lain and I'll stop there for now.

To be honest, anime has always had a problem with fanservice shows, only nowadays its more obvious in its pandering and targetting of its audience.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

I don't watch a lot of anime series, but I do have a vast selection of anime films. Now, maybe I just got lucky with these movies, but I haven't really noticed the same "fanservice" problem people always say anime series have.

For example, Major Kusanagi from the Ghost In The Shell films, who is a complex, rounded female character. She's clever and strong, but still has flaws. She doesn't become the victim of a silly love story and doesn't get treated differently because she's a woman. Yes, she gets naked, but it is never really sexy, because you're always reminded about the fact that she's a cyborg (especially near the end of both films, where she literally breaks her own body by exerting herself).

I guess most of the female characters in Ghibli films are okay... Though Nausicäa from Nausicäa From The Valley Of The Wind is kind of over the top with the "Messiah" thing. But hey, at least we had Mononoké and Fio.

Same goes for most of the films from Mamoru Hosoda or the late Satoshi Kon.

Hell, I'd even cite Deunan of the Appleseed films as a good example. Sure, her character isn't all that special (and she isn't as interesting as briareos), but she's still a female protagonist who gets treated with respect, shows she has both physical and mental skill and doesn't have to flash her flesh while doing so. Come to think of it, seeing as how the Appleseed films are more action blockbusters instead of thought-provoking sci-fi films, it's even more surprising that they didn't go for the "tough babe who's emancipated because she sleeps around and wears skin-thight leather". (In that regard, they're one-upping both Hollywood and mainstream American comics.)

 

[(name here)]

-Saber from Fate/Zero, Mikoto from A Certain Scientific Railgun, Asselyum from Aldnoah.zero, Nanoha from her own series.

Saber is a valiant and noble knight, and does her best to try engaging opponents in honorable battle. Unfortunately, she's getting summoned forth into a war between mages, and has the worst luck with summoners; her first one is a well-intentioned pragmatist (ie, when he bombs the hotel his opponent is staying in, he triggers the fire alarm and waits for everyone else to evacuate first) and her second is not very good at this "summoning" thing. For outfits, her first set of civves is a sharp-looking black suit and the second is a modest skirt and blouse combo, while her battle outfit is a dress and platemail combo.

Mikoto's a girl at a middle school for people with superpowers. She's friendly, fond of very childish things, easily embarassed, and with quite the temper when sufficently provoked. For fanservice, it's literally a plot point that there are no panty shots with her, because she wears shorts exactly so no one can see them when she does a spin-kick.

Nanoha starts out as an elementary school magical girl, and winds up as captain in the Time-Space Administration Bureau by twenty. She's kind of famous for her habit of making friends with people after beating them in fights.

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-Probably the worst I've seen is Momo Kyun Sword. I actually don't much mind fanservice shots most of the time, but that one was ridiculous.
-I think the frequency of characters just being for fanservice is going down, but the actual amount is staying constant.
-Fanservice, yes, but I will never understand why people hate characters for being likable.

Incidentally, Kill La Kill's outfits are totally a joke. I do not understand why anyone is even remotely uncertain on this point. The entire thing is a gigantic joke from beginning to end, an exercise in deliberate over-the-top everything. Besides, skimpy though the Kamui are, the girls are still more dressed than the Naked Warriors of Nudist Beach. Also, if you think the show is even remotely serious, re-read the end of that sentence.

I'll also have to add my favorite anime fanservice story: Our Home Fox Deity introduced one character with ridiculously bouncy breasts like she had water ballons taped to her chest, where everyone else was fairly sensible. Then later it turned out that she was carrying IV bags of tranquilizer taped to her shirt. It was priceless.

 

[Lilani]

-What are some very good female characters in anime and why?

Well "good" and "fanservicy" aren't totally mutually exclusive, and this is coming from a female. Kill la Kill is filled with great female characters (ones which are not only strong and independent, but also deep and have flaws and issues that transcend their gender), but is essentially built on the idea that showing skin = power. Lucy from Fairy Tail is a great character, even though she has large boobs and is first introduced into the show with a nice shot of her tits which slowly pans up to the face.

On the non-fanservicy end of the spectrum, I think Toradora has some great female characters. They all have their own arcs and hang-ups which all play out in very realistic ways. There are a few tropes scattered within the show, but everything each character does is rooted in their identity. And basically every conflict in the show arises from the way these characters interact with each other and the world. That to me is what makes a great character--one which has an identity so specific and so well portrayed that you as a viewer can tell that they are being true to themself.

Also, I haven't seen the whole series yet, but the first episode of Ergo Proxy impressed me with how well they handled their female lead. Yes she gets attacked by a monster in the shower and has to kill it, but that's really as far as it goes. Her main outfit isn't unnecessarily frilly or revealing, there aren't random peep holes that expose bits of cleavage or leg just for the hell of it. It's the kind of heroine outfit a woman would design, and I like that.

Oh, and the whole cast of A Certain Scientific Railgun, Revi from Black Lagoon, and Millie and Meryl from Trigun.

-What are some of the worst examples of fanservice or "waifu" characters and why?

Chobits really annoyed me, and Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple. In the case of Chobits the whole show is just set up to play out every subservient/moe waifu trope under the sun which is just irritating to me, and in Kenichi it was just so...out there. All the time, and with so little purpose or place in the show. I'm okay with fanservice if either the show completely embraces it like Kill la Kill, or completely transcends it like Fairy Tail. But Kenichi did neither with its fanservice, so it bothers me. And with Chobits it wasn't just an aspect of the show, the ENTIRE SHOW was about this little mindless moe chick unknowingly doing sexual things which make the meek teenage boy feel awkward. No thanks. I've got a few fetishes, but nothing along the lines of mindless subservient sex robot that only comes in female varieties that people pretend they don't have just for sex inadvertently hitting on teenage boy who is just SO GOODHEARTED he never takes advantage of the situation, but also never stops freaking out about it.

-Do you think that fanservice and waifu characters are increasing or decreasing and why?

I'm not sure if I would say it's on the whole increasing or decreasing, but I do know the thematic scopes and ranges anime are getting broader. Anime and manga are now large enough industries that diversity can occur, simply by virtue of there being enough studios with enough money to throw at random smaller projects that don't fit in with their surefire moneymaking formulas. So there are a lot of different types of anime and manga on the market now, so there's bound to be something for everybody. Yes the main moneymakers will be filled with fanservice in the like, but every now and then you'll get a Mushi-Shi or a Serial Experiments Lain which go in a totally different direction.

-Does anime have an issue with waifu charcters and fanservice?

Eh, no more than it ever has, I think. Even the anime in the 80s and 90s had a fair amount of fanservice, and were structured to make sure plenty of that got dished out. I think it only seems it's gotten worse because, again, the industry is now much larger. So where before there might have been a few random shows which cater to the extreme fanservice and hentai crowds, there are now entire studios with massive budgets which can make many grand productions dedicated to the same thing.

 

[(name here)]

@NoX 9

Always kind of a tough question. I'd recommend Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood. It's a setting where alchemists are basically wizards who can transmute matter into other forms, and there's a sinister conspiracy afoot. The key rule is called the Law Of Equivalent exchange: to obtain something, something of equal value must be given up. Aside from Lust, there's not much fanservice, and the series is generally pretty good.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha has something of a slow start but gets pretty good around episode 4. A spaceship gets attacked while carrying dangerous magical artifacts and they wind up scattered. Our heroine stumbles into the mess when she finds the wounded pilot, and must battle both monsters spawned from the artifacts and other people who want them. It's got some fanservice, but it doesn't show up constantly.

PsychoPass is set in a distopian future where the main character has joined the public safety division. Everyone's emotional state is monitored, and those considered likely to commit crimes are subject to arrest. Note:extreme gore advisory. No fanservice.

 

[Nurb]

I'm not really a big anime fan, but... So? Yaoi fangirls have their fan service shows and comics, why can't guys like boobs in some anime series or comics?

 

[michael87cn]

Do people not know what fun is anymore? Does everything have to be a depressingly realistic representation? Does it even have to be a representation? Why, if so? Why can't a game, or an anime (designed SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY for teenage MALES to enjoy) simply be what they are: entertainment. They aren't a documentary, a history lesson, a simulation of reality. They are eye candy with addictive game mechanics designed to trigger the release of endorphins so you'll enjoy the product you paid for, which will promote the fame of the company that designed it so they can become more popular and sell more copies of future games. THAT. IS. THE. TRUTH OF IT.

When I see a candy bar I don't ***** about why its not an Apple. I know what I am getting in for. You people need to stop looking at things CLEARLY designed to be enjoyed and forgotten about and stop wanting it to be The Godfather Part Duex. A lesson on humanity, a work of art.

Just have fun for GOSH SAKE. If you're not having fun, DON'T WHINE about something until it gets demonized, MOVE ON. Do things you actually enjoy, and stop trying to villainize people who *GASP* enjoy watching *GASP* anime or *GASP* a video game that shows bigger than normal boobs on a girl thats not *GASP* and never will *GASP* be real.

Captcha: Real Life Experience

EVEN THE 1's and 0's are on my side.

 

[Drummodino]

Well in general I'm not a huge fan of fanservice. It often feels really awkward, out of place and takes up too much time that could have been allocated to actual character development, plot etc.

Kill la Kill is a bit of an exception since the fan service is literally a huge part of the plot. It makes sense in the context of that show and the story and characters are so good that they're not just walking waifu bait, despite their outfits.

I'd be lying if I said I've never enjoyed fan service (hell I watched Infinite Stratos and liked it), but I tend to prefer shows without a lot of it. The thing is though, I don't have a problem with people who do enjoy it. Clearly there is a market for it, and what right do you have to deny those people what they want to see? Just avoid it like myself and stick to the shows that don't feature it prominently. There are plenty of them out there.

 

[Rebel_Raven]

I can't answer many questions, but here we go:

1: Most of the cast of Project A-ko. It's an old series of movies, and admittedly it got kinda lazy at the end of the series, but It's one of the few anime series I went well out of my way to get. It's more comedy than anything that pokes fun at a lot of old anime and western stuff. What other anime has Colonel Sanders?

Have a look at Azumanga Daioh. Pretty much every member there.

Dominion Tank Police's Leona Ozaki, and I'd argue the Puma twins.
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the shell.
Deunan Knute from Appleseed.
Why do I have these people in a group? Becaue they're all from Masamune Shirow, who as well as being a masterful creator, does incredible hentai, which is weird to me.

Rally Vincent, and Minnie May Hopkins from Gunsmith cats. Hell, the short anime in general has nice women in it. Rally Vincent's appearance in Riding Bean was ok. Funny bit of copyright and the will of the writer regarding Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats.

Balsa from Moribito.

That'd be a brief list, really. Hardly complete. I'd put in most any woman that is competent to be the star of the series, not needing to be rescued every arc, and able to do what ever she can on her own. I don't mind fan service since computence, and beauty are a nice combo, imo.

 

[AJ_Lethal]

-Revy and Balalaika of Black Lagoon. The rest are filthy peasants.
-For the rest... fuck us running sideways; you gotta dig and dig to get the good shit.

 

[DOOM GUY]

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Sounds reasonable, unfortunately there's probably always going to be somebody that's going to complain about something.

 

[psijac]

yes, it's this type of topic again, No I am serious

basic abstract is that I feel that anime has some really good female characters but is so bogged down in fanservice and self-insert that it's problematic

The long version: Look, I'm a guy so I feel I can't classify myself as a feminist despite agreeing with the main points of equality of genders. If being a guy invalidates some of my views sorry.

If you feel have having a penis invalidates your opinion on the social issues women face, then congratulations you ARE a feminist

 

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

Do people not know what fun is anymore? Does everything have to be a depressingly realistic representation? Does it even have to be a representation? Why, if so? Why can't a game, or an anime (designed SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY for teenage MALES to enjoy) simply be what they are: entertainment. They aren't a documentary, a history lesson, a simulation of reality. They are eye candy with addictive game mechanics designed to trigger the release of endorphins so you'll enjoy the product you paid for, which will promote the fame of the company that designed it so they can become more popular and sell more copies of future games. THAT. IS. THE. TRUTH OF IT.

When I see a candy bar I don't ***** about why its not an Apple. I know what I am getting in for. You people need to stop looking at things CLEARLY designed to be enjoyed and forgotten about and stop wanting it to be The Godfather Part Duex. A lesson on humanity, a work of art.

Just have fun for GOSH SAKE. If you're not having fun, DON'T WHINE about something until it gets demonized, MOVE ON. Do things you actually enjoy, and stop trying to villainize people who *GASP* enjoy watching *GASP* anime or *GASP* a video game that shows bigger than normal boobs on a girl thats not *GASP* and never will *GASP* be real.

Captcha: Real Life Experience

EVEN THE 1's and 0's are on my side.

Perhaps you are right in that I need to just look for other shows

Oh wait, thats the problem, so many shows are just fanservice crap. Stuff like Aldnoah Zero, Psycho Pass and Ghost in the Shell are hard to find and I really do not like swimming through 10 tons of crap to find them

You like fanservice stuff fine but I really am sick of the pandering

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

These threads always ruin my mood for some reason, I don't know why... oh wait, I do! It's pretty much people saying every anime I enjoy is nothing but trash.

*snip*

-No you have a problem with it. No one is forcing anyone to watch these shows. If you don't like the content, then just stop watching it. Don't force yourself to. Some people *gasp* like this stuff. So they can joyfully stick to what they like, while you can stick to what you like. Simple.[footnote]You is generalized by the way.[/footnote]

I agree with this. Granted, not every anime I, personally, enjoy necessarily has fanservice; Madoka Magica is pretty lacking in that department, despite all of the yuri subtext, for example. However, thoughts are the same; these threads always make me and everyone else who enjoys things with ecchi and fanservice feel bad by implying that all fanservice-y anime is bad and wrong.

See, I don't think fanservice is inherently bad. It's only bad when it's handled badly. You can cherry-pick all of the worst examples to try and make a case, but that completely ignores all of the good series that have fanservice in them. The HSotD boob-Matrix scene is stupid and terrible, and Eiken is stupid and terrible, but not all fanservice anime is. An example of something that I watched recently was Highschool DxD. I think it was Elfgore here that recommended it to me, actually, in that "anime 3x3" thread we had a while back that I thought was kinda neat. Anyway, Highschool DxD is ont of the best, if not THE best, period, ecchi series I've ever seen because of the way it treats the subject matter. It's FULL of boobs, true, even completely nude ones, but the thing is, they're treated as much as a facticity as they are as symbols of sexuality. I recall one scene where one of the female main characters is wearing see-through nightwear as she sits outside at night, and the male lead walks in and... doesn't really pay attention to her tits as they talk. Sure, you can see her nipples, but that's not what the scene is about. It's actually quite heartfelt. Highschool DxD is quite good about that; if there are more important things to worry about than boobs, then the focus is not going to be on boobs, regardless of whether or not they're visible. However, more than anything, it's thematically consistent; sexuality is established as one of the main narrative themes of the series early-on, so it just makes sense that it'd be there. Compare this to series like, say, Vividred Operation, which I couldn't stomach enough to get very far into, which does not bring up any sort of sexuality in its narrative, but instead randomly chooses to focus on every female character's lovingly-rendered asses in booty shorts. That sort of fanservice makes no sense in context, so it's jarring and takes you out of the experience.

Now, onto the OP:
-I'm gonna cite Kurumi from Date A Live, too, as well as Rias Gremory from Highschool DxD. There's also Saber from Fate/stay Night; I know I didn't like her much as a person (I thought she was overly serious and annoyingly single-minded), but she was a well-written character.
-Highschool of the Dead is pretty bleh, all things considered, and Eiken is just so ridiculous that I'm not even sure if it's actually supposed to be fanservice.
-Eh, I dunno. Right about now, I'd say it's leveled out a little.
-No. Certain ecchi series have a problem with poor writing, but then again there are always poorly-written things, regardless of how fanservice-y they are. Fanservice is just an easy thing to pick on.

Captcha: "Which city is in New York?"
I live in Canada, Captcha. If the answer wasn't so obvious, I'd have no idea. (The answer was New York City.)

 

[NiPah]

Do people not know what fun is anymore? Does everything have to be a depressingly realistic representation? Does it even have to be a representation? Why, if so? Why can't a game, or an anime (designed SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY for teenage MALES to enjoy) simply be what they are: entertainment. They aren't a documentary, a history lesson, a simulation of reality. They are eye candy with addictive game mechanics designed to trigger the release of endorphins so you'll enjoy the product you paid for, which will promote the fame of the company that designed it so they can become more popular and sell more copies of future games. THAT. IS. THE. TRUTH OF IT.

When I see a candy bar I don't ***** about why its not an Apple. I know what I am getting in for. You people need to stop looking at things CLEARLY designed to be enjoyed and forgotten about and stop wanting it to be The Godfather Part Duex. A lesson on humanity, a work of art.

Just have fun for GOSH SAKE. If you're not having fun, DON'T WHINE about something until it gets demonized, MOVE ON. Do things you actually enjoy, and stop trying to villainize people who *GASP* enjoy watching *GASP* anime or *GASP* a video game that shows bigger than normal boobs on a girl thats not *GASP* and never will *GASP* be real.

Captcha: Real Life Experience

EVEN THE 1's and 0's are on my side.

Perhaps you are right in that I need to just look for other shows

Oh wait, thats the problem, so many shows are just fanservice crap. Stuff like Aldnoah Zero, Psycho Pass and Ghost in the Shell are hard to find and I really do not like swimming through 10 tons of crap to find them

You like fanservice stuff fine but I really am sick of the pandering

Really? So you want less shows that people enjoy because it's too hard for you to scroll through a list and find?
Honestly I can't stand stuff like Aldnoah, Psycho Pass, or Attack on Titan, but I'm not going to advocate for less of them just because it makes it hard for me to find K-On and Tari Tari.

I've said this before and I'll say it again:
Never advocate for less of what you dislike, advocate for more of what you like.

-What are some very good female characters in anime and why?
Yoshino Takatsuki from Wandering son. A strong character questioning her gender and the impact it has on her relationships.
-What are some of the worst examples of fanservice or "waifu" characters and why?
Nyaruko from Crawling with Love... Just a poorly done character with non depth, acts the way she does because it's her archetype.
-Do you think that fanservice and waifu characters are increasing or decreasing and why?
Increasing, currently a popular genre and the shows that feature them tend to sell well (as well as character goods).
-Does anime have an issue with waifu charcters and fanservice?
No, anime is just a medium, it's not capable of having issues.
Just people who are angry they don't get enough anime that they want have issues with it.