TeeBs said:
Elfen Lied, why because it trys to pretend its this serious drama while giving people a sense of deepness too it.
Case and point first episode
Im not even going to attack the first seen with the naked murder going on.
You get naked mew on the beach, why mew? because thats the sound she makes, also its the sound a cat is supposed to make in japan *Mew = Meow, its an onomatopoeia type word* why does mental retardation do this to her I don't know. The writer thought to himself "hmm how can I pass this character off as innocent" and within one minute of getting clothes and getting off the beach, she looks down out her shirt curiously showing us a tit. It tries to hide its perversion and that to me makes it more perverted.
Nyuu, her name and the sound she makes is nyuu,
As for the naked murder would you want to dress and undress someone that can tear you to pieces at two meters?
As for why she is portrayed as innocent, she is innocent she is not the same person that killed those people.
And yes there is a lot of fanservice but it is not purely for fanservices sake and many scenes of nudity are portrayed as downright disturbing, though I will admit that that comes across better in the manga.
Try to look past the surface before bashing something.
I'm sorry for getting defensive but I see far to many people make snap judgments about this series (and anime in genral for that matter) without even trying to understand it.
If you don't like it fine but don't make shit up and pretend that your hastily cobbled together opinion carries any weight.