Further Reading

Heres a list of manga, anime, films and video games that you might want to check out if you want to get a better handle on Panty Explosion and Classroom Deathmatch. These don’t all fall within the Psychic Schoolgirl genere (infact most of them don’t) but these were all comics, films and anime that I watched or thought about while working on the games. Matt could probably give you a very different list. We dig different things.

-Jake

Psychics and supernatural stuff (not just girls):

Manga: Mai the Psychic Girl, Oh My Goddess, Silent Mobius, Akira, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service

Anime: Akira

Horror and Suspense:

Manga: Parasyte, Line, The Ring, Battle Royale, One Missed Call, Drifting Classroom

Film: Dead Friend, Whispering Corridors, Wishing Stairs, Ju On, Ringu, Cello, Survive Style 5+, Battle Royale, Daisy, One Missed Call, Red Eye (not the recent Wes Craven film)

Social Interaction:

Manga: Genshiken, AzuManga Daioh, Boys Be, Shadow Star, Alien Nine, Unbalance x2

Film: Bounce KO Gals, Suicide Circle, Heathers

Anime: Kare Kano, Azu Manga Daioh

Panty Shots:

Fim: Cutey Honey

Anime: Najica

Bloodtype:

My boyfriend is Type B

Panty Explosion is about social interaction between a group of girls. The psychic stuff is just the back drop. Thats why most of the source material that I was interested in is school or relationship stuff. You’ll also notice that most of the stuff on the list is film or manga. There are a lot of Psychic Schoolgirl animes (from what I understand), but we don’t get many of them over here.

Hope this helps. I buy most of my DVDs from Cine-east.com. They have pretty much every dvd I listed here. Most of the anime and manga I listed is readily available at your local comic shop or book store.