I didn't outright say it, but I meant more in non-live-action media. Again, Like in Street Fighter. And in Street Fightes case, it's something somewhat unknown and a rare instance of a popular character, who isn't depicted naked outside of this instance, being nude. Another example might be somthing like Fate Stay/Night VN where some characters are shown nude, but have not been shown nude anywhere else since then. Or, another example, is Dragon Ball where Bulma was shown nude for, literally, a single frame.
But none of those examples are/were games (aside from Fate), hence why I brought it here. Since F95 is more game-focused I thought I might be able to pick up a "hidden gem" on the gaming side from here.
Maybe, to be more strict with the qualifications, I'm looking for popular to semipopular non-live-action characters with a more or less one-off nude scene. With a focus on games, but not a set-in-stone rule. Hope that helps clear up any confusion you might have had and hopefully helps out any future commenter.
Still, always good to see ya, Goblin. And thanks for the answer.
I'm pretty shit at recalling stuff when i want to, but i'll try my best.
I remember being pretty surprised with Evangelion back in the day. Considering the kind of show it is, i'd say having actual nipples pop out on screen a few times is pretty unexpected.
Wolf Guy is a seinen series so nudity itself isn't unexpected, but rather how "explicit" it ends up getting (i wrote nudity in quotes because of course genitals are censored), especially considering what the manga is about (essentially a big teen drama with plenty of violence mixed in). It depicts a full on gang rape, for about 3 whole volumes. Last i had seen anything that explicitly depicted was the cave orgy in Berserk.
Like i said already, i'm not great at remembering things when i want to (luckily i do just fine with stuff i NEED to), so if i recall anything else i'll be sure to edit this post and add it in.
I wouldn't count that. Black Lagoon is a seinen and carries itself as such. I mean, what's a little nakey time after finding the identity of 2 serial killer children by browsing through 250 titles of ** snuff films. Anyways, pretty sure nudity pops earlier in the series, when Revy and Rock visit Rowan (the pimp) in his establishment. Episode 3 i think (can't remember the manga chapter, if it happens at all).
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The King Of Fighters series had a bit of sleazyness to it with it's clothes ripping mechanic, but no other SNK character carries the titillating factor quite like Mai Shiranui.
But i think no one was expecting actual nipples when the Fatal Fury animations came out, with actually quite a bit on display. The fun thing is, save for the shower scene, pretty much all other nudity is kind of hidden in fast frames during action scenes, so it could make for a fun game of "spot the nipple".
Tekken was my chosen fighting game series when growing up (along with Marvel VS Capcom). Anna and Nina Williams had some pretty raunchy (and hilarious) ending cinematics in the good old days, and you had to work hard for them too.
As i was sourcing material, i read a comment that aligns with my thoughts: Chun-li, Mai, Anna. Was every OVA based on fighting games contractually obligated to include nudity and bathing scenes back in the day?!
Max Payne 2 had a shower scene as well. Nothing explicit, but the character in question (Mona Sax) had an actual nude model which, by enabling the developer console, you can actually see and even play as.
Wolfenstein The New Order had a sex scene or two. A sex scene?! In MY Wolfenstein?! Disgusting! Jokes aside, pretty sure this was the first instance of nudity in the series. Also pretty sure the lady's (Anya) model doesn't actually have nipples.
Borderlands 2 has a tiny something. In one side/optional mission, you are asked to retrieve the contents of a safe. The content is a bunch of lewd photos, one of which having the woman posing topless erotica-style.
God Of War 2 has an out of focus area — a bath house — that hides 2 ladies behind a partition. Pretty sure it's the only occasion in the series where nudity/sex is hidden. Though you can still break it and interact with the women.
Horizon Forbidden West's main character model had properly modeled nipples, which could only be seen by fiddling with photo mode and glitching through a particular outfit (i believe). I think that ended up getting patched out.
Far Cry 3 is another shooter that introduced nudity/sex to the series. Considering what had come before, with 1 being bonkers and 2 being pretty gritty all throughout, it definitely came as a shock, including how it happens in-game. You drug yourself up with a concoction, start fighting a giant and after you kill it you wake up to a woman riding you. Not that bad, all things considered.
Devil May Cry 5 has some bare cheeks in it for no good reason. Not that i'm complaining. I remember quite a stir back when it came out due to different censorship for different versions. No idea if it's still a thing (haven't played yet).
Metro Last Light is yet another shooter introducing nudity in a sequel. There are a few moments in game where your character experience some "visual flashbacks", ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes at a time. In one if them, you can spot a lady showering before it ends. As you have movement control in these moments, that means it's totally missable. There's also a moment down the line when you can spot 2 women showering (behind translucent glass). It's just there if you're feel like being a voyeur.
I'm pretty shit at recalling stuff when i want to, but i'll try my best.
I remember being pretty surprised with Evangelion back in the day. Considering the kind of show it is, i'd say having actual nipples pop out on screen a few times is pretty unexpected.
Wolf Guy is a seinen series so nudity itself isn't unexpected, but rather how "explicit" it ends up getting (i wrote nudity in quotes because of course genitals are censored), especially considering what the manga is about (essentially a big teen drama with plenty of violence mixed in). It depicts a full on gang rape, for about 3 whole volumes. Last i had seen anything that explicitly depicted was the cave orgy in Berserk.
Like i said already, i'm not great at remembering things when i want to (luckily i do just fine with stuff i NEED to), so if i recall anything else i'll be sure to edit this post and add it in.
I wouldn't count that. Black Lagoon is a seinen and carries itself as such. I mean, what's a little nakey time after finding the identity of 2 serial killer children by browsing through 250 titles of ** snuff films. Anyways, pretty sure nudity pops earlier in the series, when Revy and Rock visit Rowan (the pimp) in his establishment. Episode 3 i think (can't remember the manga chapter, if it happens at all).
Thank you for trying, I know this is kind of a hard thing to answer, so thanks again for trying.
I was actually aware of both the Eve and Code Geass scenes but didn't include them in my example. I've already done quite a bit of research into this topic beforehand before bringing it here for some outside help. As for why they weren't included in my example list; I simply picked three examples I thought best fit what I was looking for and my three personal favorites I found from my research, not counting the Street Fighter II scene that kicked this whole thing off.
So while I knew about them I didn't list them. I figured there'd be a few answers here over time that I would have already known about but I didn't expect to have someone put in the extra effort to add pictures and spoiler tags and such. I thought someone might list a series name or character name and be done with it. Now I kinda feel bad that you had to go through the extra work. So again again, thank you.
I didn't know about the Wolf Boy one, though, so thanks for adding that here. It's not my thing, but I hope it helps any future commenters who might see this.
And lastly, I hate to be that guy, but again, for future commenters, I feel I need to state clearly that my incultion of Revy, both as the OG poster and per my guidelines stated above, does indeed count. I don't want to deter any future commenter from posting their answers because of fear it might not count "enough" to merit commenting.
To further explain this, I would even count Jormungand on this list, another series I found in my research (it's similar to Black Lagoon, hence why I picked it as an example here). In both shows, nudity is sparse and even more so among the core cast, and that goes double for Black Lagoon's case. Revy's scene is a one-off scene, with barely any nudity, lasting only a few seconds, without any full frontal nudity, and it's of a core cast member (i.e. a popular to semi-popular character.) And if I'm not mistaken, this type of nudity doesn't appear again until much later in the show with a much less core cast/popular character, that being Roberta.
In Jormungand's case, this may be double the amount of nudity over BL, but per the guidelines, I would still count it. Most, if not all, unless my memory fails me, of the nudity is of core cast members and sparse. I could see why you might not count these, because, granted, while they do fall within the guideline's spectrum of what I'm looking for, they do so by falling on the farthest end of that spectrum while still being on it. They're on it, but I'll admit, only just so.
An example of what should not be listed here is maybe something like Highschool DxD or Sekirei, where, even though it's of popular/semi-popular characters of core cast members, it isn't sparse or subtle, so it loses its hidden gem factor. You come to expect it of those shows, you could say, so there's no shock vault to it.
So I guess you could say the golden words, while not explicitly said in the guidelines, are sparsity and shock vault.
Either way, thanks again for taking the time to comment.
Appreciated the more detailed explanation my man. And i don't think anyone would be listing ecchi (like Highschool DxD) here, kinda defeats the purpose, and by kinda i mean entirely.
If you don't mind, i would just like a bit more clarification on the whole [popular/semi-popular characters] stuff. Like, if we think of something that ticks all the boxes but the characters in question are minor/side/one-off characters, should we not list it here?
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My bad, i didn't mean to suggest that the example doesn't or shouldn't count, just commenting that I personally wouldn't. Though after you explained things further i can definitely see your point in putting it here.
Appreciated the more detailed explanation my man. And i don't think anyone would be listing ecchi (like Highschool DxD) here, kinda defeats the purpose, and by kinda i mean entirely.
If you don't mind, i would just like a bit more clarification on the whole [popular/semi-popular characters] stuff. Like, if we think of something that ticks all the boxes but the characters in question are minor/side/one-off characters, should we not list it here?
It's alright boo, nothing to feel bad about. When i commit i commit, proper.
My bad, i didn't mean to suggest that the example doesn't or shouldn't count, just commenting that I personally wouldn't. Though after you explained things further i can definitely see your point in putting it here.
Ohhhhh, dude, Jormungand is so good! And yeah, that totally fits here 'cause i don't even remember any nudity whatsoever in that series.
"Appreciated the more detailed explanation my man. And i don't think anyone would be listing ecchi (like Highschool DxD) here, kinda defeats the purpose, and by kinda i mean entirely."
Exactly, that's what I mean. DxD, ideally, wouldn't be mentioned here, but at the same time, I think you're missing the message I'm trying to convey. Allow me to explain after addressing you're next point. I think it'll make more sense with it as the backdrop.
"If you don't mind, i would just like a bit more clarification on the whole [popular/semi-popular characters] stuff. Like, if we think of something that ticks all the boxes but the characters in question are minor/side/one-off characters, should we not list it here?"
This is an amazing mindset, the perfect mindset to have when approaching a question, but it's wasted here. But your not wrong to have a mind set like this, because most question do, indeed, have a wrong answer, but that's where the problem lies. My question doesn't have a wrong answer. With me as the ultimate decider and per the guidelines set, my question doesn't have a wrong answer. Going back to DxD, for example, I wouldn't count it, but at the same time, it's not a wrong answer. If someone were to post DxD as their answer, I wouldn't delete it or tell them their wrong.
Take Goblin's answer for example, he mentioned Swordfish with HB. While not my idea of a right answer, it's certainly not a wrong one. And hell, even with it going against my guidelines, I still think it deserves to be here and I thank him for his answer. Plus, you gotta respect Goblin, he's been here for like ever. He's like the grandad of F95. 2017 dude? he almost saw the site's birth back in 2016.
My guidelines only allow for better answers over others, but never any wrong answer. Their there to help, but not eliminate. To be honest, you don't need my help or further clarification, because you already knocked it out of the park with you're OG post answer. All three of the series you cited were dead on the money. I mean, ya nailed it.
All I wanted to do was cover bases with the Revy thing. And again, that's only for future commenters. But you took the time to ask, so, for shits and giggles, I'll answer. In regards to semi-pop/popular or minor, side, or one-off; all are correct. Take the Chun-Li example for example, she's a main and popular, so she's more correct than say a side character from the same movie, but that wouldn't mean the side character would be wrong either. Some hidden gems are bigger than others is the takeaway here. We're trying to hit the board, not get a bullseye, but if we miss, that's okay too.
"It's alright boo, nothing to feel bad about. When i commit i commit, proper."
I respect the hell out of this statement lol
Yes, Jormungand is very good. And yes, it does feature nudity. Both the female main characters are shown nude and one or two of the side characters are shown nude. However, depending on when you watched it, it'd be possible to miss it due to Funimation/Crunchyroll's ever-changing TOS on censorship. One day it's a nipple, the next it's a bubble. But they can't lie to me, I have the Blu-ray.
