Rover wrote:
> 
> What is the defintion for fan-service? I figure it has
> something to do with women in skimpy underwear running
> around but I just wondered cuz I remember in the
> Evagelion dubs Misato at the end of a episode would
> talk about something about fan service which I naively
> thought she would talk about some Eva fan club you
> could join but you know what she never did :(

I'd say fan-service covers more than your occasional pantyshot. If some
character in a mecha show (e.g. Gundam) start to recite all the technical
data of some ship, robot or whatever for no obvious reason but to give the
fans something to drool about, you could call this also fan-service.

My definition would be: 

Fan-service:
Pieces of information or screenshots which are only included to please
fans.

ciao
 Kristian

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