I find Strike Witches to be a very interesting concept. They're not wearing any skirts or trousers for a good reason, they need to wear Striker Units on their legs if they are called in to fight... so i can understand that. The first couple of eps had a lot of gratuitous close ups, but it's kind of backed off now as the story progressed. There is still some, it'll never disappear, but its only in the fight scenes. Lynne-chan is very cute and believeable as a cute character, unlike some in other shows which pile on the cute to the extent that it is absurd. Yoshika is a good lead, and it's nothing like 'you're the chosen one bla bla'. its about them working hard.

Has it's very ecchi elements too, which may have (and probably were) fogged out on the TV releases.