Girls und Panzer Discussion Thread

[Buckeye]

ガールズ&パンツァー

It's a show about girls. It's a show about tanks. And more specifically, it's a show about girls operating tanks and using them to blow up the joint.

Airs Monday, October 8

Animation Studio: Actas

ANN Entry
Official Site
Crunchyroll

In this world, Sensha-do, the art of tank-combat, is a traditional Japanese martial art for girls. Miho, a girl who just transfered into the Ōrai Girls' Academy in Ibaraki Prefecture, has been ordered by the academy's student council chairperson to join the school team and compete in the national Sensha-do championships.

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[William K]

Ouch, the 3DCG for both the tanks and the terrain is jarring...

So, in this future/alternate world, commanding a tank is a sign of being a Japanese lady :D And there will be a World Cup competition soon...

The plot is totally non-sensical but Fumikane being involved makes it at least a "try a bit longer". I've got a feeling this will be like Upotte! where it's actually a watchable show once you get past the logic of the show.

And the ending scene with the aircraft carrier was a total WTH!?

[bear]

Wow, tank porn! Cute girls! Deutchlish subtitles? Was that intended or was I watching some hacked translation?

The POV from the tank was somewhat jarring but cool.

The girls are great, but I don't know about the concept of riding around in tanks using live ammunition on each other. Uppote! was so unreal you could overlook them shooting at each other, but this seems a little too realistic. I hope they have some sort of explanation.

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by bear

Wow, tank porn! Cute girls! Deutchlish subtitles? Was that intended or was I watching some hacked translation?

That was the most incredibly irritating subtitle issue I've had to deal with in a long time.

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by bear

Wow, tank porn! Cute girls! Deutchlish subtitles? Was that intended or was I watching some hacked translation?

Commie thinks they're funny.

[HitokiriShadow]

Wow, I new there was some big surprise in the episode, but I sure didn't expect it to be that!

I also didn't expect this to be one of my favorite first episodes of the season. Very nice episode. The video about learning the Panzer to learn what it means to be a woman was hilariously awesome. And the show was just full of nice little details. I was highly amused by the Vice President's head movements as she touted the benefits of getting top grades.

Seitokaichou is the best character, followed by Saori.

[William K]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Seitokaichou is the best character

Fukuen Misato is really showing off her range recently, from Haganai's mecha BL-loving Rika to Another's psychotic Takako. She does a pretty good impression of a playful Yuuki Aoi here.

In fact, all 3 seitokai members are very well designed, with the VP's thick eyebrows to the PRopaganda chief's single-sided eyeglass.

And I just realized that ninja arts are one of the electives at the end of the video!

Speaking of seiyuu, Miho is voiced by Fuchigami Mai who was Maekawa in Denpa Onna. Totally different type of character and voice

[Fencedude]

You know what? This was a very good episode.

But seriously, that ship.

[ndm]

I quite liked this episode. It felt less like Upotte and more like Strike Witches than I was expecting.

And yeah, I heard about those pseudo German subtitles. I sure wouldn't watch them, particularly when the characters are just speaking normal Japanese and it's a forced gimmick by the translators.

[FUNiOP]

Well I made it about 13 minutes in. Unfortunately, I just can't deal with this. I was only watching it because I thought I might find the ridiculousness amusing enough, but no such luck. Still, no real loss. Glad to see it's working for some people.