Girls und Panzer Discussion Thread

[William K]

That was a tense battle. We knew the heroines would win in the end but they certainly dragged the suspense out to the max.

Arisa going from full of confidence to total meltdown and blabbing about her love life was a hoot to watch. Hirano Aya must have had real fun doing the recording for this. Kay reminds me of Strike Witches' Shirley.

I loved the part where the Volleyball team and their Type 89 stumbled upon Arisa and her flag tank. They just stared at each other like two samurai warriors in between bamboo trees.

The animators are getting more creative in the shots where they show the tank from the outside and the characters inside their small polygons talking to each other. First there was Momo sticking her head outside her polygon after Yuzu teased her about missing (again!). And then you have the Volleyball team's polygons blowing apart after their tank got hit.

Edit : Oh yeah. I know that translators sometimes have the leeway to 'localize' the things said, but the "This is a slam dunk" comment that Arisa makes was a bit of a cheap shot at Colin Powell's UN presentation before the invasion of Iraq.

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Episode 6:

- JESUS!
- Heh, trolled the spies again.
- DYNAMIC PEN ON PAPER ACTION! GIRLS UND PANZER!

- Kei is mad. Kei wants fair play. Do what Kei says, damnit! I bet if they did, they'd be in better shape.
- Kei even cuts their numbers down to level the playing field. Damnit, Kei, I love you.s
- Hahaha, Momo jumps out of her frame. Momo you're terrible at everything but I ♥ you anyway.
- It's an Ooarai-flavored sandwich! Yummy.
- Awwww, volleyball team is down. Good effort, girls.
- And the first years go down too.

- Things are looking grim. But Commander Miporin will never ever give up!
- One shot, one kill. Fuck yeah Hana! Holy shit that was awesome.
- EXCITING! <3 <3 <3 Kei! And Kei <3 Miho too. =D

- lol Mako's ringtone.
- Uh oh, tragedy strikes.
- But onee-chan shows she has a good side after all.

Onee-chan surveys the destruction she hath wrought... scary.

Shiiiiiiiiiiit, could this show be any more perfect?

[strangefour]

-JESUS! Too much high power ma`am.
-Enemy flag tank found. Causing an awkward silence. That you could have a samurai battle in the stillness of.
-Volley for chaff!
-Enemy flag tanks commander is a massive bitch.
-Two down. Three left and demoralized. Come on girls it's time for a Jet Stream Attack! Also haiku.

-Aim for the radiator! *tank action* One hit one kill!
-One little rabbit stares of into the distance alone. Strange rabbit.
-Mako.
-Wait... this Teru is nice? Teh hell you say?
-That is not a helicopter. That is an antiquity. It belongs in a museum.

CG tank combat is surprisingly exciting. Though I wish we got to spend some more away from battle time with the other teams. What do the Rabbits & the Hippos do in their free time? What is that one Rabbit staring at? Will grandma be okay!? Poor Mako.

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Originally Posted by strangefour

CG tank combat is surprisingly exciting. Though I wish we got to spend some more away from battle time with the other teams. What do the Rabbits & the Hippos do in their free time? What is that one Rabbit staring at? Will grandma be okay!? Poor Mako.

What this desperately needs is two cour... if only they could have known ahead of time what a big hit it would be (it's been outranking Gundam UC more often than not during the past week...) I'm sure they might have cleared a second cour or a sequel right off the bat. Actually, I'd bet someone is busy at work writing material for one right this season. If the projected sales numbers are accurate at all a sequel is a total given.

More anime adaptations involving Shimada Fumikane, please!

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by something

More anime adaptations involving Shimada Fumikane, please!

I wish the anime designs were more reflective of his work. Though the only show thats really come close was Sky Girls.

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Originally Posted by Fencedude

I wish the anime designs were more reflective of his work. Though the only show thats really come close was Sky Girls.

He tends to draw in a style that isn't easy to animate without losing something, I think. (Compare to say, namori, which just begs to be animated.) I really love the anime designs in this show, but the original art is damn good too. And yeah I'd agree Sky Girls was closest. Too bad it didn't take off in terms of sales, unlike Strike Witches and this.

[Damius]

- Drinking tea in a tank? Because…why not?
- They are shooting at us… We need to keep drinking tea at all cost!
- She’s right Miporin, it’s dangerous!
- Be careful, don’t shoot your allies.
- Pink and gold tanks are down…
- They are going in the town? Awesome.
- Hmm… she drops her tea cup. That means a lot.
- Citizens are happy their place gets damage, because they can have a new one!
- Battles in the town are amazing.
- Gold tank is fixed…for a couple of seconds.
- They lost… but they definitely did really good for a first match.
- Ok…what was that dance?
- Boo… Hana’s mom…
- Nice. They are sorry for leaving the tank there and running away.
- Darjeeling recognizes Miho as a rival. They want to fight in a official match.
- Tournament will start soon.

This show is amazingly awesome.

[HitokiriShadow]

Damn, what a tease. We don't even see the match with Anzio, just their ruined tanks. One of which was a tiny, single-person tank. Kinda disappointed that we didn't get to see the match, particularly since Anzio's leader was some sort of sadist.

Mako is amazing. She immediately become an expert driver for any tank just by flipping through the manual. And Yukari's ringtones are bad for Mako's heart. Lot's of great Mako scenes this episode.

And Miho gives her first leadership speech. Uh, kind of. It was about three words, but I guess it counts. I guess the usual advice for stage fright doesn't help her much.

Also, Saori giving love advice. Um, yeah. That worked out about as well as you'd expect. Both for the advice she gave and how it turned out for her. There's, um, much better options than the tank. ALL AROUND YOU.

Oh, and we finally find out what happened in Miho's past match. Wasn't quite what I expected.

[Ingraman]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Damn, what a tease. We don't even see the match with Anzio, just their ruined tanks. One of which was a tiny, single-person tank. Kinda disappointed that we didn't get to see the match, particularly since Anzio's leader was some sort of sadist.

With Miho and company getting their upgrades and "new" tanks, I don't think that there was probably much to see. ^^; (Edit: Oops? Someone elsewhere mentioned that they didn't fight Anzio with their new gear, but will have it for the upcoming big fight. I wasn't paying enough attention to Miho's tanks.) A push-over battle like that might have been nice to get a quick look at, but seeing the parts acquisition was a bit more important.

I liked that we actually had a chance to see some of the town-ship's crew (or at least I think that that was their role; I was only watching a raw episode).

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by Ingraman

Edit: Oops? Someone elsewhere mentioned that they didn't fight Anzio with their new gear, but will have it for the upcoming big fight. I wasn't paying enough attention to Miho's tanks.

Anzu, the president/kaichou said that they wouldn't be ready in time for their next battle when she, Miho and some others were all in her office talking about their finds, right before we were shown the sad remains of Team Anzio.

I liked that we actually had a chance to see some of the town-ship's crew (or at least I think that that was their role; I was only watching a raw episode).

Oh, absolutely. I loved what we got and wouldn't actually want to trade it for the tank battle, I think. I just wish we got to see a bit of Miho's group steamrolling them.