Girls Und Panzer - Girls. Cute anime girls. Tanks. What more could you ask for?

[Random Internet Person]

Perhaps the most mileage anime has gotten out of WW2 since Axis Powers Hetalia, Girls und Panzer is a 2012 anime in an alternative world in which there's a sport known as sensha-do, or tankery, or panzerfahren, or in another trnslation, "schoolgirls fighting in WW2 era tanks" (albeit modified so nobody dies).


The series centers around Miho Nishizumi, a new student at Ooarai Girls Academy. When her school resurrects its tankery team, she's "convinced" to join since she's the only member of the student body that knows a damn thing about the sport...and she transferred to Ooarai because the school didn't have a team to speak of.. Regardless, Miho finds herself as the commander of a new team as they fight many other schools to become the best tankery team in Japan.

Speaking of those other schools, there are many schools, some of which have their followings to show they're as popular as Miho herself. And all of these schools are modeled after different countries in terms of attitude, dress, behavior and tanks used in combat. Because...anime.

These schools are...

St. Gloriana Girls Academy​

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(centering this image has been a pain the ass, so screw it)

Modeled after Great Britian, their commander is Darjeeling, a tea drinking lady who carries herself with class.
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Saunders University High School​

Modeled after the good old United States of America, they're commanded by Kay, an energetic lady who seems to carry a bit of an American approach to battle.
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Pravda High School​

Modeled after the Soviet Union, they're commanded by Katyusha, a shorty who can easily be seen on the soldiers of her #2 Nonna, and heard talking in the third person.
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Anzio High School​

Modeled after Italy, they're commanded by Anchovy, their duce. Like many commanders in this show, waifu material.
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Kuromorimine Girls High School​

Modeled after Germany (and no, they don't resemble the Nazis in any way other than using Nazi era tanks), their commander is Maho Nishizumi, Miho's older sister. Erika Itsumi, Maho's #2, is never too far behind.
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The main anime goes for 12 epsidoes, followed by a feature film, Girls und Panzer der Film, in 2015 and a six part theatrical series, Girls und Panzer Das Finale that saw its first part out of six be released in 2017. Both the anime and the film can be streamed subbed AND dubbed on Netflix, but Das Finale has never received any official release to my knowledge.

If you ask me, Girls und Panzer is some of the most fun I've had watching anime, and I'll think you'll enjoy it too.

If you want an idea of what this show contains, here's a little taste:

Panzer Vor, motherfuckers. Panzer Vor.​

 

[Justtocheck]

lol, I bet you need to watch Shirobako. Girlz und Panzer's director is a main character.

 

[Random Internet Person]

lol, I bet you need to watch Shirobako. Girlz und Panzer's director is a main character.

I have seen it. Been a while though.

 

[SSF2T Old User]

The whole "different schools against each other" thing reminds me of Project Justice/Rival Schools

 

[Rokko]

I only like one Panzergirl:

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

I've never watched the anime, but this pops up all the time

 

[millais]

I never understood the appeal of the WW2 tank combat. Can't see shit unless you're unbuttoned (in which case you are easy pickings for any asshole with a rifle), the fighting compartment is freezing cold in winter, blazing hot in summer, always filled with engine exhaust, takes a long time to switch seats when the other crewmen are incapacitated, vulnerable to the ever present threat of the lone guy with a bundle of AT grenades unless you have very good, very close infantry support, you always have an HE loaded in the chamber right when you need an AP and vice versa. About the only people you ever have the advantage against are infantry at a distance without PaKs or other AT weaponry.

 

[WinchesterPremium]

I never understood the appeal of the WW2 tank combat. Can't see shit unless you're unbuttoned (in which case you are easy pickings for any asshole with a rifle), the fighting compartment is freezing cold in winter, blazing hot in summer, always filled with engine exhaust, takes a long time to switch seats when the other crewmen are incapacitated, vulnerable to the ever present threat of the lone guy with a bundle of AT grenades unless you have very good, very close infantry support, you always have an HE loaded in the chamber right when you need an AP and vice versa. About the only people you ever have the advantage against are infantry at a distance without PaKs or other AT weaponry.

I'm not sure any type of combat is fun really.

And you're talking about a show that is just cute girls doing cute things in tanks in a thread 8 years too late.

 

[millais]

I'm not sure any type of combat is fun really.

And you're talking about a show that is just cute girls doing cute things in tanks in a thread 8 years too late.

There seems to be a lot of people who like the tank games and tank sims and driving tanks in mil sims.

 

[WinchesterPremium]

There seems to be a lot of people who like the tank games and tank sims and driving tanks in mil sims.

Well yeah. But foot soldiers also get freezing cold in the winter, blazing hot in the summer, always exhausted from marching, depending on the era you're basically dead if incapacitated, vulnerable to literally everything because you're just a dude, and yet people still play FPSes/sword simulators.

The fact that you don't have to deal with any of this since you're just playing a game means it doesn't really matter.

 

[XYZpdq]

If I cared about tanks like I care about robots I'd probably be all up on this shit.
There's a doujin of "Girls Und Votoms" or two iirc.

 

[Woke Blue Muttlema]

I would rate this autistic but I sincerely want this thread to grow and flourish for the years to come.

 

[Takodachi]

fucking weebs (more specifically, GuP weebs) ruined WoT.
It used to be a nice and cozy game till the anime aired and the game was invaded with shitters trying to pull a "le epic seal club" with a T18 they saw on some YT video.

 

[Psychic Espeon]

I wonder why they stopped the das Finale OVAs.
It was getting good.

 

[Random Internet Person]

I wonder why they stopped the das Finale OVAs.
It was getting good.

Because film production is a bitch and a half? All I know is that the third one is coming in 2021.

 

[murdered meat bag]

I wonder why they stopped the das Finale OVAs.
It was getting good.

japan release is march 2021, fan subs later that year. hopefully /AK/ will be around to sub. btw, the ovas aren't worth paying for, they're super short between 4-10 minutes except for the anzio battle.

Because film production is a bitch and a half? All I know is that the third one is coming in 2021.

covid really fucked shit up,



OP is missing the finnish highschool from der film and the 6-7 other high schools in the comic spinoffs.

the ps4 and switch GuP game is a pretty fun tank game with some effort put into the simulation parts; your barrel oscillates when you stop hard, tank position can deflect rounds.

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[Random Internet Person]

OP is missing the finnish highschool from der film and the 6-7 other high schools in the comic spinoffs.

I understand that. I made it as an intro to the main series and the core aspects of it.

 

[Uranus Pink]

The Anzio battle is the only OVA made as the 5 to 10 minute shorts were Japanese GuP Blu-Ray extras but were repackaged as an OVA for North American market. Another major difference is the episode with the "Katyusha" song and scene been edited from the Japanese version to a non singing version due to US Copyright issues.

 

[albert chan]

Girls und Panzer and Strike Witches are two reasons why they better not make live action movies on these in the near future.

Also, they are the reason why the “hey big head” meme was popular at one point in time, on the Internet:

Spoiler: For those that don’t understand

The joke is that their heads look really big

 

[Thomas Talus]

Der Film is one of my favorite movies. Plot, schmot, it delivers on the spectacle and jokes.