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Instant Summary: A bunch of girls joins the tank club and takes part in a tank battle competition.When I started to look forward to Girls und Panzer in pre-season, I had no idea what I was in store [...]
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Summary: With the Chi-Nu taken out, but in the process protecting the Panzer IV, the battle against Kuromorimine is on. The Ooarai tanks release smokescreen to hide their movements from the pursuing Kuromorimine forces. They use the cover of the smoke to head up a hill, towing the Porsche Tiger to make up for its [...]
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Summary: With the Chi-Nu taken out, but in the process protecting the Panzer IV, the battle against Kuromorimine is on. The Ooarai tanks release smokescreen to hide their movements from the pursuing Kuromorimine forces. They use the cover of the smoke to head up a hill, towing the Porsche Tiger to make up for its [...]
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Yeah, I know I’m late with covering the final match but I had other priorities. I shall now proceed to talk about the final match between sisters. This match should keep me satisfied as I continue to wait for that … Continue reading →
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「あとには退けない戦いです！」 (Ato ni wa Shirizokenai Tatakai Desu!) "The Battle We Can't Back Down From!" At long last, Girls und Panzer delivers its finale in typically spectacular style.
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In my opinion, the biggest reason why Girls und Panzer was such a hit is that because it’s fun. You can feel how much fun the staff had with making the show. I realize that this is quite difficult to … Continue reading →
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In my opinion, the biggest reason why Girls und Panzer was such a hit is that because it’s fun. You can feel how much fun the staff had with making the show. I realize that this is quite difficult to … Continue reading →
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Volks CharaGumin is going to release the Akiyama Yukari ( 秋山 優花里 ) Swimsuit Ver. ( 水着ver. )1/7 colored resin cast GK from the anime “Girls und Panzer” ( ガールズ&パンツァー ). Will be released on May 2013, 7,140 yen (taxed in). Kit is NOT prepainted nor completed. Volks News VS/VIP member exclusive. For those who [...]
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Volks CharaGumin is going to release the Isuzu Hana ( 五十鈴 華 ) 1/7 colored resin cast GK from the anime “Girls und Panzer” ( ガールズ&パンツァー ). Will be released on March 02, 2013 . Around 210mm tall, 22 parts + decals, 8,190 yen (taxed in). Kit is NOT prepainted nor completed. Volks Website Store [...]
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I’ve been keeping a low profile because of the ISML 2013 preparations I’m involved in – that will still take a while to wrap up, but in the meanwhile, have a look at the collection of Garupan-related photos that I picked up along the way. — Ikebana Hana’s ikebana composition recreated at Ooarai’s Aqua World […]
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I’ve been keeping a low profile because of the ISML 2013 preparations I’m involved in – that will still take a while to wrap up, but in the meanwhile, have a look at the collection of Garupan-related photos that I picked up along the way. — Ikebana Hana’s ikebana composition recreated at Ooarai’s Aqua World [...]
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“There there, we still have a couple of OVA episodes to look forward to.” It’s times like this that I wish I were a more eloquent writer, because there is clearly no way that I will be able to do justice to this finale. Suffice it to say, that was the best damn final episode [...]
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Girls und Panzer is hardly perfect. The girls themselves aren’t great characters, relying more on their specific gimmicks to endear themselves to the audience, the matches end invariably in favor of Miho, and there was severe underutilization of Darjeeling and Katyusha, the two best side-characters. But fuck that noise, because the finale is one of [...]
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There is a spectrum of concept to execution in where on one extreme, we have shows like Robotics;Notes, where it is a very high concept story about robot, how we perceive reality, and how that connects us as a community. On the other end, there’s Girls und Panzer. Girls und Panzer is not a high [...]
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  Girls und Panzer is absolutely brilliant and sits as a perfect example of how even the most innocuous series can be turned into a veritable masterpiece with the right direction, writing and a true for not only anime, but WWII films. I like many others on twitter was quick to laughingly and quite ironically [...]
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kevo: You know how if something gets delayed, it becomes more and more difficult to deliver on the hype. A higher expectation is set that would justify the delay, and more often than not, the product falls short. Girls und Panzer delivers. It delivered so hard my face came off. It’s the pizza guy that [...]
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By using the Turtle Team’s 38(t) as a chock and the Duck Team’s Type 89 as a turret block, Ooarai is able to defeat the Maus. They then proceed to split up the remaining Black Forest tanks. The M3 is able to take out an Elefant and Jagdtiger before they’re white-flagged, while the Leopon Team’s [...]
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GIRLS RIDING TANKS DRIVING IN TO THE SUNSET BACK TO THEIR GIANT SCHOOL-SHIP CARRIER. WHY CAN’T MORE ANIME END SO PERFECTLY AS THIS? Time to pay tribute to the heroines that fearlessly and boldly provided us with so much tanoshii over the past few months. Hetzer’s gonna hetz. Poor Maus never stood a chance. OH [...]
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You know, when this show started airing I never would have expected it to be anything more than a tank-related version of Upotte!!, a military-nerd oriented show with B for the budget but A for effort. Yet Garupan turned out to be one of the best shows I have watched. Now, I’m kind of a [...]
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