Girls & Panzer: Saishuushou Part 3

The quarterfinal round of the Winter Continuous Track Cup is in full swing, and each school is going all out. What started as a furious back-and-forth firefight between Ooarai Girls Academy and Chi-Ha-Tan Academy has become a 12-hour jungle slugfest with neither team having the advantage and almost everyone running on fumes. In spite of this, Miho Nishizumi and her teammates continue to fight into the morning, hoping to land a decisive blow before their rivals.

Meanwhile, Kuromorimine Girls Academy—now led by Erika Itsumi—is struggling in its match against Pravda High School. Taking Maho Nishizumi's words of advice to heart, Erika manages to break free of Kuromorimine's rigid, traditional tactics and turn the tide in her favor. At the same time, St. Gloriana Girls College faces off against Anzio High School, while Saunders University High School has a tough fixture with underdog Continuation High School and its mysterious sharpshooter, Jouko.

With only four semifinal spots up for grabs, the members of each team must give their absolute best performance if they want to survive and successfully make it to the next round!

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Akiyama, Yukari Main

Nakagami, Ikumi Japanese

Reizei, Mako Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Nishizumi, Miho Main

Fuchigami, Mai Japanese

Isuzu, Hana Main

Ozaki, Mami Japanese

Takebe, Saori Main

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Anzai, Chiyomi Supporting

Yoshioka, Maya Japanese

Katyusha Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Darjeeling Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Nishizumi, Maho Supporting

Tanaka, Rie Japanese

Itsumi, Erika Supporting

Nabatame, Hitomi Japanese

Maruyama, Shunpei Producer

Sekine, Youichi Producer

Nishikawa, Kazuyoshi Producer

Mizushima, Tsutomu Director, Storyboard

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Mar 26, 2021

yoyowhatup

Recommended

--- The review contains spoilers ---



Far better than Das Finale Part 1 and 2!

The story continues with Chihatan vs Oarai.

But we also get to see the other schools battle it out.
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Kuromorimine vs Pravda, Keizoku vs Sanders, and Gloriana vs Anzio.

It’s pretty obvious who is gonna win but SPOILERS (stop reading if you don’t wanna be spoiled)

Ok, so obviously Oarai wins because they are the main characters, but the match was really close. In fact, Oarai loses more tanks than Chihatan and almost loses. The long chase scenes inside the tropical forest was amazing. I got a lot of WW2 Pacific vibes.

Gloriana beats Anzio (obviously)

Kuromorimine defeats Pravda because Das Finale is as much about Erika learning to command her forces in the absence of her beloved senpai, as it is about Miho trying to get her senpai into university. Erika learns to stop trying to imitate Maho, and find her own identity and tactics. It’s obvious Erika is gonna beat Gloriana and be the final boss battle character of Das Finale.

Keizoku defeats Sanders, because the plot demands so. Das Finale is about Oarai fighting schools they previously haven’t, so this was also obvious. However, the way in which they won was a pleasant surprise. Apparently they have a character based on the “White Death” who can snipe using tanks from really long range.

Das Finale ep 3 ends with Oarai vs Keizoku, and Miho’s tank being taken out by this new sniper character.

Overall I really enjoyed Das Finale 3. I think it was far better than 1 or 2. It was really surprising to see Miho’s tank taken out twice in the same episode.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 1, 2022

Thekingmcking

Recommended

Overall, 10/10. Singlehandedly the best installment in the entire Girls Und Panzer (GuP) franchise. Is that a very bold statement to make? Yes. But it does not come without fair reason and much thought. I put below a tl;dr below alongside my full review.

tl;dr The third installment to the Girls und Panzer: Das Finale is by far the single most enjoyable 40 minutes of this entire anime that I've come in contact with. From start to finish it is a nonstop action sequence, filled to the brim with glistening art and sound effects that made me pause numerous times to rewatch. The settings and ambiance ... created in the episode shook me to my very core, and I couldn't believe what I was viewing. The story is pretty standard, continuing directly where the second installment left off, we see our favorite tank girls in their full glory, and we get to see our fan favorites return to the screen in full effect!

Here is the segmented part of the review.

Story: 9/10
The story is a direct continuation of part II, as expected. However, instead of focusing on just one battle the entire time, we get to see 4 different battles from over 6 different schools. Basically, if you've been craving just an hour of just the finest battles, trick shots, tactics, and more, this is probably the rawest form of that in the entire anime. There isn't much more to say about the story other than it just continues on with little bits of remembrance to the past, and if its been a while since you've last viewed part II, no worries because they go over the issues that you'd need to remember anyhow. From start to finish, it is just a cluster of some of the most intense (and downright hilarious) battles that the anime has presented.

Art: 8/10
Compared to the rest of the anime installments, which I'd give probably a 6-7/10, the art in this one was glorious. Amazing settings with unique battlefields and animation of tanks so beautiful it'd make a full tank enthusiast quiver. It felt so smooth the entire time, with lots of care and attention to detail scattered throughout the anime.

Sound: 9.5/10
Oh, the glorious glorious soundtrack... I cannot begin to just say the chills I got listening to the country's themes playing over their respective tank battles, it's always such an amazing joy with this anime whenever I just hear German or Russian war songs blasting over the intrepid sounds of tank bullets hitting metal... *ahem* The soundtrack returns in full force in all its glory to deliver an engaging and phenomenal listening experience the entire time, that ost never misses a beat.

Character: 10/10
Probably my favorite part about this installment was the characters. We get all our fan favorites returning all at once in their own respective battles. Head-to-head battles against our favorite teams, full of lively banter, insults, kawaii moments, and more. The characters in this movie felt so real that it made me feel like I was a part of this anime, fighting alongside them as they cried of joy or quivered in fear. Absolutely amazing job.

Overall, 10/10. My enjoyment was through the roof the entire time, I felt a sense of pure enjoyment while watching anime that I hadn't felt in a long time. To part IV! Panzer Vor!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 1, 2022

johnbradshaw

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What a great way to start off 2022. I've been waiting for this short movie about a year til it got a proper sub. And I must say, Girls & Panzer never disappoint even after so many ovas and seasons, their production quality and story-wise still hold up and imo, even improved. Which I can't say for many other anime or TV shows.

For a 48 min movie, Das Finale Part 3 is heavily action packed. Start right where it left off in Part 2, the battle between Ourai and Chihatan is hotter than ever. What I really love that now after many season, these tank ... battle has evolved, they definitely have better strategies, the teams have better motivations and they're still pretty consistent with the over the top anime tank physics. That led to some ridiculous but extremely impressive situations. We also get a glimpse of other battles in the quarter finals and got introduced to some very interesting characters. But I'll leave it at that for you to enjoy.

I do find some directing choice for this movie kinda efficient. The way they use the POV of the tank rider really elevate the emergent feeling of the battle. I love it. Also they tend to use many realistic shot of nature blending in with the 3d model of the tank, while it's nice, sometimes you will feel the scenery is pretty out of place. The Osts is very fitting. Up with the mood and catchy ed.

I may be a bit bias here. But I do think Girls & Panzer: Des Finale Part 3 deserved a very high score. It has everything to entertain a viewer like me. And even better, it ended with a bang. A Big Bang. And leave me wanting for more. Can't wait til Part 4 arrived. See you in a year, hopefully...

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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