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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- EP. 5.5 紹介します！ I would Introduce !! The summary special has been aired !! Yo !! A fine introduction and it is fun to watch. Everyone gets some show time (and their favorite flower and favorite tank listed) and it is great. The most memorable scene for me is the following: And we even have a special ED too ! http://i.imgur.com/glpjg.jpg |
LunaDec 1, 2012 7:14 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Hmm, not bad for recap ep. Oh, ED (Special version)........I can hear the first year team crying. |
| It is official... Girls und Panzer got the endorsement from Ibaraki Prefecture Government with GnP being featured prominently on the prefecture government's homepage ! http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/ |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Now I know who's the Vice President is. It's not Momo-chan but Yuzuko-chan. |
| I guess it was pretty obvious that it would be a recap episode but this is just too soon. Does anyone know this happened? symbv said: Can someone explain to me why a government website would even bother to endorse anime programs? That kind of stuff doesn't happen where I live so this is kind of odd to me.It is official... Girls und Panzer got the endorsement from Ibaraki Prefecture Government with GnP being featured prominently on the prefecture government's homepage ! http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/ |
AiCon said: I think you already saw some posts about fans traveling to Oorai to check out locations used in the anime and there are shops that display GnP posters on their windows. "Anime Pilgrimage" by anime fans is getting a lot of attention by people living in the regions. Lucky Star boosted a lot the number of visitors who went to the shrine shown in its OP. Hanasaku Iroha boosted a lot the number of visitors who went to the onsen that the anime is based on. K-On boosted many times the number of visitors to the heritage school building that the anime is based on. Local business association and even local governments see this as a way to boost tourism and economy by attracting such people to come and visit the place. Apparently since GnP link was up on Ibaraki Government website, the visit count of the website jumped, so all is to good publicity. Can someone explain to me why a government website would even bother to endorse anime programs? That kind of stuff doesn't happen where I live so this is kind of odd to me. By the way, it is announced in the official twitter that Ep. 5.5 WILL be included in vol.3 of the BD, on top of the OVA that is planned for each BD volume. For those who don't know where to find this ep, here is a link http://www.nosub.tv/watch/29806.html no fansub though To prepare for the "Anko Festival" this weekend, the trains and buses in Ooarai now get Girls und Panzer look: More pics: http://twitpic.com/bcjmkw http://twitpic.com/bche8b http://girls-und-panzer.at.webry.info/201211/article_9.html (scroll down to see pics) Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
NexuDec 3, 2017 12:45 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| What does it mean in the green circle on the bus where it says "Ganbappe! Ibaraki" (がんばっぺ! 茨城) ? I know that Ibaraki is the name of the prefecture in which Ooarai is located. |
okanagan said: Ganbappe is Ganbatte (Keep it up!) in Ibaraki's dialect. Ibaraki coast (including Ooarai) also got quite significant damage during the 2011 Mar tsunami, so there is this slogan come up by the citizens to show their spirits and determination to strive for the better.What does it mean in the green circle on the bus where it says "Ganbappe! Ibaraki" (がんばっぺ! 茨城) ? I know that Ibaraki is the name of the prefecture in which Ooarai is located. Looking at the preview more closely... Is it Mako who is in the helicopter from Miho's sister's school? Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
NexuDec 3, 2017 12:45 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
AiCon said: I guess it was pretty obvious that it would be a recap episode but this is just too soon. Does anyone know [why] this happened? animenewsnetwork said: The official Twitter account and website for the Girls und Panzer television anime announced that next week's episode has been delayed "due to various circumstances." Instead of episode 6, a special reintroduction episode "5.5" ("Shōkai Shimasu") will air instead. Episode 5.5 will also be included in volume 3 of the Girls und Panzer Blu-ray and DVD release. As a result of this delay, the final episode will be delayed beyond the scheduled run of the anime. The website, Twittter account, and a notice that will run during episode 11 will report the date and time of the final episode's airing. Source. |
| Kinda nice recap ep, unnecessary tho :P |
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| Not a bad recap episode. BTW, Preview pics for Girls und Panzer ep. 6 are now up on their website. Can't wait for next week. http://girls-und-panzer.jp/story_06.html |
| Ibaraki Bus company is joining Girls und Pander bandwagon.http://www.ibako.co.jp/girls-und-panzer/ On top of special bus with GnP wrapping, there are GnP bus tickets and some bus routes will have Mai Fuchigami (Miho's seiyuu) doing announcements inside the bus. http://www.ibako.co.jp/girls-und-panzer/ticket.html http://www.ibako.co.jp/girls-und-panzer/announce.html |
symbvNov 15, 2012 5:00 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Spoiler The official GaruPan twitter account is: https://twitter.com/garupan It is all in Japanese. One of the November 12th tweets was: 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント @garupan みほは一年にして、黒森峰の副隊長をしていました。ちなみにその時の隊長はお姉さんのまほです。まあ、今も隊長ですが。 Isn't this a spoiler? It seems strange that the GaruPan people would be telling us things that I would expect to be revealed in future episodes. I don't want to translate this into English since we have a rule not to give out spoilers. Most of their tweets are telling us general background information. For example, why was Yukari's dad sitting in the barber shop chair? Business was bad. Other posters on this site have been very kind to translate them and post them here. Thanks to them! |
okanaganNov 15, 2012 5:35 AM
okanagan said: You can always put spoilers here by using the Spoiler tag (check here to see how to use it http://myanimelist.net/info.php?go=bbcode ). But it is not a spoiler because there are enough hints from earlier episodes, particularly in the Panzer Cafe in ep.5, that gives us the information, which is that Miho was the deputy commander of the school team of Kuromorimine a year ago and the commander was her elder sister Maho. The extra information is that Maho is still the commander of the team now, but we can easily guess that's the case anyway.One of the November 12th tweets was: 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント @garupan みほは一年にして、黒森峰の副隊長をしていました。ちなみにその時の隊長はお姉さんのまほです。まあ、今も隊長ですが。 Isn't this a spoiler? It seems strange that the GaruPan people would be telling us things that I would expect to be revealed in future episodes. I don't want to translate this into English since we have a rule not to give out spoilers. Since there is no new information I did not translate that tweet. But I translated most of the others in ep.5 thread. http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=514077&pages=8&show=140#msg18322633 |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| ^ You are correct. Miho is indeed addressed as 副隊長 (Deputy Commander, literally: 副 vice 隊 team 長 leader) in the panzer-themed cafe when Maho walks by. This is at 03:13 in Episode 5. Of course, it is a sarcastic comment since Miho left the Kuromorimine school and thus is no longer the 副隊長. So I agree this is a sufficient (although indirect) hint to us that Miho held that position on the panzer team at her old school. Finally, at 03:37, as the two of them are walking away, the other girl addresses Maho as 隊長 (Commander). So this tells us that Maho is presently the Kuromorimine School Panzer Team Leader. The only missing piece of the puzzle is that we don't know for sure that it was Maho who was the commander last year. However, you can see Maho being interviewed on TV at 10:20 in Episode 2. This is when the girls were in the panzer store. The announcer said that Maho was the MVP (Most Valuable Player) during the Panzerfahren finals. Even so, that does not logically imply that she was the 隊長. |
okanaganNov 15, 2012 7:47 AM
| I just notice, during the Ankour Dance, Oryou, and Saemonza where the ones beating the drums. The nice character intro gave us some small description of each character, also, their names, favorite flower, favorite tanks, and their hobbies, my thoughs on ep6 preview: - Noriko and the Duck team face off with Arisa(voiced by Aya Hirano) - Battle looks more intense than ever - Nonna of the Pravda team appears! Looking forward to episode 6 next week! Panzer vor! |
MagitoNov 15, 2012 9:05 AM
| Isn't this 12, 13 episodes long? How can such a short anime have a recap episode?! |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| complete waste of time. |
| The choice is either a recap episode or no episode at all. Between both, a recap is welcomed :D Interesting to see that the girls who are newbies to tank already have their favourite tanks in their profile :D |
| I can see why the Hippo are called the Historian team. Caesar - Roman History Erwin - Europe and WWII history Saemonza - Warring states history Oryou - Edo period history |
Magito said: To be precise, her specialty is the German history, particularly WWII German military history.Erwin - Europe and WWII history Magito said: To be precise, her specialty is the BAKUMATSU which is the end of the Edo Period : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakumatsu :-)Oryou - Edo period history |
symbvNov 15, 2012 8:34 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Magito said: To be precise, her specialty is the BAKUMATSU which is the end of the Edo Period : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakumatsu :-)Oryou - Edo period history ^ Yes you are precisely correct. Thought I did not intend to be precise at the description, so I just said Edo period. Sorry for being a little un-precise there. lol symbv said: Magito said: To be precise, her specialty is the German history, particularly WWII German military history.Erwin - Europe and WWII history Thought it was translated to be European, and not German history according to Horriblesubs. |
MagitoNov 15, 2012 8:55 PM
| Follow Mai Mai Fuchigami (渕上舞) is the voice actress for Miho. Her Twitter account is at: https://twitter.com/fuchigami_mai Here are some of her recent tweets: あんこう祭り！いよいよ今週末！！ Monkfish festival! Finally this weekend ! ! わーい、わーい！:.｡☆..｡.:*(人´ω｀*):* 皆様お祝いのメッセージありがとうございます！(´ω｀*人)*:.｡☆..｡ Yay, Yay! Thank you everyone for your congratulatory messages! わー！！いつの間にかフォロワー数が1000超えとるー！！！ Wow ! ! Before I knew it there are more than 1000 followers ! ! ! I notice that a lot of the earlier tweets from her are tracking the progress as her number of followers has increased. So I am sure that she would be thrilled if all of you sign up to follow her on Twitter. It will mean a lot to her. 本日10月23日は『ガールズ&パンツァー』西住みほちゃんのお誕生日！おめでとう、ありがとう。 Today, October 23rd is the birthday of Miho Nishizumi from Girls und Panzer. Congratulations and thank you. You can see her personal blog here in Japanese: http://ameblo.jp/fuchigami-mai/ See also here: http://www.fmfuji.co.jp/my-me-mine/ Here is her Wikipedia page in Japanese: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%95%E4%B8%8A%E8%88%9E I hope somebody can create an English Wikipedia page for her soon. This might be an old photo of her wearing a uniform: http://www.hkt48.jp/profile/fuchigami_mai.html If you still aren't satisfied, just Google "渕上舞" to see more. An amazing fact: Mai's hometown (Fukuoka Prefecture) is extremely close to Miho's hometown (Kumamoto City in Kumamoto Prefecture). People in that part of Japan speak with an accent that is quite different from that in Tokyo or Osaka. So Mai is the perfect voice actress for Miho. See "Kyushu Japanese" here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dialects |
okanaganNov 15, 2012 10:51 PM
| ^ Girls und Panzer has the potential for break-out for a bunch of newer seiyuu faces including Mai Fuchigami (her previous well-known role is only Maekawa from Denpa Onna) and Ikumi Nakagami (who voiced the popular Yukari Akiyama but before GnP had never voiced any role other than nameless characters). More information about the characters' name: Miho's last name Nishizumi is named after a famous tank commander in WWII Japan (who also came from Kumamoto). The names of the student council are all fruit names, Anzu=Apricot; Momo=Peach; Yuzu=Yuzu ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu ) The names of the volleyball team members are derived from the names of the members from the Olympic gold-medal women volleyball team of Japan The names of the first-year team members are derived from the names of the members from the national women soccer team of Japan which won the Women Soccer World Cup last year. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
AiCon said: Momoiro is actually "peach color" which of course is just one type of pink color. For pink color, the Japanese word is "pinku ピンク"I thought that momo is pink in Japanese since momoiro means pink color? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| The five Ankou team voice actresses: Miho   Mai Fuchigami 渕上舞Saori   Ai Kayano 茅野 愛衣Hana   Mami Ozaki 尾崎真実Yukari   Ikumi Nakagami 中上育実Mako   Yuka Iguchi 井口裕香 |
okanaganNov 16, 2012 2:32 AM
| ^ The photos of Nakagami and Ozaki above were taken in an advance screening event of ep.1 back on Sep 23rd (in a cinema in Toyosu district in Tokyo) http://www.koepota.jp/news/2012/09/28/0204.html Note that they were wearing the tournament uniform worn by the girls thy voiced in the anime. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| I would like the Seitokai to be main leads instead. Anzuuuuu ftw! |
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| Thanks for this. I was wondering where to put my update. okanagan said: I wonder if it is a coincidence that my favorite characters are Miho (Mai Fuchigami), Mako (Yuka Iguchi) and Saori (Ai Kayano) also happen to be the cutest ones of the cast? lolThe five Ankou team voice actresses: Miho Mai Fuchigami 渕上舞Saori Ai Kayano 茅野 愛衣Hana Mami Ozaki 尾崎真実Yukari Ikumi Nakagami 中上育実Mako Yuka Iguchi 井口裕香 |
IconicNov 16, 2012 12:48 PM
| ^ Thank you AiCon for your response. Everybody, please do your own Google Image search to find the best photos of each of them. I chose these photos mostly on the basis of pixel size in order to fit onto the web page. I also showed the Japanese names to make it easy for everybody to search on Google. However, I think that AiCon's choice of the three cutest (可愛い / かわいい / kawaii) girls might be correct. It is remarkable how much the actresses visually resemble the characters. I really like Hana. She is "cool" (格好いい / かっこいい / kakkoii) as opposed to "cute". Note that she is the tallest at 163 cm (5 foot 4). Normally tall is "cool" as opposed to "cute". You could also say that Hana is "elegant" or "refined". More specifically, Hana is a kind of woman which Japanese call Yamato Nadeshiko (大和撫子). I think that her voice actress does a remarkably good job of capturing this. 大和 means "Japan" and 撫子 is a certain kind of flower. Yukari might not be cute and she might not be cool. However, she can pick up a 75 mm shell and lock it into the gun breech at lightning speed. A lot of men might find that a huge turn-on. |
okanaganNov 16, 2012 4:31 PM
okanagan said: I dispute that :)Yukari might not be cute and she might not be cool. okanagan said: I added her to my Favorite Characters list two weeks ago.However, she can pick up a 75 mm shell and lock it into the gun breech at lightning speed. A lot of men might find that a huge turn-on. symbv said: To prepare for the "Anko Festival" this weekend, the trains and buses in Ooarai now get Girls und Panzer look: I'm going to Japan day after tomorrow, and now I'm VERY upset I'm going to be very far away from Ooarai. |
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| Not-bad recap. Stll lol'd at that dance btw :D Oh, and is there already a MAL entry for this one? |
| ^ Thanks, didn't notice that :D |
| It was a nice Recap, adding some information about the tanks and the other characters was cool |
| Tomorrow (i.e. Sunday, November 18th) is the Ankou Festival in Ooarai. The five voice actresses will be there. All of the details are here (in Japanese) http://girls-und-panzer.jp/carnival.html I am really hoping that some GaruPan fans will be there and post some video for us to see. |
| I'm not a fan of recap episodes, but giving some background on the girls and the tanks was a good idea. I still want more of Rommel-chan and the rest of her group. |
| This tweet just came out from the official GaruPan Twitter account ( https://twitter.com/garupan ) 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント @garupan 【ガールズ＆パンツァー】明日「あんこう祭り」にお越しになる方、お気をつけてお越し下さい！町のお祭りですので、アニメを知らない一般の方も大勢いらっしゃいます！是非節度と広い心を持ち、イベントをお楽しみ頂きますよう、宜しくお願いします！ If you are coming to the Girls & Panzer appearance tomorrow at the Ankou Festival, please travel safely. Note that this is a town festival and that many of the local people may not be familiar with the anime. Please come with moderation and an open mind and enjoy the event. At the Ankou festival in Ooarai (Sunday, November 18th) they are selling special "Girls und Panzer" sake. It is a limited edition of just 1380 bottles. It costs 1500 Yen per bottle. Apparently you can only buy it at the festival. They are selling quite a lot of other limited edition stuff there: http://girls-und-panzer.at.webry.info/201211/article_12.html Looking through the items, I notice that the Student Council President (Anzu) is being featured a lot, in addition to the five Ankou team girls. So I am guessing that the GaruPan people are picking up that Anzu is a very popular character among GaruPan fans. I didn't like her at first, but now I am coming to admire her more and more. Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
NexuDec 3, 2017 12:45 PM
| Too bad it was a recap. Still, dat dance, loli council president, and a little bit of surprise (at least for me) - Yukari's fav tank is twin turreted 7tp O_o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7TP |
Ok so whats a German made "Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache" doing here? |
| That helicopter belongs to the Kuromorimine Girl's Academy (黒森峰女学院). That is the school that Miho attended last year. Miho was the Vice-Commander of their panzer team. Miho's older sister (Maho) currently attends that school and is the Commander of their panzer team. The Kuromorimine Girl's Academy was the national champion in Panzerfahren for nine years in a row. But last year they came in second for some reason. I think that Erika is the pilot. We first met her in the panzer-themed cafe in Episode 5. In the window behind the pilot you can see Mako is sitting there. |
okanaganNov 17, 2012 8:58 AM
Nasty001 said: Ok so whats a German made "Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache" doing here? Based on the writing on the side, it's from Maho's (black forest) school, if that is any help. It is keeping within their German WWII motif. Probably because it's rare and cool looking. After all this is a Tank Otaku's dream animation (isn't it perfect that Yukari liked the 7tp, only a true tank otaku would have even known about it's existence). |
| It is very early in the morning in Japan right now, and here are the first official tweets today from the GaruPan people: 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント @garupan おはようございます。本日はいよいよ大洗あんこう祭です。昨夜大洗に泊まったガルパンキャストとスタッフは既に活動を開始。みんなで楽しいイベントにしましょう ! Good morning. Today, finally, is the Ankou Festival in Ooarai. The cast and staff, who stayed here overnight last night, have already started working. Everybody enjoy the event ! 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント @garupan 現地は雲ひとつない快晴。風も無く最高の天気です。観光がてら、是非大洗へ！ The weather here is sunny and clear. Calm winds. Come out to Ooarai for a look ! - - - - - - - Here is a photo posted online yesterday by the Ooarai Tourist Association. My guess is that it was taken inside the top of the 60-meter-tall Marine Tower (大洗のマリンタワー). They showed the Marine Tower during the urban battle when they were fighting against Gloriana at 09:20 in Episode 4. The Marine Tower is right next to the place where the two giants ships were moored. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A74ZD1YCYAA3D05.jpg:large |
okanaganNov 17, 2012 2:45 PM
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