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| On a side note, I wonder if we will see any male teams. I know there was a rumor going on stating there is a rule preventing men from using tanks, but on my reviews in Ep 10 at the 14:36 Mark you can see male Soldiers on tanks fighting WW2, also there is References in the story about Rommel and other WW2 Generals. So I'm wondering if thats been thrown out of the canon (even though it was more of an opinion) and there is a males version, as in all the schools are devided alone sexual grounds as would be the Tourny unless there is some grand World Championship, or a co-ed Division. In fact that might be a neat take for a S2. |
| WOW. Didnt expect that i would enjoy the anime as much as i am right now when i first started watching the show. But im glad it turned out the way it did. The series was really well done in story and its fun to see the girls themselves having fun. The quality of the final episode is really good. 10/10 for me. Enjoyed every episode of it. |
| Panzer Vor! Holy Shit? This is awesome? Just how much money they put in to make these 2 episodes... It's just awesome... There's nothing more exciting than *Moe 2-D Bishoujo* playing with tanks orz. Seriously such a great series. |
| Amazing last episode for such a great series. I'm a mecha fan overall, but I never thought an tank action anime would be as awesome as this. 5/5 for the episode and 10/10 for the series. Best moe show ever. So glad I gave this a try, I would take a season 2 anytime! On a highlight about the episode: that scene with the Tiger P blocking the passage will be stuck in my mind now... |
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| Just when I was posting my message I got logged again and completely forgot to copy it. Sigh Anyway, I finally got to watch it subbed. The battles were the best. M3 using the technique from Kelly's heroes was awesome. They really improved a lot from last time. And Saki finally talked! But only once thought. Congratulations to Miho and team Oorai for winning and saving their school. This will remain as one the best animes I've watch of 2012. Crossing my fingers for a second season. |
| Unexpectedly satisfied with this, did not think i was going to enjoy this as much as i did. From the drifting part to them taking out the Maus 5/5 on the episode and 8/10 for the show |
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| Perfect Episode!!! The way how the team took the Maus out was so creative and interesting!! There was a lot of action especially in the final showdown between Miho's and Maho's Team. Brilliant strategies to take out Maho's platoon forces. Art: 9/10 Story: 9/10 Characters: 9/10 Music: 9/10 Overall Rating: 9/10 This series was one of the best in the Fall 2012 season in my opinion and each episode kept me entertained and excited. I like how they made use of German and Russian songs throughout the matches in the tournament. This series is very successful in many ways and I've heard that the sales are doing extremely brilliant. I would definitely want to see a Second Season for this series as this has a lot of potential and has a lot of options for plot content for a promising sequel series. Episode Rating: 5/5 PANZER VOR!!! |
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| This episode was really, really good. I seriously would like to see a second Season now. |
| Panzer Vor!!! Love this show so much. Great final episode. Season 2, please. |
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| i'm really speechless while watching this ep.. such a great art, detail, and conclusion to this battle.. great finale for great series.. really worth waiting for nearly 3 months.. didn't expect this anime to be this good at start... but this anime surpasses my expectation... 5/5 for finale 9/10 for the series... now i need season 2.. please it will in next summer line-up!!!!!! |
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| Great final episode, great anime :D The level isn't high enough to get 9/10 though. Nothing wrong with that, mind you, it was plenty enjoyable and I will probably rewatch it a few times in the future. That's why on enjoyment alone it gets a very strong 8/10 in my book. Would gladly see more episodes if they kept the current level of entertainment (which is the biggest problem when it comes to sequels). Also, the more episodes I watched, the more convinced I was that the alternative name of "World of Tanks: The anime" was perfect for this series xD (Currently have PzIV, StuG III and P38(t) in my hangar ;) Slowly working on Tiger (P)) Also: Now I would like to ask for this anime only with warplanes. And by warplanes I mean warplanes, not some magic crap without pants. |
MauroxMar 26, 2013 11:07 AM
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nseika said: Is the motor for turret that strong ? Seems like the 89 tried hard to keep their position against the turret movement. Even if they're comparatively lighter than other tank, they still weight tonnes, plus the friction between metals Magito said: And that's just a stray bullet right ? ^^;The Panzer III behind it was like, "Hahaha! You can' hit me!" BANG! *gets hit* What happened to the tank that fall to the ditch (Elephant?) is painful to look at. It's like seeing finger snapped backward… No, the Elefant was the one they got first by firing point blank into the rear. The one they pulled the classic hollywood cliff on was the Jagdtiger. And yeah, the thing weighs in at 71.7 tonnes (fun fact: that's about 10% more than the heaviest current tank), so it wouldn't matter how it landed. Even if it had landed upright, you'd see flying drive wheels and what not. And the turret motors for German heavy tanks were overtaxed, so they were very generous there, and not just for the Maus. The Tiger was also known for having a rather slow turret traverse. |
| It's a shame this anime is already over luckily there still a few specials out there but only a few episodes. This was a very nice anime learned a lot about tanks because of this spend some time on Wikipedia and such looking up all the models. The action and story where pretty nice as well and it's also a good thing there wasn't much fan service for ones which made this anime better then expected. The characters and focus on Japanese culture was also very nice. |
| Why didn't they move that Tiger (P) into the tunner? Than enemy might have problem with going above it - but still it was a great moment. Nice to see other team members in action - part with Jagdtiger was adorable. And of course that ending with Miho's mother. 9/10 - it was worth of waiting for those last two episodes :) what really surprised me here was lack of any pantyshots, weird jokes only panzer-porn. Most welcome here and I do hope for more series like this to come. Only what they will show than? We already had most of tanks from WW2 - at least those that were useful (minus Maus) so fight with other teams with random types might be interesting. Or some lesser known, let's say Sturmtiger and going into "WTF is this area" K-Wagen or Lebedenko Tank (ok neither of them was really tested but especially second one looks awesome). |
| Was I the only one who thought of this? Anyway, s2 announcement where |
symbv said: I especially love how in this episode it gives everyone in Oorai school to shine, particularly the first year students! And the epilogue is so gracefully done, covering every characters outside the Oorai school, from other competitors to the girls' family, even wrapping up the relation between Maho and Sodoko! Two of my favorite scenes: KAICHO-SAMA !!!  LOL MOMO and SAKI  just noticed that lmao. this was truly a great series. The sneaky little attacks, their reactions, how they talked, what they said, the characters, the animation, the story, the voices, i loved everything about Girls Und Panzer. I will be expecting for a season 2. :D |
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| Awesome conclusion to this series. Some really nice strategies on their part! :D The show started off a little slow, but they really made up for it in the later matches. 8/10. |
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Takuan_Soho said: You might be right - as their teacher was using modern tank if I recall.Well, the Maus opened the door to prototypes, and there are a lot of prototypes out there they could use. German, Japanese, Soviet, British, and American. I have a feeling we will see those. Alternatively, the WWII fetish may only be for high school, international competitions could have different rules allowing more modern tanks. So maybe they will go that way, still modern tanks are boring - there is little of 20's till 40's crazy ideas like multiple turrets or Ratte-kind abominations. But for now we just have to wait and have faith in creativity of staff, so far they did great job. |
pokpokza said: Anime only 100/10. Anime + commie German Russain sub = infinity/10 You said it all! |
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| It was surprisingly far from being one of the worst anime of this fall season. I can see that it was done with a lot of dedication, the animation was really great, those tank fights were amazing, a delight to the eyes. Unfortunately, when you get past the gimmick, you see that what truly happened in this anime was nothing to write home about, it was just a very classic sports anime. But overall, it was a nice experience. 6/10. |
| dat panzer dorifto. omygod.gif that shit was epiccc. u might be cool, but youll never be panzer drifting cool. LULZ mako being late 250 times. her words afterwords HNGGGG dat emotion. fucking lol @ her grandma dancing roflmao wtf |
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SetsukoHara said: It was surprisingly far from being one of the worst anime of this fall season. I can see that it was done with a lot of dedication, the animation was really great, those tank fights were amazing, a delight to the eyes. Unfortunately, when you get past the gimmick, you see that what truly happened in this anime was nothing to write home about, it was just a very classic sports anime. But overall, it was a nice experience. 6/10. My thoughts exactly. It was enjoyable but 6/10 is the best I could give it. |
VioLinkMar 26, 2013 5:13 PM
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| Perfect ending. Just perfect. When this show first aired, I didn't expect to like it THIS much. It was so under the radar with low expectations, yet here we are months later and it's one of the most successful shows last season. I really hope we get a second season. I don't know how they'll do it, but it's up to the writers to make it happen! Overall, this was one of the most surprising 10/10 for me. Loved it. The battles were done brilliantly, and all the characters worked well together. |
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| Soo Goood!!! This series was amazing. I cant think of a single show where i love all the characters other than this one. I didn't like that it went on such a long break but the ending was still grade A stuff |
| I just logged in to say I think this show it's so far the AOTY for me, unless Railgun S or some show are really good, it will be VERY difficult to surpass this anime for me. I love tanks, and I think in the end all the characters were necessarily to win. Even the last team who protected the flag tank by pure luck at the start of the last battle. Would like to see more of Miho in her previous school. An OVA would be fine. And obviously I'm expecting a S2; however, it seems to me the writing was too perfect, I doubt they could surpass themselves. And Mako was awesome. So was the president. 10/10. I even think the time they made us wait for was to study and scheme the best battle tank ever in an anime. |
| i think of all the shows ive watched in the past couple seasons, this had the most satisfying ending. Even if you disliked the rest of the show you have to admit that this episode was incredible! |
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| Well that ending turned this from an 8 to a 9 for me. Normally I'm not a great fan for cgdct shows, but this was the exception. I think it was largely due to the thrill of seeing classic WW2 tanks in action and the marching songs. |
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| Fuck that ship is huge. Certainly worth waiting all that time for the last two episodes. They did a good job polishing things out. I'll definitely keep my eye out for any new animated content. Might even pick up some memorabilia if I come across any. |
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| I lol'ed when Mako's grandma started dancing. Aww...Momo cried tears of joy. And she cried a lot. lol I'm gonna marathon the series when my vacation finally starts! |
| Average series, nothing really outstanding about it. Wouldn't mind a second season if they did one though. 7/10. |
TyrelMar 26, 2013 10:03 PM
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| I'm so stupidly happy when watching this show it's worrying. Also... WHAT SORCERY IS THIS |
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okanagan said: Physics was evident from the first episode, but not necessarily in every frame. There's a neat moment when the Mk. IV is leading the way and all of the characters open their hatches and come up for air. Just then, the tank dips, causing their bodies to sway. Then, when the peel off into Operation Sneak, all the tanks show the effects. But there are some moments where they racing along early in this scene, where there isn't any effect.Yngtadpole asked: Did they always have the tanks leaning and shifting their weight distribution as they turned or braked and accelerated like they did in this episode? I never noticed it before.... Understandably, not all of the Laws of Physics were represented in the same level of detail in every scene. I recall several months ago seeing a tweet from Tsutomu Mizushima in which he said he was extremely happy with the animation of the tank suspension in some of the recent work of the animators. So that shows that the state of the art seems to have been evolving as the series progressed. I would want to check again, but my impression is that the first scene of the series with all of the tanks on the rocky road did not take trouble with the details of the tank suspension. However, we were all dazzled by many other things, so I am not complaining at all. The first time that I can clearly remember a scene in which they evidently were careful to show realistic operation of the suspension was in the scene where Mako parked a tank in the tank shed. It was not her tank. One of the other teams were having trouble driving their tank. So Mako helped them out. Mako did an excellent job of parking the tank, and it shuddered just a bit after it stopped. That subtle shaking made all of the difference in making it seem real. It is not practical to do every scene in full animation. Otherwise no anime would exist. The genius of a brilliant director like Mizushima is to constantly make us notice SOME beautiful things (such as tank suspension) so as to create the mental illusion that these things are ALWAYS happening. It's also evident in the second episode, when their instructor makes her entrance. Even the transport plane gets the treatment as it strives to maintain its equilibrium as it drops the tank off. Great episode. Great show. I really enjoyed how well they took an essentially normal school, with normal students, added some prime absurdity, and made it into an engaging, enjoyable show. I also liked how the best tankers, especially Miho, aren't supernaturally gifted. They're just brave, smart, talented, daring, have great instincts and are wonderfully daring. For what it's worth, some of those adjectives would apply to the creative team for the show. Kudos for a job well done. If they ever release the BD here, I'd pick them up (assuming reasonable pricing of course) and add to the sales volumes. I'm in for a second season as well. Update: They did actually release the BD here and while expensive, I liked the show enough to pick it up. |
MockmanFeb 13, 2014 1:38 AM
| You know, this series was a bit underwhelming for me at first. Idk what it was, maybe the concept but as the episodes progressed, I got a lot of realism from what I originally didn't get from the series. Oh yes, I'm talking about the origins of the tanks. I will say that the OP song for this series was very catchy as well as the ED song's visuals. Additionally, I thought the large cast was well done with many of the girls getting in a lot of her own highlights. Ya, the team and stuff. The intensity of the finale episode was good especially the first five minutes with business picking up right from the get-go. Well, the finale episode was pretty good imo. The action mixed in with the girls on the team and fighting in their cool tanks depicts that sense of realism which I got pretty well through. The gauntlet match in this episode was performed beautifully. That duel @ the school yard was excellent. Overall, I will give this show a 7.5/10 rating with some underwhelming episodes though. Still, a pleasant watch and quite refreshing. |
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| Great ending. Amazing animation. 5/5 As a whole this is a strong 8/10 |
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Takuan_Soho said: VioLink said: SetsukoHara said: It was surprisingly far from being one of the worst anime of this fall season. I can see that it was done with a lot of dedication, the animation was really great, those tank fights were amazing, a delight to the eyes. Unfortunately, when you get past the gimmick, you see that what truly happened in this anime was nothing to write home about, it was just a very classic sports anime. But overall, it was a nice experience. 6/10. My thoughts exactly. It was enjoyable but 6/10 is the best I could give it. My god, what insufferable bores the two of you must be in real life. If you want to criticize the animation fine, if this wasn't your cup of tea, completely understand, but please spare the world your "I am so superior" holier than art attitude. As the old Piedmont expression goes: someone pull the cork. First, everyone here knew that this was a sports animation, we talked about it the first episode, so you are not sharing anything that hasn't already been said. Second, whats wrong with a "classic sports animation" anyhow. Most stories aren't original, what makes it enjoyable is the skill in execution. Of course we all knew that Ooarai would win, but is there anyone here who on watching episodes 5, 8, and 11 had any clue how Ooarai would win? And after watching 6, 9, or 12, is there anyone here who didn't go, well damn wasn't that so cool how they pulled that off? That is execution. Wat We both said it was enjoyable. Are you serisiously crying because someone has a slightly different opinion than you? |
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| Completely overrated; 6/10 because of the moe! |
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| Nice last action packed episode was hoping for a tease of anything for a second season. 7 for pure enjoyment even though tanks aren't my thing. |
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