Okay so, be warned of spoilers.
I liked this anime, truly I did. The anime is about a girl who used to practice this sport of tanks, but she quit suddenly when she failed to beat her sister during a competition. The reason she lost was because one of her teammates in the competition could have died, if she did not help them/her escape from the tank. Anyways, present time. The new village she just moved into, just decided to get into the whole 'Competition'. The reason why, is if they lose (Again I think.) their school has to close down. So the MC and
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her friends decide to go into the tank sport, and give it their all. Such as duking it out with girls from all over, America, Britain, Russia, to finally the MC's older sister.
The only thing that was enjoyable about this anime, was the Anglerfish dance. Katyusha was also another reason why I watched this anime, the small, but great, loli, Russian girl. She was roughly the best girl from the entire anime, but other than that, I just got sidetracked from it a bit.
Most of the beginning part of the anime, was the training. But at times they also would be searching for Panzers. The rest of the anime, is the MC and her pals working together to fight the other countries' girls. However, I faced a problem with the anime when first watching it. A Panzer, was inside of a submarine-like boat. Just how did it get in there? And how did they get it out? That was my major problem at first.
I do believe they might have probably cut a hole through that part of the boat/submarine, and crowded everyone in the Panzer. But if you think about it, that's logically impossible. We're talking about steel like, that can only be melted of sorts. Unless they had a blow torch and did all that, it would be logically impossible to pull that Panzer out of that Submarine. My memory could be off, they probably did say how to get it out of there, or they probably showed the way they got it out. But seriously, they just say "WELL WE FOUND ANOTHER PANZER" and it was never mentioned of again.
The anime style is also unique, but it's that part of where you notice (If you watched Strike Witches) that the anime itself was also made by the creators of Strike Witches. So this intrigued me, and I continued to watch it, and it was alright.
The story could use a bit of work. Yes, I understand "B-B-BUT THEIR SCHOOL FACING ULTIMATE EN-" We already went through that before. Most anime could have done that before Girls Und Panzer. I get it. But I thought the end was a bit cheesy.
Yes, the ending. We already have enough anime with the whole "GOOD ENDING." They could have done the whole "NOPE, BAD ENDING, SCHOOL DED" and then done something for a 'good' end at least. But oh well, most anime use the overused "NOPE, GOOD END IS BEST."
The characters, sure they were understandable at times, but most of them weren't, because we only got like. One moment of their back story. Most of them however, we had no back story at all. An example, Katyusha. We had no back story from her at all, except from learning "WELP, SHE GOT IN THE FINALS CLOSE ENOUGH TO MC'S SISTER, GOOD BEST CHARACTER." Out of all the characters, Katyusha, the Britain girls, and some others were good. However, most of them. You had no clue what they were doing at all. And had no clue whether they were truly important to the plot or not. And the voices of the characters of the anime are good enough, I think they fit the role of the characters, which is why I think they suited the characters surprisingly well.
Enjoyment now is quite hard. At times I would often get bored from watching the anime, but it was kind of killing you while waiting for the anime episode to end. Even when you were on the last episodes, you would be wondering "OHGODWHO'SGONNAWIN?" even when you would know the MC would win. It's not that shocking, but it was an alright anime. Some moments felt not needed, most moments felt needed as well. But that's the enjoyment you can get out of an anime, most likely.
And finally, the sound. The sound actually sounds very good during this anime, the tanks moving, the ammo being shot from the tanks. It's all very good. It's not the best, that's for sure, but it's still good. At times you can hear them walking also, and I think that really counted for the time inside of the Submarine.
Overall the things I reviewed. I enjoyed this anime anyways. I enjoyed some of the characters, mostly Katyusha. But I really do know that some of the things could have been worked on. But I give the anime an 8.1/10. It's not the best anime, but I would recommend it anyone to watch it at least.
Jul 10, 2013
Girls & Panzer
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Okay so, be warned of spoilers.
I liked this anime, truly I did. The anime is about a girl who used to practice this sport of tanks, but she quit suddenly when she failed to beat her sister during a competition. The reason she lost was because one of her teammates in the competition could have died, if she did not help them/her escape from the tank. Anyways, present time. The new village she just moved into, just decided to get into the whole 'Competition'. The reason why, is if they lose (Again I think.) their school has to close down. So the MC and ... |
