May 18, 2013
Well basically when I was just getting in to anime I saw a youtuber that liked this show's song 'Katyusha" I was interested with the title so I watched it . After the watching song my initial reaction was "wth?" but even though it was showing young girls driving tanks while singing a russian song I was very interested with the universe so I looked the show up on the internet. And *Bam* I found the show Girls Und Panzer. At first I thought its a generic slice of life moe anime but man I was wrong!
While I was watching the show I noticed that
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it had a World War 2-ish vibe to it but with an interesting modern touch to it. With this it had a really good opportunity for the writers to expand the lore of this unique world. Sadly this never really happens while I was watching the anime and it left a lot plot holes in the setting. Along with the setting the story is unique in concept due to the fact is "Cute Girls riding Massive World War 2 Tanks" but its pretty much mediocre overall
Now you must be wondering why I gave the show an 8? Well there are many reasons to like or even love Girls Und Panzer.
The characters at first I thought the were carbon copies of the already stereotypical slice of life personalities, which is true but the longer I watched the show the more I started to care about the characters and I felt they grew closer to me. I was actually surprised at first because they had many generic characteristics of their specific stereotype. But then I realised why I liked them very much is their undeniable charm and humour that was embedded in them.
With charming characters would come with great animation right? Well the animation quality of the characters is a typical anime standard. But when the tank battle scenes roll in its phenomenal to watch. The animation for the tanks is jerkish but this gives them a realistic feel to them while the girls drive their tanks. Plus it builds up the show's suspense when the tanks move slowly while an opponent's tank shell is heading towards them!
Along with the superb animation comes with great immersible sounds. With the characters usually driving tanks most of the time they would need a very good sound designer due to the fact that tanks are loud and noisy! Well I give kudos to them because they really executed the sound effects for the tanks very well, like the engine's sound while the tank is moving to the tank shells fired at their opponents. It gave me[hopefully you] an immersible experience even though I/you didn't ride in a tank before. Also the background track really gave a nostalgic and immersible feel like the characters were fighting in the World War 2 era but with some charming cuteness left in the heat of the battle.
With a combination of animation, story, characters and sound Girls Und Panzer is a very enjoyable anime that shouldn't be missed out by any World War 2 fanactic or by anyone. So in a nutshell go and watch this anime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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