More seriously, this anime is something of a mixed bag. If you're looking for a strong story and complex characters, you're going to be disappointed. On the other, if you're mainly interested in the tank battles and an average story with cute girls, this show will be fantastic. The tanks are the main premise that this anime is built and falls on, and it does it remarkably well.
In contrast to other works in the mecha musume genre (e.g "Strike Witches," "Upotte!!," etc.) this anime is mostly free from fanservice, which was much appreciated.
Unfortunately, the anime falls flat on both story & characters. The story is a bland, generic sports plot line where a ragtag team of underdogs goes up against teams with much more experience and better equipment, and come out winning on sheer force of perseverance. Were it not for the tanks, this would likely be just another generic sports anime.
Some of the background characters such as Erwin and Caesar (history nerds nicknamed after Erwin Rommel and Julius Caesar respectively) are memorable, and I honestly wish the anime had been centered around them. The main characters are easily forgettable, despite attempts to get us to sympathize and relate to them.
But this anime is about tanks, so what about tanks, you might ask? The thing that saves this anime from being a generic sports anime is the tanks. They're bloody fantastic. They really did their jobs researching the various tanks and putting them into the anime. As a history nerd, I've got to appreciate the massive amount of detail they put into the various vehicles, from the American Sherman, to the German StuG, and even the Italian P40. It gets such a high rating in art from me primarily because of how much detail was put into the tanks.
If you're a history nerd or someone interested in armored fighting vehicles, this anime is the one for you. But if you're primarily interested in plot and characters, this probably isn't going to do it for you.
