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[Insanegame27]

Taking up Girls Und Panzer after finishing Katawa Shoujo (Haven't done all routes, just Liiy and failed spectacularly by getting Kenji) and I need a break from the feels.

[itisnotlogical]

I finally started watching Madoka, after most people have given up trying to get me to watch it. Just finished the first episode.

Spoiler: Random thoughts (click to show/hide)

I'm kinda annoyed that everybody has the same height/weight/shape and is mostly distinguished by eyes/hair style/accessories, but it's anime, whaddya gonna do. The actual animation is very good, I hardly saw any looped sequences, and there were no "camera pointing away from the person who is moving and therefore has to be animated" moments.

Kyubey must have been designed for plushies.

I'm getting a very Bleach vibe from the plot. I'm hoping it's not like Bleach because I freaking hate that show.

The magical world or whatever, with the mustache monsters, looks very cool. I'm hoping it stays weird and unexplained.

Could Homura be any more of a generic villain?

[Orange Wizard]

Could Homura be any more of a generic villain?

Absolutely.

[Reelya]

I'm getting a very Bleach vibe from Madoka's plot. I'm hoping it's not like Bleach because I freaking hate that show.

For a reference point, it might be worth checking out at least the first couple of episodes of the original Sailor Moon, in case you've never seen that. Many of the elements of Madoka are in reference to that.

[Insanegame27]

Are there any ways to download Girls und Panzer for free? I'm poor and have a 1-hour bus ride morning and afternoon.

[Orange Wizard]

Are there any ways to download Girls und Panzer for free? I'm poor and have a 1-hour bus ride morning and afternoon.

Streaming is pretty much your only option unless you want to go the piracy route AFAIK.

[Twinwolf]

I finally started watching Madoka, after most people have given up trying to get me to watch it. Just finished the first episode.

Spoiler: Random thoughts (click to show/hide)

I'm kinda annoyed that everybody has the same height/weight/shape and is mostly distinguished by eyes/hair style/accessories, but it's anime, whaddya gonna do. The actual animation is very good, I hardly saw any looped sequences, and there were no "camera pointing away from the person who is moving and therefore has to be animated" moments.

Kyubey must have been designed for plushies.

I'm getting a very Bleach vibe from the plot. I'm hoping it's not like Bleach because I freaking hate that show.

The magical world or whatever, with the mustache monsters, looks very cool. I'm hoping it stays weird and unexplained.

Could Homura be any more of a generic villain?

Watch to about episode 3-4, that's generally when people decide if they like the show or not.

[Insanegame27]

Oh good Lord, Girls und Panzer is hilarious!

[i2amroy]

Are there any ways to download Girls und Panzer for free? I'm poor and have a 1-hour bus ride morning and afternoon.

Streaming is pretty much your only option unless you want to go the piracy route AFAIK.

You could always like, open it up on Crunchyroll and just watch all the ads for each episode, then download it once from a less... legitimate site and delete it after a single watch.

I finally started watching Madoka, after most people have given up trying to get me to watch it. Just finished the first episode.

Watch to about episode 3-4, that's generally when people decide if they like the show or not.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is where I'm supposed to start dropping random evil ominous laughs right?

[Furtuka]

Caught up and finished S1 of Iron Blooded Orphans yesterday. Am impressed with McGillis. He's looking to possibly turn out as the Char-iest Char to have Chared since Char!

[Insanegame27]

Well, disregard my last. It's 3:23 in the morning here and I've just finished Girls und Panzer. Beutiful, sheer beauty.

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I did notice that in one episode (8ish?) the mechanics were all excited about drifting in the Tiger. Then when they drift the PZ IV I'm just sitting there, nodding my head.


It was actually a GIF posted here of that drift (I think over in FG&RP) that got me into this anime and I LOVE it! Anime children driving WW2 tanks, what next?


Also. Maus fight. Nuff said.

Really wishing for a second season, but then again I haven't looked fo for all I know there could be a second season.

[Trapezohedron]

theres no season 2. There are a bunch of OVA and a sequel film though.

[Reelya]

Sent you a pm, Insanegame27, about what GuP stuff there is and where to look for it. Technically all the extras add up to 12 episodes worth of stuff, but only about half of it counts as new story material:

Bonus material: 6 x 10 minute mini-stories, a 40 minute episode for the missing Anzio battle, and 6 x 10 minute eps of "Yukari's Tank Corner": a narrated historical account of the team's tanks. Plus another 4 x 10 minutes of picture dramas, but nobody has ever translated these. "Bonus" episodes 5.5 and 10.5 were aired because of production delays, but they're just narrated recaps and character introductions, using spliced footage from the previous episodes.

If you want more story, maybe try out some of the different spin-off mangas. They add up to 18 volumes worth.

Additionally, the GuP movie played in cinemas just before Christmas, but there's no news of a DVD release at this moment.

[Gentlefish]

...Wow, I like Gate. I'm waiting on a confirmation for a third season because they're really good at cliffhangers.

All the monster girls and explosions, man. I have some issues with sexism, but that's what you get in a dark-ages themed thing. The Japanese have a pretty dark view on the European Medieval ages.

[Reelya]

I don't think season 2 had a cliffhanger compared to season 1. It's meant to go either way now, sequel or no sequel, and deliberately had some "happily ever after" themes at the end and a "full circle" theme, too.

One thing that annoys me is why JSDF so OP, and there's powerful magic in this new world, yet that magic is only ever enlisted on the JSDF side. That's basically the author trying to have his cake and eat it at the same time. The baddies are 1-dimensional pure evil to justify their routine slaughter, yet they are just as dumbfounded by the appearance of magic (which is native to their world) as they are by high tech. So they need to be both pure frothing evil dictators, yet somehow not able to utilize the local magic tech whatsoever in their continent-shaking wars that have occurred. That makes no sense at all: many wizards should have flocked to protect their own countries in times of war over the centuries when they were threatened. Another thing is that there's a pretty robust gender divide here. Almost all the baddies are men, and the JSDF allies are women. The only exception is that one evil woman-behind-the-throne person, but she's much like a Disney Evil Queen/Wicked Witch type of character.