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[Reelya]

You forgot Afghanistan on that last bit but no one conquers Afghanistan unless you're the Mongols.

Alexander the Great?

Well considering that Alexander invaded it because it was part of the Persian Empire, we need to go look up what was going on there. Darius I of the Persian Achaemenid Empire also qualifies as a conqueror of Afghanistan.

[Orange Wizard]

It's kind of hard to say that far back, really. The Medes had controlled the area but were replaced by the Persians a few centuries later - whether there was an actual invasion or re-integration kind of thing is anyone's guess.
Before that, probably just neolithic tribes rather than actual civilisation, unless the Indus Valley dudes managed to get that far west. When the Medes came along it might well have been some sort of displacement or even peaceful colonisation.

[Reelya]

IDK, there wasn't really a long time between the death of Darius and the invasion of Alexander - 150 year separate these two events, and the Medes only appear to have controlled the region for a short time. So we can consider that the population make up in Afghanistan was broadly similar between the invasions of Darius and Alexander.

Darius I created 5 separate military commands (satraps) over the Afghan region, which is similar to what Alexander had to do, with creating many garrisons. I doubt that if it was some easily governed and lightly populated region that it would have been subdivided by Darius into 5 commands.

[Orange Wizard]

Eh, fair. I'm certainly not an expert. I was mostly saying it's really hard to tell how much invading was going on prior to Darius.

[hector13]

Had to check what thread I was reading

[Twinwolf]

Watching Girls und Panzer for the first time with Sprin

Rather than posting the whole log, I'll just put the highlights here under a spoiler.

I really need to watch this, don't I?

Yep.

[Furtuka]

The ending of Concrete Revolutio was wonderful. Even though things got a little rushed, in the end it managed to perfectly cap off all its themes and purpose, and match its status as one of the most unique and ambitious projects we've seen in recent years. The whole thing was a spectacular roller coaster ride of fun, JUSTICE, 70s culture and history references, and making you actually think about its themes and content. This show's made its way to being one of my favorite anime of all time.

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In other news, UQ Holder has been announced to be getting an anime adaptation, and will be moving to a monthly schedule on a different magazine in November.

[MagmaMcFry]

I've been watching the same damn episode of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya for three hours. You know the one.

But finally, I'M FREEEEEEEE! The plot shall now continue.

[Reelya]

I'm sorta confused now whether you mean the movie or the Endless Eight arc. Both are about three hours long. "Same damn episode ... you know the one" really sounds like a reference to Endless Eight, but Disappearance only refers to the movie (and a single novel from the series). "Melancholy" is the first novel, and the series title as a whole.

[Karnewarrior]

Spoiler: Girls Und Panzer 7-9 (click to show/hide)

Sprin: fuck the post office tho
Sprin: TOO MUCH
Karnewarrior: I want you to say nothing until we start watching GuP
Karnewarrior: just to make sure that quote makes it in

Karnewarrior: nice cargo pants there jonah hill

Sprin: If you can drive a tank you cand dodge a ball
Karnewarrior: what
Karnewarrior: those two skills have nothing to - *hit by tankball

Sprin: you beat AMERICA
Sprin: the rest are going to be a cake walk
Karnewarrior: What you bet the frogland tanks are going to be shrek in a sheep costume?
Sprin: Ide accept that wager

Sprin: Tanks float

Karnewarrior: 0
Karnewarrior: 0000.0
Sprin: wait
Sprin: .00000001
Sprin: manhunk looked at her once
Karnewarrior: MASTER OF LOVE

Sprin: Whats with the preschoolers inside the fucking engine room

Sprin: why is murderface ringtone a cow
Sprin: why did I write cow
Sprin: cat*
Karnewarrior: cat
Karnewarrior: CAT GOES MOO
Karnewarrior: COW GOES MEOW

Sprin: momo has like
Sprin: ero chest
Sprin: zero*
Karnewarrior: yes she does
Karnewarrior: YES SHE DOES
Karnewarrior: YUM
Sprin: Wow

Sprin: maybe it was so shit
Sprin: they just sat there like
Sprin: Da faq's a tank
Karnewarrior: Well
Karnewarrior: They are italians

Karnewarrior: HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THAT HIPPOS ASS

Karnewarrior: Monocle. Explain why we need total victory so badly?
Karnewarrior: Besides your roid rage

Sprin: Pro mud wrestling
Karnewarrior: pro-mud wrestling
Sprin: Thats
Karnewarrior: T_T
Sprin: thats a school thing now
Sprin: I approve

Sprin: I ship her with gendo

Karnewarrior: Does Rena here have a injury fetish
Karnewarrior: because if so I might break my arm
Sprin: Do you get a purple heart for that?

Sprin: HOLY SHIT
Karnewarrior: WOW
Karnewarrior: NICE ICE SAMURAI
Sprin: THEY SHOULD BE SCULPTERS
Sprin: AND MAKE MONEY

Sprin: Who's her voice actor
Sprin: gilbert godfrey's daughter

Karnewarrior: "You think you could go on recon-"
Karnewarrior: *Brown is already doing flips out of the tank"

Sprin: That thing got shrekt faster then the italians
Sprin: and thats saying something

These episodes didn't have quite as much opportunity for comedy as the previous few, but the few that were were funny.

And then there was the (attempted) Pun hurricane. Sprin was having NONE of it.

Spoiler: WARNING: Chilled for your pleasure (click to show/hide)

Karnewarrior: This loli is cold as ice
Sprin: OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sprin: PLOT
Sprin: PLOT
Sprin: PLOT
Karnewarrior: Man, that was
Karnewarrior: cold
Sprin: Whats with the brits watching all their matches?
Sprin: Who's her voice actor
Sprin: gilbert godfrey's daughter
Karnewarrior: ok, she needs to give the parrot from alladin his voice actor back
Karnewarrior: we said the same shit
Karnewarrior: XD
Sprin: gg
Sprin: Russias
Sprin: is gana rek them like stalingrad
Karnewarrior: They're about to get Iced
Sprin: thats cold

Sprin: This is catchy
Karnewarrior: Russians can jam
Karnewarrior: I guess you could say they just
Sprin: Yeah man
Karnewarrior: are really Chill
Sprin: boooooo
Karnewarrior: What, did that joke go cold?

Karnewarrior: TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK
Sprin: TANK
Sprin: TAAAAAAAAAAANK
Sprin: TANK TANK TANK
Sprin: TANANANANANANK
Sprin: READY
Karnewarrior: I Have to TANK you for suggesting this series
Sprin: boooooo
Karnewarrior: I guess that joke just tanked
Sprin: Go suck a german blitzkrieg
Karnewarrior: .....aaaaaand we are done
Karnewarrior: Nice job there, Yuno

[MagmaMcFry]

I'm sorta confused now whether you mean the movie or the Endless Eight arc. Both are about three hours long. "Same damn episode ... you know the one" really sounds like a reference to Endless Eight, but Disappearance only refers to the movie (and a single novel from the series). "Melancholy" is the first novel, and the series title as a whole.

I mean the Endless Eight, but apparently the second season is called the Disappearance where I'm watching.

[Twinwolf]

I haven't gotten to that point in the anime. When I do is it safe to skip the majority of those episodes besides the first and last, or is there something plot important that happens in between?

[Reelya]

I'm sorta confused now whether you mean the movie or the Endless Eight arc. Both are about three hours long. "Same damn episode ... you know the one" really sounds like a reference to Endless Eight, but Disappearance only refers to the movie (and a single novel from the series). "Melancholy" is the first novel, and the series title as a whole.

I mean the Endless Eight, but apparently the second season is called the Disappearance where I'm watching.

That's not correct. Season 1 and 2 are both called Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. (Melancholy). The movie is called Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (Disappearance). There are no TV episodes under that title, because it's the title of the specific novel that the movie covers in it's entirety.

I haven't gotten to that point in the anime. When I do is it safe to skip the majority of those episodes besides the first and last, or is there something plot important that happens in between?

You could get away with watching the first and last episode, plus pick a random one from the middle, and get the experience, sort of. But you'd be missing out on a entirely unique anime experience you could never really have again. Each of the episodes has completely different animation. As you can see from this one minute video showing Kyon's little sister telling Kyon to get the phone in all 8 episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAEd17Tdro

[Atian the Elephantman God]

What Summer animus are you guys looking forward to?

[Cruxador]

You forgot Afghanistan on that last bit but no one conquers Afghanistan unless you're the Mongols.

Alexander the Great?

He's literally where the "graveyard of empires" meme started.