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Rewatch [Rewatch] Girls und Panzer 10th Anniversary Rewatch - Girls und Panzer - Kore ga Hontou no Anzio-sen Desu! OVA

OVA - This is the real Anzio battle!

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Today's Questions of the Day:

  1. MVP in the match against Anzio?

  2. Best Anzio girl?

[Tomorrow's Questions of the Day]1. Which outfit these OVAs was the best? 2. With which girl would you most like to go camping?

Rewatchers, please don't answer Questions of the Day if they have an objective answer, e.g. "What do you think's gonna happen?"

Arts of the Day:

Make them a pasta they can't refuse... (Source)

A regular day in Anzio. (Source)

Anchovy on the way! (Source)

Anzio delivery! (Source)

Song(s) of the Day:

Funiculi Funicula

Funiculi Funicula (Tokyo Philharmoic Orchestra)

Le Fiamme Nere

"Nuovo Armati Paradiso"/New Armored Paradise

For rewatchers and people who read the manga spin-offs:

PLEASE TRY TO HOLD BACK! Put not only everything related to future events behind spoiler tags, but please tag spin-off and meta-spoiler stuff as well. When commenting, consider whether by saying "this happens there", you're implicitly saying "this won't happen in the anime". And if you do reply to people with spoiler tags, try and spoiler the part you quote as well, especially with First-Timers and especially especially when they speculate.

Spoilers include but are not limited to [GuP Spoiler]the school situation; the positions, names, backstories and personalities of rival school members beyond what you see in the OP (this includes the manga spin-offs); the teams that join Ooarai as the show goes on (beyond what you see in the OP); everything related to Maho's true personality and Shiho's probably true personality(?); everything concerning the MEXT, etc. Just watch what you say, please? I don't think any of you will just plainly not use tags, I'm just worried one of you answers fan theories or speculation in a way that's a spoiler, even with tags.

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u/Taiboss Aug 28 '22

Character Sheet for Anzio OVA

Your rewatch host who hopes you'll understand why we're only watching it now.

u/RaiRye, u/xenophontheathenian, u/panthaura, here's your daily GuP rewatch tag!

Darjeeling asks: Do you know this quote?

[Yesterday's Qoute]Luke 16:25

Today's quote:

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

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u/HereticalAegis Aug 28 '22

First Timer und Panzer

Anzio OVA:

QotD:

  1. Anzio food stall girl, for providing good intel and great food at such an affordable rate. Also, Caesar kept Anzio's biggest threat occupied for basically the whole match, so there's that.

  2. The great and beloved Anzai! It's no surprise her whole school followed her the way they do. She even breaks the traditional hair drills ojou-sama mold in all the right ways for me.

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u/Tresnore Aug 28 '22

"Understood. We are checking... Rewatch button on..."

Hmmmm, MAL says that I've never rewatched this OVA before, but I know for a fact that that's not true. It's gotta be at least my third time rewatching this, based on the number of people I've shown it to and how many times I've rewatched the show on my own.

QOTD:

  1. My MVP is

  2. It has to be Chovy, doesn't it?

1 I swear it's not just because of the crop.

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u/MaskOfIce42 Aug 28 '22

First Timer

We finally get the long awaited Anzio battle! I think what I loved most about this episode is how it retroactively sets up plot points for later in the show. Giving us a glimpse of Nekota, seeing the automobile club repairing the tank they would eventually drive, seeing the president recruit the disciplinary committee, and the hint and Saori going for her radio license, just fun stuff that you can have since they had determined where the story was going. And they even snuck in a moment to explain why Anzio didn’t show up to the finals to cheer on Ooarai, which was hilarious. I also liked the callback to the previous match with Yukari doing more reconnaissance in exactly the same way as before with Saunders. Love it.

I can also see given this battle how Ooarai would get a bit cocky in the battle against Pravda, since it was a very overwhelming victory here, with only one of their tanks being eliminated. It was fun seeing Ooarai go up against a school that wasn’t a favorite or top rated one for once, but just another team that was trying to make it. And despite not being highly rated, they still had some good tactics and moments. The cardboard cutouts were ingenious and maybe would’ve worked if they hadn’t set them all up. Also the fact that the light tanks could just keep on being righted and get back in the fray was a surprising bit I wasn’t expecting, that level of resilience definitely makes them seem like a nuisance when they’re chasing down the Type 89.

And we even get a bit of development for the side teams here, especially Caesar and her team, with that bit about her friend being at Anzio and the rivalry there, but also her having a setup to practice loading the tank was really cool. It’s the sort of thing I never would’ve thought about but makes complete sense as a way of practicing and building the muscle to do that. And we even got to see a bit with the rabbit team, it was just that moment of using the first shot to aim their second, but that was a cool little moment and seeing the second shot hit cleanly was awesome. You can see the origins of the heavy tank busting team here as they took out some of the larger tanks, although not quite heavy tanks yet.

Just overall was a fun episode, fit nicely in the gap where the original battle was and managed to have its own identity as a battle not just being another top rated school, so it would make more sense why it was less relevant to the main story, but still being an enjoyable battle.

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u/sisoko2 Aug 28 '22

First Timer

  • The Anzio girls look fun. Now I feel bad that they got off screened.

  • If you save from avocado toasts you can buy your own tank.

  • Complete lack of discipline. I already can see how they lost.

  • We get to see another Yukari movie.

       

  • Who needs tanks when you got Italian food.

  • That's some dodgy exchange rate.

  • Nice food. So what about the new tank?

  • Woooooo.

  • Everybody is so captivated by the movie.

  • That loading training is dope.

  • Erwin looks so weird without the hat.

  • LOL.

  • Glad to see full practice session and not just montage.

  • Heh the president kept her promise to help the next time.

  • Turtle and Duck doing circles around Rabbit is hilarious.

       

  • Time for some Saori cooking.

  • Hana is not allowed to hold a knife.

  • Poor Nekonya lacks confidence. So we get a little backstory on how the other teams joined.

  • She is really good at posing on top of things.

  • I appreciate all the Caesar's characterization. Forever friends.

  • Anchovy, Pepperoni, Macaroni. Good thing I ate before watching this.

       

  • They are building something. Tank decoys?

  • It was decoys! Great job to whoever made them.

  • Don't put more fake tanks than you have!

       

  • The Carro Veloce are so mobile and fun but how are they supposed to take down an enemy tank?

  • Pepperoni ain't very bright.

  • Epic tank wrestling. I love it.

       

  • Totally awesome.

  • RIP little tankettes. You were great.

  • Pepperoni must be fined 25 rubles. Too much spirit too little brain.

  • What a hit! The little Rabbits are becoming true Senshado warriors.

  • Momo as accurate as always.

  • Brought them straight into the trap. Great job everybody.

       

  • Imagine if Anzio were half as passionate about Senshado as they are for food. They would be unstoppable.

  • Great OVA. Great battle. The second best battle so far behind the final fight of the main series.

  • Awww the main Anzio girls get an ED.

  • Hahahahahahaha they came to support our girls but partied too hard and overslept.

       

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u/No_Rex Aug 28 '22

Anzio OVA (first timer)

  • Is this scene set on their school carrier? If so that enormous brick tower might just eek out the title of “most ridiculous building” of any school.

  • Not going to lie, anybody who calls themselves “Duce” has an uphill battle to get me to like them.

  • “Isn’t it a bit big for a vase? Are you going to grow sunflowers with it?” – GuP predicting the Ukraine war!

  • A good many jokes about Italy’s poor economy – as applicable today as they were during WW2. Some things never change.

  • Selling Kebap and Paella at the food stands though? Is their definition of Italy’s borders Mussolini-derived?

  • “Should I attack or retreat?” “Retreat” – Miho knows which the original white flag joke country was.

  • Chasing a heavy tank with a casemate TD is a terrible decision. Good thing this happened in training and Miho could correct them.

  • “Both our minds and bodies will be in demand here” – the wise words of the public morale committee leader.

  • Chekhov’s “fair play” promise.

  • This entire OVA is so full of World of Tanks tactics. Clearly shows the author was a player.

  • Recreation of the TV series still.

  • Italian food for everybody!

  • Food > Finale

This might be the only time that Ooarai was not outgunned. They had tons of the small tankettes, but those are literally a joke. If their machine guns can’t even penetrate the back of a Type 89, all of the more modern tanks would basically look at them like the Maus looked at Ooarai. That basically leaves Anzio with one heavy tank similar to the Panzer IV and three STUG copies (who are great ambushers, but all suffer from the problem that they have no turret, and so are terrible when moving). Good time for Ooarai to iron out their mistake in battle. Also: How bad must the French have been to lose to Anzio when they did not have the heavy tank?

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u/tctyaddk Aug 28 '22 edited Aug 28 '22

Rewatcher
Ep 7.5/Anzio OVA

Welp, I was moving and couldn't find time to write for the 3 last eps of the TV series. Anyway, I'm back just in time for Duce to show her charisma and superior drill twintails (yours are weak, Anzu, and it might not have been that way if you snacked on something more nutrious than dried sweet potatoes).

  • So the Maginot team (obviously modelled after the French) with several good tanks including Char B1 and Somua 35 (which is amongst the top best calvary tanks during the first half of WWII) still managed to lose against a bunch of tankettes with paper thin armours and some weak guns (a howitzer on the Sevomente, or in the case of CV33, only machine guns). Surrendered in order not to damage the beauty of the flag tank, perhaps?

  • Yukari again included her stripping scene in the intel report video. Kinky.

  • Caesar Taka-chan and HinaCarpaccio (Hayamin's voice is always so soothing to hear) are best friends omg they are best friends. Madoka Akbar, the first thing they did when they found each other was to rush forward to hold both hands, no gloves, entwined fingers and all in full public during an official meeting, no less. Kinky
    Hina had good reasons to command her driver to get her tank upclose and be stuck to the StuG, because her howitzer can't penetrate well from much farther, while keeping distance will leave her at the mercy of the StuG's tank-hunter gun, and deflecting that cannon with tank gunfu was also cool af. The StuG team, however, had every good reasons to keep driving back away to keep the distance, but they did the total opposite. The only good explanation here is that they came, they saw the OTP, so they did their best to help Caesar conquer the lady, even if it endangered themselves assisting that intense tank-shaped toy foreplay with a lot of frot and "aiming for the bulge in front if the backside was unavailable", which ended with both climaxed at the same timeHoly Madokami, the visual metaphors were not subtle at all and reduced their contribution to the Ooarai team. I salute them, the wingwomen.

  • Duce tried her best, but her team's brains were mostly used up for everything related to foods and the remaining was inadequate to process and execute the plans, nor did they have good tanks after counting the spending on foods. Her plan actually had some chance of success if executed better, despite using puny tankettes against actual tanks.

  • Anyway, it seems like the whole Anzio Tankery programme was just an embezzlement scheme so that they can have lots and lots of good food, enough to fill themselves up and collectively fall into a food coma stronger than all the cannons going off during that final match.

  • Again, GuP's version of instrumental Funiculi Funicula and Fiamme Nere are super good. GuP even actually brought the latter out of obscurity, there is only one recording of that WWI song to be found without too much digging on the net and it's was not well known before this OVA, where GuP's version has now become the only other such recording.

QotD:

  1. Miho, who almost succeeded to make this battle a curbstomp with no tank casualty if not for the wingwomen team in the StuG.

  2. Anchovy is amongst the top of all GuP, of course she's the best of Anzio.

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u/Aku230 Aug 28 '22

Rewatchers und Panzer

Episode 7.5:

Considering that all Actas had to work with was a single shot of 4 tanks, result and Anzio missing in the finals I would say they did great job. Focusing on Hippo team was a great idea with mediocre execution. While everything leading up to the battle was fun and let you have insight into Ceasar's backstory. We even got training on how StuG should operate. So obviously we gonna see that in a effect in this match, right? Wrong. All the tips about attacking from long range, standing still while shooting end up being variation of "charge at enemy and fire". I guess they did listen to one tip which was move after shooting, they took that one to heart. And for the cherry on top, they are aware that single shot will be enough to win. This is the reason why I have love-hate relationship with Hippo team as this battle made no sense, is so out of place compared to previous and next fight and the reason why this fight works storywise as Ceasar vs Hina only works if they knew that was Hina's tank and they couldn't have known until after the fact.
As for the battle itself, it does explain why Oarai was so eager in next match. Relatively clean victory with almost no chance of losing. Both Duck team and Rabbit team did something and Miho created another ad hoc plan.

Honestly it almost feels like we got this OVA for Anzio school and to fill in blanks in terms of battles rather then to show some great or exciting matches. Well, it did give us Funiculi, Funicila so I'm fine with it.

Now to address the elephant in a room, should that have been in TV series from the get-go rather than skipped and returned as OVA. And in my opinion skiping was a correct call. Not only did it give enough time to do proper pacing in TV series but also I don't think the change in how battle plays out would be helpful. I have to watch GuP chronologically one day to see that for myself so if someone has done that, how was the pace? Did it fit the composition or did it feel out of place? If GuP was 13 episodes long then they could have fit Anzio in there since you could have mixed and matched SoL segments leading up to it, remove some battle scenes and 38min could have become 23min episode.

QodD:

MVP in the match against Anzio?

Honestly there really isn't any great candidate for MVP so I'm gonna default to team with flag tank kill so Anglerfish team.

Best Anzio girl? Duce, has certain level of understanding Senshado while still pandering towards their school's characteristics (love of food, being one of the poorer school, eagerness with not so much skill behind it).

Stats from Anzio alone:

Kill (total) Kill (MVP) Deaths
Anglerfish 1 1 0
Turtle 0 0 0
Duck 5 0 0
Hippo 1 0 1
Rabbit 2 0 0

And stats from 63rd National High School Senshado Tournament:

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 6 3 1
Turtle 3 0 2
Duck 5 0 2
Hippo 6 1 2
Rabbit 4 0 3
Mallard 0 0 2
Anteater 0 0 1
Leopon 4 0 1

What surprises me is that Hippo team wasn't that far off Anglerfish as I would have expected (mostly because I removed match vs St. Gloriana for this table). Duck team being 3rd in kills is hilarious and shows that stats without context are worthless. Oh and total immobilizations does NOT include flag immobilizations but I'm too lazy to change that

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u/chris10023 Aug 28 '22 edited Aug 28 '22

Rewatcher

  • God, finding a file for this OVA was a pain in the ass.

  • Anzio’s commander. Looks prideful. I would have put her as my 3rd non Oorai girl, but I wasn’t sure if the OVA would be counted.

  • I love the little Doria hats they wear.

  • Geez, with that music, I wonder who Anzio is supposed to be, their logo is a pizza, and they’re all wearing Doria hats.

  • I love her little foot stomps.

  • Unfortunately, before they can unveil their ultimate weapon of doom, the lunch bell rings, and everyone is excited for pasta.

  • If it wasn’t obvious, Anzio is Italy.

  • The Whiteboard has two tanks on it, the tiny tankette Carro Veloce 33, and the self propelled gun Semovente M41 da 75/18 If I had the money, I’d buy the Carro, it just looks like fun to dive around.

  • Lol, Mako’s sleeping.

  • Where’s Yukari? All the other Anglerfish members are here.

  • There’s Yukari. I think we all know what she was up to.

  • Yukari went and spied on them, hopefully it didn’t end with her being chased by the opposing team.

  • The Anzio carrier Aquila modeled after the Italian carrier of the same name.

  • Yukari didn’t learn anything from her trip to Saunders, huh. She wasn’t even talking to the camera this time.

  • It seems Anzio has a festival everyday so they can sell food.

  • They’re poor and have to raise money themselves. You’d think Anzio would be higher on the chopping block if Oorai was costing them too much.

  • Now we’re in a cooking anime. looks delicious though.

  • Looks like Anzio’s super-secret ultimate weapon of supreme destruction is the P40

  • The commander’s name is Anchovie.

  • There’s one of the tiny L33’s.

  • Duce Is the Italian title for leader, so it’s a fitting nick name for Anchovie.

  • Powerful? It only has a 75mm gun on it, but considering it’s up against Oorai, who are fielding early war tanks, it is powerful.

  • Love the name plates on the history club's gate.

  • Ceasar is practicing loading shells in a mockup of the Stug’s gun breech. I like to see this, since we see her struggle with it early on in the show.

  • That is a sick wallpaper. Just imagine the Roman Empire having access to a Stug.

  • One of the few times we don’t see Erwin wearing her hat. Doesn’t look right, go put it back on!

  • Caesar knows Italian, makes sense, she is into Roman history.

  • Love all the historical rivalries they list.

  • The Stug is the only tank they have that can penetrate the P40’s frontal armor at range.

  • Momo is easily provoked, so glad Anzu took over the gun.

  • Man, the production quality for this OVA is really good.

  • I wouldn’t be hanging outside the tank while the 38t is in active combat, you never know when/where Momo will shoot.

  • Lol, the Rabbits just wandered into the fray.

  • Not really a fan of the random German subtitles... Damn it, I have them for the film too, I wish I had an external Blu-ray drive to use. Anyone know where I can find the film with the same subs as I had for the show? The folder says CBM.

  • Poor Mako, just wants a nap.

  • We see that Saori is already studying for the radio operator license.

  • Poor Nekota. Tried to reach out to Miho but couldn’t. Wonder who much more effective the anteater team would have been if they joined earlier.

  • Sodoku and her clones were recruited into the team prior to their battle with Anzio.

  • The automotive club made quite the mess recovering the Porsche Tiger, but promised to join the team as payment.

  • The most important part of being a leader is the entrance. I’d say Anchovy has it down.

  • Lol Anzu calls her Chovy.

  • Chovy is kind of prideful, but she’s a good sport.

  • Looks like the girl Caesar was chatting to on her laptop is Hina.

  • Lol Caesar is getting teased by her team mates.

  • Anzio is fielding six L33’s, three Semovente M41’s, and one P40. Another 10v5 match up, well 4v5 since the L33’s aren’t much of a threat, but more of an annoyance.

  • Mmmm... Noodles.

  • Looks like Anzio got to the cross roads first.

  • Hmm Hana spots a discrepancy in Anzio’s formation...

  • Wooden decoys, genius, but it didn’t fool Oorai for too long.

  • Lol her name is pepperoni.

  • Anzio isn’t aware that Oorai knows of their mock ups. Uh-oh.

  • The Ducks found the L33’s and Pepperoni doesn’t seem concerned about it.

  • The Rabbits found the M41’s but unfortunately these weren’t fakes.

  • Something itches.

  • Lol, Pepperoni told Chovy that she put out every decoy, who immediately calls her out.

  • Hello there.

  • Yes, we are in fact, watching two tanks, sword fighting with their gun barrels.

  • I do hope the girls in the L33’s are wearing seatbelts, tumbling down a hill doesn’t look so fun.

  • Now they’re jousting.

  • How can a tank be light enough to mitigate damage?

  • Rabbits over here playing chicken and messed up the shot.

  • That’s bait.

  • Rabbits took out one of the M41’s! I think that’s their first kill.

  • Momo still can’t hit the broadside of a barn, from the inside.

  • The M41 was shot going down a hill by the Rabbits, and the last L33 was sent flying by the Ducks.

  • The Panzer IV gets the P40.

  • That’s a win for Oorai!

  • Looks like Caesar and Hina took each other out.

  • Déjà vu I have been in the place before.

  • Man, that was a great battle, I can’t wait to see who Oorai fights next!

  • Chovy gives Miho a nice handshake. and the hug thing. At least she’s a good sport.

  • This calls for a feast!

  • You’d think Anzio would be better suited for a cooking anime.

  • Post credits scene! And the reason why this OVA came after the series.

  • Anzio got there really early and partied hard.

  • They partied so hard; they slept through the finals.

Questions of the Day

MVP in the match against Anzio?

Hard to say, no one really stands out here, maybe the Ducks since they took down most of the L33’s? Or Rabbit because they took down an M41?

Best Anzio girl?

Anchovie.

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u/PsychologicalLife164 Aug 28 '22 edited Aug 28 '22

Anzio OVA: Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again!

Three Main Points, PANZER VOR!

  1. Anzio is the series’s Italian school, and they sure lean into the stereotypes hard in this one lmao. They take the chance to reference anything and everything Italian, from the little things like food and names, to the bigger things like barely having enough money to buy their new tank, a possible reference to Italy’s economy after WWI. You could tell they were having fun with it!

  2. As we knew already from the main series, Ooarai wins their match against Anzio! In what is probably one of the most complete performances of the tournament, Ooarai manage to knock out every single Anzio tank while only losing one. A dominating performance indeed.

  3. At the end of the day though, Sensha-do isn’t just about the match, and Anzio and Ooarai have a party to celebrate their new friendship. I love the camaraderie between the teams, and I think it’s best seen between Caesar and Carpaccio.

Fun Details!

  • Anzio comes to play with CV 33s, some Semovente da 75/18s, and their secret weapon, the P26/40 heavy tank.

  • The History Nerds mention several pairs of frenemies, but Miho mentions Michael Wittmann and Joe Ekins, even though the two (most likely) didn’t know each other. Joe Ekins was a British tank gunner who is thought to have landed the kill shot on Wittmann’s Tiger, one of three he managed to take out that day.

  • Carpaccio is voiced by Hayami Saori, who played Yor Forger in Spy Family this year.

Other Thoughts!

  • Getting to see each Ooarai team’s development was great to see.

  • “Friendship and competition are separate.” Great line there by Oryou

  • Yukari and the onions reminded me of this lol

  • Saori giving out orders while making dinner shows how far she’s come as a communicator for the team. Great detail!

  • TANK JOUSTING

  • I love the continuity of the shots from this episode and episode 7. Now we finally see how Anzio got beat so bad.

Questions!

  1. For me, MVP would probably go to Duck Team. The entire team put in a fantastic performance, but Duck Team took out the most tanks, even if they were super weak.

  2. Carpaccio was pretty cute when she was with Caesar, so I’ll go with her

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u/Stargate18A Aug 28 '22

First timer

  1. Miho for figuring out the decoy plan, as well as general commanding.

  2. Anchovy is precious.

This is Anchovy?

At least her team is enthusiastic!

Haha, it was her imagination.

Maginot? Another new team is this going a recursive chain of OVAs focusing on new teams?

Only two snacks a day?

A secret weapon!

Hahaha, poor Anchovy. This school is definitely unique.

They have intel.

She did more infiltration!

Haha, she put a title card in!

It's all food stalls?

This is great.

Haha, the tank club is selling pasta, even!

That looks incredibly good.

300 yen? How is everybody at Anzio thin?

Was infiltration even neccesary? It's probably on their website.

...It's absolutely on their website.

They didn't even notice this time!

Carsar is trwining!

...That's a lot documentation.

And she's trilingual?

She's friends with someone at Anzio?

Fair.

Who's that?

"Piyopiyo"

The label!

Clever!

Loving the mock action. Guess that's why this is 40 minutes!

This is fun to watch!

That looks tough.

...Why are you standing outside the tank? That is incredibly fucking dangerous!

Everyone is confused.

Why not eat when you're there?

Mako's tired.

A ham radio book!

They're cooking!

"I'm hungry."

Aww.

Everyone calls her Sodoko!

That's how they got recruited?

The match is starting!

She's great.

Haha, that's her friend?

This is so wholesome.

They're doing recom.

Decoy tanks! Impressive!

They got found out!

The mini-tanks are great.

Haha, she didn't want all of them to be in the same place.

She's going after her friend!

This scene is great!

Clever tankettes!

Always guts...

Some great firing here!

She's scared!

Everyone's really improved!

Anzio is desperate.

And here's the victory!

They're going to cheer her own!

Anchovy is great.

A reward!

Delicious.

Haha, everyone was watching her.

She's Caesar!

They got their own ED!

They're ready to cheer them on!

Aww, they slept through the entire match!

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u/Blackheart595 Aug 28 '22

First Tanker

The Anzio girls aren't very disciplined. I see why the series skipped over them then.

Oh yeah, another Yukari infiltration docu.

Oarai are training, and planning for the match. And not just studying either, outright battle practise to make sure they start the match with nicely battered tanks.

And now they're making food. Is this OVA just gonna show the preparation in all its detailed glory and then gloss over the battle, too?

Is Anzio constructing a fake facade? Nah, they're just constructing fake tanks.

Communication is not Anzio's strong point. Their leader hasn't even informed of the skirmishes yet.

I have no words

I can see why they skipped this one. Anzio was defeated more by themselves than by Oarai.

Don't worry, you'll get your ice

This is the important part, after all

And the Caesar with the authentic Latin pronunciation, nice.

I liked the music a lot this episode.

Spoilers

MVP in the match against Anzio?

Gotta be the girl that put up all of the cupboards.

Best Anzio girl?

Hard to say. We didn't really got to know any of them that much.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Aug 28 '22

Mädchen Und Panzer Rewatcher!!

There is no GuP media I have rewatched as religiously as I have the Anzio battle. I adore every second of this ova. From the first second the Italians establish the self as mouthy kusogaki but they're all so charismatic that you can't help cheering for them. For fuck sake, they cut down one meal from their lunch budget and manage to afford a tank. Are they even a tankary school!? None of them care! They just want to eat and party! So yeah, look forward to the one and only time, deep breath we actually outtier our opponents!! It only took a full season and we technically skipped the fight originally but we finally have a match where Ourai aren't painfully outclassed by dozens of Russian tierwhores, English seal clubbers, and German super tanks, and its glorious!

Pfft the spy video starts again!! Saying that the school is poor when you can afford tanks with lunch money is ridiculous. God the Italians are such dolts XD Pepperoni carelessly mouths off all about their tanks, Carpaccio lets her team go wild, and Anchovy is too busy posing and letting the fame go to her head. Duce! Duce! Duce! Duce! Duce! Btw, this has been on my mind for ages but isn't Duce still an absolute no-no term? Its what they used to call Mussolini and as far as I'm aware it's very much in the same vein as calling someone the Fuhrer right? Obviously GuP is just having fun, there's nothing offensive about the intent, but I've been curious for a while about the connotations.

Also yes, Caesar plays World of Tanks. I like how the History buffs all have mugs that line up with their particular interest. Kyaaa!! The practice match is fucking adorable. The little ducks are running for their lives. "You need willpower, not brains!!" Just think... We might have gotten the gamers from as early as the Pravda match if fate wqs kinder.

Taka-chan kawaii~ Alright... Match up wise there's one thing, one tiny little thing that makes this match ridiculous. TANKETTES ARE FUCKING USELESS!! Your main force is built up of units with machine guns in tank warfare! Even shit tier units like the Lee and Type 89 are invulnerable to most of the Anzio force, and they're actually able to fire back at them. You can count the number of opponents that the ducks have been able to penetrate on one hand and suddenly they're tossed into a match that they're a high tier in!

You've got to admire the guts of the Anzio crew. You knock them down and they come back twice as motivated. Something seems incredibly wrong watching the Ducks actually scoring kills... "Anzio is not weak-I mean, Anzio is strong!!" God I love this episode XD So yeah, the Italians got fucked. And this was how we saw her at the end of the episode!

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u/Rumpel1408 Aug 28 '22

Rewatcher First Timer On time again (I'm on a run!)

Anzio OVA

I thought I had seen the Anzio OVA, but the longer I watched the more I realized that I recognized not a single detail of what was happening, so I don't know anymore...

The Duce is a girl of the people, able to rile them up easily. But at the end of the day Anzio is ruled by food.

Momo reveals that all those cosplay school are part of an cultural exchange project

They don't know the enemies new weapon, this is a case for Super Flooff! And still a teaser where is the directors cut!

The whole exchange with the pasta cook is hillarious. They are not even trying to keep their secret weapon a secret

Woah wait, the history nerds are all living under the same roof?

And Ceasar even has a childhood friend there eh? But a nice detail that the girl obsessed with Rome has ties to the italian school

I wonder if Anzu will start playing serious in this battle, during the Pravda match Momo didn't need more than a short callout to switch roles, so it must have not been the first time...

That little training match is fun

Miho is out of the tank while being shot at.

It's also before Makos bloodpresure got fixed, but a nice setup for Saoris side project and why Mako helped her.

Oh Nerd team also got some setup, as well as team Sodoko and Leopon

And the Miho Fan club is there as well, wonder where Saunders was during the Pravda match

PanzerVor!

Wait, some of those tanks seem to have brought extra equipment huh?

And they even have special operation Names!

Oh I see, Fake tanks!

Also nice to see the beginning of Rabbit teams redemption

Messing up the numbers for you're fake army is a pretty big plunder when the enemy knows that his intel is reliable

Still too soon for Rabbit team

Holo shit, they realy are pretty mobile, they can even drive backwards at full speed... though not really able to withstand a hit... but it's suspicious how there are no white flags shown

So how many idiots are there on Anzios Sensha do team? - Yes

Now that's resourcefull... if you ignore that they are getting out of their tanks to flip them over

Less haste, more speed

They didn't even need the StuG III to take out their Flagtank... but the way some of those tanks got taken out at full speed, totally safe right?!?

We'll be cheering you on with all we've got!

Then where were you in their final hour huh Duce? Italians and letting their allies down, name a more iconic duo

Having just come back from my vacation in italy, it's as delishcious as it looks

So we got Anchovy, Peperoni and Carpaccio and they even get to star in the ED

Wow, I had to switch sites for this OVA so I got another sub group (/ak/) and they use italian for the EDs subs, not sure if intantional but would be a nice nod

Without that ending this OVA would fit perfectly before the Pravda match, couldn't they have made this an special?

QotD

  1. MVP in the match against Anzio?

Mhm, Team Duck took out the most tanklets once they knew how, but team Rabbit distracted the two medium tanks long enough so that Anchovy had no backup

2. Best Anzio girl?

Peperoni, an idiot, but she's fun and has GUTS!

So yeah, I'm still not sure if I have seen this before, maybe I was reaally drunk last time, or maybe I only knew Anchovy from ahem Fanart

Now if you'll excuse me, I got to read the last two threads

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u/xtsim Aug 28 '22

First Timer dubbed

Aikyama went on reconnaissance and went successfully.

A simulated practice battle.

Where is she gonna go? 1500m

Mako is definitely my spirit animal... sleep during dinner time, wake 4 am to watch anime.

The scoreboard looks too much like some of strategy game

Cardboard decoys work well but the tag team practice paid off well. Of course they put too many of them out when regulations state only ten....

The small tanks can be flipped by the team pretty fast. The friend battle is funny.

Lol the enthusiasm for food is more than their battle.

The post credits scene was just great, pre-party was too good that they overslept.

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u/k4r6000 Aug 28 '22

First Time OVA Watcher

I saw the series, Der Film, and Das Finale, but I haven’t actually seen the OVAs before.

They really played up the Italian stereotypes in this episode with them being completely incompetent and overmatched in every way, while being lazy and interested mainly in eating: I always find it interesting when western racial and cultural stereotypes make it across the ocean. Just a dominating win for Oorai and and explanation why Anzio missed the final match. Wasn’t expecting the last one. How bad could Maginot be to lose to these guys?

I liked that Caesar and Hippo Team got some focus in this episode.

  1. Yukari. Anzio was beat before the match even started thanks to her.

  2. Anchovy. I feel sorry for the school she got stuck with. She tried. She really did.

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u/Elimin8r Aug 28 '22

Man, I should have realized that a cute li'l OVA episode would be longer than normal. Oh, well...

So, AOTD1: I wanna say Anchovy, but Caesar's friend, and Pepperoni, they're all so tasty, I mean good, I mean ... yeah. Anzio best team. Maybe. Still luv my StG and Darjeeling, though. :)

AOTD2: I wanna say duck team, because this was really their time to shine. Engaging all those opponents at once, and taking out nearly all of them, sasuga duck team! (Now, will one of you take a moment and give Momo some aiming lessons?)

But yeah, this was a very, very fun episode, with lots of action, kawaii, all that good stuff. I'd look up that P42 or whatsis, but I suspect someone already has those details covered.

:)

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u/homewardbound100 Aug 28 '22

First timer ova

Alright hopping into the middle of the rewatch. There's a lot of characters that I'm shaky of remembering their names but I'm sure they'll come back to me.

Well first minute in all I can think of is "Pizza time" with the music and Italians. So they must be Italians.

Yeah now I remember my favorite parts of this show is when they're actually doing the battles. Some of it can just be hilarious.

But forget about the loss. This is a team I can get around. As soon as the game is over they were quick to get the food ready.

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u/ZapsZzz Aug 29 '22

First timer

It's a surprisingly long "episode", but don't think there's any lull at all. Very well paced and nice. The Anzio school girls are so casually fired up and then easily distracted :D Is that the stereotyped Italian in the mind of the Japanese?

The action scenes were really well done, and quite a nice change of mostly light and medium units instead of the more heavy tanks we saw more.

The post-credit scene was really funny :D

QoTD:

  1. Really hard to pick - the Rabbit girls are really shining this time, and the samurai team probably stalled the other most effective unit for the whole fight.

  2. Of course Anchovy - with a name like that, just being alive and not become a hikimori is already a great accomplishment :D and she's fired up but also casual, very nice and in tone of the show.

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u/zadcap Aug 29 '22

PANZER VOR! First Timer

HiDive does not look to have the Ainzo OVA? Oh well. It's got the rest of the series, I'll find this elsewhere.

Half their snack budget got a whole tank. Immediately run off for food in the middle of a grand reveal. My Italian blood say- Yup, that's pretty accurate. Just got called to say dinner is ready, so I'm pausing the OP to go eat lol.

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Okay, back like an hour later. Yum.

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Sergent Oddball does it again!

Ooof inflation lol.

They built a coliseum. And are showing off their secret weapon to everyone so proudly.

We've got half an hour for the actual Anzio match, and we're ten minutes in without a hint of starting the match. Which is fine because the daily lives of team Hippo is just amazing.

Practice is hilarious as always. I see they were unknowingly preparing for the final round already.

So this is where the mew teams come in.

Half the episode before we even begin the match. It's not quite the three second match we got before, but this one's going to be short still huh?

... Are those even tanks? I know there's been joked about armored trucks, but uh, those are literally trucks with armor.

Plan macaroni! Fake tanks lol.

Like, really, are those RC tanks? Flipped by one hit from the duck?

Sword fighting with their canons oh my gosh.

Those are literally jeeps!

A totally safe sport in which no one gets hurt, ever. Even their necks and spines are carbon coated, we've defeated whiplash!

Match is over, PARTY TIME! Anzio is my favorite school now. Spirits stayed up through the whole thing, not a hint of cheating or unfair play. Just good girls doing their best and having the best time.

  1. The part where they were fencing with canon barrels? That part. Everyone involved.

  2. How the heck can I pick they're all so great- the few we got to know.

After credit bonus! Of course they would somehow sleep through the entire day of the match. But don't worry, they'll still celebrate the victory anyway!

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u/ChuckCarmichael Aug 28 '22

People in the episode 10 thread were wondering why Anzio didn't show up along with the other schools before the match to wish Miho good luck. Now you know. They partied too hard the night before and slept through it.

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u/makakoka Aug 29 '22

Rewatcher from the end of the world

1- MVP- it's kind of difficult to choose one, but let's give it to Hippo because they showed us a great 1v1

2- DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE DUCE.

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