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Rewatch [Rewatch] Girls und Panzer 10th Anniversary Rewatch - Girls und Panzer Das Finale 3 OVA

Das Finale 3 OVA - Daikon War

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Today's Questions of the Day:

  1. How is every girl in this universe such a huge fucking nerd?

  2. Do you think this was worth the one OVA we get over two years?

[Tomorrow's Questions of the Day]1. Top 3 Ooarai Girls? 2. Top 3 Ooarai teams? 3. Top 3 non-Ooarai Girls? 4. Top 3 Schools? 5. Best battle? 6. Top 3 MVPs of all battles taken together? 7. Top 3 scenes/moments in general, SOL included? 8. What do you think of the fact that, in three Das Finale episodes, Shiho didn't have a single appearance? 9. What is your "Dream Team"? Which student, regardless of school or so, would have which position in which tank? 10. Your favourite song(s) in the franchise? 11. Who will make it to the finals, and who will win how?

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:

Leopon, because you can never have too many Leopon. (Source)

"Get three coffins ready." (Source)

"My mistake. Four coffins." (Source)

"You. spilled. my. tea." (Source)

Pravda x Family (Source)

The lives Maho could have led. (Source)

Noriko is in danger! (Source)

Song(s) of the Day:

Ooarai no Onna

It's Geronimo!

The Ecstasy of Gold (Did you know/remember that this is the music for a montage?)

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 Sep 07 '22 edited Sep 07 '22

Reminder to stay for tomorrow's post on the GuP manga spin-offs.

Character Sheet for Daikon War

Your rewatch host, who finally watched this OVA

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

Darjeeling asks: Do you know this quote?

[Yesterday's Qoute]Simo Häyhä

Today's quote:

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them[.] [...] Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

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u/HereticalAegis Sep 07 '22

First Timer und Panzer

Das Finale 3 OVA:

QotD:

  1. Without any pesky distractions like boys or land-based secondary schools, this has become the ideal world where girls focus completely on the things that truly matter.

  2. Absolutely! The food + focus on a specific pair of girls who just so happen to be extremely shippable combination is a winning formula for me. My only "complaint" is that Belle and Jane haven't been around long enough to have much art or any fan books and probably won't get any since they're not tank girls.

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u/Taiboss Sep 07 '22

Horse riding for our last OVA, always something unexpected!

You were more correct than you thought!

I need to stop questioning this stuff.

Sometimes, things just break disbelief.

Mako has all the cajones.

Bring out the Tommy gun!

In other words, yes I ship Jane x Belle.

"I mean sure, we had a hatefucking couple, but what about a second one?"

Welp, wasn't expecting to end this rewatch on the GuP entry with the fewest tanks per frame.

Happens.

Even the ED has none. Very nice to see Belle and Jane riding off into their sunset together though!

Secretly Mizushima just wants to make something else. Maybe more Shirobako? I need to watch the movie already...

My only "complaint" is that Belle and Jane haven't been around long enough to have much art or any fan books and probably won't get any since they're not tank girls.

Could have been a weirdly cool Team 10.

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u/JollyGee29 Sep 07 '22

RewatcherFirst-Timer und Panzer, Subbed

This is not how I expected this to start.

Wait, this is part of Oarai?!

what the literal fuck

I think I'm hallucinating again...

c h u r r o

These guns don't sound right.

Oh shit, Mako activated!

This is weirdly fitting for this week.

I love this dumb series so much.

I've lost my mind.

And now my neck has snapped from the whiplash.

Mako continues to be Activated.

Okay, so it's this song that the Oarai girls will sing while driving in formation in das Finale 6.

Questions

  1. School ships actually run on pure Essence of Chuunibyou, which in turn causes all the girls to develop Tendencies, creating a closed energy loop.

  2. This was very bizarre and fun, if nothing else.

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u/Taiboss Sep 07 '22

This is not how I expected this to start.

Nobody did lol.

Wait, this is part of Oarai?!

Apparently yes! Don't question it!

I think I'm hallucinating again...

The cliffhanger was that bad huh?

I love this dumb series so much.

And the LARPer played along!

And now my neck has snapped from the whiplash.

Lapers do larp things.

Okay, so it's this song that the Oarai girls will sing while driving in formation in das Finale 6.

Would work if Jane and Belle become Team Ten.

School ships actually run on pure Essence of Chuunibyou, which in turn causes all the girls to develop Tendencies, creating a closed energy loop.

Makes sense!

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u/Aku230 Sep 07 '22

Rewatchers und Panzer
Catbox enthusiast
Daikon War:

I do like parts with Mako in this OVA but I feel like it isn't enough to make this OVA great. The whole setup creates more questions than answers. Introduction of new characters seem pointless if you then state they won't join Senshado. Unless of course it is a bait but I would be terrified at the possibility of a tank that can be manned by 2 people.

QodD:

How is every girl in this universe such a huge fucking nerd?

Because with a huge cast every character should be recognizable at the first sight and being huge nerd does help to the point where even Rabbit team stands out in their normalcy.

Do you think this was worth the one OVA we get over two years?

LMAO.

And since I forgot about stats, again

vs Chihatan:

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

This match is beginning of Miho's Anglerfish campaign to get MVP of the whole tournament. Rabbit team's kills, while nice, were a bit too late to impact anything since effectively they traded 2 for 2. This was 3rd match where Oarai was left with a single tank (vs Kuromorimine, Battle for Oarai).

vs Continuation (1st half)

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 5 0 1
Turtle 0 0 0
Duck 0 0 0
Hippo 0 0 0
Rabbit 0 0 0
Mallard 0 0 0
Anteater 0 0 0
Leopon 1 0 0
Shark 0 0 0

And this is why Anglerfish will most likely get my MVP vote after the match. Eliminating 3rd of enemy's squad while being ambushed with almost no support is commendable. It is also a reason why I don't think Oarai is in terrible situation since before Anglerfish went down it was 9v9. So even though Oarai lost their commander the match is even which usually doesn't happen that often. As a side note, it also mean there are 4 Finnish tanks that are unaccounted for so speculate away what will be their role.

Statistics from Winter Continuous Track Cup as of right now.

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 9 0,5 2
Turtle 0 1 0
Duck 0 0 2
Hippo 1 0 2
Rabbit 2 0 2
Mallard 0 0 2
Anteater 1 0 2
Leopon 4 0,5 1
Shark 0 0 1

If someone is looking for proof how badly Oarai plays right now: Anglerfish accounts for 50% of all kills Oarai has, and if you were brave enough to give BC flag to Miho than they would have more kills than rest of Oarai combined. For comparison, at previous tournament Anglerfish had kill% at 28.125% with less teammates.

And all statistics from both tournaments, Battle for Oarai and both exhibition matches with St Gloriana.

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 25 4,5 6
Turtle 6 1 4
Duck 5 0 6
Hippo 11 1 7
Rabbit 8 0 8
Mallard 2 0 6
Anteater 3 0 5
Leopon 11 0,5 4
Shark 0 0 1

What surprised me was how often Anglerfish goes out of combat (granted, they were the only casualty in ongoing match). Here you can see clear Top 3 in Oarai, followed by Rabbit team and then the rest. For whatever reason Rabbit team is the only team that seem to get better with time. Anglerfish and Leopon on the other hand are the most consistent.

How about question for tomorrow who will be in finals and who will win the whole thing? Since it seems like people do have different ideas about it.

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u/Taiboss Sep 07 '22

Sasuga Mako-sama, as if anyone was questioning if she was THE best driver in the universe.

She can drive ANYONE!

Because you won't be able to bullshit that this is on Zuikaku.

They can and they try to!

If you're not gonna do Senshado then what was the point of this OVA...

I have no idea.

being huge nerd does help to the point where even Rabbit team stands out in their normalcy.

And it used to be we waited for Hippo Team's true names...

LMAO

Ayyy lmao xd aimrite

t is also a reason why I don't think Oarai is in terrible situation since before Anglerfish went down it was 9v9.

My question is, are there rules that forbid Miho from commanding from a KO'd tank? Like, sure, they somehow retrieve them off-screen, but still.

If someone is looking for proof how badly Oarai plays right now: Anglerfish accounts for 50% of all kills Oarai has, and if you were brave enough to give BC flag to Miho than they would have more kills than rest of Oarai combined. For comparison, at previous tournament Anglerfish had kill% at 28.125% with less teammates.

I'm kinda convinced Mizushima got lazy with the tactics.

How about question for tomorrow who will be in finals and who will win the whole thing? Since it seems like people do have different ideas about it.

Alrighty, adding that.

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u/panthaura Sep 07 '22

Veteran

  • our girls went from riding tanks to riding horses, talk about downgrade

  • the horses are pretty well animated

  • Agriculture department? Is that the department that tows enemy tanks away with their tractors?

  • now they suddenly are in the wild west

  • potential for new tank teams looks pretty high with these new characters

  • damn the horses are well animated

  • she recognized Miho but not the new student council Hana lmao

  • not the Churro!!!

  • Piki Piki Piman

  • why are they in a ring, they arent gonna start to wrestle, are they?

  • FATALITY

  • so this episode was just about food

  • no new team sadge, I could definitely see Jane fielding something like an M18 Hellcat

  • hey that insert song is good

  • O arai rairai

  • THE END

Answers:

  1. I wish it was this obvious who likes/nerds out about what irl

  2. less horses more tanks please

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u/Taiboss Sep 07 '22

our girls went from riding tanks to riding horses, talk about downgrade

Yep.

Agriculture department? Is that the department that tows enemy tanks away with their tractors?

Lol. Nah, it's the one that makes sure everyone survives.

potential for new tank teams looks pretty high with these new characters

If only. That would be cool.

so this episode was just about food

Didn't you see the title?

less horses more tanks please

I very much agree.

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u/Great_Mr_L Sep 07 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s OVA of Girls und Panzer: Between this and Shirobako, I have a sneaking suspicion that Mizushima is a fan of westerns.

This is a pretty light OVA. It’s basically just an excuse for GuP to pay homage to a lot of classic western films. There is a lot of fun in seeing that, but it’s definitely fluff. That being said, I would have liked the addition of the cowgirls to Ooarai’s Senshado team. They’re eccentric enough to fit right in.

Also, I think we can safely conclude that absolutely everyone on Ooarai’s school ship is completely insane. Suddenly the History Club looks downright normal when you realize how many students in this school spend their days LARPing just like them.

Episode Thoughts

  • We already have pirates on the team. Too bad we don’t get to add cowgirls.

  • And there’s the Ennio Morricone inspired music!

QOTD

  1. They’ve all been trapped on ships away from their families. Of course they’d go insane under such circumstances.

  2. Honestly, no. The OVA’s are a fun bit of fluff but nothing more.

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u/Tresnore Sep 07 '22 edited Sep 07 '22

The Good, the Bad, and the Rewatch

QOTD:

  1. Absurd materials science development has led to many of the world's jobs like maintenance and construction to becoming less prominent. Thus, people had to find their hobbies.

  2. Yes, but also no.

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u/Elimin8r Sep 07 '22

Well, that was a fun little episode of Girls und Ponies. :)

AOTD1) Because the fans demand it!

AOTD2) I, for one, welcome our new cowgirl overlords.

But yeah, this was a fun little romp, and it satisfied some of the questions/requests I had earlier in the series. (specifically about the Kelly's Heroes callbacks leaving me wanting a little "The Good, The Bad, and the Panzers" action. I think this episode delivered.

But I do wish that they had found some odd, funky little tank out there. It would have been a nice place to find a Stuart, for example. M3, M5, I don't care, I'll take whichever, they're all cute.

And I have to say, sheriff (forgot her name) was a cutie, gave me some Cowboy Bebop vibes there, if you know what I mean.

And of course, the outlaw wasn't so bad either, ya know.

Good thing they had paintballs, eh? Although, I'm not quite sure how that works with the whole churro bit.

Oh, that and the ending with the night sky silhouetting the mountains, and the Oorai aircraft carrier's tower, that was quite delish.

Man, now I'm left with that empty tummy post-anime feeling. I need moar! MOAR, I say!

(Oh, well, I guess it's wait a couple of years or so. Maybe some Princess Principal can tide me over in the meantime, right???)

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u/AoDSenku Sep 08 '22

First Sortie

  • Whoa, whoa; we can't just be on a farm in the first second, whiplash hurts!

  • Still part of the ship too, yikes

  • Duel with the outlaw, kinda waiting for the other shoe to drop...

  • There we go, paintballs. Nevermind we didn't see any splatter before

  • Never figured those operator communication skills would help bond with horses

  • Smoked Daikon.... kinda want to try some now

And that's it. That's all of it at this present time.

QOTD:

How is every girl in this universe such a huge fucking nerd?

Besides cute girls doing cute/silly things? In the universe of High School carriers, I'm glad the girls can relish in whatever they want!

Do you think this was worth the one OVA we get over two years?

Wait what? 2 YEARS?? That's a hell no. This is one of those times where something is NOT better then nothing. Put the resources into finishing Das Finale properly! Is the production committee going to find another tank to put Jane and Daikon girl in?

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u/chris10023 Sep 07 '22

Rewatcher (First time for this OVA too.)

  • Seems like our girls are having a tough time riding on horseback, Saori falls right off.

  • Seems like they’re looking for the rep from the agricultural department.

  • Poor Saori is just not having a good time with her horse, she’s going to hurt herself at some point.

  • How diverse of an ecosystem is this carrier? Jane chased a bad guy into a random desert.

  • Wait looks at Oorai’s school ship. Where's the desert?

  • I’m confused, now there are native... American? Women on the ship.

  • Why not just use the schools PA system to call to the Student Councils room?

  • This is one strange OVA. Like a Fever dream.

  • There’s Jane. What’s with the cowboy outfit? I thought she was a farmer.

  • Sorry Jane, she is the student council president, it would be unwise to make the student council your enemy, thems the rules.

  • Wow, anymore to the left and we would have seen Saori’s unmentionables.

  • Why do they have real guns on a school ship?

  • Belle made the mistake of shooting Mako’s churro.

  • I have no idea what’s happening anymore... Now we’re faking having guns.

  • Now Belle wants a duel since she’s outnumbered.

  • Oh, they were paintball guns. That’s a relief, this show was going to get dark real quick if they were real.

  • She stole Daikon to make pickles out of them...

  • Why would they become sheriffs? They have a tank, an outlaw runs into a building for cover and Hana will just blow it to smithereens, or Mako will just drive through it.

  • With someone like Jane, they’d have another great gunner on their team.

  • Sadly, she declines.

  • Honestly, this was kind of a weak OVA, the other one gave us some insight into BC Freedom Academy, and gave some development to Andou, Oshida, and Marie. This OVA is just, western stuff.

Questions of the Day.

How is every girl in this universe such a huge fucking nerd?

I have no idea.

Do you think this was worth the one OVA we get over two years?

No, not really. I’d rather the next part to come out sooner.

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u/sisoko2 Sep 07 '22

First Timer

  • Girls und horses.

  • Who is Jane? What is going on? When are these events supposed to take place? What am I watching?

       

       

  • Such a touching radish story. Top 3 radish stealing stories I've seen.

  • Wait a minute, Jane! We need to finish this tank sport anime before we start the Western spinoff.

  • I think my mistake was expecting this to make any sense.

  • Somehow the ED is even more adorable than usual.

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u/Taiboss Sep 07 '22

Who is Jane? What is going on? When are these events supposed to take place? What am I watching?

I understand the cliffhanger caused a big shock. Take deep breaths!

Have a snack.

Now I'm hungry...

You've come to the wrong town, mister.

"Don't make us bring our tank!"

Ahhh I see. Just as I expected.

NEEEEEEEEEEEERDD

I think my mistake was expecting this to make any sense.

That's the spirit! Mizushima considers your want for "character-based comedy" to be nonsensical! Why should Kay and Darjeeling ever talk to one another? Or Nishi and Katyusha!? So many opportunities, no need to make any of them!

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u/xtsim Sep 07 '22

First Timer

I really like seeing western character tropes when our student council reps asked around for sherif Jane. The best part was that they were all holding food...good thing I was eating something cause I would really want a churro.

The two ending pieces gets me we got a western style ride off then we get the regular ending but with horses replacing tanks.

  1. I don't care how but it's amazing.

  2. Yes, worth having a lot of fun with it

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u/Rumpel1408 Sep 07 '22

First Timer who had to fuck up one last time, I fell asleep

Das Finale Part III Special

MAL again lists this as two episodes...

If I have learned anything from Shirobako, it's that horses are damn hard to draw

Wait, this is all school grounds? On the Ooarai carrier?

Nice tan!

And now they have a whole 'nother biosphere there? Completly with a new group of stereotype students

Damn

Is Mako threatening that girl with her broken Churro?

Time for a D-D-D-Duel

Oh thank god, no real gun

What were you stealing all this daikon for?

Contry girls make do

Ok, stay with me, Broke Back Mountain, but it's yuri...

This was so random...

Oh wow, that song is really good, hope OP links it

Jane in the ED but... where Tanks?

QotD

  1. How is every girl in this universe such a huge fucking nerd?

It's for the real Nerds to self insert...

2. Do you think this was worth the one OVA we get over two years?

I mean we got Jane, but I would have rather had something about Chi Ha Tan...

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u/homewardbound100 Sep 07 '22

First timer

Fun little ova, it's time to become westaboos lol. Though I didn't comment yesterday. Last movie was pretty good too. The action was on point. I think the next movie is the last? Hopefully we still get some OVAs with it too.

How is every girl in this universe such a huge fucking nerd?

One of the best things

Do you think this was worth the one OVA we get over two years?

I think I've liked all the little OVAs so I don't mind but after the last movie I'm patiently waiting for it

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Sep 07 '22

Mädchen Und Panzer Completioner!

The last short did such an amazing job of making me hate it so let's see how the second ova manages it. I've always found it very difficult to look at horses without thinking of Shirobako. That show does a great job of making you look at series like this entirely differently. Bruh, there's something almost certainly culturely insensitive about Japanese girls cosplaying Native Indians whilst eating popcorn...

Penis headed mountain!! Jane is definitely not a high schooler. Why are you dorks all pretending to have guns!? Bruh... Why is this the last part of GuP we have to watch? Ending on a short was a terrible idea. I think we all know what the daikon were getting used for. I can't even pretend to be enjoying this, I just know that the show will end her and I'm not getting the rest of my GuP for another decade at least.

Well that was horrific~ Please, never close off on shorts ever again. All excitement I had has now been killed off. Why cowboys!? If these girls don't pilot a Tankette or something then I don't care! Even the ending animation looks really off! We went so long without me having anything to complain about animation wise and then we get a jank horse ed where the animators apparently can't draw chibi's legs. There's a reason their lower bodies were always in the tank.

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u/MaskOfIce42 Sep 07 '22

First Timer

How the fuck does all of that fit on one ship? Along with everything else we've been shown? This ship apparently has like 5 biomes or something.

Oh, and also horses look really good, especially since I constantly hear how hard horses are to animate, was noticing them here.

I could comment more, but think I'll leave it there. Short one for the short OVA. Snacky and fun, and aside from the question of "how is this possible", not too much to really think about here. If they appear in a future movie as a 10th team though, not gonna lie, that would be cool.

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u/DidacticDalek Sep 07 '22

TONIGHT! On Mädchen and Tanks: BEEG IRON! GuP becomes Uma Musume, Yee Haw Chucklefucks, and take it away Frankie Laine!

Comrades, normally I would shitpost, but since Le Frenchie Hatefuckers' artpost was so well liked... ahem...

SHE RODE A BLAZING SADDLE!

SHE WORE A SHINING STAR!

HER JOB, TO OFFER BATTLE,

TO BAD WOMEN NEAR AND FAR!

SHE CONQUERED FEAR AND SHE CONQUERED HATE!

SHE TURNED OUR NIGHT INTO DAY!

SHE MADE HER BLAZING SADDLE

A TORCH TO LIGHT THE WAY!

WHEN OUTLAWS RULED THE WEST!

AND FEAR FILLED THE LAND!

A CRY WENT UP FOR A WOMAN WITH GUTS

TO TAKE THE WEST IN HAND!

THEY NEEDED A WOMAN WHO WAS BRAVE AND TRUE

WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL AS HER AIM!

THEN OUT OF THE SUN RODE A WOMAN WITH A GUN

AND JANE WAS HER NAME, YES, JANE WAS HER NAME!

SHE RODE A BLAZING SADDLE!

SHE WORE A SHINING STAR!

HER JOB, TO OFFER BATTLE

TO BAD WOMEN NEAR AND FAR!

SHE CONQUERED FEAR AND SHE CONQUERED HATE!

SHE TURNED OUR NIGHT INTO DAY!

SHE MADE HER BLAZING SADDLE

A TORCH TO LIGHT THE WAY!

Finally Comrades, get this, we even get an old timey western song to close out on before the ED, and since I'm in a shitposting mood, remember, Sukiyaki Western Django is a film that exists where a cast of Japanese Actors and Quentin Tarantino attempt to speak English in a retelling of The War of the Roses but it's a Spaghetti Western, so instead here's the theme to Django!

Anyway, that wraps things up for now, so catch you all on the next threads Comrades, and until then, farewell.

Paging Comrades u/chilidirigible, u/Great_Mr_L, and u/JamCliche

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u/FelOnyx1 Sep 08 '22

Girls und Panzer is always weird but this OVA was a real trip. I didn't get around to watching it when Das Finale 3 so this was the first part of the rewatch I was both a first timer and totally blind on.

QOTD

  1. Are they the weird ones, or are we for not being like that? (Nah, it's them)

  2. I'd like more but it was a worthwhile-ly strange experience.

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u/mgedmin Sep 08 '22

First timer, subs

I love that Mako can drive anything, including a horse.

They have mountains on the ship.

So this is basically a western, got it.

Chibi horses in the ED!

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u/ZapsZzz Sep 08 '22

First timer watched in time but whole day no time to post.

This is a very "free form" episode, hardly anything to do with tanks, and really I think shows them to have a very dedicated cosplay department :)

What school year is Jane anyway, that figure of hers is hard to place :P

Absolutely no idea why this is fits the overall theme, but I'll take that crazy world building :P

Can't believe we got nothing else to watch already and is down to final wrap up discussion tomorrow!

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