girls and tanks
| girls and tanks | ||||
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| Original title | ガ ー ル ズ & パ ン ツ ァ ー | |||
| transcription | Gāruzu ando Pantsā | |||
| genre | Action series , comedy | |||
| Anime television series | ||||
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese | |||
| year | 2012 | |||
| Studio | Actas | |||
| length | 25 minutes | |||
| Episodes | 12 | |||
| Director | Tsutomu Mizushima | |||
| music | Shirō Hamaguchi | |||
| First broadcast | October 9, 2012 - March 25, 2013 on Tokyo MX | |||
| Manga | ||||
| country |
Japan
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| author | Ryuichi Saitaniya | |||
| publishing company | Media Factory | |||
| magazine | Comic flapper | |||
| First publication | June 5, 2012 - March 5, 2014 | |||
| expenditure | 4th | |||
| Manga | ||||
| title | Girls and tanks: Little Army | |||
| Original title | ガ ー ル ズ & パ ン ツ ァ ー リ ト ル ア ー ミ ー | |||
| transcription | Gāruzu & Pantsā: Ritoru Āmī | |||
| country |
Japan
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| author | Tsuchii | |||
| publishing company | Media Factory | |||
| magazine | Monthly Comic Alive | |||
| First publication | June 27, 2012 - January 26, 2013 | |||
| expenditure | 2 | |||
| Manga | ||||
| title | Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! | |||
| Original title | ガ ー ル ズ & パ ン ツ ァ ー も っ と ら ぶ ら ぶ 作 戦 で す! | |||
| transcription | Gāruzu & Pantsā: Motto Rabu Rabu Sakusen Desu! | |||
| country |
Japan
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| author | Nii-Marco | |||
| publishing company | Media Factory | |||
| magazine | Monthly Comic Alive | |||
| First publication | May 2013 - … | |||
| expenditure | 3+ | |||
| Light novel | ||||
| country |
Japan
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| author | Yū Hibiki | |||
| illustrator | Humikane Shimada (cover), Shin Kyōgoku (in the text) | |||
| publishing company | Media Factory | |||
| First publication | November 22, 2012 - June 25, 2013 | |||
| expenditure | 3 | |||
| Original video animation | ||||
| title | Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! | |||
| Original title | ガ ー ル ズ & パ ン ツ ァ ー こ れ が 本 当 の ア ン ン ツ ィ オ 戦 で す! | |||
| transcription | Gāruzu ando Pantsā: Kore ga Hontō no Anzio-sen Desu! | |||
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese | |||
| year | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Actas | |||
| length | 40 minutes | |||
| Episodes | 1 | |||
| Director | Tsutomu Mizushima | |||
| music | Shirō Hamaguchi | |||
| Anime movie | ||||
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Girls und Panzer ( Japanese ガ ー ル ズ & パ ン ツ ァ ー , Gāruzu ando Pantsā , Eng . "Girls and Panzer") is an anime and manga series from 2012. Since then, a total of one television series, one OVA series , three mangas and one Novel. A movie was released in November 2015.
action
The action takes place in a fictional world in which military heavy industry has been faded into everyday civil life for economic reasons. It has been the custom in Japan for decades that - in an extreme application of the term " school ship " - adolescent girls and boys spend their school days on converted aircraft carriers that have been transformed into independent floating communities that offer all the comforts of a small town on land.
In this world it is a traditional martial art for girls to fight out competitions with tanks from the Second World War , this sport being known as the "way of the tank" ( 戦 車道 , Senshadō ). These competitions also take place on a national and international level, with different schools competing against each other for the championship under certain rules - including achieving victory by eliminating a designated flag tank. Although live ammunition is used, the tanks involved are provided with an additional protective carbon coating for the interior and a computer that analyzes the impact of a hit and, in the event of a correspondingly high level of simulated damage, raises a white flag that signals the defeat of the tank concerned.
The main character of the series is Miho Nishizumi, who comes from a family with a long Senshadō tradition. After she was responsible for their defeat in the final at her old school after a nine-year winning streak, she swears by the Senshadō and switched to the Ōarai Prefecture Girls' School ( 県 立 大 洗 女子 学園 , Kenritsu Ōarai Joshi Gakuen ) , since this has been since has not operated a Senshadō program for several years. Unfortunately for her, the student council decides to reintroduce this discipline that very year, and under the threat of otherwise expelling her from school, Miho, the only girl with Senshadō experience, has to reluctantly participate. With the help of her friends, she slowly finds joy in tank driving again and leads Ōarai through the national Senshadō championship.
It later emerges that this tournament is about more than just prestige: Because Ōarai is no longer regarded as productive by the Ministry of Education , the girls' school is about to close, and only a victory in the popular Senshadō could give it the general respect that she needs to continue to exist. Thus, the hopes of the student council and the entire student body now rest on the shoulders of Miho and her Senshadō team.
Characters
Ōarai Prefecture Girls School
The teams of the Ōarai Prefecture Girls' School, apart from the team of the protagonists, are made up of girls with the same, sometimes very specific interests, which leads to an abundance of insider jokes within the individual teams and in some cases also in their expression expresses. Individual characters are also characterized by special, strongly pronounced personalities and peculiarities.
Frogfish team
The " frogfish team" ( あ ん こ う チ ー ム , ankō chīmu ), who drive a Panzerkampfwagen IV (first in version D up to the quarter-finals against the Anzio high school, then in the semifinals against the Pravda high school in version F2 and in the final against the Black Forest Summit Girls' School in version H with armored aprons) , is formed by the five protagonists of the series:
- Miho Nishizumi ( 西 住 み ほ )
- A new student at Ōarai Prefecture Middle School and the tank commander. She is descended from the famous Nishizumi family, who practiced a long Senshadō tradition, but she suffered greatly from her strict, imperious mother, who preached iron discipline to her daughters during their Senshadō battles. However, after she was responsible for the defeat of her school at the last tournament because she impulsively helped some teammates whose tanks had slipped into a raging river, she wanted to withdraw from Senshadō in shame. After she was forcibly drawn into the Senshadō team in Ōarai, she found joy in driving tanks again because of the much more relaxed atmosphere in her new team and the support of her new friends. Despite her initial uncertainty, she made a name for herself as a capable commander who knew how to outmaneuver her opponents even with the technical inferiority of her team, and was promoted to general commander of the befarai Senshadō team after the first competition with St. Gloriana.
- Saori Takebe ( 武 部 沙織 )
- An orange-haired girl and radio operator of the tank, who is always looking for a good marriage match. The fact that she is still single is expanded into a running gag in the series. Because of her sociability, she becomes one of Miho's first friends in Ōarai and is responsible for the radio in the tank.
- Hana Isuzu ( 五十鈴 華 )
- A long-haired girl with a calm and friendly personality and a tank gunner . She comes from a family with a long ikebana tradition and is one of Miho's first friends in Ōarai.
- Yukari Akiyama ( 秋山 優 花 里 )
- A girl from a hairdressing family who has been passionate about tanks and militaria since childhood , but this has meant that she had no friends for a long time. After Miho invited her to her team, she worships Miho and her other teammates and addresses them as -dono as a token of her respect . She later became an honorary member of the history club under the nickname "Guderian" (after Heinz Guderian ). It acts as a charging shooter of the tank and also takes off the armor tasks such as reconnaissance of enemy positions was. She is prepared for every situation and often carries military equipment such as a compass and field harness with her.
- Mako Reizei ( 冷泉 麻子 )
- Mako is an old childhood friend of Saori and an orphan who grew up with her strict grandmother. Although she is very intelligent and an excellent student, she suffers from low blood pressure, which makes her fall asleep standing up. For this reason, she often arrives late for school and has a correspondingly long list of delays; she mainly takes part in the senshadō to balance her attendance rate. Thanks to her quick learning ability, she becomes the official driver of Miho's tank after just one session during a training match.
Turtle team
The “ turtle team” ( カ メ さ ん チ ー ム , kame-san chīmu ) consists of Schülerarai's student council, who drive a PzKpfw 38 (t) (later converted into a “ Hetzer ”).
- Anzu Kadotani ( 角 谷 杏 )
- The childlike-looking head of the Ōarai school, who likes to eat sweet potatoes and who shuns hard work. She holds the position of commander and radio operator of the tank, but also takes on the role of gunner in critical moments (due to Kawashima's lack of accuracy). In these situations she acts extremely effectively and is characterized by a successful and creative fighting style.
- Momo Kawashima ( 河 嶋 桃 )
- The spokeswoman for the Ōarai student council, who suffers from a somewhat wild temperament. She often reacts extremely impulsively to criticism and tends to lose her nerve and burst into tears in difficult and hopeless situations. She serves as the tank's gunner and loader, whereby her state of mind has a negative effect on her accuracy.
- Yuzu Koyama ( 小山 柚子 )
- The deputy chairwoman and a very friendly girl who has to do the hard work in the student council. She serves as the driver of the tank.
Domestic duck team
The " house duck team" ( ア ヒ ル さ ん チ ー ム , ahiru-san chīmu ) consists of four girls from a closed volleyball club who drive a Type 89 I-Gō . They often use the volleyball jargon that they apply to the particular situation. A common motive is their aim to reactivate their old club.
- Noriko Isobe ( 磯 辺 典 子 )
- Commander and loader of the team.
- Taeko Kondō ( 近藤 妙 子 )
- Team radio operator.
- Shinobu Kawanishi ( 河西 忍 )
- Team driver.
- Akebi Sasaki ( 佐 々 木 あ け び )
- Gunner of the team.
Hippo team
The “ Hippopotamus Team” ( カ バ さ ん チ ー ム , kaba-san chīmu ) consists of four girls from the Ōarai history club who drive an Assault Gun III Ausf . The members of the club prefer to name themselves after historical figures with whom they feel connected . Often they quote historical events or people from their respective historical fields that fit the respective situation.
- Takako Suzuki ( 鈴木 貴子 )
- Commander and loader of the team, as well as a specialist in ancient Roman history. It is nicknamed Caesar ( カ エ サ ル , Kaesaru ) - after Gaius Iulius Caesar - and an ancient Roman sagum as an accessory.
- Riko Matsumoto ( 松本 里 子 )
- Deputy commander and radio operator of the team, as well as a specialist in European history and the Second World War . It bears the nickname Erwin ( エ ル ヴ ィ ン , Eruvin ) - after Erwin Rommel - together with a Wehrmacht field jacket and officer's cap .
- Kiyomi Sugiyama ( 杉山 清 美 )
- Gunner of the team. She names herself Saemonza ( 左衛 門 佐 ) - after Sanada Yukimura , whose coat of arms she wears as a headband - and is an expert on the Sengoku period in Japan.
- Takeko Nogami ( 野 上 武 子 )
- Driver of the team and expert in the Edo period of Japan. It is called Oryō ( お り ょ う ) after Narasaki Ryō .
Rabbits team
The “ rabbit team” ( ウ サ ギ さ ん チ ー ム , usagi-san chīmu ) is made up of six first-year girls who drive an M3 Lee .
- Azusa Sawa ( 澤 梓 )
- Commander of the team.
- Karina Sakaguchi ( 阪 口 佳 利奈 )
- Team driver.
- Yūki Utsugi ( 宇津木 優 季 )
- Team radio operator.
- Ayumi Yamagō ( 山 郷 あ ゆ み )
- Gunner for the 75 mm casemate cannon.
- Saki Maruyama ( 丸山 沙希 )
- Loader for the 37 mm turret cannon.
- Aya Ōno ( 大野 あ や )
- Gunner for the 37 mm turret cannon.
Wild ducks team
The “ Wild Duck Team” ( カ モ さ ん チ ー ム , kamo-san chīmu ) consists of three girls from the school disciplinary committee who drive a Renault Char B1 . They are characterized by their insistence on strict adherence to school rules, which occasionally leads to conflict situations.
- Midoriko Sono ( 園 み ど り 子 )
- Commander and radio operator of the team, and shooter for the 47 mm turret gun. Every morning she makes a note of late arrivals at the school entrance and is therefore particularly keen on Mako. Later, the relationship between the two characters develops in the direction of a hateful friendship, which culminates in Midoriko deleting Mako's late arrival from the register and thus enabling her to advance to the next grade. She bears the short name Sodoko ( そ ど 子 ), which only her committee colleagues are allowed to use without criticism for reasons of respect, but this does not prevent anyone from using it.
- Moyoko Gotō ( 後 藤 モ ヨ 子 )
- Driver of the tank. Has the short name Gomoyo ( ゴ モ ヨ ).
- Nozomi Konparu ( 金 春 希 美 )
- Loader and gunner of the 75 mm casemate gun. Has the short name Pazomi ( パ ゾ 美 ).
Anteater team
The " anteater team" ( ア リ ク イ さ ん チ ー ム , arikui-san chīmu ) is made up of three girls who like to play computer games, especially an online tank game (referred to in the novel as World of Panzer (cf. World of Tanks )). Your vehicle is a Type 3 Chi-Nu .
- Nekota ( 猫 田 ) / Nekonyā ( ね こ に ゃ ー )
- The leader and radio operator of the team. She wears thick glasses and a cat-ear headband.
- Momogā ( も も が ー )
- A girl with a peach (Japanese: Momo ) eye patch and driver of the team.
- Piyotan ( ぴ よ た ん )
- Gunner and gunner of the team.
Leopon team
The “ Leopon Team” ( レ オ ポ ン さ ん チ ー ム , reopon-san chīmu ) consists of four girls from the automobile club (all named after famous Japanese racing drivers), whose job is usually to maintain and repair the tanks after a competition. From the 10th episode of the anime series, they take part in the final competition in a Porsche Tiger .
- Satoko Nakajima ( 中 嶋 悟 子 )
- Commander and radio operator of the team, named after Satoru Nakajima .
- Tsuchiya ( ツ チ ヤ )
- Team driver named after Keiichi Tsuchiya .
- Hoshino ( ホ シ ノ )
- The team's gunner named after Kazuyoshi Hoshino .
- Suzuki ( ス ズ キ )
- The team's loader, named after Aguri Suzuki .
Other schools
The teams in the other schools are mostly geared towards individual nations in terms of their equipment, fighting style and their habitus. In doing so, they often take up stereotypical elements of these cultures.
Black Forest Summit Girls' School
Black Forest Summit Girls' School ( 黒 森 峰 女 学園 , Kuromorimine Jogakuen ) , which is based on the German Wehrmacht . Their combat vehicles include various variants of the Tiger and Panther types (including their tank destroyer versions ) as well as a functional mouse .
- Maho Nishizumi ( 西 住 ま ほ )
- Miho's older sister and commander of the Kuromorimine Senshadō team. Strict and callous on the outside, she is still very devoted to her younger sister and recognizes her hidden qualities as a Senshadō commander.
- Erika Itsumi ( 逸 見 エ リ カ )
- The deputy commander of the Kuromorimine team who is constantly trying to demean Miho.
St. Gloriana Girls School
St. Gloriana Girls' School ( 聖 グ ロ リ ア ー ナ 女 学院 , Sei-Guroriāna Jogakuin ) , a British Army- style school. Use Churchill Mk. VII tanks, Mathilda II tanks and Mark VI Crusaders, among others . It should be noted that the students are named after distinctive British teas. The girls in this school can be seen almost permanently with a cup of tea, which the commanders of the tanks sometimes even drink during the battle.
- Darjeeling ( ダ ー ジ リ ン )
- Commander of the St. Gloriana team. After her first confrontation with the Ōarai team, which she only narrowly wins through Miho's commitment, she becomes one of Miho's first admirers and from then on participates in every Ōarai match as a spectator. Has a preference for proverbs, which she tends to say when the opportunity arises.
- Orange Pekoe ( オ レ ン ジ ペ コ )
- Darjeelings Churchill's loader and her constant companion.
- Rosehip
- Commander of a Mark VI Crusader.
Saunders University High School
The Saunders University High School ( サ ン ダ ー ス 大学 付 属 高校 , Sandāsu Daigaku Fuzoku Kōkō ) is a high school based on the American model. It is one of the most affluent schools and has a large number of Sherman tanks of all possible types including the M4A6 and the Sherman Firefly .
- Kay ( ケ イ , Kei )
- Commander of the Saunders team and a stereotypically American-style girl. A kind and generous person who insists on fairness in Senshadō.
- Alisa ( ア リ サ , Arisa )
- Deputy Commander of the Saunders Team. A temperamental and manipulative girl who does not shy away from getting all possible advantages in Senshadō.
- Naomi ( ナ オ ミ )
- Deputy Commander of the Saunders team and expert in long-range shooting with the Firefly. Her very short hair and serious expression make her look like a boy. She seldom speaks and chews gum.
Pravda High School
The Pravda High School ( プ ラ ウ ダ 高校 , Purauda Kōkō ) is a high school based on the model of the Red Army . It uses a number of various Russian World War I tanks, including the T-34 , IS-2 and KW-2 types .
- Katyusha ( カ チ ュ ー シ ャ , Kachūsha )
- Commander of the Pravda team. Because of her childlike appearance, she suffers from an extreme Napoleon complex and therefore likes to be carried on her shoulders by Nonna so that she can look down on others. Despite her spoiled and arrogant personality, she is a capable tactician and sees Miho as an equal opponent.
- Nonna ( ノ ン ナ )
- Deputy Commander of Pravda and, because of her calm, unswerving personality, the opposite pole of Katyusha, for whom she takes on a kind of motherhood.
Anzio High School
Anzio-Oberschule ( ア ン ツ ィ オ 高校 , Antsio Kōkō ) , a high school in the style of the Italian army , which uses tanks of the Carro Armato P40 , L3 / 33 , Semovente 75/18 and Fiat M13 / 40 type, among other things . The uniforms of Anzio's Senshadō team are based on the uniforms of Mussolini's black shirts . This school is financially the worst off in Girls and Panzer and therefore has to support its income through regular public events. a. with food stalls offering Italian fast food.
Only rudimentarily presented in the television series, she learns in the OVA special This is the Real Anzio Battle! a detailed presentation.
- Anchovy ( ア ン チ ョ ビ , anchobi )
- The commander (or duce ) of the Anzio team, portrayed in the manga as arrogant and derogatory towards her opponents, but in the OVA as cheerful and self-confident who treats her opponents with respect.
- Carpaccio ( カ ル パ ッ チ ョ , Karupatcho )
- Deputy commander of the Anzio team, who in the manga, with her calm demeanor, represents a counterpoint to her aggressive commander. She is also a close childhood friend of Caesar, the commander of the Ōarai Hippo Team.
- Pepperoni ( ペ パ ロ ニ , Peparoni )
- Another deputy commander of the Anzio team in the OVA, who often acts impulsively and without reflection.
particularities
- At some points in the series, Wehrmacht General Heinz Guderian is quoted about the best effectiveness of tanks in combat.
- Furthermore, allusions are often made to events in military history from various epochs from antiquity to modern times as well as from many cultural areas. Mostly these are done by crew members of the hippopotamus team.
Publications
Mangas
A manga by Ryūichi Saitaniya published on 5 May 2012 (issue 7/2012) to 5 March 2014 (issue 4/2014) in the magazine Comic Flapper by Media Factory . This was created parallel to the development of the anime. The manga chapters have also been published in four edited volumes. The completed manga Girls and Panzer: Little Army by Tsuchii was also published in two volumes, previously published in Monthly Comic Alive from June 27, 2012 (issue 8/2012) to January 26, 2013 (issue 3/2013) . Since May 2013 the series Girls und Panzer has been published in the same magazine : Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! by Nii-Marco , which since October 23, 2013 have been combined into three anthologies (as of November 2014).
The manga by Ryūichi Saitaniya was licensed in the USA by Seven Seas Entertainment and is due to be released in June 2014. The manga was published in German from May to November 2017 by Egmont Manga . Between January and February 2018, the publisher also published the offshoot Girls und Panzer: Little Army .
Anime
series
Tsutomu Mizushima directed the production of Studio Actas . The concept and series script comes from Reiko Yoshida. Takaaki Suzuki, the project's military history advisor, was also on Strike Witches and Upotte !! involved. The character design was created by Isao Sugimoto based on the designs by Humikane Shimada , and the artistic direction was by Yutaka Ōnishi.
The series consists of 12 episodes, with the production of the last two episodes being delayed so that they could only be broadcast three months later. There are also two review episodes (numbered 5.5 and 10.5) and six OVA episodes related to the series . Tokyo MX showed the twelve-part series from October 9, 2012 to March 25, 2013 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ), as well as TV Aichi and TV Osaka from October 11, 2012 to March 29 to 28, 2013.
An English version was offered as a simulcast via streaming by Crunchyroll in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. In the simulcast, a scene in episode 8 in which the Russian song Katyusha was sung was not broadcast for copyright reasons.
The series was released between December 21, 2012 and June 21, 2013 on six DVDs or Blu-rays, with each disc having a bonus sequence of around 15 minutes (excluding the 4th disc with 5 minutes).
The English release on DVD / Blu-ray was secured by Sentai Filmworks on December 3, 2013, with the six bonus episodes following separately on February 25, 2014. On March 4, 2015, KSM Anime announced that they had secured the German rights to the anime series. The first volume was released in Germany on November 9th and the final third is due to appear on May 23rd, 2016. The bonus episodes appeared in German on March 14, 2016 as Girls und Panzer OVA Collection . In the English and German versions, an instrumental version of the song Korobeiniki is used instead of the protected Katjusha in episode 8 .
From February 2016, the episodes were streamed first on Clipfish , then on Watchbox and then on TVNow.
OVA
A series of eight OVAs was produced for the television series, which complement the series plot.
On July 25, 2014 the OVA Girls und Panzer was released: This is the Real Anzio Battle! ( Girls and tanks: Kore ga Hontō no Anzio-sen Desu! ), Which depicts the competition between Ōarai and Anzio, which in episode 7 is only indicated with Siegarai's victory.
Movies
A two hour long movie was released in Japanese theaters on November 21, 2015. The DVD release included a bonus OVA with a short story, which starts after the film plot.
A six-part, final series of films with the collective title Girls und Panzer: The Final Chapter is in production at Studio Actas. The first part was released in Japanese cinemas on December 9, 2017.
Voice actor
| role | Japanese voice | German voice |
|---|---|---|
| Miho Nishizumi | May fuchigami | Samira Jakobs |
| Saori Takebe | Ai Kayano | Patricia Strasburger |
| Hana Isuzu | Mommy Ozaki | Demet Fey |
| Yukari Akiyama | Ikumi Nakagami | Katrin Hess |
| Mako Reizei | Yuka Iguchi | Jana Julie Kilka |
| Maho Nishizumi | Rie Tanaka | Birte Baumgardt |
| Erika Itsumi | Hitomi Nabatame | Milena Karas |
| Azusa Sawa | Hitomi Takeuchi | Annette Potempa |
| Aya Oono | Chuna | Catherine of Daake |
| Anzu Kadotani | Misato Fukuen | Charlotte Uhlig |
| Momo Kawashima | Kana Ueda | Jülide Gülgec |
| Yuzuko Koyama | Mikako Takahashi | Ela Paul |
| Caesar | Eri Sendai | Christiane plant |
| Erwin | Satomi Moriya | Iris Reinhard Hassenzahl |
| Saemonza | Yuka Inoue | Katharina guest |
| Oryou | Ayuru Oohahi | Tabea Hilbert |
| Darjeeling | Eri Kitamura | Julia von Tettenborn |
| Orange peko | Mai Ishihara | Lilian Zahn |
| Kay | Ayako Kawasumi | Corinna Dorenkamp |
| Alisa | Aya Hirano | Nicole Hise |
| Katyusha | Hisako Kanemoto | Rieke Werner |
| Nonna | Sumire Uesaka | Silke Linderhaus |
| Sodoko / Gomoyo / Pazomi | Shiori Izawa | Celine Vogt |
| Shinzaburou | Atsushi Imaruoka | Markus Haase |
music
Shirō Hamaguchi composed the music for the series . The song DreamRiser by ChouCho was used for the opening credits, the closing title is Enter Enter Mission! sung by Mai Fuchigami, Yuka Iguchi, Ai Kayano, Ikumi Nakagami and Mami Ozaki.
The series also draws on well-known pieces of music from the time of the Second World War, for example the marching song The British Grenadiers during the fight against the British team , the tank song during the fight against the German team and the folk song Katyusha , sung by the latter, during the fight against the Soviet team Hisako Kanemoto and Sumire Uesaka , who also studied Russian and whose debut anime voice actress and singer was the series.
novel
Media Factory also published a light novel by Yū Hibiki with illustrations by Humikane Shimada (cover) and Shin Kyōgoku (illustrations accompanying the text). A total of three volumes have been published:
- November 22, 2012, ISBN 978-4-8401-4877-1
- February 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-8401-4985-3
- June 25, 2013, ISBN 978-4-8401-5226-6
reception
TV broadcasting attracted large audiences in Japan and Blu-ray sales reached a high position on the sales charts. The fifth volume sold 33,450 copies in the first week of its release, making it number one on the sales charts. The sixth volume sold 32,385 times in the first week.
The success of the series led to so-called "pilgrimages" ( 聖地 巡礼 , seichi junrei ), d. H. the visit of Japanese fans to Ortarai, the location of the action, and there to an increase in the number of visitors, as well as advertising initiatives of the local economy, which in turn were recognized by the Japan Tourism Agency under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism . The Japanese Post also issued special stamps for Girls & Panzer in Ibaraki Prefecture, where Ōarai is located. The annual Ankō Matsuri ( あ ん こ う 祭 , "Frogfish Festival") reached a record number of 60,000 (2012) and 100,000 (2013) people, instead of the usual 30,000 before.
To promote the game World of Tanks in Japan, the Belarusian developer company also entered into a cooperation with Girls und Panzer .
The Chinese state media were critical of the series.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Girls & Panzer Film's Theme Singer, Date, Length, New Visual Unveiled. In: Anime News Network. March 15, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015 .
- ↑ Seven Seas Licenses Girls and Panzer, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Strike Witches Manga. In: Anime News Network. July 15, 2013, accessed October 24, 2013 .
- ↑ Egmont Manga presents the spring program for 2017. In: Sumikai.com. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Squid Girl Helmer Mizushima, Strike Witches Advisor Reveal Girls and Panzer TV Anime . Anime News Network . Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ↑ Crunchyroll to Stream Girls and Panzer TV Anime. In: Anime News Network. October 3, 2012, accessed October 20, 2013 .
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- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
- Series in the original version with German subtitles by Clipfish