Exel Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Exel, that's not all that bad. After all, if you had a nice, polite and demure wife who had access to a panzer and 4 other friends to help her run it and fight it, would YOU treat her like anything but a queen or princess? If that's not the epitome of speak softly and carry a big stick, I don't know what is.... Oh I'd marry a tanker girl in a heartbeat. Girl has to have an attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Its clearly not be taken serious, but isnt there just something a LITTLE disturbing about big panzer parades and youngsters being forced to wear fascist uniforms? I mean Battle Royale got away with what it did because it was trying to make a point about totalitarianism. This smacks a little of the 4th Reich. Alright, its japanese manga, its not to be taken seriously and Im not trying to be precious about it. But when you get down to it its airbrushing events to be 'cute' which frankly is not something WW2 could be described as. One might also wonder if it's purely accidental that the American M3 Lee is painted cute pink while the German StuG is a Jap samurai tank and the PzIV has retained its original paint scheme. Quite so, they are mocking the Americans sexual orientation. And this from a nation thats formed an unhealthy attachment to tentacle sex. 40 foot tall robots crewed by 18-40 year old schoolgirls, you know what, I can see the attraction. WW2 tanks which were decidedly nasty things to die in, I dont get it. But there we are. You guys are overthinking it. The M3 Lee turned pink because it has the highest concentration of teenage girls inside. The Pz IV is actually the girliest inside by end of ep. 3. The crew brought in cute cushions, a pink curtain, several stuffed animals, and IIRC a tea party set. The driver's section has been modified to serve as dressing room for sleepyhead driver Mako. The way the tanks are crewed:- Pz 38(t): student council, hence the snobbish gold paint.- Type-89: (ex-)volleyball team, complete with sports slogans outside.- StuG III: war history buffs.- M3 Lee: believe it or not, the school's student librarians - so far proven to be the most incompetent crew in the club.- Pz IV: "normal" girls, incidentally also the only experienced tank commander in the entire school. This may be the cutest tank battle ever, but I'm sure WoT tankers will find it nostalgic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABnaeax-_A After watching ep 3 I'm now convinced Wargaming should adopt Girls und Panzer as their noob tutorial. Edited October 24, 2012 by pikachu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikachu Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Edited October 24, 2012 by pikachu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Some of that could be used to teach new tankers for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Kibbey Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 You guys are overthinking it. The M3 Lee turned pink because it has the highest concentration of teenage girls inside. The Pz IV is actually the girliest inside by end of ep. 3. The crew brought in cute cushions, a pink curtain, several stuffed animals, and IIRC a tea party set. The driver's section has been modified to serve as dressing room for sleepyhead driver Mako. The way the tanks are crewed: Oh, great. now imagine you are the platoon leader of tanks where the entire crew has synchronized their cycles and you have to lead vehicle(s) that have PMS gushing out of every hatch. Disciplinary challenge anyone? If you counsel one crewperson, you have to take them all on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I was impressed they tried hard to make the interior scenes fairly accurate and the kicking of the driver to pass commands is historically accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exel Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) I like how they mention Finland in an introduction to the StuG... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPfOaxjI808&feature=player_detailpage Only minor historical error is that the StuG was only used in the Continuation War that started in 1941, not in the Winter War of 1939. But I'll forgive them that just for mentioning Finnish StuGs in the first place! Edited October 24, 2012 by Exel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I just love the white flags popping up from the "killed" tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max H Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) I want this as a logo in WoT It looks interesting so far, if a little lighter on tank Vs tank than I hoped (WoT can do a whole battle in 15 mins, yet this takes 22mins for half of one?). I look forward to finding out WTF they are on a giant aircraft carrier. The translation I found is a bit funny at times:Treads are fine, wherever they might be Also, is it just me or is Saori kind of like a teenage human pinkie pie? Seriously, compare and contrast: Edited October 24, 2012 by Max H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberanvil Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 40 foot tall robots crewed by 18-40 year old schoolgirls, you know what, I can see the attraction. WW2 tanks which were decidedly nasty things to die in, I dont get it. But there we are. Robots, tanks and anything remotely mechanical is a horrible place for a female to die in. Especially when it depends on just how misogynistic the director and/or writer is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toysoldier Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I.t.s. A.n.i.m.e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Kibbey Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Buzzkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) Jeez, I wonder if there are any females invovled in that panzer fetish at all. Those high pitches voices probably are some Alvin and the Chipmunk thing. Hey! I saw a Pz IV Fibel in one of those clips. Where did they find that? Edited October 25, 2012 by Mobius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth P. Katz Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 This is so #$%&*@# weird that I don't know where to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW Collins Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 This is so #$%&*@# weird that I don't know where to start. The west still has a long way to go to catch up to Japan in terms of weird. Can we allow a weirdness gap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 This is so #$%&*@# weird that I don't know where to start. The west still has a long way to go to catch up to Japan in terms of weird. Can we allow a weirdness gap? When the west 'catches up' then it will no longer be weird.... anyway, the weirdest thing out of Japan in the last 12 months was: Japanese Artist Cooks and Serves His Own Genitals (NSFW) http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2012/05/japanese_artist_cooks_and_serv.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Kibbey Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 What's Nihongo for "eat me"? This is the kind of glaring omission that gives modern journalism a bad name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 This is so #$%&*@# weird that I don't know where to start. The west still has a long way to go to catch up to Japan in terms of weird. Can we allow a weirdness gap? When the west 'catches up' then it will no longer be weird.... anyway, the weirdest thing out of Japan in the last 12 months was: Japanese Artist Cooks and Serves His Own Genitals (NSFW) http://blogs.phoenix...ks_and_serv.php Oh, the Japanese don't have ANYTHING on the Germans in that regard. http://www.fullspate.net/archive/cannibal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Those high pitches voices probably are some Alvin and the Chipmunk thing. You've not met many Japanese schoolgirls or for that matter have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Not just the Germans, even though this Australian woman cut the victim up and served him, she could not stomach him....: from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Knight Price's autopsy revealed that he had been stabbed at least 37 times, in both the front and back of his body with many of the wounds extending into vital organs. Several hours after Price had died, Knight skinned him and hung the skin from a meat hook on the architrave of a door to the lounge room.[4] She then decapitated him and cooked parts of his body, serving up the meat with baked potato, pumpkin, zucchini, cabbage, yellow squash and gravy in two settings at the dinner table, along with notes beside each plate, each having the name of one of Price's children on it; she was preparing to serve his body parts to his children.[5] A third meal was thrown on the back lawn for unknown reasons and it is speculated Knight had attempted to eat it but could not and this has been put forward in support of her claim that she has no memory of the crime. Price's head was found in a pot with vegetables. The pot was still warm, estimated to be at between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius, indicating that the cooking had taken place in the early morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 (edited) This is so #$%&*@# weird that I don't know where to start. Try this websitehttp://japanisweird.com/ Edited October 25, 2012 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW Collins Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 When the west 'catches up' then it will no longer be weird.... No, it would still be weird, just not differentiable from Japan weird. But this is all impossible as Japan will always out-weird us. It's a national past-time. The lack of a M18 Hellcat somewhere suggests to me that these girls do not have proper tastes in armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Pellagio Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Wot...da..fuq... Not sure if someone slipped acid into my drink or Tomas succeeded in taking over the world while i was sleeping... Very popular in barracks though it seems, downloading the three full episodes now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 No tentacles, no Tomas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Kibbey Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The lack of a M18 Hellcat somewhere suggests to me that these girls do not have proper tastes in armor. No M60A2 either, and that was a known babe magnet. Remember, they're girlz, and like New Beetles with flower vases and stuff on the dashboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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