Line #96 Trivia/GirlsUndPanzer


1	* ActingForTwo: In both the Japanese and English versions, some members of the cast voice multiple characters.
2	* AnimeFirst: An original anime project. While three manga series were first released before the anime aired, they were meant to promote the anime, which is the main part of the franchise.
3	* CareerResurrection:
4	** Creator/AyaHirano's OneSceneWonder role as Arisa came after a lot of bad publicity had nearly ended her career. While she never again gained the level of popularity she had as the titular ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', it did lead to further roles.
5	** The role of Saori Takebe was this for Creator/JessicaCalvello. She originally was best known as Excel in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', but doing the character's voice put a ton of strain on her vocal cords (this was exacerbated by ADV ignoring her medical professional's suggestions to give her plenty of rest). After that, she quietly moved to New York, but only could have minor roles over there (her only known major role there was Karin Aoi from ''Manga/DNA2''). In late 2013, she moved back to Texas again, returning to major anime roles starting with ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', then landing high-profile roles like Eclair in ''Anime/FairyTailTheMoviePhoenixPriestess'' (which was released around the same time as the dub of ''Girls und Panzer''), Kanako Miyame in ''Manga/MariaHolic'' and Hange Zoe in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (which Jessica was a fan of when it was simulcasted).
6	* TheCastShowoff: During Episode 8, Nonna, Pravda's XO, leads TheTeam in singing the Russian song "Katyusha"; her voice actress, Creator/SumireUesaka, is a Russian language major. Unfortunately, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkXEGH0V1Y the song]] was removed from Crunchyroll's stream due to copyright issues. Its replacement with an instrumental version of "Korobeiniki"[[note]]You know it as the theme from ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.[[/note]], while Katyusha and Nonna just stare silently forward like a couple of spare pricks was not massively well-received.
7	* ColbertBump: In scale modelling, the popularity of this and ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' has resulted in increased sales of model tanks.
8	* {{Defictionalization}}: some of the tank-related foods, like the Tank-Katsu, Tank-shaped pastries, and the like, have become available foods in several Ooarai restaurants.
9	** Tank racing is defictionalized itself in Russia.
10	* NoExportForYou: As of November 25th, 2020, the Girls und Panzer is irredeemably blocked in Latin America, except Mexico. During many years, this franchise has no legal option to watch in Spanish-speaking territories since neither Crunchyroll nor Sentai Filmworks managed to get this anime in those territories. Eight years later, the series was finally announced by Arcade Media. However, and to the regret of the fans of the series, it was confirmed that's exclusively for Mexico. Due to that, people in the rest of Latin America has no legal option to watch this legally.
11	* TheOtherDarrin: While the English dub cast was consistent in the TV series and the [=OVAs=], when Sentai got around to dubbing the movies, they wound up having to recast quite a few characters.
12	** For starters, Momo Kawashima went from being voiced by Kendall [=McClellan=] to Creator/PatriciaDuran in ''der Film'' to Creator/ElizabethMaxwell in ''das Finale''.
13	* RealLifeRelative:
14	** Creator/GenevieveSimmons, who plays Noriko Isobe, the leader of Duck Team, as well as Miho's {{Jerkass}} mom, Instructor Shiho Nishizumi [[note]] with the exception of ''der Film'' where they're both voiced by Chelsea [=McCurdy=] instead [[/note]], as well as a Pravda Member, is the older sister of Creator/JulietSimmons, who plays Rabbit Team gunner Aya Oono.
15	** Newcomer Creator/NatalieRial, who does the voice of Nekonya, as well as several members from the rival schools of Pravda, Saunders, and St. Gloriana, is the younger sister of veteran voice actress Creator/MonicaRial, who voices Rabbit Team member Karina.
16	* RecursiveCanon: Girls und Panzer draws a lot of influence from "Moeyo! Sensha Gakkou!" (and indeed, the book series' writer is part of the production staff, and the books are constantly referenced in-show). Guess what's included as a limited-edition extra for the fourth Blu-Ray release? A volume of "Moeyo! Sensha Gakkou"... except all about Girl und Panzer's setting.
17	* ReferencedBy:
18	** ''Anime/AnimeGataris'' references the show as ''[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Girls and Tanks]]'', including a pilgrimage trip to Ooarai.
19	** ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Social Engineering 1: Back to School'' lists the series in the appendix for recommended supplementary material.
20	** Website/YouTube channel Johnny Johnson specialises in videos about weapons and military vehicles In The Movies. He sometimes uses ''Girls und Panzer'' as a source, and "[[https://youtu.be/ScTOEOdo8y0 Jagdpanther - In The Movies]]" even has a still from the show as the thumbnail, because of how rare this tank is in live action media.
21	* ScheduleSlip: Due to [[http://girls-und-panzer.at.webry.info/201211/article_2.html a major blunder by a staff member]] in English here: [[https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgirls-und-panzer.at.webry.info%2F201211%2Farticle_2.html&edit-text=&act=ur link]], the production of the series was pushed back, and instead of airing episode 6 as intended, they were forced to use episode 5.5 instead (1-cour series ''never'' have to air extra episodes, and usually use them as extras for DVD or Blu-Ray releases). Mizushima was ''not'' pleased, to say the least, given the content of [[https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/248809494556065792 the tweet he made almost immediately after the news broke]]:
22	--> It's all because someone didn't do his job, it's causing everyone to be at a loss. I will never forget that person's name.
23	** As a result, instead of ending around Christmas Eve 2012 as it was supposed to, the airing of the final episode was in doubt. All the production team could promise at the time was that an announcement will be given at the end of episode 11. One station had announced they will broadcast Episode 12 on January 9th.
24	** Yet ''another'' minor slip happens later on, with the Blu-ray disc release moved a month to February, meaning the release of the second OVA/disc-only special was delayed as well.
25	** Happened a '''third''' time, to the dismay of watchers, with news that Episode 10 might not be ready in time (and as such would have to be aired unpolished), and that Episode 11's airing will be pushed back further, with episode 10.5 shown instead in its timeslot. The official announcement also mentioned that the final two episodes will be aired in March 2013 instead, almost three whole months after the show ''should'' have ended.
26	*** When a different, [[Anime/HighSchoolFleet unrelated show]] by a different studio, but with a similar premise (schoolgirls operating [=WWII=] equipment) and which shared scriptwriter and military advisor with [=GuP=], announced they were having schedule troubles for their episode 5, fans of both series started joking about the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_pharaohs "Girls und Panzer curse"]]''
27	* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
28	** The songs "Katyusha" and "Polyushke Polye" aren't available for any editions outside Japan. In Crunchyroll and Sentai's case, the credits from the Crunchyroll and Sentai releases are different from the Japanese one. The reason is that the authors obtained the license for the Japanese broadcast free of charge from the original Russian copyright owners, but in the US, the copyright for the song is owned by a different entity, so for Crunchyroll and Sentai Filmworks, it would have to be licensed separately since the original Japanese licensor was unable or unwilling to do that, and it would simply cost too much for Sentai and Crunchyroll them to obtain that license from the US holder.
29	** Also, the animation was changed for the parts that were deleted in the footage for the Sentai release, plus the subtitles can't be changed in order to prevent reverse-importation. Those parts were deleted altogether for the Crunchyroll version.
30	* SleeperHit: As noted on the main page, ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' was consistently a top-5 rated show in Japan while it was being broadcast, completely surprising EVERYONE. It went on to be the second most popular AnimeFirst series of the entire UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, after ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}''.
31	* TouristBump: The show put the real Japanese town of Oarai in Ibaraki prefecture on the anime map, seeing an increase in tourism especially after episode 4, which featured the town. For a more specific example, the hotel/restaurant that was shown wrecked by a drifting Matilda got a spike in reservations following the episode.
32	** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fVvSzdu88SI]] video gives a tour of Oarai, showing the real life version of locations that were used in certain scenes of the anime.
33	** Before the show, the annual Anglerfish Festival averaged about 25,000 people coming to Oarai. On November 17-18, 2012, it drew '''65,000''' people, because of ''Girls Und Panzer''. Attendance at the 2013 festival was '''100,000'''. Apparently the cast who played the Anglerfish Team all turned out for the event in costume, which presumably helps to account for the boom. The festival has become as much a celebration of ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' as it is about the actual fish.
34	** As noted elsewhere, Oarai has turned itself into an anime pilgrimage city, milking the show's popularity for every last Yen. Since the city was devastated by the 2011 tsunami, this has not created any fandom backlash. Comments usually go along the line of 'they really need it'.
35	** Ooarai has remained an anime pilgrimage city, with an entire episode dedicated to a visit in ''Anime/AnimeGataris'', and its inclusion in a 28-city package tour for foreign otaku tourists.
36	** In 2022, several events are planned in Ooarai for the 10th anniversary of the show, showing that even a decade later, it remains an anime pilgrimage city.
37	* TroubledProduction: It says a lot that a 12-episode series like this has to resort to airing '''two''' recap episodes to buy time (again, it bears mentioning that such episodes are usually used as Blu-Ray or DVD extras, and ''never'' shown during TV airings), where many multi-cour shows rarely do more than one. Not only that, but the airing of the final two episodes were pushed back ''three months'' to March 2013.
38	* WhatCouldHaveBeen
39	** According to ''Girls und Panzer'''s producer, the show was originally supposed to take place at an unnamed port town in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures Sanin Region]]. However, the long distance from Tokyo to said area made it difficult to conduct field trips for staffs to collect info for the setting, so it was decided that they were going to move the setting to a port town in northern Kanto, and the rest is history.
40	** [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4614738 This fanart]] showcases what the Anglerfish Team, and the setting in general, would have looked like in their original forms. Highlights include tanks using ersatz airsoft rounds instead of actual live rounds, Miho being DelicateAndSickly, and Mako having a short silver hair instead of a long black hair.
41	** In the 6th OVA, when Duck Team does it's Hidden Talents sketch of impressions, originally, they had the voice actors for Momo (Kendall [=McClellan=], Darjeeling (Creator/KaraGreenberg), Orange Pekoe (Ally Piotrowski), Miho (Creator/MargaretMcDonald), Saori (Creator/JessicaCalvello), Hana (Creator/CaitlynnFrench), and Yukari (Rebekah Stevens), doing the voices for the Duck Team members when they were doing the impressions, before ultimately deciding to just have the actual Duck Team voice actors (Genevieve Simmons, Creator/CarliMosier, Creator/CynthiaMartinez and Kalin Coates) just voice their characters doing impressions of the other cast members. This alternate take was included as a bonus feature on the Creator/SentaiFilmworks Blu-Ray and [=DVD=] release of the [=OVA=]s.
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