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Valiona2016-09-02 20:48:59

Hello, and welcome to my liveblog for Girls und Panzer, the show in which tank combat is a sport done by high school girls.

It's been about two years since I was first introduced to the anime, after seeing a video about Katyusha. I found it quite enjoyable, with good action and an interesting cast of characters, even if I'm not into tanks or military history as many of the show's fans are.

Girls und Panzer is a multimedia franchise, and consists of the following entries, listed in the approximate priority I gave each. Next to each, you can see how far I got in each.

1. The main anime series. Complete
2. The manga adaptation. Complete
3. The Little Army prequel manga. Complete
4. The OVAs. Complete
5. The Little Army sequel manga. Cancelled
6. The Maginot manga. Complete.
7. The chapters of Ribbon Warrior that have been released thus far. Cancelled
8. Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu. Cancelled
9. Der Film. Complete

The next entry is the first episode of the anime.

UPDATE 1(November 26, 2014): I've had a change of plans, and will be liveblogging the manga adaptation around the same time as the anime, partly because it mainly covers the changes, and it's easier to liveblog the manga with the anime somewhat fresh in my mind. Expect them to be done at approximately the same pace, and I'll altenate between each version.

UPDATE 2(December 24, 2014): To celebrate Christmas, I decided to release Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu Chapter 9's entry early, and temporarily put it after Chapter 16's entry.

UPDATE 3(January 6, 2015): I have completed the main series anime and manga, and have added the Maginot manga to the list. I'll do it after Little Army and the OVA series.

UPDATE 4(January 22, 2015): I have completed the Little Army manga. Updates may be somewhat slower from here on out.

UPDATE 5(March 18, 2015): I have completed all the OVAs.

UPDATE 6(March 27, 2015): I have completed all of the Maginot chapters so far. I'll add the rest as they come in.

UPDATE 7 (April 2, 2015): I have also completed the Ribbon Warrior chapters so far.

UPDATE 8 (May 3, 2015): I have completed all the chapters that have been translated into English. I will update as new chapters are released and translated.

UPDATE 9 (October 30, 2015): I have completed the Maginot manga.

FINAL UPDATE (September 2, 2016): Having completed der Film, I have decided to officially stop updating this liveblog, as per the plan I made when I started doing der Film. Thank you for reading, and any comments are appreciated, since I'll still check for them from time to time (remember- DO NOT include apostrophes, or your comment will not show up).

Comments

Jamibu Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 20th 2014 at 11:55:28 PM

Actually, the names of the three judges were already revealed in the Gu P Playing cards that were included in the Japanese BD/DVD of Gu P. Also, it's also mentioned in the recent omake 8 of Gu P: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu manga. The names of the judges are Kanon Sasagawa(the judge with the round glasses), Remi Takashima(the judge with a ponytail), and Hibiki Inatomi(the judge with the short black hair).

Valiona Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 21st 2014 at 3:12:09 PM

Jamibu,

I see. I hadn't heard about those playing cards mentioning the names of the judges; there's a lot of information revealed in GuP's supplemental materials

Jamibu Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 21st 2014 at 4:46:53 PM

Here are the playing cards if you're curious:

Jamibu Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 21st 2014 at 4:49:01 PM

Can't post links. Sorry about that.

erana Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 28th 2014 at 11:04:13 AM

Mako's tardiness and credits: maybe Oaoai works by excessive tardiness taking away credits (which would also explain why Sodoko saod her good grades wouldn't be enough). Or maybe not. Just a possible explanation.

Valiona Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 28th 2014 at 6:41:46 PM

erana,

That might be the case. Of course, another possible explanation is that Sodoko's grades are inferior to Mako's despite her superior work ethic, and she's somewhat jealous of Mako.

erana Since: Dec, 1969

Dec 15th 2014 at 6:21:10 AM

Indeed, both things are not mutually exclusive. Strange are the ways of the mutually tsundere...

Nyperold Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 24th 2015 at 2:36:44 AM

There's a slight touch about Mako leaping onto the tank that I kind of like. She stumbles. Now, this isn't a Cute Clumsy Girl fetish, but kind of a tempering of the feat; sure, it would have been cool if she had leapt over the glacis plate and made a graceful landing, but this makes her seem... more like an ordinary human, even if she's doing this right after waking up and not long before falling asleep again. Me, I'd probably try hitting the dirt parallel to the treads and hoping for the best. (Assuming it looks like there's space to do that.)

...even if her expertise in texting does little good in tankery.

Of course. Why would texting contribute anything of value to the sport?

Valiona Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 24th 2015 at 6:02:09 PM

Nyperold,

That's a good observation and good point about Mako's less than perfect landing.

To clarify, Hana was the one who said that texting was unlikely to be useful.