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Person0123452 The Real Daigensui Since: Jun, 2012
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#2126: May 25th 2017 at 8:02:33 AM

With due respect, there hasn't been much about Girls und Panzer that has merited conversation since the movie came out. I suppose for discussion's sake, we could speculate on the upcoming Final Chapter story, which is set for release in December, but beyond this, I don't have much to offer by ways of discussion.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#2127: May 25th 2017 at 8:22:44 AM

With due respect, there hasn't been much about Girls und Panzer that has merited conversation since the movie came out.
Then why not take a page from the Touhou thread and shift discussion to the Gu P fandom, which would include doujin artists making artworks and comics about the series?

I suppose for discussion's sake, we could speculate on the upcoming Final Chapter story, which is set for release in December
... From the sombreness of some of the preview pics, I'm suspecting that the plot will revolve around slimebastard Tsuji still trying to get Ooarai shut down, only this time it's for personal revenge after the humiliation and possible professional reprecussions he suffered when his second attempt flopped, and he may have somehow managed to find an ally who is willing to help him.

I'm following it, but I don't have anything to say, so.
but beyond this, I don't have much to offer by ways of discussion.
You could comment on some of the commentaries that I wrote while watching the movie and last few OVAs for the first time.

edited 25th May '17 8:24:45 AM by MarqFJA

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Person0123452 The Real Daigensui Since: Jun, 2012
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#2128: May 25th 2017 at 12:10:16 PM

I hardly drop by, and going from the thread's activity level, it seems like TvT's bigger Girls und Panzer players are dormant. An alternative place to talk about the film in a (near) blow-by-blow account: this is a mad collection of commentaries made on the movie. The style is not exactly my cup of tea, but the site's maintained well and the author does look like they respond quickly to folks. Perhaps swing by if you're looking for a good chat?

edited 25th May '17 12:10:39 PM by Person0123452

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#2129: May 25th 2017 at 2:28:08 PM

I just finished reading that post. Very interesting, especially the quotes. However, he seems to have gotten Maho's characterization wrong when it comes to her relationship with Miho during the GUP TV series, because he acts like he's never read or heard of the Little Army manga and its revelations about Maho.

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Person0123452 The Real Daigensui Since: Jun, 2012
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#2130: May 25th 2017 at 6:07:30 PM

I think the author genuinely doesn't know about Little Army: some folks don't really stray off the beaten path. No one's perfect tongue On another note, I think a new character album is coming out on June 21 (according to the official Twitter): more Girls und Panzer music is always welcome smile

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#2131: May 25th 2017 at 8:35:59 PM

On a different note, I will repeat a question that I've asked on the previous page:

Why is it that we're using "University Strengthened Team" (Daigaku Kyouka Tiimu) to refer to Alice Shimada's team, when that "name" is only used a couple of times before said team is properly introduced and henceforth referred to as Daigaku Senbatsu Tiimu (大学選抜チーム, translated as "Selection University" on the GuP fan wiki, which IMO is inaccurate; a better translation would be "University All-Stars Team"note )? Even the Japanese Wikipedia uses Daigaku Senbatsu as the actual name of the team, with Daigaku Kyouka only used for the quote of Slimebastard Tsuji's condition ("If you can defeat the University Strengthened Team...").

edited 25th May '17 8:36:37 PM by MarqFJA

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MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#2132: May 26th 2017 at 11:49:47 AM

Also it's not for lack of material at all — Gekkan Senshadou, as far as I know, still comes out with vignettes of the hows and why's of Miho's world — it's just that most of us in the English-speaking sphere don't have any access to it. So it's hard to speak of something new when all the hints to the coming theatrical OV As aren't even available to us. ^^;

Jamibu Since: Jun, 2014
#2133: May 26th 2017 at 9:26:08 PM

You can listen to the samples of the 9 songs included in the Girls und Panzer Character Song Album thorugh this preview:

edited 26th May '17 9:27:28 PM by Jamibu

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#2135: Jul 20th 2017 at 4:19:29 AM

Get hyped

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#2136: Jul 20th 2017 at 5:56:48 AM

... Delinquents loitering in the depths of the Ooarai schoolship, potentially foreign opponents with weird European-style outfits (anyone recognize the fashion?), and... IS THAT AN OFFICIAL GIRLS UND PANZER TANK BATTLE SIMULATOR VIDEO GAME?! HYPE IS REAL!!!

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#2139: Jul 20th 2017 at 7:17:18 AM

It's Namco. There's a pretty good chance for a PC version when it comes to the west.

Person0123452 The Real Daigensui Since: Jun, 2012
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#2140: Jul 20th 2017 at 8:05:00 AM

An English language version on Steam, though ideal, is also quite some time away if they do choose to make it. Assuming that to be the case, that would be fantastic: the gameplay footage looks fantastic, and it'll be nice to really play a Girls und Panzer game, rather than games where I have to simulate the experience with textures and emblems smile

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mwisse Since: Apr, 2009
#2141: Jul 20th 2017 at 8:11:35 AM

The opponents in that trailer look to be French themed, judging by the tanks and uniform style, which is great as we haven't had them yet other than in a manga spinoff.

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#2142: Jul 20th 2017 at 2:12:55 PM

PC/Western version might be announced at BN's upcoming Youtube live broadcast on Sunday,

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#2143: Jul 20th 2017 at 6:22:43 PM

[up][up] ... Does the WW 2 French arsenal even have anything that could prove as much as if not more of a challenge than what Kuromorimine and the University All-Stars teams provided? Or is there going to be some ridiculous handicap, like every Ooarai tank has to take on a dozen tanks all by itself, without support whatsoever from the rest of the team?

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MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#2144: Jul 20th 2017 at 7:31:25 PM

[up]

Inter-war to Early War? Not a chance. The upgraded Panzer-IV's 75mm would turn tanks of that timeframe (Somuas, Char B2s) into Swiss cheese. Only possibly the Type 89 would have any issue with them, but it's the Type-89, so what can we expect?

Even with Prototypes thrown in (essentially anything from Tiers 3-5 of the French lines in World Of Tanks barring the ELC AMX), I would still say no.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#2145: Jul 20th 2017 at 9:03:00 PM

Don't the Volleyball team drive a Char B2 variant?

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#2146: Jul 21st 2017 at 12:49:40 AM

[up] No, they're the one with Type-89. The Sodoko collective drive the Bis.

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#2147: Jul 23rd 2017 at 4:36:59 AM

Mind you, if they bring in post-war French designs, like the AMX 13, 50, and 30, the Oarai girls could be in serious trouble. Even an ARL 44 with a good crew might prove at least somewhat challenging.

edited 23rd Jul '17 4:40:09 AM by Iaculus

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#2148: Jul 23rd 2017 at 4:47:00 AM

Tanks that were designed post-WW 2 are explicitly forbidden in the tankery tournament rules. It's only on technicalities that the Pershings with post-war engines and transmissions and the Centurion were allowed. Of all the designs you cited, only the AMX-30 has a ghost of a chance of being accepted — again, on a technicality (development technically began in mid-1944, but actual work on the AMX-30 itself only started in 1963 due to interruptions and cancellations).

... And if it's indeed the AMX-30 that will be used, then it appears to be a good choice. The damn thing was designed on the principle of "protection of a Panther, firepower of a Tiger", for God's sake!

edited 23rd Jul '17 4:55:31 AM by MarqFJA

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RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#2149: Jul 23rd 2017 at 4:57:47 AM

I fully admit I'm nowhere near up on designs and production schedules, but weren't most of the College Team's tanks basically barely legal even with the Federation stacked against Oorai anyway, or something like that?

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#2150: Jul 23rd 2017 at 5:06:44 AM

That's what I was saying at the beginning of my post. The University Team's Pershings are indeed WW 2 tanks (from the late years), but with engines and transmissions that were planned during WW 2 but only received after it. Alice's Centurion, meanwhile, entered service about a year after WW 2 ended, but development and initial manufacture took place in the last year of the war, with six prototypes being rolled out in May, a month after the war ended in the European theater but three months before the Pacific theater's conclusion, thus technically it can be considered to be a WW 2-era tank.

That being said, the fact that nobody on Ooarai raised a fuss over the fact implies that they don't think this is breaking the spirit of the rules, let alone the letter of them. It's the inclusion of the Karl-Gerat and the T28 that does.

edited 23rd Jul '17 5:08:16 AM by MarqFJA

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