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MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#1: Apr 10th 2016 at 5:55:23 AM

Well, let's get this out of the way. Original anime with designs from Atto (mangaka of Non Non Biyori) about a world where the ocean levels have risen enough that Japanese cities are mostly underwater, and the population has moved on to live on gigantic city-ships. Pretty much what we had in Girls Und Panzer taken to the next level.

So, this first episode. HOLY FSK, I don't think anyone expected what happened in the second half. Mutiny! USE OF LIVE AMMO AGAINST MINORS... And a cameo of a Kagerou-class destroyer, LOL (it's an imaginary ship, the Harekaze, but I've been told it looks SUSPICIOUSLY like the Amatsukaze or even Shimakaze).

So yeah, not exactly a relaxing cute girls romp, especially since one character nearly got her head shot off there.

edited 10th Apr '16 5:56:40 AM by MyssaRei

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#2: Apr 10th 2016 at 6:01:25 AM

The Harekaze being original was weird with everything else being an IJN reference

I suspect things will turn out not to be as dire as they seem at the end of the episode— They'd have gone with something more major if this was going to be truly life-or-death, and the OP is pretty cheery

edited 10th Apr '16 6:02:29 AM by Hylarn

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#3: Apr 10th 2016 at 10:33:40 AM

...I knew the Independence-class was crap, but I didn't think you could cripple one with a single dummy torpedo.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Diamite Rainy Echoes Since: Jul, 2013
Rainy Echoes
#4: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:33:23 PM

...Well, this is an interesting way to kick things off. Maybe it's part of their training regimen. You know, in case they fight actual traitors! Ha! Haha!

................

Mashiro's luck really is in the pits. The Anne-Happy world would surely welcome her.tongue

Mike needs a coat to go with the captain's hat. In time, she'll exude an aura that's as badass as Captain Marika!cool

edited 10th Apr '16 4:50:43 PM by Diamite

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#5: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:50:44 PM

I was wondering why her friend got issued an actual uniform rather than just a hat and she didn't.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#6: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:53:36 PM

While this won't be an ultra-grim pit of despair, seeing how they were joking during the battle, this does look like it will be a touch darker than the no danger sportsy Girls und Panzer. At least I hope so. We'll see though. I do wonder if they'll actually take advantage of the setting, or if it's just an excuse to make this premise plausible.

NHunter from a certain asteroid with two towers Since: Jan, 2016
#7: Apr 10th 2016 at 1:39:33 PM

On a completely unrelated note,.. Are the Yamato sisters (and other 'old' ships) lifted & restored originals or modern-built copies?

Also, am I the only one whom the paint job on the WWI-ships makes think of "Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio"?

mwisse Since: Apr, 2009
#8: Apr 10th 2016 at 1:50:24 PM

[up] No you're not. Some wag on Twitter made the same point.

A strange opening episode. Three quarters is cute girls doing cute military things, then suddenly we're on the Potemkin? And wasn't her childhood friend's ship also declared late, without message? What happened there?

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#9: Apr 10th 2016 at 6:28:43 PM

Also, Error Musume, the Anime.

It's interesting to note that they have a lot of Girls Und Panzer alumni on the production staff, but the most important name here is Suzuki Takaaki, who was military advisor/supervisor/world setting/episode scriptwriter for Strike Witches, Girls und Panzer and Gate.

And one more thing to chew on. According to the usual military enthusiasts, a PRIMED 93 cm Long Lance would have blown the Independence-class to smithereens, yet an UNPRIMED dud wouldn't have made it list so much as in this episode... which could point that it was all a set-up.

edited 10th Apr '16 6:36:40 PM by MyssaRei

IncognitoNinja Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI
#10: Apr 10th 2016 at 9:06:27 PM

Did Misaki, like, just use Yuudachi's Verbal Tic? The line in question 

Also, the Harekaze's secretary... Was that Mikako Takahashi? (a.k.a.: Yuzuko Koyama from Girls und Panzer.)

"Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow."
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#11: Apr 10th 2016 at 9:11:58 PM

Did Misaki, like, just use Yuudachi's Verbal Tic?

That's how 'poi' is normally used, so not really

Also, the Harekaze's secretary... Was that Mikako Takahashi?

No

IncognitoNinja Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Gravity Beams and BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI
#12: Apr 10th 2016 at 9:30:40 PM

Aw, nuts...

Oh well...a pretty decent sound-alike, though.

"Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow."
Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#13: Apr 10th 2016 at 9:37:59 PM

I saw the first episode and it wasn't bad at all, buuut this may be an exclusively-female-cast-anime I actually end up dropping. Shocking. Not quite yet though.

I like the cat and the comedy, could do with or without naval battles. evil grin

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
WildGoose Since: Dec, 2009
#14: Apr 11th 2016 at 12:38:02 AM

Oh hey, Myssa's watching this too.

I have to say the anime was making me go "wat" a helluva lot more than girls und panzer lol.

High school class crewing a DD: "Wat."

Noob getting captain slot: "Wat."

No adult supervision: "Wat."

Independence with 127mm gun instead of Bofors 57mm? "Wat."

Engineering division wear competition swimsuits instead of underwear: "Wat."

But still it's pretty wat in a good way. :p Is there a TV tropes page up? If not I might just make it like I made the Gu P page lol.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#15: Apr 11th 2016 at 12:47:40 AM

No, we don't currently have a work page.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#16: Apr 11th 2016 at 12:50:47 AM

Engineering division wear competition swimsuits instead of underwear: "Wat."

Is "Hands to bathe" not a thing outside the Royal Navy?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#17: Apr 11th 2016 at 1:04:35 AM

I'm working on the page. Give me a few more minutes to finalize it.

WildGoose Since: Dec, 2009
#18: Apr 11th 2016 at 1:20:47 AM

@Deadbeatloser : Dunno, I'm Malaysian lol. :p

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#19: Apr 11th 2016 at 1:24:54 AM

Have page, will travel.

Also leaving the VERY misleading image for the page until we get something more appropriate along the line. :P

edited 11th Apr '16 1:28:00 AM by MyssaRei

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#20: Apr 11th 2016 at 1:42:09 AM

I think "Hai Furi" is actually the official name? The page should probably be at Anime.Hai Furi

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#21: Apr 11th 2016 at 1:48:33 AM

[up]

Even the official website calls it High School Fleet now. Hai-Furi is just the abbreviation, much like Garupan is for Girls und Panzer.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#22: Apr 11th 2016 at 3:03:59 AM

The official streams use Haifuri [1].

Probably should use that or strike a middle ground with the current thread title.

edited 11th Apr '16 3:20:12 AM by Memers

RBomber Since: Nov, 2010
#23: Apr 11th 2016 at 5:40:02 AM

@Engineering swimsuit: This is just theory, but my best bet is that it was some kind of compromise. See, anybody familiar with how seamen depicted in WW 2 (and pretty much in every war movie) are knows that engineering crews are good for two things: Look fabulous when doing their work, shirtless, and getting wet when things get hairy. And ship interior, especially older ones, can be compared with sauna, especially in tropical area.

Problem is, while engineering guys has, traditionally, no problem going shirtless, engineering ladies, in the other hand....

And even if ladies can be accepted socially to shown in undies on sea, little ladies, in the other hand, might get a flak. Solution: Gave them something less Fanservice-y.

Besides, most competitive swimwear today has features that can justify its' application in seamen (and women) today.

edited 11th Apr '16 5:40:18 AM by RBomber

WildGoose Since: Dec, 2009
#24: Apr 11th 2016 at 8:35:56 PM

@R Bomber: yeah but the swimsuits they're wearing are the high school competition high leg swimsuits, not the legged and armed swimming suits used in the olympics.

On the other hand, I didn't say I didn't like it. :p ^_^;;

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#25: Apr 11th 2016 at 9:42:03 PM

This is the part that I wish we had more ship geeks on the board, compared to the tank geeks we had during Girls Und Panzer. [lol] Because honestly I'm struggling with how to even describe the Harekaze (Kagerou-class hull, yet with automation to allow it to be operated by 30 girls, and it even has modern radar) or the Sarushima (which while being built on an Independence-class hull, I was told that the 57mm Bofors it had in the first episode is NOT its standard equipment).

Never mind how the Musashi still apparently has its pre-Leyte Gulf configuration, as evidenced by the 15.5cm guns on its wings.

edited 11th Apr '16 9:44:32 PM by MyssaRei


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