Military otaku not satisfied with Upotte!! have been graced with tank moe anime Girls Und Panzer – although despite its promising title (“panzer” rendered into Japanese happens to sound just like “pantzer”) viewers will just have to settle for polishing their barrels unaided.
The reaction has in any case not been too favourable, with complaints levelled at everything from its poor CG to its bizarre premise and annoying characters:
Omake:
This anime, somehow made people think that being in tank was cozy, safe, and fun…
Nope, tank is more like coffin to me, if people actually see what happen to the most of sherman tank crew that have their leg or body parts blown off by heavy thank shell.
ah well… this is just anime. no hurt feeling
Turns out to be one of the best shows in years. Whothunkit?
> (“panzer” rendered into Japanese happens to sound just like “pantzer”)
You know that’s how it’s pronounced in German, too, right?
When they have the feel to animate such crap they could at least call it “Mädchen und Panzer”.
does japan dislike the UK or something? in episode 1 they were fighting with Matilda tanks and in the anime “upotte’ they said the L85A1 bullpup rifle sucks…
Thats because the L85A1 did suck, and the UK agrees (i’m british myself). The problems the A1 had where fixed with the A2, and the A3 is coming soon. Upotte actually illustrates the problems the A1 had.
The L85A1 was rated for 103 rounds without a stoppage. It is (was?) legitimately garbage.
The UK was just the major nonGerman producer of tanks. Based on the first episode, the Mathildas seem pretty capable.