It’s inevitable that many of the characters will come off as not very memorable, or one note. Girls und Panzer already features quite the large cast, and to add more may lead to unsustainable weight. One way to breathe life into the narrative is to introduce new characters, but that path is also fraught with hazard. But the mother apparently still cares? Is Miho disowned or not? More in the second season, perhaps. What’s the Nishizumi family situation like, anyway? Apparently so bad that Maho has to forge her mother’s signature for her sister (which was sweet, but also terribly illegal). Much more interesting was the relationship between Miho and Maho, which predictably played an important role in the climax and maybe could have been the main focus of the movie. In fact, he was hardly a character, just an obstruction with no motivation. Sure, it tries to introduce a new villain, but Girls und Panzer never really had a villain and this piece of ham didn’t make for much of one. Indeed, the plot of Girls und Panzer der Film is still milking the ‘school will be closed!’ drama, which has by now been stretched a bit thin. Dragging one out too long risks having it eventually twist into nothing more than a parody of itself, which is a sad way to end. Miho and her friends have reached a pinnacle in the narrative would extending the ascent feel too artificial? One of the things I like about anime is that it knows it has to end, as good stories should. They had beaten the Russian tanks, and then beaten the German tanks-that is, the best tanks (or at least, the sexiest tanks).
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While, again, I did enjoy the TV series and would very much have liked a sequel for more tank on tank action, on the other hand Girls und Panzer was more or less a complete anime.
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Conclusions first: I ended up enjoying the movie quite a bit, but let me get some quibbles out of the way before I heap on the praise. I was actually slightly apprehensive about a Girls und Panzer movie-happy, but apprehensive. I’m sure there’s plenty of tank nerds in the comments who will be on hand to rattle off all the stats that you may want about the numerous war machines that make their appearance in this animated feature. But with the twin powers of sleep deprivation and masochism, here we are! I probably won’t be able to go on and on about individual tanks like I’d like to, but I’ll be able to give some impressions on the movie, at least. Girls und Panzer der Film weighs in at a whole two hours, which is treat for fans but demands more effort than the usual episode of anime from a humble anime blogger. I’ve been wanting to cover this one earlier, since I’m quite fond of Girls und Panzer and World War II tanks in particular, but time has been tight (as usual, really) and movie posts have a habit of taking up far too much of it.