Girls & Panzer Movie

Having won the 63rd National Sensha-dou tournament, the girls from Ooarai Girls Academy managed to prevent their school from closure by the Japanese Ministry of Education. However, new troubles loom on the horizon: a ministry official argues that the deal was not legally binding and that the Ooarai school carrier is to be decommissioned. Students and their families are frustrated with this injustice and overwhelmed with despair; it seems little can be done to save the school.

Their last glimmer of hope is a proposed match against the All-Stars University Sensha-dou team, consisting of the most talented students from all over the country. Despite Ooarai being severely outnumbered and clearly outclassed, they accept the challenge.

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Akiyama, Yukari Main

Nakagami, Ikumi Japanese

Reizei, Mako Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Nishizumi, Miho Main

Fuchigami, Mai Japanese

Isuzu, Hana Main

Ozaki, Mami Japanese

Takebe, Saori Main

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Shimada, Arisu Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Anzai, Chiyomi ing

Yoshioka, Maya Japanese

Katyusha ing

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Darjeeling ing

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Nishizumi, Maho ing

Tanaka, Rie Japanese

Hayashi, Youhei Producer

Maruyama, Shunpei Producer

Kyoutani, Tomomi Producer

Nishikawa, Kazuyoshi Producer

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May 28, 2016

Naoe-Riki

Recommended

Story: (8/10)
- I can't exactly give it a 9 or a 10 despite how much I liked the story. For starters, the story isn't exactly deep. You can take the story at face value. What makes it deserve an 8 though? For starters, the dorama in this movie is REAL. It exceeded what the series even did in 2 hours of content. But enough about the dorama, WHAT ABOUT THE TANKS. The amount of absurd tank movements and tactics in this movie is cranked up to 11. And you thought the series had WTF tank tactics, wait till you get a load of the movie. ... Apparently tanks can now turn into roller coasters and make jumps that make monster truck somersaults look like child's play. I cried so hard from laughing. But despite the tactics, the action pack and the twists in the movie keeps me at the edge of my seat. There wasn't many dull moments in the movie. If I had to state any problems though, its that the start of the movie, your bombarded with an entire group of new characters. The pacing in the movie is so-so. You can easily keep up with the movie, the plot doesn't move too slowly, and most of the movie is dedicated to tank battles anyways

Art: (9/10)
- The animation remains consistent. There weren't any off-models as far as I saw, and the combination of 2D and the 2.5D animations really blends. The visual effects also remain consistent as from the series, so you can expect some eye catching visuals from the tanks and the girls

Sound: (9/10)
- As usual, the voice actresses/actors all did a wonderful job. But thats basically seconday. WHAT ABOUT THE TANKS AGAIN. The tanks all still have the sound effects from the series. Barely anything was changed. There was a lot more action in the movie, so its much appreciated that they did a good job with the tank explosions, tank sounds, and tank cannon blasts.

Character: (8/10)
- Just cuz its the tail end of the series doesn't mean there's no room for character development. Despite the shallow plot of the series, there was much room for character development in the series. We're shown a brand new side to each character, sides that we never saw before.

Enjoyment: (9/10)
- Putting aside the initial hype I had for this movie, the movie truly is enjoyable. It exceeded my expectations. The comedic tank tactics, the suddenly tanks can do better stealth than Big Boss, the explosions, the visual effects all make up a really exciting tank battle, and the dorama and interactions make the peaceful moments interesting. If you enjoyed the series, your going to enjoy this movie a lot

Overall: (9/10)
- The story isn't bad. The reasons for things to happen are simply because "it happened" is probably one of my problems with the story aside from the sudden bombardment of new characters. It seems vague cuz I did my best not to spoil any story elements as much as I could. But despite the shallow reasoning, the interactions and the ensuing reactions and dorama that follows more than make up for it. The bigger involvement of characters that were underused in the series really made an impact for me. The tank battles were awesome though, no matter how impossible I think they are. Overall, it was a good watch, and if you enjoyed the series, you'll very well enjoy the movie

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 31, 2016

cuteisanarchy

Mixed Feelings

As an anime, Girls und Panzer has a relatively simple formula - win the tournament, save the school. Given the conclusion was already pretty much foregone in the show there wasn't too much tension as to how the plot would ultimately resolve, but what it lacked in story it made up for in a cast of entertaining characters and exciting, highly-detailed battle scenes.

The film does everything the show does - quite literally, in fact, as the set-up is the exact same premise, boiling down to about an hour and a half of tank battles and half an hour of emotional fluff. This may seem lazy ... to some, but if you were sitting down to this show expecting something other than the thinnest pretense to feature lots of explosions and character service I don't know what you were watching to begin with.

As far as providing character service and explosions goes, the movie does a decent job with both. All the favorites return and characters such as Katyusha and Anchovy get a surprising (and welcome) amount of screen time, but given the need to cram so many characters into two hours there are many others who are reduced to a few soundbites. Things like Yukari's sneaking missions or... whatever the other characters did are notably absent. The opposition, unlike the teams in the series, isn't given any sort of obvious characterization and functions only as another obstacle for the underdogs to overcome. Belying the prodigious amount of art featuring her the head of the new opposing team is relatively nondescript beyond her character design - other than being a loli who's good at doing tank stuff and likes a certain stuffed bear there's little else to say about her and she gets relatively few scenes.

The battle scenes - making up the bulk of the film - are good-looking and well-executed. There are some new tanks introduced as well (one of which causes a lot of big, nice-looking explosions), although unlike the show we aren't given much background information about them.

Beyond the characters and the battles there's relatively little to say about the movie - the focus of the remaining half hour is largely the characters feeling sad and, unlike the show, the planning process for the battle is relatively short. There's some bonding between Miho and her sister but here too the film treads lightly and mostly functions as a 'feel good' bookend to the events of the show. The battle between schools ends somewhat abruptly and the aftermath is some brief scenes set to music while the credits roll - but then, given the thin excuse for a plot, were you expecting anything else?

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 3, 2018

Tokumia

Not Recommended

I watched this movie because I wanted to see further development on this series and hoping it can do better on the story and character aspect.However,none of these ever happened,but instead it continues the flaws of the original series,which makes this movie awful to watch.

+crazy tank moments
+good animation
+good sound effects

-Not much emotional moments as the previous anime series
-the tanks are in chaos and hard to follow
-too many characters,hard to grow on them
-the result can be easily predicted
... -insufficient bgm and soundtracks

This movie is split into three parts,two parts are tank battles,which occupied most of the movie duration,while only a small part that it was put into its actual story and characters,which is already a major problem for lacking of character and story development.

If you have watched the previous anime series before,this series is suffered from characters always win in major moments.Well,this movie is also in the same case,so it's very predictable.Even without seeing the lengthy battle,I have already known the result.

Speaking of the tank battles,sometimes it's kinda hilarious with crazy tanks moving in impossible ways,which gives me some laughters.Other time,it's very difficult to follow,since it's in a chaotic situation for most of the time with weird camera angles and transitions.Thus,the information provided about the battlefield and the situation is very insufficient.They're even lazy to provide a map to reflect the actual situation of the battle,the attacking pace is fast and rough,which make things more hard to follow.It seems like I'm blind while watching the characters messing around with tanks,without knowing where the tanks are and where the enemies are.

Like the previous anime series,this movie has many characters,it is also trying to bring more new characters to the film.However,unlike the previous anime series,which has certain amount of time to describe the characters.In this film,you'll know nearly nothing about them,as most of the time are just tank battle fanservice.This film also failed in focusing certain main characters.In tank battles,each character's screentime is split in order to reflect the tank battles.It's hard for me to grow on the characters,especially for the new characters.

The emotional moment,which only occupied only a little duration of the film,is very sudden,without any sort of cliffhanger or any clear explanations.Although it reflects the friendship of the characters,it's like the characters suddenly change their own standpoints.Therefore,it's also hard for me to feel glad or touched for the main characters.

On the animation and sound aspects,although sometime it suffered from poor camera transitions,the skills and techniques used are pretty cool and can be really fun with crazy tank moments,so it's good in general.Some realistic tank sound effects with launching bullets are there,pretty awesome.If it can use more colour visuals and insert more bgms and soundtracks,it'll be better.

Though there're some good features about the film,like the animation and sound effects of the tanks,they don't redeem the movie much from the horrible storytelling and character development with lengthy tank battling.Unless you're a tank lover or into these kind of intense battles,there're not many things worthy to get from this film.If you're expecting a more emotional show than the previous one,then this may let you down and feel disappointed.

Story:2/10
Animation:7/10
Sound:7/10
Character:1/10
Enjoyment:2/10
Overall:3/10 (F)

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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