GIRLS und PANZER: THIS IS THE REAL ANZIO BATTLE

 

So in the original ‘GIRLS und PANZER’ series, there were a few things that we didn’t get to watch or get more information about. The first thing involves the ‘Hall Monitor’s’ joining the ‘Oarai Tankery’ club. Or how the actual battle between ‘Oarai’ and ‘Anzio’ went down.

We do see who the winner of that match is in ‘episode seven’, but between you and me. I felt a bit cheated when that episode aired. I wanted to know more about ‘Anzio’ and how their match actually went.

So that’s why I’m really glad this OVA exists! Not only do we get to see how the fight happened, but we also get a few other questions answered. So with that said, let’s talk about this OVA!

‘GIRLS und PANZER: THIS IS THE REAL ANZIO BATTLE’ is about the battle between ‘Anzio’ and ‘Oarai’. We get to see how the girls prepared for the match and learn a little more about one member of the ‘hippo’ team.

So incase anyone is wondering. This episode takes place during ‘Episode 7’ of the regular series. We do see how the ‘Hall Monitors’ are recruited to join the tankery club and we see that it wasn’t exactly their decision. We also get another segment where Yukari sneaks over to ‘Anzio’s’ school in order to gain information about them.

The funny thing about this scouting mission, is that it feels like it’s more about food then the tanks.

The funny thing about ‘Anzio’ is that they are almost like ‘Oarai’. They don’t have a lot of money to buy tanks, but they manage to get by simply by skipping snack time from three times a day, to two times. Which makes me wonder how much money is spent on snacks.

Also in this OVA we spend some time with the ‘Hippo team’. They are the history buffs. One of the members named Caesar is given a bit of a spotlight. Caesar actually has a friend who’s attending ‘Anzio’ and she didn’t want to contact her friend in order to gain intelligence on the school.

Now that I’m thinking about it. ‘Anzio’ and ‘Oarai’ seem to have a lot in common. They both don’t seem to have much of a budget and they both like to use little tricks in order to win. Though ‘Anzio’ doesn’t seem to be that great at it.  

So the last thing I really have to talk about is ‘Anchovy’, the commander of ’Anzio’. Anchovy might seem like she’s another ‘Katyusha’, but she’s actually pretty cool for a commander. Not only does she shake Miho’s hand when they meet, but after the match she even congratulates everyone from ‘Oarai’ and invites them all to dinner. Of course she’s not the only commander who does this, but it’s still pretty nice.

So with that said, I do recommend checking out this OVA. It’s fun seeing everything that went into ‘Oarai’s’ preparation for their match with ‘Anzio’, but it was also cool to see what Anchovy is all about. This OVA isn’t the last time we’ll see Anchovy!

Thanks for reading everyone!
Take care!