I definitely want to go to Oarai one of these days!! Will definitely take lots of photos! Though I doubt the cutouts of the girls and other decorations will still be there... It's been many years after all...
Whenever I finally get to take a trip to Japan, I'm going to make it to Oarai. GuP really put that town on the map. In fact, I first leaned of the existence of Girls und Panzer when I heard of the show on an English-language broadcast of N.H.K. radio where they were doing a segment on how Girls und Panzer had led to a skyrocketing increase in the rate of tourism in Oarai.
I'll try to translate things worth translating. Q: Do you know about GuP? Old lady: Yes. Old man: The one about the school on a ship. Another old lady: There's this thing called senshadou. -From there the speaker in background explains GuP and some of its key terms while showing scenes from anime. -The stuff after that you can sorta tell what she's saying based on what is being shown. -They offer birth certificates of characters...lol. -Special thanks to Tokiwa Yoshihiko. -Tourism went up 50%.
I love this series🤩🤩I first watched teh anime in 2021 (a year after I got into anime) and I enjoyed it so much I actually bought all the blu-rays of it. it's just such a great show!
Actually, they're already at work when they broadcasted this live... and the average travel time to work being something between 30min to 1h.... *They probably all got up at about 4:30 in the morning*, especially if they got kids they have to send to school.