"Girls und Panzer" Locations and Cakes in Real Life
Art immitates life and life immitates art

As strange as Girls und Panzer's core concept of an interscholastic tank battle sport may be, the anime has a remarkable grasp on reality. Not only does it have a military otaku's with obsession mech details, beyond all the references to the real convenience store chain SunKus, a lot of real geography is pulled into the anime.
From the real locations in Ooarai town (in Ibaraki prefecture)
There's even a map of the route taken by the tanks in episode 4.
for the flip side, episode 5 inspired some life immitating art
bonus...
North: Genius
South: Baka
East: Noisy
West: Quiet
The background character who is this series object of fan obession
via @Ikari_Gendo and Moe Ota-News Sokuhō
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.