OVA
Description
Chiyomi Anzai, nicknamed Anchovy, commands Anzio Girls High School's Sensha-Dō team. This fish-inspired moniker originated when a schoolmate combined "Anzai Chiyomi" with "ovy," referencing small saltwater forage fish. She comes from Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.
Anchovy personally operates Italian armor: the Carro Armato P40 medium tank and the Carro Veloce CV.33 tankette. She single-handedly revived Anzio's Sensha-Dō club upon enrollment, leading with a philosophy that blends competition with enjoyment, celebrating tankery through parties before and after matches. To fund the costly P40, she leveraged her influence to reduce school meals from three to two per day, navigating Anzio's tight budget.
Physically, Anchovy stands 156 cm tall with long, pale green hair usually styled in twin ponytails and red-brown eyes. During Sensha-Dō, she wears contact lenses and a distinctive uniform incorporating elements of Italian Fascist militia attire, complete with a black cape. In regular classes, she deliberately adopts glasses and a single braid hairstyle to blend in anonymously among students—a disguise effective until revealed to subordinates like Pepperoni. Her birthday is September 23, coinciding with the 1943 founding of the Italian Social Republic.
Her personality varies across depictions. The manga portrays her as hot-blooded, arrogant, and obsessed with victory, openly scorning opponents like Miho Nishizumi for prioritizing comrades. Yet she deeply cares for her team, viewing losses as her personal failure. Later OVAs and films soften this portrayal; she remains determined and self-assured but exhibits politeness, sportsmanship, and tactical ingenuity. She gracefully accepts defeat against Ōarai, forging a friendship with Miho and inviting Ōarai to post-match celebrations per Anzio's Sensha-Dō "way."
Her leadership features creative, high-risk strategies like "Operation Three Cheese Pizza" (a three-pronged assault) and "Operation T-Square," using CV.33 tankettes' speed to skip over water obstacles—a maneuver historically unsuccessful but critical for an escape in *Der Film*. She struggles with her team's distraction by food, though sharing their love for Italian cuisine, especially cheese pizza.
Background details include a younger brother. She dislikes carrots but eats them under peer pressure and cannot swim well despite her nickname. Post-tournament, she attempted to support Ōarai in finals but missed the match due to her team oversleeping after an impromptu overnight party. Later, she aided Ōarai against university teams, providing reconnaissance via roller-coaster tracks and participating in combined operations.
Anchovy personally operates Italian armor: the Carro Armato P40 medium tank and the Carro Veloce CV.33 tankette. She single-handedly revived Anzio's Sensha-Dō club upon enrollment, leading with a philosophy that blends competition with enjoyment, celebrating tankery through parties before and after matches. To fund the costly P40, she leveraged her influence to reduce school meals from three to two per day, navigating Anzio's tight budget.
Physically, Anchovy stands 156 cm tall with long, pale green hair usually styled in twin ponytails and red-brown eyes. During Sensha-Dō, she wears contact lenses and a distinctive uniform incorporating elements of Italian Fascist militia attire, complete with a black cape. In regular classes, she deliberately adopts glasses and a single braid hairstyle to blend in anonymously among students—a disguise effective until revealed to subordinates like Pepperoni. Her birthday is September 23, coinciding with the 1943 founding of the Italian Social Republic.
Her personality varies across depictions. The manga portrays her as hot-blooded, arrogant, and obsessed with victory, openly scorning opponents like Miho Nishizumi for prioritizing comrades. Yet she deeply cares for her team, viewing losses as her personal failure. Later OVAs and films soften this portrayal; she remains determined and self-assured but exhibits politeness, sportsmanship, and tactical ingenuity. She gracefully accepts defeat against Ōarai, forging a friendship with Miho and inviting Ōarai to post-match celebrations per Anzio's Sensha-Dō "way."
Her leadership features creative, high-risk strategies like "Operation Three Cheese Pizza" (a three-pronged assault) and "Operation T-Square," using CV.33 tankettes' speed to skip over water obstacles—a maneuver historically unsuccessful but critical for an escape in *Der Film*. She struggles with her team's distraction by food, though sharing their love for Italian cuisine, especially cheese pizza.
Background details include a younger brother. She dislikes carrots but eats them under peer pressure and cannot swim well despite her nickname. Post-tournament, she attempted to support Ōarai in finals but missed the match due to her team oversleeping after an impromptu overnight party. Later, she aided Ōarai against university teams, providing reconnaissance via roller-coaster tracks and participating in combined operations.