Girls und Panzer (2012)

Original title

ガールズ&パンツァー

Directed by

Tsutomu Mizushima

Genre

action anime and manga, cute girls doing cute things

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

High school girls compete in tank battles as a school sport. Teams from different schools face off in tournaments using World War II era tanks.

energeticplayfullightheartedwhimsicalbriskcompetitivesillyaction-packed

What happens

Girls und Panzer (Japanese: ガールズ&パンツァー, Hepburn: Gāruzu ando Pantsā; with the part in German translated: "Girls and Tanks"), abbreviated as GuP or Garupan (ガルパン), is a Japanese franchise created by Actas. It depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, written by Reiko Yoshida and produced by Kiyoshi Sugiyama. Takaaki Suzuki, who had earlier acted as a military history advisor for Strike Witches and Upotte!!, was involved in the production of the anime series. It aired in Japan between October and December 2012, with two additional episodes that aired in March 2013 and an original video animation released in July 2014. Nine manga series and a light novel adaptation have been published by Media Factory. An animated film was released in Japanese theaters in November 2015. A six-part theatrical anime series premiered in 2017. A four-part anime film adaptation of the spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! was released from December 2025 to April 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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