Girls und Panzer

Girls und Panzer
Key visual for the anime television series featuring (left to right) Yukari Akiyama, Saori Takebe, Miho Nishizumi, Mako Reizei, and Hana Isuzu
ガールズ＆パンツァー (Gāruzu ando Pantsā)
Genre	Action, comedy, military[1][2]
Further information Manga Illustrated by Ryohichi Saitaniya Published by Media Factory English publisher NA: Seven Seas Entertainment Magazine Monthly Comic Flapper Demographic Seinen Original run June 5, 2012 – March 5, 2014 Volumes 4 (List of volumes) Manga Little Army Illustrated by Tsuchii Published by Media Factory English publisher NA: Seven Seas Entertainment Magazine Monthly Comic Alive Demographic Seinen Original run June 27, 2012 – January 26, 2013 Volumes 2 (List of volumes) Manga 4-koma Panzer Vor! Illustrated by Yuuma Published by Gakken Magazine Megami Magazine Cho! Animedia (online) Original run July 30, 2012 – July 26, 2022 Volumes 1 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima Produced by Kiyoshi Sugiyama Yōichi Sekine Hirotsugu Ogisu Youhei Hayashi Takeshi Ishigaki Written by Reiko Yoshida Music by Shirō Hamaguchi Studio Actas Licensed by AUS: Hanabee Entertainment NA: Anime Network, Sentai Filmworks UK: MVM Entertainment Original network Tokyo MX, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, BS11, AT-X Original run October 9, 2012 – March 25, 2013 Episodes 12 + 2 recap episodes (List of episodes) Light novel Written by Yū Hibiki Illustrated by Fumikane Shimada Shin Kyougoku Published by Media Factory Imprint MF Bunko J Original run November 22, 2012 – June 25, 2013 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Original video animation Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima Produced by Kiyoshi Sugiyama Yōichi Sekine Hirotsugu Ogisu Youhei Hayashi Takeshi Ishigaki Written by Reiko Yoshida Music by Shirō Hamaguchi Studio Actas Licensed by AUS: Hanabee Entertainment NA: Sentai Filmworks UK: MVM Entertainment Released December 21, 2012 – June 21, 2013 Runtime 4–16 minutes Episodes 6 (List of episodes) Original video animation Yukari Akiyama's Tank Course Produced by Jun Yukawa Kiyoshi Sugiyama Studio Actas Released December 21, 2012 – June 21, 2013 Runtime 5–17 minutes Episodes 6 Manga It's More Love Love Operation! Illustrated by Maruko Nii Published by Media Factory Magazine Monthly Comic Alive Demographic Seinen Original run May 27, 2013 – present Volumes 19 (List of volumes) Manga Comic Anthology Published by Media Factory Imprint MF Comics Flapper Series Original run October 23, 2013 – November 22, 2014 Volumes 2 (List of volumes) Video game Master the Tankery! Developer Namco Bandai Games Publisher Namco Bandai Games Genre Action game Platform PlayStation Vita Released JP: June 26, 2014 Original video animation Girls und Panzer: This Is the Real Anzio Battle! Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima Produced by Kiyoshi Sugiyama Yōichi Sekine Hirotsugu Ogisu Youhei Hayashi Shinichi Sugawara Music by Shirō Hamaguchi Studio Actas Released July 5, 2014 (2014-07-05) Runtime 38 minutes Manga Ribbon Warrior Illustrated by Takeshi Nogami Takaaki Suzuki Published by Media Factory Magazine Monthly Comic Flapper Demographic Seinen Original run September 5, 2014 – March 5, 2021 Volumes 16 (List of volumes) Manga Comic Anthology Side Published by Ichijinsha Imprint DNA Media Comics Original run November 5, 2014 – present Volumes 9 (List of volumes) Manga Fierce Fight! It's the Maginot Battle!! Illustrated by Ryohichi Saitaniya Published by Kadokawa Magazine ComicWalker (online) Original run November 19, 2014 – August 19, 2015 Volumes 2 (List of volumes) Manga Little Army II Illustrated by Tsuchii Published by Media Factory Magazine Monthly Comic Alive Original run April 27, 2015 – March 26, 2016 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Video game Great Tankery Operation! Developer Showgate Publisher Mobcast Games Genre Simulation game Platform Android, iOS, PC Released JP: November 11, 2015 Manga 4-koma Comic Anthology Published by Media Factory Imprint MF Comics Alive Series Published November 21, 2015 Volumes 1 (List of volumes) Manga Tankery Recommendation Illustrated by Midori Hagi Published by Media Factory Magazine Monthly Comic Flapper Demographic Seinen Original run August 5, 2016 – June 5, 2019 Volumes 5 (List of volumes) Manga Phase Erika Illustrated by Ryohichi Saitaniya Published by Kadokawa Magazine ComicWalker (online) Original run September 19, 2016 – March 19, 2018 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Manga Daily Life of Girls und Panzer: 4-koma Comic Anthology Published by Media Factory Imprint MF Comics Alive Series Original run March 23, 2017 – February 23, 2019 Volumes 4 + 2 complementaries (List of volumes) Manga Gekiga Illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi Published by Shogakukan Magazine Corocoro Aniki Demographic Seinen Original run December 15, 2017 – March 15, 2021 Volumes 1 (List of volumes) Video game Dream Tank Match Developer Natsume Atari Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment Genre Action game Platform PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch (as Dream Tank Match DX) Released PlayStation 4 JP: February 22, 2018 SEA: February 27, 2018 Nintendo Switch JP/SEA: February 21, 2019 Manga Saga of Pravda Illustrated by Hajime Yoshida Published by Kadokawa Magazine ComicWalker (online) Original run July 19, 2018 – December 19, 2021 Volumes 5 (List of volumes) Video game Gather! Everyone's Tankery!! Developer KLab Games Bandai Namco Entertainment Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment Genre Life simulation game Platform Android, iOS Released JP: August 3, 2018 Manga The Fir Tree and the Iron-winged Witch Illustrated by Michio Murakawa Published by Kadokawa Magazine ComicWalker (online) Original run November 16, 2018 – present Volumes 2 (List of volumes) Manga Avanti! Anzio Girls' High School Illustrated by Bonkara Published by Kadokawa Magazine Dengeki Twitter Magazine (online) Original run February 1, 2019 – June 21, 2021 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Manga Girls Pandemonium Illustrated by Hajime Yoshida Published by Media Factory Imprint Comic Alive+ Magazine ComicWalker (online) Original run October 7, 2022 – present Anime films Girls und Panzer der Film (2015) Girls und Panzer das Finale (2017–present)
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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^[3] which 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. The TV series initially 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.^[4][5] Nine manga series and a light novel adaptation have been published by Media Factory. An animated film was released in Japanese theaters on November 21, 2015.^[6][7] A six-part theatrical anime series premiered in 2017.^[8]