Anime Girls und Panzer aired its first episode in Japan on
Tokyo MX on October 9, 2012,
TV Osaka and
TV Aichi on October 11,
BS11 on October 14, and
AT-X on October 17, and concluded on March 25, 2013, with 12 episodes. The
anime series was produced by
Actas and directed by
Tsutomu Mizushima from a series composition written by
Reiko Yoshida.
Shirō Hamaguchi served as the series composer.
Choucho performed the opening
theme music for the series titled "Dream Riser", while
Mai Fuchigami,
Ai Kayano,
Mami Ozaki,
Ikumi Nakagami, and
Yuka Iguchi, voicing the five main characters of the series, sang the ending theme music titled "Enter Enter Mission!" An original song to serve as a
leitmotif for Ōarai was also composed for the series, titled "Panzer Vor". It was collected into six
Blu-ray and
DVD volumes that were released in Japan from December 21, 2012, to June 21, 2013. Each volume contains the anime series'
original video animation (OVA) and an OVA featuring Yukari Akiyama's lecture about tanks that appear in the series titled . An OVA depicting the unseen match between Ōarai Girls' Academy and Anzio Girls' High School in the seventh episode, titled , was released
simultaneously in 14 theaters and several online distribution services in Japan on July 5, 2014. Its Blu-ray and DVD were released in Japan on July 25, 2014, which include a new episode of ''Yukari Akiyama's Tank Course
featuring Italian tanks that appear in the OVA. The OVA was aired in Japan on AT-X on June 21, 2015, on BS11 on December 30, and on Tokyo MX on January 3, 2016. and was theatrically released in Japan on November 21. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on May 27, 2016, which include a new OVA, titled , that is set after the events of the film and a new episode of Yukari Akiyama's Tank Course
. The film is followed by a six-part animated film series by Mizushima titled , with the first film in the series being released in Japan on December 9, 2017. , a total of four films have been released. A compilation film combining the twelve episodes of the series and This Is the Real Anzio Battle!'' OVA into a two-hour runtime, titled , was released in 110 theaters and several
4DX and
MX4D screenings in Japan on September 29, 2018. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on February 23, 2019. A four-part anime film adaptation of the spin-off manga
Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! was announced on March 16, 2025. The film series is produced by
P.A. Works and Actas and directed by Masami Shimoda, with Takahiko Usui serving as series director, Noboru Kimura handling series composition, and Shirō Hamaguchi returning to compose the music. The first part is set to premiere in Japanese theaters on December 26, 2025, followed by the second part on January 30, 2026, the third part on March 6, 2026, and the fourth part on April 10, 2026.
Sentai Filmworks announced the acquisition of
Girls und Panzer in September 2012, and released the 12 episodes of the series on Blu-ray and DVD in North America on December 3, 2013, and the six episodes of its OVA on the same formats on February 25, 2014.
Crunchyroll streamed the series in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and South Africa from October 10, 2012, to March 31, 2022. A scene in the Japanese broadcast of the eighth episode, where the characters Katyusha and Nonna sing the
Soviet folk song "
Katyusha", was removed by Crunchyroll, with Jeff Chuang of
Japanator stating that "copyright reason is the most likely why the segment was cut". Sentai Filmworks restored the missing scene in their home media release of the series, but the song was replaced with a different one, later revealed as the instrumental version of "
Korobeiniki". In October 2012,
Anime Network licensed the series for a November release.
MVM Entertainment announced the acquisition of the series in October 2013. They released the series on Blu-ray and DVD in the United Kingdom in April 2014 and its OVA on the same formats in June. Hanabee Entertainment licensed
Girls und Panzer for an Australian release in November 2013, and released the series and its OVA on Blu-ray and DVD on March 5, 2014.
Hidive began streaming the series after the acquisition of the assets from Anime Network in June 2017.
Manga A
manga adaptation of
Girls und Panzer, illustrated by Ryohichi Saitaniya, was serialized by
Media Factory in their magazine
Monthly Comic Flapper from June 5, 2012, to March 5, 2014. The first volume of the manga was published in Japan on September 21, 2012, and the fourth and final volume on April 23, 2014.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga for English publication in North America in July 2013, with its first volume being released on June 3, 2014, and final volume on June 9, 2015.
Gakken began serializing a
4-panel manga for the series in
Megami Magazine on July 30, 2012. Illustrated by Yuuma, the manga later revealed its title as and continued publishing on
Cho! Animedia website from February 10, 2015, to July 26, 2022, ended due to "production reasons". , the manga has been published in a single volume in Japan. A
gekiga manga for the series, titled , was illustrated by
Motofumi Kobayashi and serialized by
Shogakukan in their magazine
Corocoro Aniki from December 15, 2017, to March 15, 2021. It was published in a single volume in Japan on March 26, 2021.
Spin-offs A spin-off of the series depicting Miho Nishizumi in her childhood, titled , was illustrated by Tsuchii and serialized by Media Factory in their magazine
Monthly Comic Alive from June 27, 2012, to January 26, 2013. The first volume of the manga was published in Japan on October 23, 2012, and the second and final volume on February 23, 2013. Seven Seas Entertainment acquired the English license of the manga in July 2013, and final volume on March 10, 2015. Its sequel,
Girls und Panzer: Little Army II, was serialized in
Monthly Comic Alive magazine from April 27, 2015, to March 26, 2016. Three volumes of the manga were published in Japan. The second spin-off of the series by Maruko Nii, titled , began serialization by Media Factory in
Monthly Comic Alive magazine on May 27, 2013. The first volume was published in Japan on October 23, 2015. , a total of 20 volumes have been published. A spin-off of the series by Takeshi Nogami and Takaaki Suzuki, titled , features a new heroine (Shizuka Tsuruki) and was serialized by Media Factory in
Monthly Comic Flapper magazine from September 5, 2014, to March 5, 2021. A total of 16 volumes were published in Japan from February 23, 2015, to April 23, 2021. A spin-off of the series by Saitaniya taking place after the practice match of Ōarai Girls' Academy with St. Gloriana Girls' College, titled , was serialized by
Kadokawa on their
webcomic service
ComicWalker from November 19, 2014, to August 19, 2015. A total of two volumes were published in Japan from March 23 to September 23, 2015. A comedy spin-off illustrated by Midori Hagi, titled , serves as an explanation for the history, development, and technical details of tanks and other vehicles that appear in the series. Media Factory serialized the manga in
Monthly Comic Flapper magazine from August 5, 2016, to June 5, 2019. A total of five volumes were published in Japan from February 23, 2017, to June 22, 2019. to March 19, 2018. A total of three volumes were published in Japan from February 23, 2017, A spin-off of the series featuring Katyusha and Nonna of Pravda Girls' High School, titled , was illustrated by Hajime Yoshida and serialized by Kadokawa on
ComicWalker website from July 19, 2018, to December 19, 2021. A total of five volumes were published in Japan from January 23, 2019, to December 22, 2021. A spin-off of the series featuring Noemi Kohiyama of Count High School, titled , began serialization by Kadokawa on
ComicWalker website on November 16, 2018. , the manga has been published in two volumes in Japan. A "gag" spin-off of the series featuring Anzio Girls' High School after the events of
Girls und Panzer der Film, titled , was serialized by Kadokawa on the official
Twitter account of
Dengeki Twitter Magazine from February 1, 2019, to June 21, 2021. A total of three volumes were published in Japan from September 27, 2019, to June 25, 2021. A short comedy manga by Yoshida, titled , began serialization by
Monthly Comic Alive magazine's web label Comic Alive+ on the websites
ComicWalker and
Niconico Seiga on October 7, 2022, and ended in November 2023.
Anthologies Several
anthologies based on the series were released in Japan. The first anthology, , had two volumes published by Media Factory from October 23, 2013, Aki★Eda, EXCEL, Shin Kyogoku, Kobayashi, Saitaniya, Kouhei Takanaga, Shinobu Take, Tsuchii, Maruko Nii, Takeshi Nogami, Hagi, Yasuhiro Makino, Miki Matsuda, Eichi Mudoh, and Takuma Morishige each authored a manga in the first volume, , it has been published in nine volumes. The third anthology, , was published by Media Factory on November 21, 2015. The fourth anthology, , had four volumes published by Media Factory from March 23, 2017, to March 23, 2018, with additional release of two complementary volumes featuring animals and foods on February 23, 2019.
Light novel A
light novel adaptation of
Girls und Panzer, written by Yuu Hibiki and illustrated by
Fumikane Shimada and Shin Kyougoku, was released by Media Factory in Japan from November 22, 2012, to June 25, 2013. It follows the established story of the series in Saori Takebe's
point of view.
Games Nijibox developed a mobile-based
social game based on
Girls und Panzer, which was released in Japan on
Mobage,
GREE, and
Mixi on December 7, 2012, and on
Pixiv on January 10, 2013. The game ended its service on April 2, 2015.
Namco Bandai Games announced a video game based on the series for
PlayStation Vita, titled , in November 2013. Developed and published by Namco Bandai Games, the game was released in Japan on June 26, 2014. A mobile
simulation game based on the series, titled , was developed by
Showgate for
Android and
iOS, and released by Mobcast Games in Japan on November 11, 2015. An illustration book for the game is set to be released in Japan on June 28, 2022. Another video game based on the series for
PlayStation 4, titled , was announced by Bandai Namco Entertainment in July 2017. Developed by
Natsume Atari, the game was released by Bandai Namco Entertainment in Japan on February 22, 2018, and in the Southeast Asia region on February 27. The game was later released on
Nintendo Switch under the title
Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match DX in Japan and Southeast Asia countries on February 21, 2019. A mobile-based
life simulation game jointly developed by KLab Games and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Android and iOS, titled was released by Bandai Namco Entertainment in Japan on August 3, 2018. The game ended its service on November 27, 2019.
Other media A collaborative project between the
Girls und Panzer animation team and Belarusian computer game developer
Wargaming was unveiled in 2013, aiming to promote the online
multiplayer video game World of Tanks in Japan. Part of the collaboration involved the promotion of the game in Japan in the form of advertising and local events, as Wargaming focused to penetrate the Japanese market. The South-East Asian game server for
World of Tanks featured a tutorial documentation in the form of manga, titled . Drawn by Midori Hagi, it features
Girls und Panzer characters as they learned how to play the game. The manga game tutorial is available in
English,
Thai,
Traditional Chinese, and
Japanese; it depicts the five members of Ōarai Girls High's Anglerfish sensha-dō team as they learn how to play
World of Tanks, intending to explain the game's basics to new players in an entertaining and interesting manner. The tutorial manga also had a side effect of introducing
Girls und Panzer to many
World of Tanks players, increasing its popularity amongst the players in the Asian region.
Girls und Panzer-themed mods for the game were announced at the 2013
Tokyo Game Show; these game mods were distributed as free downloads for players in the South-East Asian server, mainly targeting the Japanese-speaking community. Initially, there were six voice packs released, featuring the voices of all five members of the Anglerfish team, as well as a special voice pack for Nonna, the vice captain of Pravda's sensha-dō team; each of the five crew members of the Anglerfish team voices the five different crew positions in
World of Tanks: Commander, Gunner, Loader, Radio Operator, and Driver. The voice packs replaces the standard crew voices with the
Girls und Panzer character voices, when tank commands such as
"Target acquired!" or
"Reloading!" sound in the game. The voice packs, however, are only available in Japanese. Afterwards, a garage mod was released, where players could change the regular game garage to the sensha-dō garage square in Ōarai Girls High's Academy Ship. Another mod that was released allowed players to change the skins of a few select tanks in the game to the paint jobs of the tanks in the
Girls und Panzer anime. Tanks include the
Panzer IV H of Ōarai Girls High, the
Churchill VII of St. Gloriana Girls Academy and the
Jagdtiger of Kuromorimine Girls High. The last mod that was made available changed the look of destroyed tanks for certain vehicles; instead of a smoking wreck of metal that is shown when a tank is destroyed, the tank is shown in a moderate condition, with a white flag on top, similar to when tanks are knocked out in
Girls und Panzer, to indicate that the tank is destroyed. These mods were later made available together in a mod pack that is free to download on the South-East Asian server of
World of Tanks. On 31 January 2016, the
World of Tanks South-East Asian server released an updated version of the
Girls und Panzer-themed mod pack, in celebration of the release of
Girls und Panzer der Film. It features the voices of the Anglerfish sensha-dō team and replaces the standard game garage with the Ōarai Girls High School Tank Garage. It also features a lot of new tank skins, such as the
Panzer IV D of Ōarai Girls High, before it was converted into the Ausführung H model, and the
T95,
M24 Chaffee, and the
M26 Pershing of the university's sensha-dō team, in addition to all the previous ones released in earlier mods. == Reception ==