Girls & Panzer (2012) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Set against a backdrop of historical aesthetics reimagined through a unique competitive lens, the story follows Miho Nishizumi as she navigates a complex relationship with a sport deeply ingrained in her family history. Senshadou, a mechanized combat sport popularized among women, is on the cusp of a major international competition in Japan. Miho’s reluctant return to tankery begins at Ooarai Girls Academy, where the program was recently discontinued.

Driven by a desire to protect her school and reconcile with her past, Miho must confront personal demons while rebuilding a squadron. The narrative explores themes of legacy, redemption, and redefining success beyond mere victory. The series depicts the collaborative spirit and strategic challenges inherent in commanding armored vehicles, offering a nuanced portrayal of competition intertwined with personal growth and familial expectations.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Tankery, Here It Comes (Aired: 10/09/2012)
Episode 2: Tanks, We Ride Them! (Aired: 10/16/2012)
Episode 3: We're Having a Match! (Aired: 10/23/2012)
Episode 4: Captain Does Her Best! (Aired: 10/30/2012)
Episode 5: Veterans of Their Trade: Sherman Corps! (Aired: 11/06/2012)
... and 7 more episodes

Characters:

Akiyama, Yukari (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakagami, Ikumi, Stevens, Rebekah, Heß, Katrin
Isuzu, Hana (Main) - Voice Actors: Ozaki, Mami, French, Caitlynn, Fey, Demet
Nishizumi, Miho (Main) - Voice Actors: Fuchigami, Mai, McDonald, Margaret, Jakobs, Samira
Reizei, Mako (Main) - Voice Actors: Iguchi, Yuka, Searcy, Molly, Kilka, Jana
Takebe, Saori (Main) - Voice Actors: Calvello, Jessica, Kayano, Ai, Strasburger, Patricia
Akaboshi, Koume (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sendai, Eri, Evans, Ellen
Akiyama, Jungorou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ayres, Christopher, Kawahara, Yoshihisa
Akiyama, Yoshiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Flecknoe, Maggie, Sendai, Eri, Gülland, Britt
Alisa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirano, Aya, Karbowski, Brittney, Hise, Nicole
Anzai, Chiyomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshioka, Maya, Rial, Natalie
Assam (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akesaka, Satomi, Bonasso, Joanne
Chouno, Ami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Calene-Black, Shelley, Shiina, Hekiru, Wienand, Gabriele
Darjeeling (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Eri, Greenberg, Kara, Von Tettenborn, Julia
Gotou, Moyoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Calene-Black, Shelley, Izawa, Shiori, Vogt, Céline
Hiyoshi, Aoi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Flecknoe, Maggie, Uesaka, Sumire, Imdahl, Christiane
Hoshino, Keiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanemoto, Hisako, Gallagher, Diane, Werner, Rieke
Inatomi, Hibiki (Supporting)
Isobe, Noriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kikuchi, Mika, Simmons, Genevieve, Godzina, Nadja
Isuzu, Yuri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kurata, Masayo, Neves, Emily, Wunsch, Vanessa
Itsumi, Erika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nabatame, Hitomi, Bannor, Elizabeth, Karas, Milena
Kadotani, Anzu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukuen, Misato, Curtis, Rozie, Uhlig, Charlotte
Katyusha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Haag, Hilary, Kanemoto, Hisako, Werner, Rieke
Kawanishi, Shinobu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martinez, Cynthia, Walther-Gabory, Jessica, Kirimura, Mari
Kawashima, Momo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Kana, McClellan, Kendall, Gülgec, Betül Jülide
Key (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawasumi, Ayako, Neves, Emily, Dorenkamp, Corinna
Kondou, Taeko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshioka, Maya, Coates, Kalin, Kramer, Kerstin
Konparu, Nozomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Neves, Emily, Izawa, Shiori, Vogt, Céline
Koyama, Yuzu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Mikako, Avocato, Meaghan, Paul, Ela
Maruyama, Saki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Komatsu, Mikako, Greenberg, Kara, Berger, Mascha
Matsumoto, Riko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Christian, Luci, Moriya, Satomi, Hassenzahl, Iris
Momose, Taki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kurata, Masayo, Swasey, Olivia, Werk, Christiane
Nakajima, Rera (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamoto, Nozomi, Lazarou, Beth, Brandes, Winnie
Naomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ise, Mariya, Lumpe, Anna-Sophia, Wittels, Stephanie
Nekota, Mai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayama, Ikumi, Rial, Natalie, Wunsch, Vanessa
Nilgiri (Supporting)
Nishizumi, Maho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Rie, Prause, Kimberly, Baumgardt, Birte
Nishizumi, Shiho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touma, Yumi, Simmons, Genevieve, Liebing, Katja
Nogami, Takeko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Novotny, Nancy, Ohashi, Ayuru, Hilbert, Tabea
Nonna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Emerick, Shannon, Uesaka, Sumire, Linderhaus, Silke
Oono, Aya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akina, Simmons, Juliet, von Daake, Katharina
Orange Pekoe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishihara, Mai, Piotrowski, Ally, Zahn, Lilian
Ou, Taiga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Eri
Reizei, Hisako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Christian, Luci, Aikawa, Rikako, Kuhne, Inga Sibylle
Rukuriri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kurata, Masayo, Herink, Lauren
Sakaguchi, Karina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rial, Monica, Tada, Konomi, Bergmann, Johanna
Sasagawa, Kanon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaoka, Yuri, Strader, Jenny
Sasaki, Akebi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mosier, Carli, Nakamura, Sakura, Hesse, Fabienne
Sawa, Azusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sumrall, Allison, Takeuchi, Hitomi, Potempa, Annette
Shinzaburou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Imaruoka, Atsushi, Matranga, David, Haase, Markus
Sono, Midoriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Grant, Tiffany, Izawa, Shiori, Vogt, Céline
Sugiyama, Kiyomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Terrell, Tiffany, Inoue, Yuka, Gast, Katharina
Suzuki, Maria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Karbowski, Brittney, Ishihara, Mai, Kalus, Elisa
Suzuki, Takako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sendai, Eri, Emerick, Shannon, Werk, Christiane
Takashima, Remi (Supporting)
Tsuchiya, Muuton (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Christian, Luci, Kitamura, Eri, Schepmann, Hannah
... and 2 more characters

Staff:

Hayashi, Youhei (Producer)
Maruyama, Shunpei (Producer)
Ogisu, Hirotsugu (Producer)
Sekine, Youichi (Producer)
Mizushima, Tsutomu (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Iwanami, Yoshikazu (Sound Director)
Hashiguchi, Yousuke (Episode Director)
Hata, Hiroyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ikehata, Takashi (Episode Director)
Kobayashi, Atsushi (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Shibata, Akihisa (Episode Director)
Yamamoto, Yasutaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yoshida, Reiko (Script, Series Composition)
Naitou, Mea (Storyboard)
Shimoda, Masami (Storyboard)
Yamauchi, Noriyasu (Storyboard)
ChouCho (Theme Song Performance)
Fuchigami, Mai (Theme Song Performance)
Hata, Aki (Theme Song Lyrics)
Iguchi, Yuka (Theme Song Performance)
Kayano, Ai (Theme Song Performance)
Nakagami, Ikumi (Theme Song Performance)
Ozaki, Mami (Theme Song Performance)
Yabuki, Kana (Theme Song Composition)
h-wonder (Theme Song Arrangement)
rino (Theme Song Composition)
Abe, Munetaka (Key Animation)
Aoyama, Masanobu (Key Animation)
Araki, Shiori (In-Between Animation)
Chiba, Yuriko (Key Animation)
Fujisaki, Shingo (Key Animation)
Hamaguchi, Shirou (Music)
Harada, Sachiko (Color Design)
Hayashi, Takayoshi (Key Animation)
Hirano, Tomoki (In-Between Animation)
Hiruma, Takashi (Background Art)
Hosoda, Saori (In-Between Animation)
Hosokawa, Osamu (Chief Producer)
Houjou, Masumi (Key Animation)
Ikai, Kazuyuki (Key Animation)
Inoue, Kazutoshi (In-Between Animation)
Ishii, Kaori (In-Between Animation)
Isouchi, Yuusuke (Animation Director)
Itou, Takeshi (Mechanical Design, Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director, Animation Director)
Itou, Mina (Key Animation)
Itou, Yoshiyuki (Chief Producer)
Itou, Ayako (Key Animation)
Kakiuchi, Ayako (In-Between Animation)
Kamiya, Tomomi (Key Animation)
Kanehara, Tomomi (In-Between Animation)
... and 69 more staff

News:

'Girls & Panzer' Spin-off Manga 'Motto Love Love Sakusen desu!' Gets Four-Part Movie (03/15/2025)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for September (09/05/2023)
NHK Announces Best 100 Anime (05/03/2017)
'Girls und Panzer: Saishuushou' Anime Announced (08/28/2016)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for December (11/30/2013)
Q4 2013 Anime Licenses [Update 12/26] (10/06/2013)
Movie and OVA of Girls und Panzer Announced (04/28/2013)
Japanese Army To Display a Real Tank at a Live Event of Girls und Panzer (03/13/2013)
Airing Dates of Girls und Panzer Episodes 11 and 12 Announced (02/14/2013)
Sequel to Girls und Panzer Under Contemplation (12/24/2012)
Girls und Panzer Goes on Hiatus Until March (12/15/2012)
Blu-ray Releases of Girls und Panzer Postponed Due to Delay in OVA Production (11/29/2012)
Secret Battle between Director and Animators Over Pantsu in Girls und Panzer (11/17/2012)
Episode 6 of Girls und Panzer Postponed One Week (11/05/2012)
Blu-ray Specials of Chu 2 Byo, Girls Panzer, and OniAi (10/06/2012)
[Updated Oct. 5] Sentai Filmworks Recent Licenses (10/03/2012)
Autumn 2012 Simulcast List (09/26/2012)
Original TV Anime 'Girls und Panzer' Announced (05/16/2012)

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Girls & Panzer: Nihon Senshadou Renmei News (anime - Other)
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Genres: Action, CGDCT, Military, School
Themes: CGDCT, Military, School
Studios: Actas
Producers: Bandai Visual, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Lantis, Movic, Q-Tec, Showgate
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 7.53 / 10
Rank: #1928
Popularity: #817
Users Listed: 323,185
Users Scored: 157,716
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 10/14/2023
Aired: October 9, 2012 – March 25, 2013 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 12
Broadcast: Tuesday at 01:00 (JST)

Girls & Panzer