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[10] The spin-off manga Girls und Panzer: Little Army follows Miho in her elementary school days as she participates in sensha-dō, alongside her friends Emi, Hitomi, and Chihiro.[14] 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!OVA into a two-hour runtime, titled Girls und Panzer: 63rd National High School Senshadō Tournament Compilation (ガールズ＆パンツァー 第63回戦車道全国高校生大会 総集編, Gāruzu ando Pantsā Dai 63 Kai Senshadō Zenkoku Kōkōsei Taikai Sōshūhen), was released in 110 theaters and several 4DX and MX4D screenings in Japan on September 29, 2018.[37] 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".[47] 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,[48] to March 5, 2014.[61] A spin-off of the series depicting Miho Nishizumi in her childhood, titled Girls und Panzer: Little Army (ガールズ&パンツァー リトルアーミー, Gāruzu ando Pantsā Ritoru Āmī), was illustrated by Tsuchii and serialized by Media Factory in their magazine Monthly Comic Alive from June 27, 2012,[62] to January 26, 2013.[67] Its sequel, Girls und Panzer: Little Army II, was serialized in Monthly Comic Alive magazine from April 27, 2015,[68] to March 26, 2016.[73] A spin-off of the series by Takeshi Nogami and Takaaki Suzuki, titled Girls und Panzer: Ribbon Warrior (ガールズ&パンツァー リボンの武者, Gāruzu ando Pantsā Ribon no Musha), features a new heroine (Shizuka Tsuruki) and was serialized by Media Factory in Monthly Comic Flapper magazine from September 5, 2014,[74] to March 5, 2021.[81] A comedy spin-off illustrated by Midori Hagi, titled Girls und Panzer: Tankery Recommendation (ガールズ＆パンツァー 戦車道ノススメ, Gāruzu ando Pantsā Senshadō no Susume), serves as an explanation for the history, development, and technical details of tanks and other vehicles that appear in the series.[88] A spin-off of the series featuring Katyusha and Nonna of Pravda Girls' High School, titled Girls und Panzer: Saga of Pravda (ガールズ＆パンツァー プラウダ戦記, Gāruzu ando Pantsā Purauda Senki), was illustrated by Hajime Yoshida and serialized by Kadokawa on ComicWalker website from July 19, 2018,[89] to December 19, 2021.[92] A spin-off of the series featuring Noemi Kohiyama of Count High School, titled Girls und Panzer: The Fir Tree and the Iron-winged Witch (ガールズ＆パンツァー 樅の木と鉄の羽の魔女, Gāruzu ando Pantsā Momi no Ki to Tetsu no Hane no Majo), began serialization by Kadokawa on ComicWalker website on November 16, 2018.[101] 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,[72] while 15 anime cast joined the writing team for the second volume.[107] 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,[108] to June 25, 2013.[110] 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,[111] and on Pixiv on January 10, 2013.[115] A mobile simulation game based on the series, titled Girls und Panzer: Great Tankery Operation![117] Another video game based on the series for PlayStation 4, titled Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match (ガールズ＆パンツァードリームタンクマッチ), was announced by Bandai Namco Entertainment in July 2017.[121] 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.[126][127][128] 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.Drawn by Midori Hagi,[129] it features Girls und Panzer characters as they learned how to play the game.[130] The manga game tutorial is available in English, Thai, Traditional Chinese,[131] 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.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.[138] The third Blu-ray volume met with similar success during March, with 23,528 copies sold within the first week, peaking at third place behind Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's.[144] An opinion piece published on 22 January 2013 in the China National Defense Newspaper [zh], a subsidiary of the state-owned People's Liberation Army Daily, criticized the anime for promoting "militarist sentiments behind the guise of cute characters.[146] PlayStation LifeStyle gave the game 8/10, highly praising the tank battles for their simplicity and the story for its charm.However, events which exhibited JSDF tanks drew criticism from the Japanese Communist Party but were supported by the newspaper, Sankei Shinbun.[150] In celebration of the popularity of the anime and to promote tourism, local governments and events have collaborated with the series and incorporated it into their themes.
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