Bandai Namco Filmworks has released a new trailer for the first movie in the four-part anime film adaptation of Maruko Nii’s Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! spinoff manga, revealing its theme songs. ChouCho and Sayaka Sasaki perform the opening theme song “Nonstop Daydream,” while Mai Fuchigami as Miho Nishizumi perform the ending theme song “Oyasuminasai no Tsuzuki Desu! (The Continuation of Good Night!).”
The four Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! films will open on December 26, January 30, March 6, and April 10, respectively, in theaters in Japan.
Masami Shimoda directs the new Girls und Panzer anime at P.A. Works and Actas. Takahiko Usui is the series director, and Noboru Kimura writes and oversees the series scripts. Humikane Shimada and Isao Sugimoto are the original character designers with help from Takeshi Nogami. Additionally, Sugimoto is the character designer for animation.
Other staff members include:
- Chief Animation Directors: Kōsuke Kawazura, Yuki Akiyama, and Sayo Mizuno
- Composer: Shirō Hamaguchi
- Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi
- Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
- Distribution: Showgate
The cast of Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! includes:
- Mai Fuchigami as Miho Nishizumi
- Ai Kayano as Saori Takebe
- Mami Ozaki as Hana Isuzu
- Ikumi Nakagami as Yukari Akiyam
- Yuka Iguchi as Mako Reizei
Maruko Nii launched the Girls und Panzer manga in 2013 in Monthly Comic Alive. The manga’s 23rd volume will ship on March 22. The anime series began in October 2012 and aired for 12 episodes. The anime film adaptation, Girls und Panzer der Film, opened in November 2015 in Japan.
World of Tanks previously collaborated with the Girls und Panzer anime series in a limited-time event. The event brought new content, including tanks, elite crews, and themed customizations. The event highlighted one of the largest and most prestigious schools of Sensha-Dō, St. Gloriana Girls’ College.
