Girls und Panzer der Film

Girls und Panzer der Film

Poster
Japanese ガールズ＆パンツァー 劇場版
Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima
Based on Girls und Panzer 
by Actas
Production
company
Actas
Distributed by Showgate[1]
Release dates
  • November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)
Running time
 120 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office US$17.2 million[2]

Girls und Panzer der Film (ガールズ＆パンツァー 劇場版) is a 2015 Japanese animated school action drama film directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. The film is a sequel of the anime television series Girls und Panzer.[3] It was released on November 21, 2015 in Japan.[4]

Plot

Sometime after the 63rd sensha-dō tournament, the Japanese Ministry of Education decides to move forward with its plan to decommission Ōarai Girls High School despite of their recent triumph in the championship. In order to keep the school open, Miho and her team must win a match against a university sensha-dō team, but for this difficult battle, Miho and the others not only count with the help of their friends from the other schools they previously faced; Saunders, Kuromorimine, Anzio, St. Gloriana and Pravda, but also with the assistance from new friends from the Chihatan Academy and Keizoku High School, and together, they will join forces to save Ōarai from closing.

Voice cast

Production

The film was announced in 2013.[7]

Casting

The casting of Asami Seto as Kinuyo Nishi was revealed in early June 2015.[5] Additional characters beyond those of the TV series and respective voice actors were revealed in October 2015.[6]

Promotion

A teaser trailer was released in July 2014.[8] A longer teaser trailer was released in March 2015[9] followed by a third one in early June 2015.[5] A fourth and final trailer was released in late October 2015.[10]

Music

The theme song titled piece of youth and image song titled GloryStory of the film was sung by ChouCho.[11]

Release

The film was originally scheduled for release in 2014;[7] it was then pushed back to summer 2015[12] until the final release date of November 21, 2015 was announced in March 2015.[11] It was released in 4DX in Japan on February 2016.[13] The film's home video release on Blu-ray and DVD is set for May 27, 2016.[14]

Reception

The film grossed ¥128 million on its opening weekend in Japan, becoming the number-one film in gross. It was also number-two in admissions (84,700), behind World of Delight.[15] The film has earned over ¥1.9 billion at the Japan Box Office.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mark Schilling (November 24, 2015). "Japan Box Office: 'Raintree' Wins Weekend, 'Mockingjay Pt 2' Opens in Ninth". variety.com. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Girls & Panzer Film Earns Over 1.9 Billion Yen". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Newspaper: Girls & Panzer Film to Be Sequel to TV Series". Anime News Network. April 20, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ガールズ＆パンツァー　劇場版(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Girls & Panzer Film Unveils New Teaser Trailer, Asami Seto in Cast". Anime News Network. June 6, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Girls & Panzer Film Adds 11 New Characters, Cast Members". Anime News Network. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Girls & Panzer Anime Gets 2014 Film, New OVA, Fan Disk". Anime News Network. April 28, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Girls & Panzer Theaterical Film Previewed in Teaser". Anime News Network. July 25, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Girls und Panzer Film's Promo Video Reviews Franchise's Story". Anime News Network. March 15, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Girls & Panzer Film's Trailer, New TV Ad Posted". Anime News Network. October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Girls & Panzer Film's Theme Singer, Date, Length, New Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. March 15, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Girls & Panzer Film's Summer 2015 Opening, New Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Girls & Panzer Film Jumps Back to #8, Dōkyūsei/Classmates Opens at #9". Anime News Network. February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Girls & Panzer Film's Japanese BD/DVD Release Includes OVA". Anime News Network. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ Kevin Ma (November 25, 2015). "Local youth fares top Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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