Takaaki Suzuki , a military history advisor on Strike Witches and Upotte!! , revealed a new television anime called Girls und Panzer (Girls & Tanks) on Thursday. Bandai Visual publicity representative Yūji Hirooka ( Eureka 7: AO , Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere ) also said that he is involved, and producer Kiyoshi Sugiyama ( Armored Trooper Votoms Case;Irvine , Blue Submarine No. 6 , Yukikaze ) added that the project has been in development for a year and a half. Director Tsutomu Mizushima ( Squid Girl , Another , Blood-C , xxxHOLiC ) chimed in that the "pleasant school story" is his first entirely original work (as opposed to an anime based on a previous manga or novel).

The official website for the project will open later on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. EDT) with a promotional video that is about two minutes long, the main staff list, and part of the main cast.

Ryūichi Saitaniya will launch a manga series, tentatively titled Girls & Panzer , in the July issue of Media Factory 's Comic Flapper magazine on June 5. The "military teen battle action" manga is about "high school girls x battles in tanks." It is not stated whether the manga is inspiring the anime, the anime is inspiring the manga, or if the two projects are parallel developments.

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Update: More information added.

Update 2: Images from the promotional video have been leaked before its official unveiling.

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