Media Factory is handling the home video release of the Yojo Senki anime property, aka Saga of Tanya the Evil, and have set the schedule for the feature film. The film is now set for an August 23rd, 2019 release where it’ll be getting three editions. A regular edition DVD is priced at 5,000 yen and a regular edition Blu-ray at 6,000 yen. There’s also a limited edition Blu-ray priced at 10,000 yen. That edition comes with an original novel story, a storyboard collection, several booklets and a reduced size replica of the theater brochure plus on-disc extras.
The twelve episode series received a three-volume release in Japan where the DVDs will be priced at 11,000 yen each and the Blu-ray’s at 13,000 yen each with it kicking off back on April 26th, 2017.
Yutaka Uemura directed with Kana Harufuji as the assistant director working from the scripts by Kenta Ihara. Yuuji Hosogoshi served as the character designer and chief animation director with studio NUT producing the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Aoi Yuki as Tanya Degurechov, Saori Hayami as Visha, Shinichiro Miki as Relgen, Houchou Ootsuka as Seetour and Tessyo Genda as Ludeldorf.
The show is based on the light novel series from writer Carlo Zen and artist Shinobu Shinotsuki that began in 2013 and has six volumes to its name so far. The title translates as The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl.
MYTH&ROID will be performing the opening theme song with “JINGO JUNGLE” as they noted that the CD single will drop on February 8th, 2017.
Plot concept: It is June of the year CE 1923. A young girl with blond hair and blue eyes, Tanya Degurechaff, has entered the final curriculum of the Imperial Military Academy and is training at the third patrol line in the northern military district, the Norden Theater, as part of her service to the force. Her training, the first step toward a brilliant career as an aviation mage, should have gone off without a hitch… but things took an unexpected turn. War broke out between the Empire and the neighboring Federation committed a border transgression in entering the Empire. During the transition into wartime, she was assigned to observation duty, but a surprise attack by the Federation forces Tanya to engage in battle with the Federation’s mage troops. She’s greatly outnumbered with no chance of waiting for allies to arrive, but if she tries to flee, she’ll be charged with the capital crime of deserting under enemy fire. In order to survive and convince the top brass that she did the best she possibly could, Tanya enacts a certain strategy…
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| Movie | 04/26/17 | Booklets, promos, commercials, manners spot |
| 1 | 04/26/17 | Audio Commentary, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Web Previews |
| 2 | 05/24/17 | Audio Commentary, Promo & Commercial Collection, Web Previews |
| 3 | 06/28/17 | Audio Commentary, Petite Animation, Web Previews |
[Source: Saga of Tanya the Evil (Youjo Senki)]
