With six films planned overall under the Girls und Panzer das Finale film schedule, it’s time to start thinking about the fourth installment. The first film landed in December 2017 while the second film arrived in June 2019. The third film arrived in March 2021 and recently saw a home video release in North America from Sentai Filmworks. Back in November 2022, the Japanese side confirmed a 2023 debut for the fourth part.
The film was recently given an October 6th, 2023 premiere in theaters in Japan, and now a new promo and key visual have arrived. This film had thetheme song “Never Say Goodbye” from ChouCho which you can see in the promos below from before as well.
Check out our review of the film.
The Japanese cast includes Ai Kayano as Saori Takebe, Ikumi Nakagami as Yukari Akiyama, Mai Fuchigami as Miho Nishizumi, Mami Ozaki as Hana Isuzu, and Yuka Iguchi as Mako Reizei. It was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima with Isao Sugimoto serving as the chief animation director and the character designer. Actas handled the animation production with a wide range of supporting studios.
Plot concept: Sometime after the 63rd sensha-do tournament, the Japanese Ministry of Education decides to move forward with its plan to decommission Oarai 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-do 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 Oarai from closing.
Previous promos and visuals:
