Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!

Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! (ガールズ＆パンツァーもっとらぶらぶ作戦です！) is a four-part Japanese animated film series based on the manga series of the same name by Maruko Nii. Produced by P.A. Works and Actas, and distributed by Showgate, the film series was directed by Masami Shimoda, with Takahiko Usui serving as the series director, from a script written by Noboru Kimura, who also supervised the series composition. It features the daily lives of Girls und Panzer characters outside of sensha-dō.

A film adaptation of the manga was announced in March 2025, with Shimoda, Usui, and Kimura joining the project. That month, Mai Fuchigami, Ai Kayano, Mami Ozaki, Ikumi Nakagami, and Yuka Iguchi were set to reprise their voice roles from the franchise. The remaining staff and several voice cast were revealed in July 2025.

The first film of Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! was released in Japan on December 26, 2025, and was followed by the second film on January 30, 2026, the third film on March 6, and the fourth film on April 10. The film series has grossed ¥60million.

Premise

The unknown daily lives of students of Ōarai Girls' Academy and other schools will be highlighted, as they not just dedicate to sensha-dō but also experience being youthful, high school girls.

Production

In March 2025, a four-part film series adaptation of Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, a spin-off manga series of Girls und Panzer illustrated by Maruko Nii, was revealed to be in the works at P.A. Works and Actas. Masami Shimoda was announced as its director and Takahiko Usui would serve as the series director. Shimoda worked as the unit director and storyboarder for Girls und Panzer and Girls und Panzer das Finale, while Usui worked in Girls und Panzer der Film production advancement. Additional staff members were also announced, including Humikane Shimada and Isao Sugimoto as the original character designers, with Takeshi Nogami cooperating and Sugimoto also designing the characters for animation, and Kōsuke Kawazura, Yuki Akiyama, and Sayo Mizuno as the chief animation directors. That month, Mai Fuchigami, Ai Kayano, Mami Ozaki, Ikumi Nakagami, and Yuka Iguchi were revealed to be reprising their voice roles as Miho Nishizumi, Saori Takebe, Hana Isuzu, Yukari Akiyama, and Mako Reizei, respectively. By May 2025, Maya Yoshioka was set to reprise her voice role as Anchovy, as well as the character designs were released.

In July 2025, the staff working on the film series were revealed, including Motonari Ichikawa as the 3DCG director, Sachiko Harada as the color designer, Daichi Asakura as the art director, Junya Kodama as the director of photography, and Masato Yoshitake as the editor, with Yuko Iwaoka joining Kawazura, Akiyama, and Mizuno as one of the chief animation directors. That month, several voice cast were set to reprise their roles, including Misato Fukuen as Anzu Kadotani, Mikako Takahashi as Yuzu Koyama, Kana Ueda as Momo Kawashima, Mika Kikuchi as Noriko Isobe, Eri Sendai as Caesar, Hitomi Takeuchi as Azusa Sawa, Shiori Izawa as Midoriko Sono, Nozomi Yamamoto as Nakajima, Ikumi Hayama as Nekonyā, Ayane Sakura as Ogin, Eri Kitamura as Darjeeling, Mai Ishihara as Orange Pekoe, Ayako Kawasumi as Kay, Hisako Kanemoto as Katyusha, Sumire Uesaka as Nonna, Rie Tanaka as Maho Nishizumi, Hitomi Nabatame as Erika Itsumi, Asami Seto as Kinuyo Nishi, Mamiko Noto as Mika, Ayana Taketatsu as Alice Shimada, and Yumi Hara as Marie.

The film series was structured in an "omnibus" format containing shuffled chapters from across the manga's 20 volumes instead of tracing the source material. Shimoda revealed that each film had a "jo-ha-kyū rhythm" but stated that at the end of the first film "Erika leaves us with a question mark, but that mystery will be resolved by the time you reach [the fourth film]."

director	Masami Shimoda Takahiko Usui
writer	Noboru Kimura
screenplay	Noboru Kimura
based on	Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! by Maruko Nii
starring	Mai Fuchigami Ai Kayano Mami Ozaki Ikumi Nakagami Yuka Iguchi Misato Fukuen Mikako Takahashi Kana Ueda Mika Kikuchi Eri Sendai Hitomi Takeuchi Shiori Izawa Nozomi Yamamoto Ikumi Hayama Ayane Sakura Eri Kitamura Mai Ishihara Ayako Kawasumi Maya Yoshioka Hisako Kanemoto Sumire Uesaka Rie Tanaka Hitomi Nabatame Asami Seto Mamiko Noto Ayana Taketatsu Yumi Hara
cinematography	Junya Kodama
editing	Masato Yoshitake
music	Shirō Hamaguchi
studio	P.A. Works Actas
distributor	Showgate
runtime	Total (4 films): 293 minutes
country	Japan
language	Japanese
gross	Total (3 films): ¥60million

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