Girls und Panzer das Finale

Part 1

As winter arrives, Momo Kawashima is determined to find Ōarai Girls' Academy's missing ninth tank. However, news travels throughout the school that Momo has not been accepted by any universities, resulting in a misleading rumor that she might be held back. Miho Nishizumi and her friends figure that they can get Momo accepted into the same university as Anzu Kadotani and Yuzu Koyama if they can demonstrate that Momo is skilled at Sensha-dō. To achieve this, they name Momo as the commander of Ōarai's tank teams and join the Winter Continuous Track Cup. Anglerfish Team travels below the aircraft carrier's deck to find the tank and wins the challenges set by a delinquent group led by Ogin. Learning of Momo's predicament, Ogin's group decides to join them, forming the Shark Team, to repay their debt to Momo for saving them from expulsion. They also recover the missing Mark IV tank being used as a smokehouse. Ōarai faces off against BC Freedom Academy at the start of the tournament. Yukari Akiyama learns through surveillance that the BC Freedom students are deeply divided between the original students and the high school transfer students, with their commander Marie seemingly oblivious of the situation. Confident that BC Freedom lacks the teamwork for a coordinated defense, Ōarai undertakes a direct attack on their flag tank. However, BC Freedom demonstrates an unexpected esprit de corps and traps Ōarai in a crossfire on a bridge. Ōarai uses Shark Team's tank as a makeshift bridge to escape. BC Freedom and Ōarai retreat following the failed ambush.

Part 2

After escaping BC Freedom's ambush, Ōarai uses Mallard Team's Renault Char B1 and the cover of a bocage's hedgerows to pose as a BC Freedom tank and reignite the quarrel between their students. Exploiting their opponent's temporary confusion, Ōarai takes out Marie's flag tank and wins the match. While on a break before the next match, Saori Takebe accompanies Momo to her home and meets her four siblings and her frail mother. Meanwhile, Chihatan Gakuen, Pravda Girls' High School, Saunders University High School, Kuromorimine Girls' High School, St. Gloriana Girls' College, Anzio Girls' High School, and Keizoku High School advance to the next round. Ōarai's next opponent is Chihatan, which adapts a new set of effective tactics that they learned from Ōarai's examples. Chihatan uses hit-and-run attacks and amphibious assaults to launch numerous ambushes on Ōarai, but the latter forces their retreat after luring them into a trap.

Part 3

After regrouping, Chihatan resumes its hit-and-run attacks on Ōarai. Chihatan's commander Kinuyo Nishi decides to focus on taking out Anglerfish Team to destroy Ōarai's morale. Ōarai tank teams quickly become separated in the confusion and multiple skirmishes take place. Miho decides to turn on her tank's headlight to expose her location and draw all of the Chihatan tanks towards her. As Chihatan celebrates after disabling Anglerfish Team's tank, Turtle Team, Ōarai's flag tank, comes out of hiding and disables Kinuyo's tank, winning the match in the process. In other matches, Kuromorimine defeats Pravda after Erika Itsumi followed Maho Nishizumi's advice and used her tactics that diverge from the school's traditional frontal attack, St. Gloriana easily defeats Anzio, and Keizoku manages to pull an upset victory against Saunders. This leaves Ōarai to face off against Keizoku and Kuromorimine against St. Gloriana in the semifinals. At the outset of the third match, Keizoku uses hit-and-run attacks and guerilla tactics against Ōarai, splitting their forces as a result. As Anglerfish Team protects the Anteater Team, their flag tank, one of the Keizoku's tank team, commanded by the one known as the "White Witch", disables Miho's tank with a single long-range shot.

Part 4

The quick elimination of the Anglerfish Team sinks the morale of Ōarai and sends shockwaves to viewers of the game. Anzu takes an impromptu role as commander to keep the team from falling apart and has their tanks protect the Anteater Team by digging trenches in the snow. After discovering an abandoned underground aqueduct for escape, Azusa Sawa takes over as the new commander when the Turtle Team's tank is taken out by the "White Witch", Jouko. Sawa leads the Ōarai tank teams to weed out Jouko and eliminate her, through baiting tactics. With Sawa's commands, she allows Ōarai tanks to outnumber Keizoku's flagship tank, Mika. However, Mika lures them into a trap, causing both Keizoku's and Ōarai's tanks to plunge down the side of a mountain. As the two teams fight, while sliding down the mountainside, an avalanche takes out all but the Anteater Team and two Keizoku tanks, including Mika. Keizoku chases Ōarai into a village, where they are tricked by a diversion allowing the Anteater Team to eliminate Keizoku's flagship tank and win the match. Meanwhile, Kuromorimine and St. Gloriana face each other in the semifinals. Darjeeling overwhelms Erika, by spreading Kuromorimine's teams apart. Before St. Gloriana can corner Kuromorimine, a sandstorm allows Erika to regroup and bring the match to an even playing field. St. Gloriana then introduces their new transfer student, Alice Shimada, who enacts a decisive blow on Kuromorimine and wins the match, deciding the final match between St. Gloriana and Ōarai.

Voice cast

This section includes characters who have appeared in more than two films in the series.

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Theatrical

Four films in the Girls und Panzer das Finale series have been released in Japan since 2017. Part 1 was released on December 9, 2017. Part 2 was released on June 15, 2019, and in Dolby Atmos and DTS:X theaters on August 16. Part 3 was released on March 26, 2021, and in 78 4DX and MX4D theaters on October 8. Part 4 was released in regular and Dolby Atmos theaters on October 6, 2023, and in 4D theaters on November 23. Part 5 will be released on October 9, 2026, with screenings available in Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, 4DX, and MX4D theaters.

Home media

The home videos of Girls und Panzer das Finale films were distributed by Bandai Namco Filmworks, under their label Emotion, in Japan, Sentai Filmworks in the United States and Canada, and MVM Entertainment in the United Kingdom.

The first four films were streamed on Hidive: Part 1 on December 13, 2021, Part 2 on February 21, 2022, Part 3 on December 19, and Part 4 on December 16, 2025.

Box office

As of 3 August 2024, the four Girls und Panzer das Finale films have collectively grossed ¥2.3billion in Japan and US$171152–254,015 in other territories. In the opening weekend, Part 1 earned ¥146million, Part 2 earned ¥145million, Part 3 earned ¥107million, and Part 4 earned ¥212million.

Critical response

Ian Wolf of Anime UK News gave Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 a score of 9 out of 10, praising the production, the comedy despite being "basic and based on stereotyping", the new characters that belonged to Shark Team, and the opening theme song. Regarding the whole film series, he felt "frustrat[ed]" about how it would be taking a long time to be completed due to a "two-year gap between each [films]" and suggested "mak[ing] a few longer films rather than many short ones". Wolf gave a similar score to Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2, praising the action scenes that he described as "thrilling, with unexpected twists and turns", the music, and the "slightly longer" runtime.

The Japanese review and survey firm Filmarks placed Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3 first in their first-day satisfaction ranking, with an average rating of 4.17/5, based on 284 reviews. Fuminobu Hata scored the film 9 out of 10 for IGN Japan, praising the tank action sequence, the "inductive flow and cliffhanger-style" direction for a 48-minute runtime, and the "exquisitely composed" sound. Wolf gave Part 3 a score of 8 out of 10, noting the use of mixed CGI during the scene taking place in the jungle and finding the characters being animated with CGI "disappointingly clunky". He found the action sequence "more substantial" as compared to Part 2.

Filmarks placed Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 4 first in their first-day satisfaction ranking, with an average rating of 4.33/5, based on 477 reviews. Hata gave the film a score of 9 out of 10, lauding it for featuring tank battles that were "more gripping" than Part 3 from start to finish and noting the use of visuals to develop a story that had minimal dialogue. He also noted how the film explored the theme of "successor" (後継者).

Accolades

In October 2018, Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 and the film's mechanical animation director Takeshi Itou were nominated for Best Picture (Film) and Best Mechanical/Prop Design categories, respectively, at the Newtype Anime Awards. In December 2018, Part 1 was nominated by fans to win the Anime of the Year at Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2019. In October 2019, Itou and prop designers Takao Takegami, Noriko Ogura, Momoko Makiuchi, and Kanta Suzuki, who all worked on Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2, were nominated for Best Mechanical/Prop Design at the Newtype Anime Awards. In December 2021, Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3 was among the Top 100 Favorites nominated for the Anime of the Year at Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2022. In December 2022, Part 3's 4D version placed sixteenth among the top 20 Japanese animated films voted by fans to win the Anime of the Year at Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2023.

Manga

Girls und Panzer das Finale: Heartful Tank Anthology

A manga anthology based on Girls und Panzer das Finale, titled Girls und Panzer das Finale: Heartful Tank Anthology (ガールズ＆パンツァー 最終章 ハートフル・タンク・アンソロジー), was released by Kadokawa under their MF Comics Alive Series label. As of 23 March 2018, it has been published in a single volume in Japan.

Girls und Panzer das Finale: Keizoku Koukou Harapeko Shokuji-dō

A spin-off manga illustrated by Ashimoto Yoika, titled Girls und Panzer das Finale: Keizoku Koukou Harapeko Shokuji-dō (ガールズ＆パンツァー 最終章 継続高校はらぺこ食事道), was serialized in Monthly Dengeki PlayStation Comic magazine from November 28, 2018, to March 28, 2020. It follows Keizoku High School students Mika, Aki, and Mikko struggling with their meals due to financial difficulties. The first volume was published in Japan on June 10, 2019, and the second and final volume was published on June 27, 2020.

Light novel

A light novel adaptation of Girls und Panzer das Finale by Media Factory, under their label MF Bunko J, was set to be published in Japan on March 25, 2024, but it was temporarily cancelled on the day of its release due to "various circumstances in the production process". It was later moved to December 25, 2024. The second volume was released on January 25, 2026. The light novel follows the events of the film series from Anzu's perspective.