Youjo Senki Movie

With its armies sweeping across the continent, the Empire seems unstoppable. After securing victory over the remnants of the Republic's army, the Empire's ultimate victory is finally within reach. However, dark clouds are gathering in the East. The communist-led Russy Federation is mustering troops on its western border, preparing to enter the war. Supported by a detachment of Allied volunteer magicians—among whom is Mary Sioux, the daughter of a soldier killed by Tanya von Degurechaff—the Federation is determined to spread the communist creed and bring the Empire to its knees.

Meanwhile, Tanya and her battalion return to the imperial capital from the southern front. Upon their arrival, they are tasked with investigating troop movements on the border with the Federation. Any escalation of violence at this point may lead to new conflicts, plunging the world into a devastating global war.

Will the Empire eventually emerge victorious from its struggle, or will it crumble in the face of superior enemies and radically different ideologies?

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von Degurechaff, Tanya Main

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Serebryakov, Viktoriya Ivanovna Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

von Zettour, Hans Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu Japanese

von Rerugen, Erich Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Sue, Mary Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

von Rudersdorf, Kurt Supporting

Genda, Tesshou Japanese

Weiss, Matheus Johann Supporting

Hamano, Daiki Japanese

von Schugel, Adelheid Supporting

Tobita, Nobuo Japanese

Koenig, Wilibald Supporting

Kasama, Jun Japanese

Grantz, Warren Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Kikushima, Kazufumi Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

Tsunoki, Takuya Producer

Uemura, Yutaka Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Mar 10, 2019

MadaoPriest

Recommended

The Youjo Senki Movie is a mixture of historical anomalies, self-reflective commentaries on the perpetual cycle of death and war in human history and the persistent yet noble personal battle which our main character Tanya puts up against what's effectively the God of this world (Or Being X, if you will).
All whilst stuck in the body of a young girl. Sounds like your kind of thing? Then welcome, to the "Saga of Tanya the Evil" (movie)!

Tanya as a series was made by Studio NUT, a relatively new studio comprised of passionate individuals willing to work their ass of for their craft. I recently ... had the pleasure of visiting Japan to see this movie and on the trip I took a detour to visit the official Youjo Senki café (a 1-floor detour). Lots and lots of memorabilia from the series could be found, including a functional suit of battle gear which Tanya wears in the series & movie. Slick, gritty & beautiful key-art littered the area, and it made me even more stoked to see the movie. The passion in each frame could be seen before I even entered cinema and my anticipation and excitement was met with a bombastic balls-to-the-walls historical action-adventure with the same cast of characters we all fell in love with back in season 1. This time... introducing the communists!

As an enemy to Tanya and the "Eternal Empire" they were far more fearsome than the psuedo-French of last season. Not that they didn't do their job back then (and they do show up in the movie), but in comparison the size and scope of the Russian federation could be felt thanks to a combination of striking visual symbolism & an attentive composer doing his best to ease you into an underlying feeling of dread which permeated throughout the entire movie. Similar musical motifs are used from season 1, but they're given a real "Hans Zimmer" treatment (Hans Zimmer of 10 years ago that is) Calm piano pieces, high octane trumpets & an ill-boding pipe organ are all examples of instruments used to help elevate the score to greater cinematic heights.

In the end this was worth waiting for. The animation still looks crisp and beautiful, even more so with a movie budget. The characters and VA's all work perfectly, some of the new ones give off more of an impression thanks to their VA's (All veterans, like Cho & Toshiyuki Morikawa)

I'm not going to go into spoilers, but the ending gave me shivers. In what way I won't tell, but they make fine use of directing choices to present a suggestion to both the audience and characters... that is very interesting.

Myth & Roid's new song is pretty great too, more subdued & ominous.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 1, 2022

jonas1015119

Mixed Feelings

Funny

I've got the vague feeling that the author *really* hates Russia, leading to some scenes generously described as "historically insensitive".

The animation and aerial battles in particular look better than in the series, though there's also more mediocre CGI. Theres clearly a bigger focus on flashy combat scenes rather than elaborate tactics.



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Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 5, 2026

Overslept_fe

Not Recommended

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So much missed potential in this anime

This series is just really dissapointing, for an anime dealing with global issues it sure is way too scared to actually engage with the different philosophies that were at play in that era. Hiding behind it's another world doesn't help cause it's just a copy paste from the world war but with magic and without substance. It's especially apperent in this movie and it's portrayel of communists. The "rational" characters keep saying commie bad cause theyr'e dumb and evil, without any elaboration. The communists are potrayed as corrupt and incompetent while the facists are portrayed as logical and effective. ... It's really clear on how the creators feel on these topics but they refuse to actually engage with the material they're criticizing.

Furthermore none of the characters have any substance it's all so surface level and boring there is no trace of any character arcs or character progression. Side characters especially have no personality except for drinking and glazing tanya.

Lastly, the anime tries to criticize war and the horrors of it but fail miserably. They barely show the actual gruels of war or the effect it has on all the parties involved. And when it does try to show it it's only very briefly and then cuts back yaaaay we killed the enemies we're so good and happy.

In conclusion this anime is good for people who like action and animation without turning their brain on to actually think about the media they're watching. But if you like thought out stories and characters you should find another anime

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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	OVA finally dubbed in English. Movie next! Yui_Suzumiya69 - Sep 2	7 replies	by Yui_Suzumiya69 »» Yesterday, 2:45 PM
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