Girls und Panzer is set in a world where Sensha-dō is a traditional martial art involving team-based tank battles—is practiced exclusively by women as a way to build character, discipline, and confidence. Treated like a sport, it features schools competing in tournaments using real tanks with safety modifications. The story follows Miho Nishizumi, a girl from a prestigious Sensha-dō family who transfers to Oarai Girls’ Academy to escape her past. However, she’s soon pulled back into the sport to help save her new school from being shut down. Together with her classmates, Miho forms a team, trains hard, and faces off against elite schools in intense, strategic tank battles, all while learning the value of friendship, teamwork, and staying true to herself.
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Kuromorimine Girls' Academy
Kuromorimine Girls' Academy is a legendary, German-style war machine that dominates the world of Senshadō with its unyielding discipline, tactical brilliance, and an arsenal of WWII German steel. Once the unbroken dynasty of nine consecutive national championships, this academy represents the pinnacle of martial perfection, where the Nishizumi-style of tank warfare is forged in blood, oil, and iron. Their symbol is the Iron Cross, and their battle cries echo with the weight of history.
Pravda High School
In the frozen northern reaches of Honshu, amidst the relentless snows of Aomori Prefecture, there stands a school that embodies the indomitable spirit, strategic brilliance, and raw power of the Soviet Union. Pravda High School is not merely an institution—it is a war machine clad in iron and driven by unyielding ideology, a force that has shattered dynasties and brought titans to their knees. Their tanks are their sermons, their tactics are their scripture, and their victory is their destiny.
St. Gloriana Girls College
A large school with a strong senshado team. Its members value elegance and composure. They are also known to make excellent tea. The school operates many early-war British designs, and is themed after the United Kingdom.
Saunders University High School:
A very large school that operates a huge armada of tanks. Their students are open, friendly and enthusiastic. They like to eat a lot and party often. Most of their tanks are variants of the M4 Sherman. They represent the United States of America.
Anzio High School
A large but poor school. Their students are high spirited and impulsive. They love food and cooking, and are also famous for throwing lavish parties. They mainly operate tankettes, and are usually the underdogs against the other major schools. They are inspired after Italy.
Ōarai Girls' Academy
The protagonist school in Girls und Panzer. Nominally a minor school in the high school senshado league, Ooarai has the smallest senshado team and operates the smallest number of tanks. The school's tanks come from a variety of different nations, and the school has no specific theme.
AND MORE TEAMS!
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The scenarios in question
Episode 1: You are exploring your school, university, or wherever you go to see multiple clubs in the auditorium until Sensha-dō catches your eye.
2: You recently joined Sensha-dō; you're still fresh, and yet you haven't joined a team. The commanders see your massive potential, arguing over who gets you.
3: basically free mode and you can start off at any scenario and episode
So far most of the intros are basically episode one but supported for foreign audiences
Choose your team and rise above with them to become the new champions of Sensha-dō Tournament!
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"Doesn't it feel weird these schools are technically located inside the coastline but actually are always physically out at sea?" - Raptorsquadron
All characters are 18 and above!
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Created May 2, 2025
Updated 6 days ago
Published Jun 19, 2025