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Saga of Tanya the Evil
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Saga of Tanya the Evil reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Spectacle.
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What it's about
On the front lines of the war, Tanya Degurechaff, blond hair, blue eyes, and porcelain white skin, commands her squad with lisping voice. Actually, she is one of Japan's most elite salary men, reborn as a little girl into a world of magical warfare after angering a mysterious being who calls himself God.
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S01E05
My First Battalion
Tanya's new battalion is off the ground and running, and it's time for them to do their first mission: fight back a massive invasion by the Dakian Dukedom to the southeast. The enemy army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, but they've brought no air units at all, which makes them easy pickings for Tanya's highly trained force. After wiping out the enemy army, she heads straight for the enemy capital and launches an attack there.
- Directed by Yuuta Takamura
- Written by Kenta Ihara

S01E12
How to Use a Victory
Tanya just barely manages to restrain herself from disobeying her superior officers and attacking the Republic remanents. But the Republic forces have escaped overseas, and vowed to fight to the bitter end. The Empire has been victorious, but in its victory it has terrified the rest of the world and spurred them to action. Is true victory possible at all?
- Directed by Yutaka Uemura, Kana Shundo
- Written by Kenta Ihara

S01E07
The Battle of the Fjord
The Empire is launching a seemingly foolish attack on the Entente Alliance in the middle of winter. They lack the supplies to successfully invade. Tanya realizes that this attack is a feint intended to distract from a fjord landing mission. Sure enough, she is sent to lead the invasion of the fjords, and silence 20 cannon emplacements in time for the fleet to land and the Imperial forces to disembark.
- Directed by Yutaka Uemura, Kana Shundo
- Written by Kenta Ihara

S01E02
Prologue
The secret of Tanya's birth is revealed. Tanya was a cold and unemotional Japanese salaryman who was pushed in front of a train by a man he laid off. An infuriated godlike creature named "Being X" sent him to this world, and reincarnated him as a baby girl... with no promise that he would ever be reincarnated again. Now Tanya has to survive, because this is all she's got!
- Directed by Yasuhiro Akamatsu
- Written by Kenta Ihara

S01E01
The Devil of the Rhine
The Empire is a powerful military nation on a continent that looks much like early 20th century Europe. But in this world, magic is real. The Empire is involved in a war against the Entente Alliance, and fighting a poorly executed delaying action in the northern theater. Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff leads a small platoon of mages. But there's something unusual about this lieutenant... she's only nine years old!
- Directed by Yutaka Uemura
- Written by Kenta Ihara

S01E04
Campus Life
Tanya is now living life on easy street, as a highly-respected student at the military university. She's so highly respected, in fact, that one of the Empire's chief military planners asks her for her opinion on the course of the war. Eager to show off her intellect (and hopefully land herself a cushy job in the planning department), Tanya comes up with a plan of astonishing insight and intelligence. Her idea backfires, however, when she turns out to be a little too smart for her own good...
- Directed by Yusuke Maruyama
- Written by Kenta Ihara
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Executive production
- Kazufumi KikushimaProducer
- Noritomo IsogaiProducer
- Sho TanakaProducer
- Keisuke AraiProducer
- Takuya TsunokiProducer
Writing
- Kenta IharaWriter
Direction
- Yusuke MaruyamaDirector
- Yutaka UemuraDirector
- Yusuke OnodaDirector
- migmiDirector
- Yasuhiro AkamatsuDirector
- Yuuta TakamuraDirector
Cinematography
- Hayato KifuneDirector of Photography
- Shinji TonshoDirector of Photography
Music
- Shuji KatayamaOriginal Music Composer
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