(L+CR) Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil)

[GreyZone]

Hmm...

• Female person with short blonde hair
• Fights on the side of Germany in an alternate history 20th century war
• Appears to be a psychopath
• Has the first name "Tanya"
• Has at least one superior officer/general in the upper echolons who is dissatisfied with this "Tanya" for some reason
• Has at least one unique ability/skill that no one else has
• Is a complete badass
• Strongly influenced/manipulated by a person/being whose name and face is not known for the whole series and is always refered to by a pseudonym or social/military position
• There is some kind of genius scientist on the side of the Germans

So... is it just me or is the author quite a fan of - or at least draws quite a bit inspiration from - Command and Conquer: Red Alert 1?

[LoweGear]

Tanya in the original Red Alert wasn't blonde though, she only became such in Red Alert 3.

[GreyZone]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Tanya in the original Red Alert wasn't blonde though, she only became such in Red Alert 3.

Oh yea, that's true, I almost forgot that the hair color Changed from black in RA1 to (dark) brown in RA2 to blonde in RA3. Doesn't take away from all the other points though.

[Nivek von Beldo]

The movie is a sequel story not a recopilatory one...good.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

Izetta has nothing on this, it completely blows it away.

What a scary little girl. Her magic is very impressive. She is indeed a devil.

Spoiler for Episode 2:

Wow what a story that was. Definitely didn't expect anything like that.

Also that power she has at just 9 years old, I can't even begin to imagine what kind of monster Tanya will turn out to be in later years if they are shown.

That last part was funny.

Spoiler for Episode 3:

Sorry Tanya but God is almighty and cannot be defied.

It's funny watching her painfully say those praises to being x.

Spoiler for Episode 4:

Pretty good episode even though there wasn't any action in it.

Tanya is trying to use the previous life experience as an advantage but it seems to keep on backfiring.

She keeps getting the complete opposite of what she wants.

Spoiler for Episode 5:

Tanya = best girl this season.

She is so badass and the evil expression she does all the time is great to watch.

Spoiler for Episode 6:

Damn it's already finished. This episode felt like it went really quickly.

Tanya does what she does best. That scene at the end was very funny.

Spoiler for Episode 7:

Tanya is as savage as ever. It was funny when she was trying to reach up as high as she could to point at the map.

Time for Mary to start praying to God.

Anyone else think there is a chance that Being X could give her power to fight Tanya?

Spoiler for Episode 8:

Tanya is as savage as ever.

I wasn't expecting that guy to be alive. Now he possibly receives power from god.

I thought his daughter might be the one to get the blessing from Being X and fight Tanya.

Spoiler for Episode 9:

I do not like speed, I definitely would not get inside one of those rockets.

Tanya has it pretty rough, she wants to be in one place but because of her success she keeps getting pushed further away from it.

Are we about to see some romance between Viktoriya & the other officer? forgot his name.

Spoiler for Episode 10:

That was definitely worth the wait.

Tanya & the empire absolutely destroyed the allied forces everywhere.

Looks like next time we get the highly anticipated battle between the 2 gifted by God/Being X.

Still wishing that dude died and his daughter Mary was the one to gain the power.

Spoiler for EP 12 Comment/ Feedback & series score:

Easily one of the best shows of winter 2017.

That part with Mary is what I definitely wanted to see.

Now I just hope for another season so I can watch her fight against Tanya.

9/10

Will definitely be watching the movie when I get a chance to eventually.

Hopefully it leads to another season.

[scififan]

Originally Posted by GreyZone

Oh yea, that's true, I almost forgot that the hair color Changed from black in RA1 to (dark) brown in RA2 to blonde in RA3. Doesn't take away from all the other points though.

She doesn't necessarily fight for Germany as Tanya in Red Alert 1. Tanya is different persons in RA2 and RA3. In RA2 and RA3, Tanya fights for US. So far, we can tell the crazy scientist made the defect, but Existence X provides the divine revelation and inspired the scientist to turn the defective product to technology breakthrough. The empire where Tanya is born is combination of Prussia and Austria-Hungary, so it's not really Germany as we know it. Tanya's former life is a human resources manager, and she agrees with the general who is in charge of HR. She doesn't believe in killing, because she sees it as wasting of human resources. She joined the army to take care her living. She always seeks opportunity to return to the comfort zone of office work again. However, existence X, and angels(?) tried to convert her to a faithful. They throw her into the battlefields again and again. Tanya almost has breakdown due to exhaustion.

[NyaZilla]

Originally Posted by Botan_TM

This setup is based on Kaiser Germany or Prussia, not a Nazi... Seriously where do you see Nazis here?

Spoiler for comparison with novel:

Indeed, they skipped a chapter or two, probably in order to get to juicy action parts.
Straight adaptation would in half looks like a documentary one some history channel. They always may come back later to those.

I enjoy how clouds are animated as a background, it looks great.

Good point in the setting of where this was set.

[uniemaia]

Loving this thread! sub'd

[guestuser]

https://www.anime-japan.jp/main/ajranking/

So I had been wandering in a fate thread, where it suddenly lead me to this link and from what that guy in the fate thread said.

This was originally a place where the japanese fans votes on which animes they want made.

Youjo Senki just happens to be on one of the top ten list under the label--

其れは、幼女の皮をかぶった化物――。
「幼女戦記」

So do anyone think they are going to make another Youjo Senki anime? If enough fans votes for it?

[Kanon]

There's been plenty of unexpected announcements lately, so why not? I seem to recall this was fairly popular too, and it's getting a movie. That said, I very much doubt a poll would influence producers.

[chaosprophet]

Like with many other series this was on my radar back when it aired, but as I was busy I didn’t get to watch it together with many other animes I wanted to try.

A few days ago, I decided to marathon this on a whim after seeing an amusing all-ages doujin a friend linked. Already was pretty interested by episode 1, but got really hooked on episode 2, in particular on the discussion between the protagonist and being X.

With the point of view of an anime only watcher I found it to be great. The turning point they decided to end at was a good choice but at the same time one that really leaves you craving for more. While a movie sequel is nice as they tend to have a good budget, it is kind of sad as movies tend to take a long time for production for about half of the content of a one cour anime season.

I’m happy that the anime ultimately diverged to a good extent from the source (from what I heard around the second half) while still being vey entertaining so when I get to read the LN and the manga adaptation I will be able to have a new experience with it too. I really need now to work a bit more on my Japanese to be able to read the original LNs.

[Justice_Rises]

Where's the story at now? I only just found the series last week and have only watched the show and the movie. I havent read the LN's yet, so idk where the story is with the Federation or her recent promotion.