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Neofilms Posts Saga of Tanya the Evil Anime Film's Chinese-Subtitled Trailer
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms began streaming a Chinese-subtitled trailer for the Saga of Tanya the Evil (Yōjo Senki) anime film on Thursday. The film opens in Hong Kong on June 13.
Crunchyroll and Fathom Events are screening the film in the United States, and they describe the film:
The time is UC 1926. The Imperial Army's 203rd Air Mage Battalion led by Major Tanya Degurechaff has won the battle to the south against the Republic's stragglers. They expected to be given a vacation after returning victorious, but instead receive special orders from Staff HQ as soon as they get home. They are told that there were signs of a large-scale deployment near the Empire-Federation border.Faced with the prospect of a new major enemy, the desperate Empire fans the flame of war.
Meanwhile, an international volunteer army spearheaded by the Commonwealth set foot in Federation territory. As they say, the enemy of an enemy is your friend. They suffer through misfortune purely out of national interest, and among them is a young girl.
She is Warrant Officer Mary Sue, and she takes up arms hoping to bring the Empire, who killed her father, to justice.
The film opened in Japan on February 8. The movie earned 100 million yen (about US$906,285) in its first five days, and then earned 200 million yen (about US$1.8 million) by February 23. The anime's 4DX screenings debuted in Japan on April 5. As of April 26, the film has earned 400 million yen (about US$3.58 million).
Most of the staff and cast returned from the earlier television anime.
The television anime adaptation of Carlo Zen and Shinobu Shinotsuki's novel series premiered in January 2017.
