Galpan: The Last Chapter, Episode 1" started off as a smash hit with the 4th largest attendance at 59 theaters! Additional screening theaters to be added!

The anime film "Girls und Panzer: The Last Chapter, Episode 1," which is currently in theaters, has started off as a blockbuster hit, ranking fourth in box office revenue and first in screen average during its two days of release.

Girls und Panzer" is an original TV anime that aired in 2012, set in a world where the martial art using tanks, "Tank Road," is considered an etiquette for Yamato Nadeshiko, and depicts girls deepening their bond through tank road competitions. A "heartwarming tank story. In 2014, the OVA "This is the real battle of Anzio! In August 2016, the production of the "final chapter" consisting of six episodes was announced. The first episode is being released on December 9, 2017.
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This time, despite the number of theaters opening at 59, the film recorded 118,798 viewers, 145,981,740 yen in box office revenue (4th in box office ranking), and 2,474,266 yen in screen average (1st in box office ranking) during its 2-day opening (December 9-10, 2015), The result was 113.6% of the "Girls und Panzer: The Movie" box office (77 theaters, ¥128,438,980 on Saturday and Sunday of the first week) released on Saturday, November 21, 2015, proving the further increase in awareness and expansion of the fan base since the release of the theater version two years ago. In addition, special style screenings are also being implemented, such as "Superlative Bakuhon Screening" at Tachikawa Cinema City and "Live Zound Screening" at Kawasaki Cinecitta, where the sound is adjusted to take advantage of the theater's special characteristics.

In addition to the 59 theaters currently showing the film, 27 new theaters will begin showing the film in January 2018!　Please look forward to seeing the film in areas where there have been no screening theaters up until now!

Additional Theater Information】
＜Hokkaido＞
・Dinos Cinemas Asahikawa (1/20～)
・Dinos Cinemas Tomakomai (1/20～)
・AEON Cinema Kushiro (1/20～)
・AEON Cinema Kitami (1/20～)
・Cinema Taiyo Hakodate (2/3～)
・Cinema Taiyo Obihiro (2/10～)

＜Aomori Prefecture＞
・Aomori Corona Cinema World (
・AEON CINEMA Hirosaki (1/27～)
・Forum Hachinohe (1/20～)

＜Iwate＞
・Forum Morioka (1/20～)

＜Yamagata＞
Forum Yamagata (1/20～)

＜Fukushima＞
Forum Fukushima (1/20～)

＜Niigata＞
・T・Joi Nag aoka (1/20～)

＜Fukui＞
・THEATRE THANK（1/20～） ＜Wakayama

＜Wakayama＞
・Gist Cinema Wakayama (1/20～)

＜Hiroshima＞
・T・Joi Higashi-Hiroshima (1/20～)

＜Tottori＞
・MOVIX Hiezu (sequential screenings)

＜Yamaguchi＞
・MOVIX Shunan (sequential screenings)
・AEON CINEMA Hofu (1/20～)
・Cinema Square 7 (1/20～)

＜Kagawa＞
・AEON CINEMA Ayagawa (1/20～)

＜Fukuoka＞
・T・Joi Kurume (1/20～)

＜Saga＞
109 Cinemas Saga (1/20～)

＜Nagasaki＞
・United Cinemas Nagasaki (1/20～)
・Sasebo Cinema Box Taiyo (1/20～)

＜Miyazaki＞
・Miyazaki Kinema Kan (1/20～)

＜Okinawa＞
・Southernplex ( (1/27～)

*List of theaters currently showing the film: #

Film Information
Girls und Panzer: The Final Chapter Episode 1
Regular price: 1,200 yen
Running time: 47 min.

＜Story
Oarai Girls' Academy has survived the 63rd National High School Vehicle Tournament and the University Selected Team Tournament, and has been through two crises that threatened the survival of the school.
With the graduation of the third-year students, the student council is under a new structure, and the members of the Oarai Girls' Chariot Road Team are living a peaceful life.
One day, however, a new disturbance came to the school. The Oarai Girls' Academy team is once again going to a tank competition.
What and for whom will they fight?

<Staff> Dire ctor : Tsutomu Mizushima / Script: Tsutomu Mizushima
Director : Tsutomu Mizushima / Script : Reiko Yoshida / Character Design / Chief Animation Director : Isao Sugimoto
Archaeology/Supervisor : Takaaki Suzuki / Character Planning : Fumikane Shimada / Character Planning Cooperation : Takeshi Nogami
Military Works: Takeshi Ito / Prop Design: Takao Takegami, Noriko Ogura, Momoko Makiuchi, Kanta Suzuki
Mechanical Animation Supervisors: Takeshi Ito, Masakazu Yoshimoto / Art Director: Satoru Hirayanagi / Modeling Design: Keiji Harada, Arkpilot
Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya, Park Kokei / Editing: Masato Yoshitake / 3D Director: Keiichiro Yanagino / 3DCGI: Graphinica
Sound Director: Miwa Iwanami / Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama / Recording Coordinator: Takayuki Yamaguchi / Music: Shiro Hamaguchi
Animation Production: Actus / Distributor: Show Gate

<Cast
Miho Nishizumi: Mai Fuchigami / Saori Takebe: Ai Chino / Hana Isuzu: Mami Ozaki / Yukari Akiyama: Ikumi Nakagami
Asako Reizei: Yuka Iguchi / Anne Kakutani: Misato Fukuen / Yuzuko Koyama: Mikako Takahashi / Momo Kawashima: Kana Ueda / Noriko Isobe: Mika Kikuchi
Taeko Kondo: Maya Yoshioka / Shinobu Kawanishi: Mari Kirimura / Akebi Sasaki: Sakura Nakamura / Caesar: Eri Sendai
Erwin: Satomi Moriya / Saemon-sa: Yuka Inoue / Oryo: Ayumi Ohashi / Sawa Azusa: Hitomi Takeuchi
Ayumi Yamago: Nozomu Nakazato / Saki Maruyama: Mikako Komatsu / Katsurina Sakaguchi: Konomi Tada / Yuuki Utsugi: Yamaoka Yuri
Aya Ohno: Akina / Midoriko Sono: Shiori Izawa / Nakajima: Hope Yamamoto / Nekonya: Ikumi Hayama
Ami Chono: Hekiru Shiina / Marie: Yumi Hara / Ando: Minami Tsuda / Oshida: Chika Asai / Mysterious Catactor: Ayane Sakura, etc.