Coming in February 2019 is Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie

A full list of the “Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie” a.k.a. “Gekijoban Youjo Senki” film’s main cast and the staff is confirmed along with a 2019 premiere and has a new key visual revealed.

Based on the light novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki, the film is set for February 8, 2019. Directing the film is Yutaka Uemura, the director of the “Saga of Tanya the Evil” anime series. Also returning to work on the film’s screenplay is series composer Kenta Ihara. Character designer and chief animation director Yuuji Hosogoe will also be returning to work on the film.

Other staff members to work on the film include:

Assistant director: Kana Harufuji
Costume design: Hiromi Taniguchi
Magic tool design: Ryouma Ebata, Fuminori Tsukida
Small arms design: Hiyori Denforword Akishinio, Nao Otsu
Effects director: Takashi Hashimoto
Art director: Mizuka Ueda
Color design: Chiho Nakamura
Director of photography: Shinji Tonsho
3DCGI director: Masato Takahashi
Editor: Yumi Jinguji
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Music: Shuji Katayama
Animation production: NUT
Distribution: Kadokawa Animation
Production: Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie Production Committee

The cast for the film are:

Aoi Yūki as Tanya von Degurechaff.
Saori Hayami as Visha.
Shinichiro Miki as Rerugen.
Tesshō Genda as Rudersdorf.
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Zettour.
Nobuo Tobita as Schugel.
Daiki Hamano as Weiss.
Jun Kasama as Koenig.
Daichi Hayashi as Neuman.
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Grantz.
Takaya Hashi as de Lugo.
Ryōkan Koyanagi as Bientôt.
Haruka Tomatsu as Mary.
Binbin Takaoka as Drake.

As stated, “Saga of Tanta the Evil” began as a light novel series. Described as an “alternate history” work, it was first published in October 2013 in Enterbrain and currently has nine volumes released. Following the light novel series, a manga adaptation was launched in Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp Ace magazine from April 26, 2016, with art by Chika Tōjō. As for the anime adaptation of the series, it made its debut in January 2017 with NUT studio having produced the series.

The story of the anime tells of a young girl with blond hair and blue eyes named Tanya Degurechaff and set in June of the year CE 1923. She has entered the final curriculum of the Imperial Military Academy and as part of her service to the force, is training at the third patrol line in the northern military district, the Norden Theater. Her training was meant to be the first step toward a brilliant career as an aviation mage and things were supposed to go smoothly but things took an unexpected turn.

Source: Crunchyroll News