The Saga of Tanya the Evil
| The Saga of Tanya the Evil | |
First light novel volume cover featuring Tanya von Degurechaff | |
| 幼女戦記 (Yōjo Senki) | |
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| Genre | |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Carlo Zen |
| Published by | Arcadia |
| Original run | 2010 – 2017 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Carlo Zen |
| Illustrated by | Shinobu Shinotsuki |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | October 31, 2013 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Carlo Zen |
| Illustrated by | Chika Tōjō |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 26, 2016 – present |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yutaka Uemura |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kenta Ihara |
| Music by | Shūji Katayama |
| Studio | NUT |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11 |
| Original run | January 6, 2017 – March 31, 2017 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime film | |
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, known in Japan as Yōjo Senki (幼女戦記; lit. "The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl"), is a Japanese light novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki. It began serialization online in 2010, on the user-generated novel publishing website Arcadia. Enterbrain acquired the series in October 2013 and has published fourteen volumes by September 2023. A manga adaptation with art by Chika Tōjō began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine from April 2016.
The series focuses on a salaryman whose reincarnation as the titular character living in an alternate version of World War I leaves her to be trapped in an endless cycle of reincarnation. Willing to avoid being killed whilst dying of natural causes, Tanya must take it upon herself to don a bloodthirsty, sadist ego in hopes of joining the ranks of the Empire’s Mage Corps as part of her plan to become a seemingly indestructible foe.
An anime television series adaptation by NUT was broadcast on Japanese television from January to March 2017. Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie, a theatrical film taking place after the events of the anime series, was released in Japan in February 2019. A second season has been announced.