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)  | |
|---|---|
| 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.