How many episodes are in Saga of Tanya the Evil?

Saga of Tanya the Evil has 12 episodes in this listed season.

When does Saga of Tanya the Evil premiere?

Saga of Tanya the Evil premieres on 2026-07-08.

Is Saga of Tanya the Evil a new series?

Saga of Tanya the Evil is a returning series (Season 2).

Saga of Tanya the Evil(2017)

Also known as Youjo Senki • Diario de guerra • Yōjo Senki

Archived · AT-X

7.6TV-MA12 eps

S02

DramaWar & PoliticsActionAnime

ON AIR: JUL 8Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

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Saga of Tanya the Evil moves briskly between tactical battlefield action and military bureaucracy, with a ruthless officer treating both as problems to solve. Tanya measures decisions against her own survival and advancement, not a heroic code. Her pursuit of a safer posting gives the combat a mercenary edge: efficiency and career calculation matter more to her than redemption.

Tanya’s childlike appearance and calculating adult mind give the war drama its dark humor. A young girl’s lisp accompanies a soldier willing to put her career above everything else. Her running dispute with God adds another kind of pressure, since avoiding death in battle is not enough: her refusal of faith also threatens her soul. Even her most practical plans carry consequences she cannot settle through military rank alone.

Best for

ruthless antihero, dark military comedy and Drama

Story lane

Drama and War & Politics

Commitment

Season 2 · 12 episodes

Where

AT-X

Official Premise

For having insulted God, an arrogant Japanese salaryman in the moment of his sudden death is sentenced to be reborn in an alternate universe similar to 1910's Europe, in an empire torn apart by countless wars with all nearby countries. The salaryman is reborn as Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff of the Imperial Army, a 9-year-old soldier girl. Plus this, according to God's words, if she's not able to die a natural death or she refuses to have faith in Him, her soul will leave the circle and be sent to hell for the countless sins that Tanya has committed in her previous life. In search for an escape, Tanya decides to enter into the Empire's Mages Division, hoping to reach a high enough rank as fast as possible to remain far from the battlefield and in this way avoid the risk of being killed. Even if she's now forced to speak with a young girl's lisp, Tanya soon turns into a ruthless soldier who prioritizes efficiency and her own career over anything else.

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Strongest Match

Saga of Tanya the Evil and The Witcher both make survival tense by giving their leads a hard, unsentimental view of a dangerous world. Tanya turns military rules into tools for staying alive, while Geralt faces brutal fights and people whose cruelty can outmatch the monsters; The Witcher is more intimate and folkloric, but just as wary of easy heroism.

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Why this pick

Saga of Tanya the Evil and Nippon Sangoku both make strategic thinking as gripping as combat, with sharp protagonists trying to stay ahead in a world shaped by war. Tanya games military rules to avoid the battlefield, while a former bureaucrat in fractured Japan outmaneuvers rival factions through intelligence and rhetoric, making Nippon Sangoku more political and less action-driven.

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