Girls und Panzer is a 2012 original Japanese animated television series produced by Actas. Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and written by Reiko Yoshida, the series is set in a timeline where girls' high schools compete in a sport involving tanks called sensha-dō (戦車道, the way of the tank). Girls und Panzer has been adapted into several books such as manga, light novels, and mooks.