The girls of Oarai are trading tanks for tiles. Publisher MAGES. announced on November 14 (Japan time) Girls und Panzer: Hakunetsu! Mahjong Tag Battle Desu! (ガールズ＆パンツァー 白熱！麻雀タッグバトルです！), a mahjong game based on the tank-sports anime. It is planned for Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 in 2027. Price and an English release have not been announced; the title here is our romanization of the Japanese name.
Tag-team mahjong with 30 characters
The game is billed as “tag-team mahjong,” where players pair up and lean on teamwork and partner strategy at the table. MAGES. plans a roster of 30 characters, including Oarai Girls’ High School’s Anglerfish Team. A teaser trailer went up on the MAGES. GAME YouTube channel alongside a new official site.
The story picks up a little after Oarai’s fight for survival against the university selection team. The heads of the various sensha-do schools propose a mahjong tournament for the top tank schools, reasoning that the game could sharpen tactics, instincts and mental discipline. Once students learn the winning school will have its wishes granted “within reason,” every team shows up with its own agenda.
Special skills for the Anglerfish Team
Each character gets a special skill. The first five revealed:
- Miho Nishizumi (Mai Fuchigami): evens out her team’s point totals.
- Saori Takebe (Ai Kayano): color-codes an opponent’s hand by tile suit.
- Hana Isuzu (Mami Ozaki): “Forced Ron,” which leaves opponents able to discard only tiles that win for the player’s team.
- Yukari Akiyama (Ikumi Nakagami): highlights tiles in her hand that an opponent is waiting on once they reach tenpai.
- Mako Reizei (Yuka Iguchi): raises the chance of drawing useful tiles by 3% and keeps the bonus after a win, but if an opponent wins while it is active, her chance of drawing unwanted tiles rises by 3% until she wins again.
MAGES. says more on gameplay and the rest of the cast will come with a formal reveal. The company is also showing the teaser at its booth at the Oarai Anglerfish Festival 2026 “GirlsPan Mini Mini Hobby Show” on November 14 and 15 at Oarai Seaside Station, with a follow-and-repost campaign that gives out a non-sale clear file.
About Girls und Panzer
Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima with series composition by Reiko Yoshida and animation by Actas, Girls und Panzer premiered in October 2012. It follows Miho and her classmates in a world where tank warfare, “sensha-do,” is a traditional martial art for young women. A new TV anime, Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, began airing in October 2026, and Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 5 is currently in theaters in Japan.
Source: Denfaminicogamer
