Top Tanks Manga Recommendations

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Also known as Girls' Last Tour.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for…



Note: Winner of the Best Comic Award at the Seiun Awards in 2019.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Lost Civilization , Survival , Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Travel , Seinen , Snowscape , War , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Chibi , Cosmic Horror , Military , Tanks , Denpa

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

Also known as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaa, a compassionate young princess, and her allies battle to heal a wounded world and its inhabitants...



Note: Won the 26th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1995).

Tags: Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , War , Philosophy , Survival , Female Protagonist , Military , Aviation , Eco-Horror , Cult , Dystopian , Anachronism , Religion , Politics , Kaiju , Tanks , Ghost , Magic , Slavery , Travel , Tragedy

Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

Also known as Gate: Where the JSDF Fought.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

One day in the 21st century, a gate opened in the middle of the Ginza district of Tokyo. Out of the gate poured soldiers and strange creatures, and they soon made Ginza look like an image of hell. The gate apparently connected Japan to another world, a world with a militant empire and many supernatural creatures. The Japanese Self-Defense Force decided to send a small group, led by a soldier who's also an otaku, into the other world on a reconnaissance mission. They're meant to learn what they can about the empire (and its plans), the world, and the people.

They're hardly in the world yet, though, when they come across a village destroyed by a giant fire-breathing dragon. The only survivor is an unconscious elven girl they find hidden in a well. Now they feel like they must warn the nearby towns about the dragon, and do what they can to help. On the way, they'll meet more magical, female companions, and learn more about this dangerous new world.

Tags: Military , Urban Fantasy , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , War , Kemonomimi , Elf , Magic , Seinen , Slavery , Female Harem , Guns , Nudity , Gods , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Gore , Prostitution , Anachronism , Tanks , Language Barrier , Otaku Culture , Dragons , POV

Youjo Senki

Also known as The Saga of Tanya the Evil.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

High above the blood- and mud-soaked trenches, a young girl pits herself against army mages in high stakes aerial duels with bullets, spells, and bayonets. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and she is the Devil of the Rhine, one of the greatest soldiers the Empire has ever seen! But inside her mind lives a ruthless, calculating ex-salaryman who enjoyed a peaceful life in Japan until he woke up in a war-torn world. Reborn as a destitute orphaned girl with nothing to her name but memories of a previous life, Tanya will do whatever it takes to survive, even if she can find it only behind the barrel of a gun!



Tags: Military , Historical , War , Gender Bending , Politics , Philosophy , Gods , Guns , Reincarnation , Foreign , Religion , Anachronism , Snowscape , Language Barrier , Magic , Revenge , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Meta , Tanks , Anti-Hero , Economics

GUNNM: Last Order

Also known as Battle Angel Alita: Last Order.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

The sequel to the Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm manga, ignoring the original ending.

When Doc Ido, a talented cyber-physician, finds Gally's head in a junk heap, she has lost all memory of her past life. But when he reconstructs her, she discovers her body still instinctively remembers the Panzer Kunst, the most powerful cyborg fighting technique ever known. In the postapocalyptic world of the Scrapyard, as the secrets of Gally's past unfold, each day is a struggle for survival.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Dystopian , Martial Arts , Amnesia , Cyborg , Seinen , Vampire , Robots , Post-Apocalyptic , War , Transgender , Tanks , Primarily Adult Cast

Sand Land

Also known as Sand Land.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help...and got the king's son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all... the King's army itself! It's travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball Z!



Tags: Demons , Post-Apocalyptic , Desert , Tanks , Shounen , Martial Arts

Nihonkoku Shoukan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

Japan one day suddenly materialises in another world. The Japanese government is put into chaos amid food shortages and many other issues. The JSDF is dispatched to survey the area and find out as much information as possible, the JSDF discover dragons during their search and men riding dragons. From this the Government confirms their beliefs the entire nation had been transported to another world. Negotiations between the government and their new neighbours swiftly begin in hopes of solving the food problem as quickly as possible. How were they transported here, why were they transported and what awaits the nation in this other world?

Tags: Isekai , Guns , War , Military , Urban Fantasy , Tanks , Dragons , Magic , Economics , Ships , Gore

Shibuya Kingyo

Also known as Shibuya Goldfish.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

High schooler Hajime Tsukiyoda went to Shibuya that day hoping only to find inspiration for his next film. he never expected to find himself smack-dab in the middle of a real-life horror movie. Without warning, schools of massive goldfish descend upon the crowded streets, and the mystified onlookers' confusion quickly turns to terror as the fish begin to feed. From their tentative shelter, Hajime and a handful of survivors await a rescue that seems more and more unlikely as the days and hours tick by. Meanwhile, all around them, the bloody feeding frenzy rages...



Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Shounen , Animals , Survival , Gore , Tragedy , Kaiju , Idol , Military , Tanks , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Urban Fantasy

GROUNDLESS

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Civil war continues to wage on the island nation of Alistria.

The Waldrons lead a small arms shop on this island when they receive a large order of rifles from the army. However, this turns out to be a ploy by the colonel who made the order. He uses his ties to the rebel army to have them ransack the shop.

Having her husband killed, her daughter taken away and her own left eye lost, Sophia decides to take the only remaining sniper rifle and sets out for revenge.

Tags: Military , Guns , War , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Politics , Tanks , Gore

Girls und Panzer

Also known as Girls & Panzer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

In the world, the manipulation of tanks (Sensha-do) is one of the traditional martial arts especially for girls. Miho doesn't like Sensha-do and moves to Oarai Girl's High School. But the chairperson of the student council orders Miho to participate in the national Sensha-do championship.



Tags: School , Tanks , Military

Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Science and magic exist side by side in this world.

This is the peak of the science side with a curriculum for espers, Academy City. In this city where 80% of the population are students, the season has finally come when all residents are excited and fidgety!

It's Christmas Eve.

Amidst the city showing a cheerful hustle and bustle, ordinary boy who can’t keep up with school, Kamijou Touma, also doesn’t intend to miss this event! He was hard at work in his supplementary lessons...

A backward glance from the default misfortune-prone bastard, the silver-haired sister freeloading in his dormitory, Index, in the heart pounding scene different from the usual, activates a new gluton skill!? While Kamijou tries to desperately stop that, Misaka Mikoto taken in by the Christmas Eve atmosphere appears before him.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Super Power , Philosophy , Urban , Magic , Politics , Urban Fantasy , Religion , Amnesia , Nun , Tsundere , Witch , Nudity , Tanks , Age Regression , Afterlife , Clone , Foreign

Pumpkin Scissors

Also known as Pumpkin Scissors.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

After a long war with the Republic of Frost, the Empire abruptly signs a cease-fire, ending the war. Three years later, the Empire is in ruins with starvation and plague. Former soldiers have become bandits. Former Anti-Tank Trooper, Randel Orlando, unexpectedly runs into and joins the Pumpkin Scissors platoon, an Imperial Army relief effort led by Alice L. Malvin to restore order to the war-torn Empire.



Note: Chapter count includes the prologue and "All Hallows' Eve."

Tags: Military , Guns , Tanks , Politics , Foreign , Historical , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Tragedy , War , Swordplay , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Terrorism

Girls und Panzer: Ribbon no Musha

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Tankathlon is a new form of tank sport gaining slowly gaining popularity among Senshado enthusiasts. While also involving tank battles, Tankathlon is distinguished by its lack of official oversight allowing any school with tanks to participate in a battle anywhere at any time, and a 10-ton weight restriction on tanks used, limiting battles to light tanks and tankettes.

Tags: Tanks , Female Protagonist , Military , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Chuunibyou , Yuri , School , Ensemble Cast

Girls und Panzer: Little Army

Also known as Girls und Panzer: Little Army.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Prequel of the anime story, telling the story when Nishizumi Miho first meet her friends to ride tank together during elementary school and how she eventually choose to avoid tanks.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Tanks , School , Female Protagonist , Military , Seinen

Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror

For a long time, giants have existed in this world. They were used as tools and played an important role during turning points in history. The key to the secret lies in Mongolia. Discover Kago's peculiar vision of world history!

Tags: Ero Guro , Nudity , Historical , Tanks , War , Seinen

Dominion

Also known as Dominion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Set in the fictional city of Newport, Japan, in a future in which bacterial air pollution has become so severe that people must wear gas masks when outdoors, the series follows a police squadron that uses tanks.



Tags: Tanks , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Police , Cyberpunk , Twins , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Episodic

Girls und Panzer: Pravda Senki

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

The northern powerhouse, Pravda Highschool, is on course to win the 62nd national senshadou championship! The tiny tyrant Katyusha and Nonna's battle begins! The curtain lifts on this spin-off to the smash-hit anime Girls und Panzer!

Tags: Tanks , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Military , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Philosophy

Girls und Panzer: Little Army II

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Emi, a girl who had returned to her mother country Germany in order to learn about tanks, once again travels to Japan to keep a certain promise. However, many things wait for her at her new school's Senshado club.



Tags: Tanks , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , School , Military

Girls und Panzer: Phase Erika

Status: Finished
Genres:

A spin-off of Girls & Panzer series about Erika Itsumi's time as a student at Kuromorimine Academy.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen , Military , School , Tanks

Girls und Panzer: Gekitou! Maginot-sen desu!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Side-story taking place between the match against St. Gloriana and the beginning of the Senshadou Nationals. It centers around a training match not shown in the anime, between Ooarai Girls High School and the Maginot Girl's Academy.

Tags: School , Tanks , Primarily Female Cast , Military