Girls' Frontline

Girls' Frontline (simplified Chinese: 少女前线; traditional Chinese: 少女前線; pinyin: Shàonǚ Qiánxiàn) is a mobile strategy role-playing game for Android and iOS developed by China-based studio MICA Team, where players control echelons of android characters, known in-universe as T-Dolls, each carrying a distinctive real-world firearm.

[2][10] Some missions, known as night-time battles, will handicap the player with a limit to the number of turns possible as well as include a fog of war mechanic restricting visibility over the strategic map.

[2][10] Additionally, some cosmetic items for the commander avatar can also be bought using gems that can be purchased through real-world microtransactions or procured via daily login.

The game is set in a war-torn future where tactical dolls, more commonly known as T-Dolls, are almost exclusively used for combat in place of humans, some having been repurposed from their previous life as civilian androids.

In response, the private military company (PMC) Griffin & Kryuger (G&K) is hired to contain and eliminate Sangvis Ferri forces; the player assumes the role of a recently promoted G&K Commander.

[2] The base storyline focuses on the adventures of this commander and the Anti-Rain (AR) Team consisting of M4A1, ST AR-15, M4 SOPMOD II, M16A1, and RO635.

[15] A collaboration event for Honkai Gakuen took place in November 2017 for the Chinese release of Girls' Frontline, and featured characters from that game as guest T-Dolls.

[16] On November 20, 2018, Girls' Frontline featured a crossover event with Arc System Works where Noel Vermillion and Elphelt Valentine from BlazBlue and Guilty Gear respectively would appear in the game as recruitable allies.

[22] MICA Team originally started as a dōjin circle consisting of three people, however during the development of Girls' Frontline, gradually expanded into a company of 117 employees.

[28][27] A chibi-style television anime series featuring 12 short episodes titled Girls' Frontline: Healing Chapter (どるふろ -癒し編-, DoruFuro: Iyashi-hen) aired on Tokyo MX and BS11 from October 5 to December 21, 2019.

[7] A second series of animated shorts titled Girls' Frontline: Madness Chapter (どるふろ -狂乱篇-, DoruFuro: Kyōran-hen) streamed on Bilibili and aired on Tokyo MX and BS11 from December 28, 2019, to March 14, 2020.

", is performed in Korean with vocals by Guriri and composition by M2U; the full track is included within the soundtrack CD bundled alongside the official artbook titled The Art Of Girls' Frontline Vol.1.

[citation needed] A second theme performed in English titled "What Am I Fighting For" features vocals by Akino[42] and is included within a 31-track original game soundtrack released on July 24, 2019.

[49][50] According to the "2025 China videogame industry trends and future potential analysis report" released by Chinese analytics firm CNG, the game has over 30 million players worldwide.

South Korean games media ThisIsGame argues that it was Girls' Frontline which filled the void left by Kantai Collection's absence in South Korea, and that gameplay designs originally introduced by Kantai Collection such as its monetization system and character construction mechanic were well-received by Korean players of Girls' Frontline.

[52] The tactical role-playing game Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery (Chinese: 逆向坍塌:面包房行动) developed by MICA Team and published by X.D.

Top: Strategic map interface screenshot
Bottom: Combat interface screenshot
Examples of T-Dolls within the game.
Top row: Glock 17 , MP7 , ST AR-15
Bottom row: WA2000 , SPAS-12 , Negev
Cosplay of AA-12 at the 30th Asian Animation Creation Exhibition