diff --git a/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsDayBanner.js b/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsDayBanner.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e49e4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsDayBanner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Advance Wars "Day N" banner — shown once per full day cycle, right as
+// control returns to the player after the last enemy army's turn. Each
+// letter flies in on its own (alternating in from above/below with a
+// dramatic overshoot), the full word holds for 1.5s, then every letter
+// flies back out the way it came. Tap to skip.
+
+import { GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT } from '../../config.js';
+import { FONT } from './AdvanceWarsUI.js';
+
+const SIZE = 150;
+const HOLD_MS = 1500;
+const STAGGER_MS = 70;
+const FLY_DIST = 420;
+const IN_DURATION = 420;
+const OUT_DURATION = 380;
+
+export function playDayBanner(scene, day, onDone) {
+  const text = `DAY ${day}`;
+  const cy = GAME_HEIGHT / 2;
+  const objs = [];
+  let finished = false;
+
+  const dim = scene.add.rectangle(GAME_WIDTH / 2, cy, GAME_WIDTH, 260, 0x000000, 0.55)
+    .setDepth(60).setInteractive();
+  objs.push(dim);
+
+  const style = {
+    fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: `${SIZE}px`, color: '#ffffff',
+    stroke: '#000000', strokeThickness: 10,
+  };
+  const spaceWidth = SIZE * 0.45;
+  const gap = 6;
+
+  // lay every non-space letter out at its final centered position first
+  // (measuring natural glyph width as each is created), then animate each
+  // one in from off-screen to that spot.
+  const letters = [];
+  let cursor = 0;
+  for (const ch of text) {
+    if (ch === ' ') { cursor += spaceWidth + gap; continue; }
+    const t = scene.add.text(0, cy, ch, style).setOrigin(0, 0.5).setDepth(61).setAlpha(0);
+    letters.push({ t, x: cursor });
+    cursor += t.width + gap;
+    objs.push(t);
+  }
+  const totalWidth = cursor - gap;
+  const startX = GAME_WIDTH / 2 - totalWidth / 2;
+  for (const l of letters) l.x += startX;
+
+  const cleanup = () => {
+    if (finished) return;
+    finished = true;
+    for (const o of objs) o.destroy();
+    onDone?.();
+  };
+  dim.on('pointerdown', cleanup);
+
+  letters.forEach(({ t, x }, i) => {
+    const fromAbove = i % 2 === 0;
+    t.setPosition(x, cy + (fromAbove ? -FLY_DIST : FLY_DIST));
+    t.setScale(2.2);
+    t.setRotation(fromAbove ? -0.6 : 0.6);
+    scene.tweens.add({
+      targets: t, x, y: cy, scale: 1, rotation: 0, alpha: 1,
+      delay: i * STAGGER_MS, duration: IN_DURATION, ease: 'Back.easeOut',
+    });
+  });
+
+  const inTotal = (letters.length - 1) * STAGGER_MS + IN_DURATION;
+  scene.time.delayedCall(inTotal + HOLD_MS, () => {
+    if (finished) return;
+    letters.forEach(({ t }, i) => {
+      const toAbove = i % 2 !== 0;
+      scene.tweens.add({
+        targets: t, y: cy + (toAbove ? -FLY_DIST : FLY_DIST), scale: 2.2,
+        rotation: toAbove ? 0.6 : -0.6, alpha: 0,
+        delay: i * STAGGER_MS, duration: OUT_DURATION, ease: 'Back.easeIn',
+      });
+    });
+    const outTotal = (letters.length - 1) * STAGGER_MS + OUT_DURATION;
+    scene.time.delayedCall(outTotal + 80, cleanup);
+  });
+
+  return { skip: cleanup };
+}
diff --git a/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsGame.js b/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsGame.js
index f957ff6..141c0ed 100644
--- a/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsGame.js
+++ b/src/games/advancewars/AdvanceWarsGame.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { AdvanceWarsHUD, ActionMenu, DamagePreview, ProductionMenu, TileInfo, mk
 import * as Screens from './AdvanceWarsScreens.js';
 import { playBattleAnim } from './AdvanceWarsBattleAnim.js';
 import { playCaptureAnim } from './AdvanceWarsCaptureAnim.js';
+import { playDayBanner } from './AdvanceWarsDayBanner.js';
 
 const SAVE_KEY = 'advancewars-save';
 const ANIM_KEY = 'advancewars-battle-anims';
@@ -507,6 +508,10 @@ export default class AdvanceWarsGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       await this.replayEvents(log, { enemy: true });
     }
     if (this.run !== run) return;
+    if (!run.state.result) {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => playDayBanner(this, run.state.day, resolve));
+    }
+    if (this.run !== run) return;
     run.busy = false;
     this.refreshAll();
     if (run.state.result) { this.onMissionOver(); return; }