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Kantai Collection

February 12, 2023

For the anime, see Kantai Collection (TV series) and KanColle: The Movie.

Kantai Collection (Japanese: 艦隊これくしょん, Hepburn: Kantai Korekushon, lit. 'Fleet Collection'),[a] abbreviated as KanColle (艦これ, KanKore), is a Japanese free-to-play web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM.com.[2][3]

Kantai Collection
Developer(s)Kadokawa Games
KanColle Unei Chinjyufu Committee
Publisher(s)DMM.com
Director(s)Kensuke Tanaka [ja] (C2 Preparat)
Producer(s)Kensuke Tanaka (C2 Preparat, KanColle Unei Chinjyufu Committee)
Michio Okamiya [ja] (DMM.com)
Yoshimi Yasuda [ja] (Kadokawa Games)
Designer(s)Kensuke Tanaka
Artist(s)At least 21
Composer(s)Hiroshi Usami
Kaori Ōkoshi
Michio Okamiya[1]
Platform(s)HTML5, formerly Flash
Android
Release
  • JP: April 23, 2013
Genre(s)Online web browser game
Fleet raising simulation
Mode(s)Multiplayer

The central theme of the game is the representation of World War II warships personified as teenage girls and young adult women with personality characteristics reflecting the history of each ship. Originally, all of these were Japanese, but ships from other nations have also been added as the game has developed. Gameplay involves all aspects of naval warfare, including not only combat but also maintenance, repair, upgrading, resupply, morale, logistics and mission planning.

The game was launched on April 23, 2013.[4] As of April 2015, the game is available in Japan only and has 3 million registered players.[5] An Android client of the original game was released in 2016.[6] The game has developed into a much larger media franchise; various media including multiple manga series and light novels have been released, in addition to an officially licensed tabletop role-playing game. A PlayStation Vita game was released in February 2016,[7] and an anime television series aired its first season from January to March 2015,[8] with an animated film[9] released in November 2016, and a second season that will premiere in November 2022.

Gameplay

 
Examples of kanmusu cards used within the game, depicting (from top left to bottom right) Shimakaze, Nagato, Tenryū, Kaga, Haruna, Fubuki, Takao, Verniy, I-19, and Taihō
 
Top: Home shipyard interface screenshot depicting Kongō
Bottom: In-game battle interface screenshot depicting Atago

The gameplay is centered upon building squadrons composed of individual characters represented as cards with different attributes, and then sending said squadrons out on missions. Each of the characters are moe anthropomorphisms of World War II naval warships which are depicted as cute girls, known as "Fleet girls" (艦娘, kanmusu).[10] These personified warships are based on real-life vessels which are explained in detail within the game; the physical characteristics, appearances and personalities of each of the girls correlate in some way to the real-life vessel (for example, ships with a larger displacement tonnage such as cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers are usually depicted as young women, while smaller ships such as destroyers and coastal defense ships look and behave like pubescent girls, with a few exceptions). The vast majority of these fleet girls were based on the ships of Imperial Japanese Navy along with few that were based on other navies' warships instead, including three from Imperial Japanese Army. So far foreign navies represented in the game are include Kriegsmarine, Regia Marina, United States Navy, Royal Navy, Soviet Navy, Marine Nationale, Svenska Marinen, Royal Australian Navy and Koninklijke Marine. The player takes on the role of an admiral (提督, teitoku) and organizes their fleets in battle in order to win. Combat is largely automated, and manual actions by the player include micromanagement such as building and repairing.[2][11] The player can organise up to four different fleets.[12]

The player progresses through the game by advancing through maps, gaining experience points through grinding, obtaining new fleet girls whilst repairing and resupplying existing ones, and fulfilling quests to obtain resources. New equipment can be crafted, allowing the fleet girls to equip different armaments depending on the situation.[10] Acquisition of new kanmusu by the player can occur via drops on map or via crafting, and is heavily RNG-based; randomization is also a key component of the battle mechanism, map progression and equipment development.[12] Construction, resupply and repair of ships is reliant upon four types of resources, namely fuel, ammunition, steel and bauxite; these supplies will gradually increase automatically as time passes. Players can choose to engage in expeditions, sorties, and quests to further increase their supplies as well.[12]

Ships can be customised through the addition of various equipment within their empty slots, which add attribute bonuses and even provide special effects in some cases;[10] such equipment include naval guns, anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes, torpedo bombers, dive bombers, fighter aircraft, seaplanes, recon planes, radars, steam turbines, special artillery shells, depth charges, sonars, drum canisters, searchlights and anti-torpedo bulges. The effectiveness of ships in combat depend on its attribute parameters, namely hitpoints, armour, evasion, aircraft capacity, speed, attack range, firepower, torpedo, anti-air, anti-submarine, line-of-sight, and luck.[13]

Kanmusu are capable of becoming stronger as they gain experience and level up after battles, and can also be remodeled into more advanced models once they reach a certain level. Unwanted kanmusu can also be "fed" to other kanmusu through a process known as "modernization" (近代化改修, kindaika kaishu), which grants attribute bonuses to one ship in exchange for losing another.[12] Ships can become fatigued once it accumulates after sorties; fatigued ships have decreased attributes, whilst sparkling ships have increased attributes. Fatigue can be alleviated by allowing ships some time to rest, or by recovering the fleet's morale using Japanese food supply ship Mamiya. As ships become damaged, their icons begin to blow off smoke and their clothing become visually torn and battered; in the event when a ship's durability drops down to zero, it is considered sunk, and the player will lose the fleet girl.[12] Players cannot resurrect fleet girls that have been lost unless they are in possession of an emergency repair item, and are only able to re-train ships that have been lost from scratch.

Whilst the game is free-to-play, special premium bonuses can be obtained through prepaid game money and credit card microtransactions, such as repair dock expansions, home shipyard furniture tokens, ship possession limit increases, and special consumable items.[14] Although each ship in the game has an experience level cap of Lv.99, the player is able to obtain the "marriage papers and ring" item with a monetary purchase priced at 700 yen or via a one-time special quest, which allows the player to "marry" the girl, thereby breaking the original level cap and allowing a new maximum of Lv.175, in addition to other perks such as stat boosts and decreased operating costs; this process can be repeated as many times as the player wishes, and there is no limit to the number of girls that can be "married".[15]

Players can choose to battle against the fleets of other real-life players on the same game server via the exercise maneuvers menu. Players are also able to compete with each other's scores via in-game ranking boards, with periodical prizes for top ranking players. As of January 2016, there are 20 servers that can be played on, each named after a World War II-era Japanese naval base.[13] The game is currently intended to be played by a Japanese domestic audience only, with the interface exclusively in the Japanese language. As of present, the game cannot be played outside Japan without the use of a VPN;[16] utilisation of such methods to circumvent country IP restrictions and access the game breach the DMM.com online game terms of use, however.[17] From August 2013 onwards, new player registrations were only available via periodic lottery, due to the servers being overloaded by large numbers of new registrants.[18] After July 2015, new registrants were able to join the 20th server without the need to partake in a lottery; due to excessive player numbers, however, the new server has closed on multiple occasions.

Fleet girls

Upon the debut of the game, there were a total of 94 different fleet girls available. Within an update introduced May 15–17, 2013, additional fleet girls were added. On September 11, 2013, the first non-Japanese vessel, Soviet destroyer Verniy (Верный), was introduced into the game.[19] There were plans during the early stages to eventually bring additional ships from other countries,[20] and in March 2014, three German Kriegsmarine vessels were added.[21] Two Italian ships were added as part of the 2015 Spring event in April 2015,[22] with one more added in August.[23] The first fully non-Axis ship, the American USS Iowa (BB-61), was introduced with KanColle Kai on February 18, 2016,[24] later becoming available in the browser game's 2016 Spring event.[25] Presently there are 164 original girls in addition to 72 upgraded variants, bringing the total number of fleet girls to 236. The game currently holds spaces for 250 different types of fleet girls. Different fleet girls are illustrated by different artists; artists involved in the drawing of various characters include Shibafu,[26][27] Yoshinori Shizuma,[28] Konishi,[28] Kūrokuro,[28][29] Akemi Mikoto[1] and 16 other artists. Fumikane Shimada, who was previously the lead character designer for Strike Witches and Girls und Panzer, created the designs and illustrations for Japanese armored aircraft carrier Taihō[30] and the five German vessels.[31]

The traits of each fleet girl are based on aspects of the historical ship they are based on; for instance, Japanese battleship Kongō frequently adds English words and phrases into her dialog as a reference to her British origins, whilst Japanese destroyer Shimakaze is depicted as a speedy girl in artworks and official print media, since Shimakaze was one of the fastest destroyers of World War II.[32] Characters which share particular links also have similar physical traits: ships of the same class may have similar accessories or clothing, whilst all Imperial Japanese Navy submarines are depicted as wearing sukumizu.

Voice actors have been employed to voice the fleet girls, with anywhere around 10 fleet girls being voiced by one actor.

Development

Prior to Kantai Collection, the majority of games published by DMM.com were R-18+ adult online games. In an effort to attract customers from a wider audience, DMM.com experimented with Kantai Collection in partnership with Kadokawa Games; by November 2013, Kantai Collection accounted for 30-40% of DMM.com's total online game business.[33]

Unlike other online games in Japan, Kantai Collection was designed with the intention of not forcing the player to spend money or participate in "gacha" lotteries.[34][35] The purpose of this stems from Kadokawa desiring a larger target market and to establish the game as a well-known name, eventually allowing for merchandising and sales of franchise works.[36]

Kensuke Tanaka, who prior to Kantai Collection was involved in the production and public relations for Final Fantasy X, XI and XIII, wished to create a game which involves historical elements while still appealing to the regular fans of DMM.com, namely fans of anime and manga culture, and this led him to the idea of developing a game centered on anthropomorphisms of warships.

Media

 
Cover art of the first volume of Maizuru Naval District Compilation, featuring (clockwise from top-left) Atago, Yamato, Hiryū, Zuihō, and Hibiki

Print media

Manga

A bi-monthly online web manga by Ryōta Momoi began serialization from April 23, 2013, in the Famitsu Comic Clear. The manga follows a 4koma format, and features a storyline with the fleet girls enrolled in schools, where senior girls teach battle techniques to their juniors. It has been updated weekly since October 2013.[37][38] Ryōta Momoi's 4koma manga will be released in print book format under the title KanColle 4 cell comic: Fubuki, I will do my best! (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 4コマコミック 吹雪、がんばります!, Fubuki, Ganbarimasu!) beginning from December 14, 2013.

Famitsu Comic Clear has introduced an additional manga adaptation by Shōtarō Harada under the title Issued! Naval Base Communications (発令！鎮守府通信, Hatsurei! Chinjufu tsūshin) beginning from July 9, 2013.[39]

The Famitsu website also hosts a webcomic titled KanColle Play Manga: Blazing Ships Weather (艦これプレイ漫画 艦々日和, Kankan Biyori) by Tadashi Mizumoto which focuses on gameplay aspects of Kantai Collection.[40] It began serialization from August 23, 2013. In addition, illustrations column Kanmusu and ships large picture book (艦娘及ビ艦船大図鑑, Kanmusu oyobi Kansen Dai-zukan) with multiple illustrators at the same time as the manga has also been serialized.

A manga by Kensuke Tanaka and illustrated by Sakae Saitō titled KanColle: Someday as the Seas turn Calm (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- いつか静かな海で, Itsuka shizuka na umi de) began serialisation in Monthly Comic Alive in the December 2013 issue (released October 28, 2013), with a focus on an original story revolving around Tenryū and Tatsuta.[39][41][42]

In addition, another manga series by SASAYUKi featuring the title KanColle side:Kongō (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- side:金剛) was serialized in Comptiq from the December 2013 issue (released November 9, 2013) onwards,[28] with a story based on the adventures of battleship Kongō.[43][44] It began serialisation within the May 2014 issue of Comptiq (released April 10, 2014) and was later terminated within the November 2014 issue (released October 10, 2014).

A manga titled KanColle: Torpedo Squadron Chronicles (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 水雷戦隊クロニクル, Suirai sentai kuronikuru) and illustrated by Yasuhiro Miyama began serialisation in the January 2014 issue (released November 9, 2013) of Comp Ace, with the plot focusing on the Akatsuki sisters.[45]

Age Premium featured a manga publication by Nanaroku titled KanColle: nanodesu. (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- なのです。) starting from the January 2014 issue (delivered December 9, 2013), with Inazuma as the main character.[46] It was serialized until the May 2014 issue (delivered April 9, 2014).

A manga series titled KanColle: Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 島風 つむじ風の少女, Shimakaze Tsumujikaze no shōjo) by Kazuma Yamazaki, Hyōbu Madoka later Kaname Yokoshima and illustrated by Kazuma Yamazaki began serialisation within the Dengeki Maoh magazine in the February 2014 issue (released December 27, 2013).[47][48]

A manga series by Hiroichi titled KanColle: The perched naval base (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 止まり木の鎮守府, Tomarigi no chinjufu) began serialisation in the July 2014 issue (released May 27, 2014) of Dengeki Daioh,[49] focusing on a storyline revolving around the heavy cruisers Kumano and Suzuya.[50]

Kadokawa website also hosts a webcomic titled Loose Ship: Woman Admiral Play Diary (ゆる艦〜女提督プレイ日記〜, Yuru Kan: Onna teitoku purei nikki) by Sau Nitō and illustrated by Sōta Wakui which focuses on gameplay aspects of Kantai Collection. It began serialization from March 22, 2014, in Comic Walker.

A manga series by Miki Morinaga titled Tonight, Another Salute! (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 今宵もサルーテ!, Koyoi mo saruute) began serialization in the December 2018 issue (released November 10, 2018) of Comptiq, focusing on a storyline where Gambier Bay, Tashkent, and Commandant Teste discover an old bar on the naval base they're stationed at, eventually learning the skills of being bartenders and the history of cocktails. Gambier Bay uses the opportunity as a way of learning to get over her fear of the Kurita Fleet, as well to pull herself out of being too self-deprecating. Two volumes of the collected chapters have been released, and the third volume is scheduled to be released in September 2020. Currently it's also available on Comic Walker since July 10, 2019.[51]

Kadokawa has also announced a manga series titled KanColle: Black Order (provisional) (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- ブラックオーダー（仮）, Black Order (kari)), created by Ōto Taguchi who was previously responsible for the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 manga.[52] However, the project was cancelled after a disagreement between the author and publisher.[53]

Famitsu Comic Clear, DNA Comics, Comptiq and Dengeki Comics have also published numerous series of comic compilation books which each contain a collection of various one-shot manga.

Light novels

A short story series featuring aircraft carriers Zuikaku and Shōkaku written by Hiroki Uchida and illustrated by Matarō, titled KanColle: Bonds of the Wings of Cranes (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 鶴翼の絆, Kakuyoku no kizuna), began serialization within the January 2014 issue (released November 20, 2013) of Dragon Magazine.[43]

A light novel based on the game with the title KanColle: Kagerō, Setting Sail! (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 陽炎、抜錨します！, Kagerō, batsubyō shimasu!),[54] written by Toshihiko Tsukiji and illustrated by NOCO,[55][56] was released on November 30, 2013.[54]

A novel project featuring aircraft carriers Kaga and Akagi involving the illustrator Koruri and the authors Kei Shiide, Kazuyuki Takami and Dai Akagane has been announced,[43] with the title KanColle: A day at a certain naval base (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- とある鎮守府の一日, Toaru chinjufu no ichinichi). It was serialized in Comptiq between the January 2014 (released November 9, 2013) and August 2014 (released July 10, 2014) issues. A novel to share the view of the world, KanColle: 1st Carrier Division, Heading Off! (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 一航戦、出ます！, Ikkōsen demasu!) written by Kazuyuki Takami and illustrated by GUNP was released on November 2, 2014.

A novel series featuring light aircraft carriers Zuihō written by Yukiya Murasaki and illustrated by Satoru Arikawa, titled KanColle: Beautiful sea, Phoenix sky (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 瑞の海、鳳の空, Mizu no umi, ōtori no sora) was released on February 1, 2015.

Video games

KanColle Kai

KanColle Kai
 
Game cover featuring Yamato (front) and Akizuki (back)
Developer(s)Kadokawa Games
Publisher(s)Kadokawa Games
Producer(s)Kensuke Tanaka
Platform(s)PlayStation Vita
Release
  • JP: February 18, 2016
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

A single-player turn-based strategy game titled KanColle Kai (艦これ改) was announced for the PlayStation Vita during Kadokawa Games' 2013 Autumn media briefing, and following two launch delays, was finally released on February 18, 2016.[7] The game is the second title independently created by Kadokawa Game Studio, after Natural Doctrine.[8][57] KanColle Kai introduces various strategy elements such as hexagonal world maps, a new resource transfer system involving the escorting of supply ships over each game turn, player-selected difficulty settings, enemy counterattacks against the player's bases, control of over up to eight fleets on the world map, and the ability to simultaneously operate two separate fleets within some sortie maps. Existing functions from the original web browser game are also present, with major user interface changes.[58] Menu screens feature Live2D character animations, and the player will encounter a "game over" state if all of their territories are destroyed by the enemy. The Vita game contained the original debut of USS Iowa (BB-61) as a playable ship, prior to her seasonal event implementation within the browser game.[24]

In March 2014, financial analyst Fukuda Sōichirō of Citigroup Global Markets Japan made the prediction in a stock investor report that the PS Vita game would ship 500,000 copies, and expects that a profit of 1 billion yen be made. He also cites the ability to charge players for in-game premium items on the PS Vita platform as an upside for Kadokawa Corporation business-wise.[59] Famitsu gave the game a review score of 29/40.[60] The game sold 140,757 physical retail copies within the first week of release in Japan, placing first within the Japanese software sales rankings for that particular week;[61] Dengeki Online and Famitsu both report that between 80-100% of the initial retail batch stock was sold out within the first week.[62][63]

Kadokawa Games has announced that the game will be no longer sold physically in retail stores or digitally in the PlayStation Store by the end of January 2017.[64]

KanColle Arcade

KanColle Arcade
 
Four KanColle Arcade cabinets
Developer(s)Sega Interactive AM2
Publisher(s)Sega Interactive
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
  • JP: April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)
Genre(s)Action, Trading card
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemNu1.1

KanColle Arcade (艦これアーケード) is a trading card arcade game developed by Sega AM2 and launched on April 26, 2016.[65][66] The game features fully modeled 3D characters, and involves the player taking control of the direction and speed of their ship in combat against Abyssal ships, in addition to collecting different shipgirls. The game charges players with a GP system akin to that of Border Break, where money is converted into GP at a specific rate, with these points consumed for each second of play or converted in exchange for various other game elements. The game is controlled using a steering wheel and speed lever, and the player is able to organize their fleet using kanmusu cards ejected by the arcade machine. While in combat, the player can choose between using primary and secondary armaments, torpedoes and airstrikes against foes.[67]

Tabletop RPG

See also: Saikoro Fiction

An official KanColle tabletop RPG has been developed; the introductory rulebook for the game was published by Kadokawa and Fujimi Shobo, and released on 18 March 2014.[68] A first rule book written by Tōichiro Kawashima and illustrated by Yukio Hirai, titled Combined Fleet Girls Collection RPG: Introductory Book (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 艦これRPG 着任ノ書, KanColle RPG: Chakunin no Sho) was released on March 18, 2014.

A replay series written by Shiei Akatoki and illustrated by Yebisu Daikanyama, titled Combined Fleet Girls Collection RPG Replays: Wish Across the Sea (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 艦これRPGリプレイ 願いは海を越えて, KanColle RPG Replays: Negai wa Umi o Koete) was released on July 19, 2014.

A lonely replay series written by Tōichiro Kawashima and illustrated by Chino Yukimiya, titled Combined Fleet Girls Collection RPG Replays of Lonely: Although the sky is so blue (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 艦これRPGぼっちリプレイ 空はあんなに青いのに, KanColle RPG Botchi Replays: Sora wa Anna ni Aoi no ni) was released on January 20, 2015.

Anime

Main article: Kantai Collection (TV series)

An anime television series aired from January to March 2015.[69][70] The series is animated by Diomedéa, and features Japanese destroyer Fubuki as the main character, with the storyline based on her point of view.[71][72] The show is directed by Keizou Kusakawa, with the script written by Jukki Hanada.[73] The anime series features the voice cast from the original game.[39][74]

A second season that features Japanese destroyer Shigure as the main character was announced on January 4, 2019. The series is produced by ENGI and directed by Kazuya Miura, with scripts written by Kensuke Tanaka, the game's original writer, character designs handled by Chika Nomi, and music composed by Kaori Ohkoshi.[75] It premiered in November 2022 and will run for 8 episodes.[76]

Audio CDs

An original game soundtrack KanColle Original Sound Track: Dawn (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- KanColle Original Sound Track 暁, KanColle Original Sound Track: Akatsuki) was released on August 3, 2014.[77] Second original game soundtrack KanColle Original Sound Track 2: Wind (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- KanColle Original Sound Track II 風, KanColle Original Sound Track 2: Kaze) was released on August 5, 2015.

Two vocal music collection CDs KanColle Ship Girl Feelings Song 1: KanColle Vocal Collection, Volume 1 (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 艦娘想歌【壱】 KanColle Vocal Collection vol.1, KanColle Kanmusu Sōka 1: KanColle Vocal Collection, Vol.1) and KanColle Ship Girl Feelings Song 2: KanColle Vocal Collection, Volume 2 (艦隊これくしょん -艦これ- 艦娘想歌【弐】 KanColle Vocal Collection vol.2, KanColle Kanmusu Sōka 2: KanColle Vocal Collection, Vol.2) have also been released on August 3, 2014.

Limited edition versions of the side:Kongō and Torpedo Squadron Chronicles manga series tankōbon were bundled with drama CDs featuring original dialogue stories from the characters' original voice actors, titled "Hiei makes curry" (比叡、カレーを作る, Hiei, karē o tsukuru) and "Akatsuki's dream" (暁の夢, Akatsuki no yume).[78]

An anime television soundtrack Television Anime "KanColle" Original Sound Track: Ship Sound (TVアニメ「艦隊これくしょん -艦これ-」オリジナルサウンドトラック “艦響”, TV anime "KanColle" Original Sound Track: Kankyō) was released on March 25, 2015. An anime television vocal music collection CD Television Anime "KanColle" Character Song: Ship Girl's Song (TVアニメ「艦隊これくしょん -艦これ-」キャラクターソング “艦娘乃歌”, TV anime "KanColle" Character Song: Kanmusu no Uta) was released on March 25, 2015.

Film

Main article: KanColle: The Movie

An animated film, titled KanColle: The Movie (劇場版 艦これ, Gekijō-ban KanKore), was released on November 26, 2016.[9][79][80][81]

Plot and setting

Whilst the original game does not have a particular storyline, and largely focuses on "gameplay", each of the official media works feature various settings with separate and differing canons. Not only do the stories differ, but also the depictions and interpretations of fleet girls and the manner in which they engage in combat. The game does not strictly define anything relating to its setting, allowing for a greater diversity of secondary literary adaptation works which cater to different audiences, and more artistic freedom among secondary works which can approach the setting of Kantai Collection differently.

Kadokawa has not officially announced whether any secondary work is absolute canon, nor have they released significant quantities of canonical material, with some official works even contradicting one another. For instance, some manga anthology depictions show the ship girls as ship-sized giants, while other serialized manga show them as human-sized. The television animation explains the ship girls as humans born with the ability to possess the spirits of World War II warships, while within the Bonds of the Wings of Cranes light novel, the girls refer to themselves as actual warships, and that their origin is unknown.

2015 anime television series

Main article: Kantai Collection (TV series)

Season two of the anime is still in the works.[82]

KanColle: Bonds of the Wings of Cranes

Within the story of the light novel Bonds of the Wings of Cranes, the setting is within an alternate universe where World War II never took place. The fleet of the Abyss, consisting of monster ships, lock down access to the seas and indiscriminately fire upon vessels and aircraft, and feed on the corpses of dead sailors in the water.[83] The large number of abyssals, along with their regenerating ability, allowed them to easily defeat the conventional navies and modern militaries of the world. Ship girls are the guardians of humanity and human-weapon hybrids that are summoned using spirit energy (霊力), with female forms as the ships they represent have female souls.[84] Zuikaku, having taken a humanoid form, remembers a time where she was once a ship, however, does not know the reason behind her human form.

The fleet girls live within an old-fashioned Japanese-style hotel which doubles as the girls' dormitory and is close to a nearby factory which services combat equipment.[85] The admiral of the fleet is a young man who behaves like a pervert, fond of groping the ship girls and playing with their skirts, although his personality does become serious when commanding the fleet. As the ship girls and abyssal fleets engage in combat, both sides are guarded by a protective barrier. The aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga are depicted as firing archery arrows from a bow which then transform into fighter planes. Armaments are detachable equipment, and when not in combat gear the ships otherwise appear as ordinary girls.[86]

KanColle: Kagerō, Setting Sail!

This light novel is set within a universe based on the real world, where normal girls undergo training to become ship girls. Hundreds of warships were destroyed by abyssal forces which spontaneously emerge from anywhere under the sea, and as a result, ship girls are employed to counter the threat.[87]

KanColle: Someday as the Seas turn Calm

A series of mini-arcs connecting a ship girl to her existing counterpart by gradually introducing characters and rotating the leads. Within this manga, ship girls are depicted as flying on the water surface whilst in combat against the abyss fleet of monster ships, and launch aircraft managed by tiny fairies in a conventional takeoff manner from their body attachments. Artillery and torpedo combat is shown to be performed at long range, whilst anti-submarine warfare takes place in close quarters.

Torpedo Squadron Chronicles

This manga adaptation focuses on the adventures of the Tenryū class and Akatsuki class, as it follows the newly assigned Tenryū and her new squadron in solving the mystery of the Abyssal Fleet.

KanColle: Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl

This manga depicts the story of a newly appointed, rookie officer by the name of Ensign Akai who arrives at the Maizuru Naval Base for duty as the assistant to the vice-admiral, however has to deal with a stubborn and difficult Shimakaze who spends most of her time alone, and does not have any friends. Multiple nations around the world have developed ship girls for their navy power, and Maizuru is one of the major bases of Japan responsible for managing them.[88]

KanColle: Fubuki, Ganbarimasu!

This slice of life 4koma depicts the everyday life of the ship girls at the fleet training school, where newly manufactured ship girls spend one year learning knowledge before setting out to sea. Most of the scenarios are taken from the point of view of Fubuki, and feature the girls doing fun things with one another, which include attending school, drinking tea, celebrating various holidays like Tanabata, Halloween and Christmas, in addition to the occasional sortie. The ship girls retain memories of their previous lives from World War II, at times displaying signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. References to their personal histories and characteristics are common and usually used to comedic effect. This manga depicts the ship girls as being able to walk on the surface of the water in a manner akin to ice-skating, just like in the anime series.

2016 film

Main article: KanColle: The Movie

Merchandise and other collaborations

Merchandise based on the game have been launched as a result of the success of the online game, proliferation of derivative works, and strong interest in the franchise. PVC figurines have been released, including Nendoroid and Figma figurines of both Shimakaze and Akagi,[89][90] in addition to a 1/7 scale PVC display figurine of a severely damaged Kongō designed and manufactured by Max Factory.[91] An expansion for a trading card game Weiß Schwarz based on Kancolle theme was released on March 28, 2014, and reportedly sold 1.7 million packets within its first shipment.[92]

In September 2013, a collaborative project between Kantai Collection and the Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime was announced.[93] Illustrators for Kantai Collection are responsible for drawing some of the anime end cards for Arpeggio of Blue Steel, which feature crossovers with Kantai Collection characters.[94] An Arpeggio of Blue Steel in-game special event for Kantai Collection also took place from December 24, 2013, to January 8, 2014.[95]

Reception

Player population

Due to the high popularity of the game within Japan, game operators created larger numbers of servers in early 2013 to cope with the influx of players.[2] During August 2013, the number of new players spiked by 100,000 people within one week, to a total of 600,000 people, with 350,000 daily active players.[18] By September 2013, it was reported that there were more than 800,000 players regularly active.[19] The total number of players broke 1,000,000 on 9 October 2013.[96] As of April 2015, there were 3 million players.[5] One commonly cited explanation behind the success of the game is that players aren't forced to spend money to play, unlike other popular Japanese online games; the free-to-play nature of Kantai Collection makes in-game purchases optional, and not a necessity.[12] It is estimated that on average, Kantai Collection players spend less money on the game compared to the popular Japanese games Puzzle & Dragons, The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls and Love Live! School Idol Festival.[97]

Cultural trends and industry reception

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Interest in Kantai Collection has significantly risen over the months following its release, to the point where it has often been compared with the fandom of Touhou Project as an emerging viral fandom. There has been a large increase in online activity and fan-created material relating to the game, such as fan-made artworks, doujinshi and other derivative content.[103][104] As of April 2015, there are over 345,000 different artworks on Pixiv tagged with "KanColle" created by 67,000 individual artists, and KanColle-related videos on Niconico were watched 460 million times.[5] During Comiket 85, there were 1,136 dōjin circles producing works for Kantai Collection, placing third behind Touhou Project (2,272 circles) and Kuroko's Basketball (1,462 circles), and ahead of The Idolmaster and Vocaloid;[98][105] this is a significant increase over the previous Comiket 84 event, which only had just over 100 circles with Kantai Collection works.[99] Dōjin material relating to the game have also gained traction overseas; KanColle-exclusive dōjin events have been held in Shanghai on 22 February 2014,[106] and Taipei on 29 March 2014.[107]

On 12 December 2013, Twitter officially released the top hashtags of 2013; #艦これ was the most used hashtag among Japanese Twitter users.[108][109] The game was also the eighth most searched term within Japan on Google in 2013.[110] On 30 December 2013, GameSpark named Kantai Collection as the online game category title for its game of the year awards of 2013, ahead of runners-up League of Legends, World of Tanks and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.[111] A survey of 151 different prominent Japanese game developers conducted by 4gamer asked what each developer considered to be the best game of 2013; nine of these developers selected Kantai Collection. Among these developers, Naoki Yoshida of Square Enix, who produced and directed Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, stated that Kantai Collection is Japan's answer to World of Tanks, and that he was impressed by the business model;[112] meanwhile, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA director Seiji Hayashi of Sega referred to the game as "innovative".[113] Kantai Collection was named "Rookie of the Year" during the WebMoney 2013 Awards, as a new entrant to the games market.[114]

Financial reception and sales figures

Speaking at a symposium held by Kadokawa ASCII Research Institute on 27 September 2013, the chairman of the board of directors of Kadokawa Group Holdings, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, stated that despite the game's popularity, Kantai Collection is nearly unprofitable for the company, in part due to the game being funded by various company partnerships, such as the profit-sharing agreement made between Kadokawa Group and DMM Group, given that none of the game's development fees were paid for by Kadokawa. Kadokawa's stock price rose by 1000 yen within June 2013, following the initial rise of the game. It is expected that Kadokawa will need to rely on sales of intellectual property media works such as books and manga in order to raise profits.[36] Kadokawa Games president Yoshimi Yasuda affirms that the free-to-play business model of the game will not change despite reports of a lack of revenue gain.[115]

Meanwhile, game distributor DMM Corporation gained 7 billion yen from the game as of June 2014, which is equivalent to 140 times the value of the game's development costs.[116]

Toshihiko Tsukiji's light novel Kantai Collection: Kagerō, Setting Sail! sold 16,624 copies within its first week of release, placing 11th place within the Oricon book ranking charts.[117] Also debuting the same week were the Sasebo Naval District Compilation Vol.1 and Maizuru Naval District Compilation Vol.1 comic anthologies, which sold 59,552 copies and 58,110 copies respectively.[118] In mid-November 2013, Yokosuka Naval District Compilation Vol.1 sold 48,909 copies during its first week, placing 10th place among all comic sales.[119] The first manga volume of Fubuki, Ganbarimasu! sold 28,324 copies within its first week in December 2013.[120] The KanColle White Paper official book published by Kadokawa placed third overall within the Oricon book charts during its debut week in October 2013, selling 46,039 copies.[121]

Political commentary

An editorial within the South Korean Hankook Ilbo on 4 November 2013 accuses that the strong popularity of the game is due to a conservative political shift amongst young people in Japan following long-term economic recession and political instability, and that the game glorifies the wartime Imperial Japanese Navy.[122] Addressing the Hankook Ilbo allegation, Akky Akimoto writing for The Japan Times disagrees with the idea that the game's design deliberately facilitates any political shift, and argues that the 1970s anime series Space Battleship Yamato was subject to similar criticisms despite having little effect on domestic politics.[123]

Another opinion piece from the Asahi Shimbun suggests that the game's unforgiving mechanics, such as ships permanently sinking, with some of them even tracing their grandparents' military service history, help players understand the brutality of war given the desperate situations, so that they can gain a more positive understanding of history or even oppose conflict itself.[124]

Intellectual property infringement outside Japan

In January 2015, allegations arose that the company Beijing Longzhu Digital Technology (北京龙珠数码科技),[125] which runs an unofficial pirated KanColle server in Mainland China, spent ¥700,000 RMB (US$112,800) in purchasing various Chinese-language KanColle internet forums such as the KanColle subforum on Baidu Tieba; online discussion boards intended for discussing the original Japanese game were closed down or placed under new management, while the forums of the pirated bootleg Chinese KanColle remained online. This led to widespread unrest amongst Chinese players of the original game, resulting in large-scale internet raids on forums and social media, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and website defacing via SQL injection[126] by hackers against those running the bootleg server.[127][128] An article published by China Central Television referred to the incident as the largest online mass boycott and protest against intellectual property infringement in China, and a wake-up call for the Chinese gaming industry as a whole to strive for integrity and refrain from creating copycat works.[129]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Subtitled as "Combined Fleet Girls Collection"

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External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kantai Collection.
Official pages of the game
  • Main site at DMM
  • "KanColle_STAFF" on Twitter
Licensed web manga
  • KanColle manga "Fubuki, Ganbarimasu!" at Famitsu Comic Clear
  • KanColle manga "Chinjufu tsūshin" at Famitsu Comic Clear
  • KanColle manga "Kankan Biyori" and Illustrations Column at Cominy
  • KanColle manga "Fubuki, Ganbarimasu!" at Comic Walker
  • KanColle manga "Kankan Biyori" at Comic Walker
  • KanColle manga "Someday as the Seas turn Calm" at Comic Walker
  • KanColle manga "Torpedo Squadron Chronicles" at Comic Walker
  • KanColle manga "Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl" at Comic Walker
  • KanColle manga "Naval base of the perch" at Comic Walker
  • KanColle manga "Yuru Kan" at Comic Walker
Official sites of secondary works
  • Official anime website
  • Official arcade game website

February 12, 2023
kantai, collection, anime, series, kancolle, movie, japanese, 艦隊これくしょん, hepburn, kantai, korekushon, fleet, collection, abbreviated, kancolle, 艦これ, kankore, japanese, free, play, browser, game, developed, kadokawa, games, published, developer, kadokawa, gamesk. For the anime see Kantai Collection TV series and KanColle The Movie Kantai Collection Japanese 艦隊これくしょん Hepburn Kantai Korekushon lit Fleet Collection a abbreviated as KanColle 艦これ KanKore is a Japanese free to play web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM com 2 3 Kantai CollectionDeveloper s Kadokawa GamesKanColle Unei Chinjyufu CommitteePublisher s DMM comDirector s Kensuke Tanaka ja C2 Preparat Producer s Kensuke Tanaka C2 Preparat KanColle Unei Chinjyufu Committee Michio Okamiya ja DMM com Yoshimi Yasuda ja Kadokawa Games Designer s Kensuke TanakaArtist s At least 21Composer s Hiroshi UsamiKaori ŌkoshiMichio Okamiya 1 Platform s HTML5 formerly FlashAndroidReleaseJP April 23 2013Genre s Online web browser gameFleet raising simulationMode s MultiplayerThe central theme of the game is the representation of World War II warships personified as teenage girls and young adult women with personality characteristics reflecting the history of each ship Originally all of these were Japanese but ships from other nations have also been added as the game has developed Gameplay involves all aspects of naval warfare including not only combat but also maintenance repair upgrading resupply morale logistics and mission planning The game was launched on April 23 2013 4 As of April 2015 the game is available in Japan only and has 3 million registered players 5 An Android client of the original game was released in 2016 6 The game has developed into a much larger media franchise various media including multiple manga series and light novels have been released in addition to an officially licensed tabletop role playing game A PlayStation Vita game was released in February 2016 7 and an anime television series aired its first season from January to March 2015 8 with an animated film 9 released in November 2016 and a second season that will premiere in November 2022 Contents 1 Gameplay 1 1 Fleet girls 2 Development 3 Media 3 1 Print media 3 1 1 Manga 3 1 2 Light novels 3 2 Video games 3 2 1 KanColle Kai 3 2 2 KanColle Arcade 3 3 Tabletop RPG 3 4 Anime 3 5 Audio CDs 3 6 Film 4 Plot and setting 4 1 2015 anime television series 4 2 KanColle Bonds of the Wings of Cranes 4 3 KanColle Kagerō Setting Sail 4 4 KanColle Someday as the Seas turn Calm 4 5 Torpedo Squadron Chronicles 4 6 KanColle Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl 4 7 KanColle Fubuki Ganbarimasu 4 8 2016 film 5 Merchandise and other collaborations 6 Reception 6 1 Player population 6 2 Cultural trends and industry reception 6 3 Financial reception and sales figures 6 4 Political commentary 6 5 Intellectual property infringement outside Japan 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksGameplay Edit Examples of kanmusu cards used within the game depicting from top left to bottom right Shimakaze Nagato Tenryu Kaga Haruna Fubuki Takao Verniy I 19 and Taihō Top Home shipyard interface screenshot depicting KongōBottom In game battle interface screenshot depicting Atago The gameplay is centered upon building squadrons composed of individual characters represented as cards with different attributes and then sending said squadrons out on missions Each of the characters are moe anthropomorphisms of World War II naval warships which are depicted as cute girls known as Fleet girls 艦娘 kanmusu 10 These personified warships are based on real life vessels which are explained in detail within the game the physical characteristics appearances and personalities of each of the girls correlate in some way to the real life vessel for example ships with a larger displacement tonnage such as cruisers battleships and aircraft carriers are usually depicted as young women while smaller ships such as destroyers and coastal defense ships look and behave like pubescent girls with a few exceptions The vast majority of these fleet girls were based on the ships of Imperial Japanese Navy along with few that were based on other navies warships instead including three from Imperial Japanese Army So far foreign navies represented in the game are include Kriegsmarine Regia Marina United States Navy Royal Navy Soviet Navy Marine Nationale Svenska Marinen Royal Australian Navy and Koninklijke Marine The player takes on the role of an admiral 提督 teitoku and organizes their fleets in battle in order to win Combat is largely automated and manual actions by the player include micromanagement such as building and repairing 2 11 The player can organise up to four different fleets 12 The player progresses through the game by advancing through maps gaining experience points through grinding obtaining new fleet girls whilst repairing and resupplying existing ones and fulfilling quests to obtain resources New equipment can be crafted allowing the fleet girls to equip different armaments depending on the situation 10 Acquisition of new kanmusu by the player can occur via drops on map or via crafting and is heavily RNG based randomization is also a key component of the battle mechanism map progression and equipment development 12 Construction resupply and repair of ships is reliant upon four types of resources namely fuel ammunition steel and bauxite these supplies will gradually increase automatically as time passes Players can choose to engage in expeditions sorties and quests to further increase their supplies as well 12 Ships can be customised through the addition of various equipment within their empty slots which add attribute bonuses and even provide special effects in some cases 10 such equipment include naval guns anti aircraft guns torpedoes torpedo bombers dive bombers fighter aircraft seaplanes recon planes radars steam turbines special artillery shells depth charges sonars drum canisters searchlights and anti torpedo bulges The effectiveness of ships in combat depend on its attribute parameters namely hitpoints armour evasion aircraft capacity speed attack range firepower torpedo anti air anti submarine line of sight and luck 13 Kanmusu are capable of becoming stronger as they gain experience and level up after battles and can also be remodeled into more advanced models once they reach a certain level Unwanted kanmusu can also be fed to other kanmusu through a process known as modernization 近代化改修 kindaika kaishu which grants attribute bonuses to one ship in exchange for losing another 12 Ships can become fatigued once it accumulates after sorties fatigued ships have decreased attributes whilst sparkling ships have increased attributes Fatigue can be alleviated by allowing ships some time to rest or by recovering the fleet s morale using Japanese food supply ship Mamiya As ships become damaged their icons begin to blow off smoke and their clothing become visually torn and battered in the event when a ship s durability drops down to zero it is considered sunk and the player will lose the fleet girl 12 Players cannot resurrect fleet girls that have been lost unless they are in possession of an emergency repair item and are only able to re train ships that have been lost from scratch Whilst the game is free to play special premium bonuses can be obtained through prepaid game money and credit card microtransactions such as repair dock expansions home shipyard furniture tokens ship possession limit increases and special consumable items 14 Although each ship in the game has an experience level cap of Lv 99 the player is able to obtain the marriage papers and ring item with a monetary purchase priced at 700 yen or via a one time special quest which allows the player to marry the girl thereby breaking the original level cap and allowing a new maximum of Lv 175 in addition to other perks such as stat boosts and decreased operating costs this process can be repeated as many times as the player wishes and there is no limit to the number of girls that can be married 15 Players can choose to battle against the fleets of other real life players on the same game server via the exercise maneuvers menu Players are also able to compete with each other s scores via in game ranking boards with periodical prizes for top ranking players As of January 2016 there are 20 servers that can be played on each named after a World War II era Japanese naval base 13 The game is currently intended to be played by a Japanese domestic audience only with the interface exclusively in the Japanese language As of present the game cannot be played outside Japan without the use of a VPN 16 utilisation of such methods to circumvent country IP restrictions and access the game breach the DMM com online game terms of use however 17 From August 2013 onwards new player registrations were only available via periodic lottery due to the servers being overloaded by large numbers of new registrants 18 After July 2015 new registrants were able to join the 20th server without the need to partake in a lottery due to excessive player numbers however the new server has closed on multiple occasions Fleet girls Edit Upon the debut of the game there were a total of 94 different fleet girls available Within an update introduced May 15 17 2013 additional fleet girls were added On September 11 2013 the first non Japanese vessel Soviet destroyer Verniy Vernyj was introduced into the game 19 There were plans during the early stages to eventually bring additional ships from other countries 20 and in March 2014 three German Kriegsmarine vessels were added 21 Two Italian ships were added as part of the 2015 Spring event in April 2015 22 with one more added in August 23 The first fully non Axis ship the American USS Iowa BB 61 was introduced with KanColle Kai on February 18 2016 24 later becoming available in the browser game s 2016 Spring event 25 Presently there are 164 original girls in addition to 72 upgraded variants bringing the total number of fleet girls to 236 The game currently holds spaces for 250 different types of fleet girls Different fleet girls are illustrated by different artists artists involved in the drawing of various characters include Shibafu 26 27 Yoshinori Shizuma 28 Konishi 28 Kurokuro 28 29 Akemi Mikoto 1 and 16 other artists Fumikane Shimada who was previously the lead character designer for Strike Witches and Girls und Panzer created the designs and illustrations for Japanese armored aircraft carrier Taihō 30 and the five German vessels 31 The traits of each fleet girl are based on aspects of the historical ship they are based on for instance Japanese battleship Kongō frequently adds English words and phrases into her dialog as a reference to her British origins whilst Japanese destroyer Shimakaze is depicted as a speedy girl in artworks and official print media since Shimakaze was one of the fastest destroyers of World War II 32 Characters which share particular links also have similar physical traits ships of the same class may have similar accessories or clothing whilst all Imperial Japanese Navy submarines are depicted as wearing sukumizu Voice actors have been employed to voice the fleet girls with anywhere around 10 fleet girls being voiced by one actor Development EditPrior to Kantai Collection the majority of games published by DMM com were R 18 adult online games In an effort to attract customers from a wider audience DMM com experimented with Kantai Collection in partnership with Kadokawa Games by November 2013 Kantai Collection accounted for 30 40 of DMM com s total online game business 33 Unlike other online games in Japan Kantai Collection was designed with the intention of not forcing the player to spend money or participate in gacha lotteries 34 35 The purpose of this stems from Kadokawa desiring a larger target market and to establish the game as a well known name eventually allowing for merchandising and sales of franchise works 36 Kensuke Tanaka who prior to Kantai Collection was involved in the production and public relations for Final Fantasy X XI and XIII wished to create a game which involves historical elements while still appealing to the regular fans of DMM com namely fans of anime and manga culture and this led him to the idea of developing a game centered on anthropomorphisms of warships Media Edit Cover art of the first volume of Maizuru Naval District Compilation featuring clockwise from top left Atago Yamato Hiryu Zuihō and Hibiki Print media Edit Manga Edit A bi monthly online web manga by Ryōta Momoi began serialization from April 23 2013 in the Famitsu Comic Clear The manga follows a 4koma format and features a storyline with the fleet girls enrolled in schools where senior girls teach battle techniques to their juniors It has been updated weekly since October 2013 37 38 Ryōta Momoi s 4koma manga will be released in print book format under the title KanColle 4 cell comic Fubuki I will do my best 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 4コマコミック 吹雪 がんばります Fubuki Ganbarimasu beginning from December 14 2013 Famitsu Comic Clear has introduced an additional manga adaptation by Shōtarō Harada under the title Issued Naval Base Communications 発令 鎮守府通信 Hatsurei Chinjufu tsushin beginning from July 9 2013 39 The Famitsu website also hosts a webcomic titled KanColle Play Manga Blazing Ships Weather 艦これプレイ漫画 艦々日和 Kankan Biyori by Tadashi Mizumoto which focuses on gameplay aspects of Kantai Collection 40 It began serialization from August 23 2013 In addition illustrations column Kanmusu and ships large picture book 艦娘及ビ艦船大図鑑 Kanmusu oyobi Kansen Dai zukan with multiple illustrators at the same time as the manga has also been serialized A manga by Kensuke Tanaka and illustrated by Sakae Saitō titled KanColle Someday as the Seas turn Calm 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ いつか静かな海で Itsuka shizuka na umi de began serialisation in Monthly Comic Alive in the December 2013 issue released October 28 2013 with a focus on an original story revolving around Tenryu and Tatsuta 39 41 42 In addition another manga series by SASAYUKi featuring the title KanColle side Kongō 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ side 金剛 was serialized in Comptiq from the December 2013 issue released November 9 2013 onwards 28 with a story based on the adventures of battleship Kongō 43 44 It began serialisation within the May 2014 issue of Comptiq released April 10 2014 and was later terminated within the November 2014 issue released October 10 2014 A manga titled KanColle Torpedo Squadron Chronicles 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 水雷戦隊クロニクル Suirai sentai kuronikuru and illustrated by Yasuhiro Miyama began serialisation in the January 2014 issue released November 9 2013 of Comp Ace with the plot focusing on the Akatsuki sisters 45 Age Premium featured a manga publication by Nanaroku titled KanColle nanodesu 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ なのです starting from the January 2014 issue delivered December 9 2013 with Inazuma as the main character 46 It was serialized until the May 2014 issue delivered April 9 2014 A manga series titled KanColle Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 島風 つむじ風の少女 Shimakaze Tsumujikaze no shōjo by Kazuma Yamazaki Hyōbu Madoka later Kaname Yokoshima and illustrated by Kazuma Yamazaki began serialisation within the Dengeki Maoh magazine in the February 2014 issue released December 27 2013 47 48 A manga series by Hiroichi titled KanColle The perched naval base 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 止まり木の鎮守府 Tomarigi no chinjufu began serialisation in the July 2014 issue released May 27 2014 of Dengeki Daioh 49 focusing on a storyline revolving around the heavy cruisers Kumano and Suzuya 50 Kadokawa website also hosts a webcomic titled Loose Ship Woman Admiral Play Diary ゆる艦 女提督プレイ日記 Yuru Kan Onna teitoku purei nikki by Sau Nitō and illustrated by Sōta Wakui which focuses on gameplay aspects of Kantai Collection It began serialization from March 22 2014 in Comic Walker A manga series by Miki Morinaga titled Tonight Another Salute 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 今宵もサルーテ Koyoi mo saruute began serialization in the December 2018 issue released November 10 2018 of Comptiq focusing on a storyline where Gambier Bay Tashkent and Commandant Teste discover an old bar on the naval base they re stationed at eventually learning the skills of being bartenders and the history of cocktails Gambier Bay uses the opportunity as a way of learning to get over her fear of the Kurita Fleet as well to pull herself out of being too self deprecating Two volumes of the collected chapters have been released and the third volume is scheduled to be released in September 2020 Currently it s also available on Comic Walker since July 10 2019 51 Kadokawa has also announced a manga series titled KanColle Black Order provisional 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ ブラックオーダー 仮 Black Order kari created by Ōto Taguchi who was previously responsible for the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 manga 52 However the project was cancelled after a disagreement between the author and publisher 53 Famitsu Comic Clear DNA Comics Comptiq and Dengeki Comics have also published numerous series of comic compilation books which each contain a collection of various one shot manga Light novels Edit A short story series featuring aircraft carriers Zuikaku and Shōkaku written by Hiroki Uchida and illustrated by Matarō titled KanColle Bonds of the Wings of Cranes 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鶴翼の絆 Kakuyoku no kizuna began serialization within the January 2014 issue released November 20 2013 of Dragon Magazine 43 A light novel based on the game with the title KanColle Kagerō Setting Sail 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 陽炎 抜錨します Kagerō batsubyō shimasu 54 written by Toshihiko Tsukiji and illustrated by NOCO 55 56 was released on November 30 2013 54 A novel project featuring aircraft carriers Kaga and Akagi involving the illustrator Koruri and the authors Kei Shiide Kazuyuki Takami and Dai Akagane has been announced 43 with the title KanColle A day at a certain naval base 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ とある鎮守府の一日 Toaru chinjufu no ichinichi It was serialized in Comptiq between the January 2014 released November 9 2013 and August 2014 released July 10 2014 issues A novel to share the view of the world KanColle 1st Carrier Division Heading Off 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 一航戦 出ます Ikkōsen demasu written by Kazuyuki Takami and illustrated by GUNP was released on November 2 2014 A novel series featuring light aircraft carriers Zuihō written by Yukiya Murasaki and illustrated by Satoru Arikawa titled KanColle Beautiful sea Phoenix sky 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 瑞の海 鳳の空 Mizu no umi ōtori no sora was released on February 1 2015 Video games Edit KanColle Kai Edit KanColle Kai Game cover featuring Yamato front and Akizuki back Developer s Kadokawa GamesPublisher s Kadokawa GamesProducer s Kensuke TanakaPlatform s PlayStation VitaReleaseJP February 18 2016Genre s Turn based strategyMode s Single playerA single player turn based strategy game titled KanColle Kai 艦これ改 was announced for the PlayStation Vita during Kadokawa Games 2013 Autumn media briefing and following two launch delays was finally released on February 18 2016 7 The game is the second title independently created by Kadokawa Game Studio after Natural Doctrine 8 57 KanColle Kai introduces various strategy elements such as hexagonal world maps a new resource transfer system involving the escorting of supply ships over each game turn player selected difficulty settings enemy counterattacks against the player s bases control of over up to eight fleets on the world map and the ability to simultaneously operate two separate fleets within some sortie maps Existing functions from the original web browser game are also present with major user interface changes 58 Menu screens feature Live2D character animations and the player will encounter a game over state if all of their territories are destroyed by the enemy The Vita game contained the original debut of USS Iowa BB 61 as a playable ship prior to her seasonal event implementation within the browser game 24 In March 2014 financial analyst Fukuda Sōichirō of Citigroup Global Markets Japan made the prediction in a stock investor report that the PS Vita game would ship 500 000 copies and expects that a profit of 1 billion yen be made He also cites the ability to charge players for in game premium items on the PS Vita platform as an upside for Kadokawa Corporation business wise 59 Famitsu gave the game a review score of 29 40 60 The game sold 140 757 physical retail copies within the first week of release in Japan placing first within the Japanese software sales rankings for that particular week 61 Dengeki Online and Famitsu both report that between 80 100 of the initial retail batch stock was sold out within the first week 62 63 Kadokawa Games has announced that the game will be no longer sold physically in retail stores or digitally in the PlayStation Store by the end of January 2017 64 KanColle Arcade Edit KanColle Arcade Four KanColle Arcade cabinetsDeveloper s Sega Interactive AM2Publisher s Sega InteractivePlatform s ArcadeReleaseJP April 26 2016 2016 04 26 Genre s Action Trading cardMode s Single playerArcade systemNu1 1KanColle Arcade 艦これアーケード is a trading card arcade game developed by Sega AM2 and launched on April 26 2016 65 66 The game features fully modeled 3D characters and involves the player taking control of the direction and speed of their ship in combat against Abyssal ships in addition to collecting different shipgirls The game charges players with a GP system akin to that of Border Break where money is converted into GP at a specific rate with these points consumed for each second of play or converted in exchange for various other game elements The game is controlled using a steering wheel and speed lever and the player is able to organize their fleet using kanmusu cards ejected by the arcade machine While in combat the player can choose between using primary and secondary armaments torpedoes and airstrikes against foes 67 Tabletop RPG Edit See also Saikoro Fiction An official KanColle tabletop RPG has been developed the introductory rulebook for the game was published by Kadokawa and Fujimi Shobo and released on 18 March 2014 68 A first rule book written by Tōichiro Kawashima and illustrated by Yukio Hirai titled Combined Fleet Girls Collection RPG Introductory Book 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 艦これRPG 着任ノ書 KanColle RPG Chakunin no Sho was released on March 18 2014 A replay series written by Shiei Akatoki and illustrated by Yebisu Daikanyama titled Combined Fleet Girls Collection RPG Replays Wish Across the Sea 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 艦これRPGリプレイ 願いは海を越えて KanColle RPG Replays Negai wa Umi o Koete was released on July 19 2014 A lonely replay series written by Tōichiro Kawashima and illustrated by Chino Yukimiya titled Combined Fleet Girls Collection RPG Replays of Lonely Although the sky is so blue 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 艦これRPGぼっちリプレイ 空はあんなに青いのに KanColle RPG Botchi Replays Sora wa Anna ni Aoi no ni was released on January 20 2015 Anime Edit Main article Kantai Collection TV series An anime television series aired from January to March 2015 69 70 The series is animated by Diomedea and features Japanese destroyer Fubuki as the main character with the storyline based on her point of view 71 72 The show is directed by Keizou Kusakawa with the script written by Jukki Hanada 73 The anime series features the voice cast from the original game 39 74 A second season that features Japanese destroyer Shigure as the main character was announced on January 4 2019 The series is produced by ENGI and directed by Kazuya Miura with scripts written by Kensuke Tanaka the game s original writer character designs handled by Chika Nomi and music composed by Kaori Ohkoshi 75 It premiered in November 2022 and will run for 8 episodes 76 Audio CDs Edit An original game soundtrack KanColle Original Sound Track Dawn 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ KanColle Original Sound Track 暁 KanColle Original Sound Track Akatsuki was released on August 3 2014 77 Second original game soundtrack KanColle Original Sound Track 2 Wind 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ KanColle Original Sound Track II 風 KanColle Original Sound Track 2 Kaze was released on August 5 2015 Two vocal music collection CDs KanColle Ship Girl Feelings Song 1 KanColle Vocal Collection Volume 1 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 艦娘想歌 壱 KanColle Vocal Collection vol 1 KanColle Kanmusu Sōka 1 KanColle Vocal Collection Vol 1 and KanColle Ship Girl Feelings Song 2 KanColle Vocal Collection Volume 2 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 艦娘想歌 弐 KanColle Vocal Collection vol 2 KanColle Kanmusu Sōka 2 KanColle Vocal Collection Vol 2 have also been released on August 3 2014 Limited edition versions of the side Kongō and Torpedo Squadron Chronicles manga series tankōbon were bundled with drama CDs featuring original dialogue stories from the characters original voice actors titled Hiei makes curry 比叡 カレーを作る Hiei kare o tsukuru and Akatsuki s dream 暁の夢 Akatsuki no yume 78 An anime television soundtrack Television Anime KanColle Original Sound Track Ship Sound TVアニメ 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ オリジナルサウンドトラック 艦響 TV anime KanColle Original Sound Track Kankyō was released on March 25 2015 An anime television vocal music collection CD Television Anime KanColle Character Song Ship Girl s Song TVアニメ 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ キャラクターソング 艦娘乃歌 TV anime KanColle Character Song Kanmusu no Uta was released on March 25 2015 Film Edit Main article KanColle The Movie An animated film titled KanColle The Movie 劇場版 艦これ Gekijō ban KanKore was released on November 26 2016 9 79 80 81 Plot and setting EditWhilst the original game does not have a particular storyline and largely focuses on gameplay each of the official media works feature various settings with separate and differing canons Not only do the stories differ but also the depictions and interpretations of fleet girls and the manner in which they engage in combat The game does not strictly define anything relating to its setting allowing for a greater diversity of secondary literary adaptation works which cater to different audiences and more artistic freedom among secondary works which can approach the setting of Kantai Collection differently Kadokawa has not officially announced whether any secondary work is absolute canon nor have they released significant quantities of canonical material with some official works even contradicting one another For instance some manga anthology depictions show the ship girls as ship sized giants while other serialized manga show them as human sized The television animation explains the ship girls as humans born with the ability to possess the spirits of World War II warships while within the Bonds of the Wings of Cranes light novel the girls refer to themselves as actual warships and that their origin is unknown 2015 anime television series Edit Main article Kantai Collection TV series Season two of the anime is still in the works 82 KanColle Bonds of the Wings of Cranes Edit Within the story of the light novel Bonds of the Wings of Cranes the setting is within an alternate universe where World War II never took place The fleet of the Abyss consisting of monster ships lock down access to the seas and indiscriminately fire upon vessels and aircraft and feed on the corpses of dead sailors in the water 83 The large number of abyssals along with their regenerating ability allowed them to easily defeat the conventional navies and modern militaries of the world Ship girls are the guardians of humanity and human weapon hybrids that are summoned using spirit energy 霊力 with female forms as the ships they represent have female souls 84 Zuikaku having taken a humanoid form remembers a time where she was once a ship however does not know the reason behind her human form The fleet girls live within an old fashioned Japanese style hotel which doubles as the girls dormitory and is close to a nearby factory which services combat equipment 85 The admiral of the fleet is a young man who behaves like a pervert fond of groping the ship girls and playing with their skirts although his personality does become serious when commanding the fleet As the ship girls and abyssal fleets engage in combat both sides are guarded by a protective barrier The aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga are depicted as firing archery arrows from a bow which then transform into fighter planes Armaments are detachable equipment and when not in combat gear the ships otherwise appear as ordinary girls 86 KanColle Kagerō Setting Sail Edit This light novel is set within a universe based on the real world where normal girls undergo training to become ship girls Hundreds of warships were destroyed by abyssal forces which spontaneously emerge from anywhere under the sea and as a result ship girls are employed to counter the threat 87 KanColle Someday as the Seas turn Calm Edit A series of mini arcs connecting a ship girl to her existing counterpart by gradually introducing characters and rotating the leads Within this manga ship girls are depicted as flying on the water surface whilst in combat against the abyss fleet of monster ships and launch aircraft managed by tiny fairies in a conventional takeoff manner from their body attachments Artillery and torpedo combat is shown to be performed at long range whilst anti submarine warfare takes place in close quarters Torpedo Squadron Chronicles Edit This manga adaptation focuses on the adventures of the Tenryu class and Akatsuki class as it follows the newly assigned Tenryu and her new squadron in solving the mystery of the Abyssal Fleet KanColle Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl Edit This manga depicts the story of a newly appointed rookie officer by the name of Ensign Akai who arrives at the Maizuru Naval Base for duty as the assistant to the vice admiral however has to deal with a stubborn and difficult Shimakaze who spends most of her time alone and does not have any friends Multiple nations around the world have developed ship girls for their navy power and Maizuru is one of the major bases of Japan responsible for managing them 88 KanColle Fubuki Ganbarimasu Edit This slice of life 4koma depicts the everyday life of the ship girls at the fleet training school where newly manufactured ship girls spend one year learning knowledge before setting out to sea Most of the scenarios are taken from the point of view of Fubuki and feature the girls doing fun things with one another which include attending school drinking tea celebrating various holidays like Tanabata Halloween and Christmas in addition to the occasional sortie The ship girls retain memories of their previous lives from World War II at times displaying signs of post traumatic stress disorder References to their personal histories and characteristics are common and usually used to comedic effect This manga depicts the ship girls as being able to walk on the surface of the water in a manner akin to ice skating just like in the anime series 2016 film Edit Main article KanColle The MovieMerchandise and other collaborations EditMerchandise based on the game have been launched as a result of the success of the online game proliferation of derivative works and strong interest in the franchise PVC figurines have been released including Nendoroid and Figma figurines of both Shimakaze and Akagi 89 90 in addition to a 1 7 scale PVC display figurine of a severely damaged Kongō designed and manufactured by Max Factory 91 An expansion for a trading card game Weiss Schwarz based on Kancolle theme was released on March 28 2014 and reportedly sold 1 7 million packets within its first shipment 92 In September 2013 a collaborative project between Kantai Collection and the Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime was announced 93 Illustrators for Kantai Collection are responsible for drawing some of the anime end cards for Arpeggio of Blue Steel which feature crossovers with Kantai Collection characters 94 An Arpeggio of Blue Steel in game special event for Kantai Collection also took place from December 24 2013 to January 8 2014 95 Reception EditPlayer population Edit Due to the high popularity of the game within Japan game operators created larger numbers of servers in early 2013 to cope with the influx of players 2 During August 2013 the number of new players spiked by 100 000 people within one week to a total of 600 000 people with 350 000 daily active players 18 By September 2013 it was reported that there were more than 800 000 players regularly active 19 The total number of players broke 1 000 000 on 9 October 2013 96 As of April 2015 there were 3 million players 5 One commonly cited explanation behind the success of the game is that players aren t forced to spend money to play unlike other popular Japanese online games the free to play nature of Kantai Collection makes in game purchases optional and not a necessity 12 It is estimated that on average Kantai Collection players spend less money on the game compared to the popular Japanese games Puzzle amp Dragons The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls and Love Live School Idol Festival 97 Cultural trends and industry reception Edit A graph comparing the participation of dōjin circles at Comiket 85 Winter 2013 the first Comiket event with a significant KanColle presence 98 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000 C84 Summer 2013 C85 Winter 2013 C86 Summer 2014 C87 Winter 2014 C88 Summer 2015 A graph comparing the number of dōjin circles with Kantai Collection worksfrom Comiket 84 onwards 98 99 100 101 102 Interest in Kantai Collection has significantly risen over the months following its release to the point where it has often been compared with the fandom of Touhou Project as an emerging viral fandom There has been a large increase in online activity and fan created material relating to the game such as fan made artworks doujinshi and other derivative content 103 104 As of April 2015 there are over 345 000 different artworks on Pixiv tagged with KanColle created by 67 000 individual artists and KanColle related videos on Niconico were watched 460 million times 5 During Comiket 85 there were 1 136 dōjin circles producing works for Kantai Collection placing third behind Touhou Project 2 272 circles and Kuroko s Basketball 1 462 circles and ahead of The Idolmaster and Vocaloid 98 105 this is a significant increase over the previous Comiket 84 event which only had just over 100 circles with Kantai Collection works 99 Dōjin material relating to the game have also gained traction overseas KanColle exclusive dōjin events have been held in Shanghai on 22 February 2014 106 and Taipei on 29 March 2014 107 On 12 December 2013 Twitter officially released the top hashtags of 2013 艦これ was the most used hashtag among Japanese Twitter users 108 109 The game was also the eighth most searched term within Japan on Google in 2013 110 On 30 December 2013 GameSpark named Kantai Collection as the online game category title for its game of the year awards of 2013 ahead of runners up League of Legends World of Tanks and Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn 111 A survey of 151 different prominent Japanese game developers conducted by 4gamer asked what each developer considered to be the best game of 2013 nine of these developers selected Kantai Collection Among these developers Naoki Yoshida of Square Enix who produced and directed Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn stated that Kantai Collection is Japan s answer to World of Tanks and that he was impressed by the business model 112 meanwhile Hatsune Miku Project DIVA director Seiji Hayashi of Sega referred to the game as innovative 113 Kantai Collection was named Rookie of the Year during the WebMoney 2013 Awards as a new entrant to the games market 114 Financial reception and sales figures Edit Speaking at a symposium held by Kadokawa ASCII Research Institute on 27 September 2013 the chairman of the board of directors of Kadokawa Group Holdings Tsuguhiko Kadokawa stated that despite the game s popularity Kantai Collection is nearly unprofitable for the company in part due to the game being funded by various company partnerships such as the profit sharing agreement made between Kadokawa Group and DMM Group given that none of the game s development fees were paid for by Kadokawa Kadokawa s stock price rose by 1000 yen within June 2013 following the initial rise of the game It is expected that Kadokawa will need to rely on sales of intellectual property media works such as books and manga in order to raise profits 36 Kadokawa Games president Yoshimi Yasuda affirms that the free to play business model of the game will not change despite reports of a lack of revenue gain 115 Meanwhile game distributor DMM Corporation gained 7 billion yen from the game as of June 2014 which is equivalent to 140 times the value of the game s development costs 116 Toshihiko Tsukiji s light novel Kantai Collection Kagerō Setting Sail sold 16 624 copies within its first week of release placing 11th place within the Oricon book ranking charts 117 Also debuting the same week were the Sasebo Naval District Compilation Vol 1 and Maizuru Naval District Compilation Vol 1 comic anthologies which sold 59 552 copies and 58 110 copies respectively 118 In mid November 2013 Yokosuka Naval District Compilation Vol 1 sold 48 909 copies during its first week placing 10th place among all comic sales 119 The first manga volume of Fubuki Ganbarimasu sold 28 324 copies within its first week in December 2013 120 The KanColle White Paper official book published by Kadokawa placed third overall within the Oricon book charts during its debut week in October 2013 selling 46 039 copies 121 Political commentary Edit An editorial within the South Korean Hankook Ilbo on 4 November 2013 accuses that the strong popularity of the game is due to a conservative political shift amongst young people in Japan following long term economic recession and political instability and that the game glorifies the wartime Imperial Japanese Navy 122 Addressing the Hankook Ilbo allegation Akky Akimoto writing for The Japan Times disagrees with the idea that the game s design deliberately facilitates any political shift and argues that the 1970s anime series Space Battleship Yamato was subject to similar criticisms despite having little effect on domestic politics 123 Another opinion piece from the Asahi Shimbun suggests that the game s unforgiving mechanics such as ships permanently sinking with some of them even tracing their grandparents military service history help players understand the brutality of war given the desperate situations so that they can gain a more positive understanding of history or even oppose conflict itself 124 Intellectual property infringement outside Japan Edit In January 2015 allegations arose that the company Beijing Longzhu Digital Technology 北京龙珠数码科技 125 which runs an unofficial pirated KanColle server in Mainland China spent 700 000 RMB US 112 800 in purchasing various Chinese language KanColle internet forums such as the KanColle subforum on Baidu Tieba online discussion boards intended for discussing the original Japanese game were closed down or placed under new management while the forums of the pirated bootleg Chinese KanColle remained online This led to widespread unrest amongst Chinese players of the original game resulting in large scale internet raids on forums and social media distributed denial of service attacks and website defacing via SQL injection 126 by hackers against those running the bootleg server 127 128 An article published by China Central Television referred to the incident as the largest online mass boycott and protest against intellectual property infringement in China and a wake up call for the Chinese gaming industry as a whole to strive for integrity and refrain from creating copycat works 129 See also Edit World War II portal Video games portal Japan portalAzur Lane a shoot em up game also utilizing the concept of warship moe anthropomorphization mainly featuring anthropomorphized American British Japanese and German warships of World War II Girls Frontline a strategy role playing game centred upon moe anthropomorphizations of firearms Tōken Ranbu a clone of Kantai Collection anthropomorphizing historical swords as attractive young menNotes Edit Subtitled as Combined Fleet Girls Collection References Edit a b KanColle White Paper Kantai Collection Official Book 艦これ白書 艦隊これくしょん オフィシャルブック in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten 2013 10 18 ISBN 978 4047318755 a b c Japan s Latest Popular Online Game Has Anthropomorphic Battleships Kotaku 2013 07 19 Retrieved 2015 02 12 提督といっしょに創り上げていきたい 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ キーマン 田中謙介氏インタビュー 前編 in Japanese Famitsu 2013 09 07 Retrieved 2013 09 25 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 正式サービスが4月23日にスタート in Japanese 4gamer 2013 04 19 Retrieved 2015 02 12 a b c 祝2周年 艦これはこれからも拡大を続けていく ASCII jp in Japanese April 23 2015 Archived from the original on April 25 2015 Retrieved April 26 2015 艦これ Android版を快適に動かせる端末はどれだ スマートフォン タブレット8機種で先行運用版の動作を検証してみた 4gamer in Japanese July 2 2016 a b Kan Colle Kai launches February 18 in Japan Gematsu October 8 2015 a b 速報 艦これ改 仮 PS Vitaで2014年発売決定 艦これ アニメ化企画も進行中 in Japanese Famitsu 2013 09 26 Retrieved 2013 09 26 a b Kan Colle Franchise Gets Anime Film in 2016 Anime News Network August 9 2015 Retrieved August 10 2015 a b c 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鎮守府生活のす め Vol 1 Kantai Collection Recommend the naval base life 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鎮守府生活のすゝめ in Japanese Enterbrain 1 4 27 2013 09 30 ISBN 978 4047292338 新サーバー開設 これから始める 艦隊これくしょん のススメ in Japanese Weekly ASCII Plus 2013 08 13 Retrieved 2015 02 12 a b c d e f Kantai Collection Culture Japan Danny Choo 2013 10 10 Archived from the original on 2015 03 24 Retrieved 2015 02 12 a b Kantai Collection Ship Girl Catalogue 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 艦娘型録 in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten 2014 06 10 ISBN 978 4041106341 艦隊これくしょん ブレークの背景 ソーシャルゲームの新しい可能性とは in Japanese THE PAGE 2013 08 12 Archived from the original on 2014 10 04 Retrieved 2013 08 13 KanColle Now Lets You Marry Your Ship Daughter Crunchyroll 2014 02 14 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Toshi Nakamura 2013 12 31 Japan s Biggest Gaming Phenomenon of 2013 Kotaku Retrieved 2015 02 02 DMMオンラインゲーム利用規約 DMM online game Terms of Use in Japanese DMM com Retrieved 2015 02 02 Quote 第6条 禁止事項 8 不正な方法 特殊なプログラムを介しての でのアクセスを試みる行為 Translation Article 6 Prohibition 8 Attempting to access the service in an unauthorized manner a b 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 1週間で登録者数が10万人増え 合計60万人突破 アクティブユーザーも35万人規模に in Japanese Inside 2013 08 29 Retrieved 2013 09 25 a b 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ はいかにして生み出されたのか その思想から今後のアップデートまで 角川ゲームスの田中謙介氏に語ってもらった in Japanese 4gamer 2013 09 19 Retrieved 2013 09 25 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鎮守府生活のす め Vol 1 Kantai Collection Recommend the naval base life 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鎮守府生活のすゝめ in Japanese Enterbrain 1 31 2013 09 30 ISBN 978 4047292338 Quote 他には 艦これ で海外艦を出したいともおっしゃっていましたね もちろん出す予定です 某戦艦とか有名なとこもいってみます KanKolle Adds Three German Ships Crunchyroll 2014 03 15 Retrieved 2015 01 25 KanColle Spring Event Introduces Italian Ship Daughters Crunchyroll April 28 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2015 GAMES Kantai Collection s Summer 2015 event begins new ships added 2015 08 12 Retrieved 2015 08 21 a b PS Vita Game Introduces The First KanColle American Ship Girl Crunchyroll February 21 2016 Green Scott May 3 2016 KanColle Spring Event Introduces Overseas Friends From US And Italy Crunchyroll Retrieved May 6 2016 Yoshiyuki Tanaka Itō Teitoku 2013 08 30 艦これ プロデューサー田中氏インタビュー 第二期実装と開発に込めた想いとは in Japanese Weekly ASCII Plus Retrieved 2013 08 31 アニメ化も夢ではないかもしれません 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ キーマン 田中謙介氏インタビュー 後編 in Japanese Famitsu 2013 09 08 Retrieved 2013 09 09 a b c d 運営鎮守府司令長官が語る 艦これ 誕生秘話 Comptiq in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten October 2013 issue 別冊付録 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 提督が鎮守府に着任しました 74 79 2013 09 10 特別企画 今話題の 艦これ ってどんなゲーム MC Axis Icarus Shuppan 30 112 113 2013 09 21 KanColle STAFF 13 Dec 2013 最新鋭の正規空母 航空母艦 大鳳 が間もなく 艦これ に就役予定です 現在実装艤装の最終段階です デザインは あの島田フミカネさん 魅力一杯の航空母艦 大鳳 の就役をもう少しだけお待ちください 年内就役予定で現在実装作業中です Tweet Retrieved 2018 04 27 via Twitter humikane 14 Mar 2014 艦これ 先日のアップデートで追加されたドイツ艦 Ｚ１ Ｚ３ ビスマルクの3キャラを担当しました 駆逐 軽巡くらいのボリューム感は頭使うところが大型艦とまた違って面白いなあと Tweet Retrieved 2018 04 27 via Twitter 強烈な艦これファンが選ぶ 人気ゲーム 艦隊これくしょん お付き合いしたい艦ベスト10 in Japanese Rocket News 24 2013 11 03 Archived from the original on 2014 07 05 Retrieved 2015 01 25 艦これをパズドラと並べないでください ASCII jp in Japanese 2013 11 14 Retrieved 2015 02 12 KILLER IS DEAD 艦これ そして 天空の機士ロデア 角川ゲームス 安田善巳社長が 同社の最新作とその先について語ってくれた 4gamer in Japanese July 27 2013 Retrieved March 14 2015 艦隊これくしょん ブレークの背景 ソーシャルゲームの新しい可能性とは The Page in Japanese August 12 2013 Archived from the original on October 4 2014 Retrieved March 14 2015 a b 艦これ ほとんど儲からない 角川歴彦会長が明かす Huffington Post in Japanese 2013 09 27 Retrieved 2013 10 02 艦これ 連載4コマ毎週更新 アンソロの追加情報 in Japanese Famitsu 2013 10 04 Retrieved 2013 10 05 utakataclub 4 Oct 2013 お知らせ 艦これ4コマが6Pにダイエットしつつ毎週更新になりました 詳細はコミッククリアのブログで 艦これ 連載4コマ毎週更新 アンソロの追加情報 コミニー Cominy www famitsu com cominy m pc amp a page fh diary amp target c diary id 69941 cominyさんから Tweet via Twitter a b c Kantai Collection Moe Card Battle Game Gets Anime New Manga Anime News Network 2013 09 26 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦これ プレイ漫画 水本正 艦々日和 第16回 提督のイベント結果 in Japanese Famitsu 2013 12 06 Retrieved 2015 02 12 好評発売中の コミック アライブ12月号 は のんのんびより 特集号 艦これ コラボ企画もスタート in Japanese Animate News 2013 10 28 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦これ 特大ポスター付き コミック アライブ12月号 発売 in Japanese ITmedia 2013 10 28 Retrieved 2015 02 12 a b c December 2013 Preview PDF in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten Archived from the original PDF on 2013 12 14 Retrieved 2015 02 12 付録が超豪華 艦これ漫画版連載開始のコンプティーク12月号 in Japanese NewAkiba 2013 11 10 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Fate EXTRA キャス狐の学園劇が開幕 コンプエースで in Japanese Mynavi News 2013 10 27 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦隊これくしょん エイジプレミアム2014年1月号より 艦これ コミカライズスタート in Japanese SurPara News 2013 10 27 Archived from the original on 2015 01 09 Retrieved 2015 02 12 マオウで GE2 マンガ化 次号 艦これ 島風編が開幕 in Japanese Comic Natalie 2013 11 27 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Comptiq in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten January 2014 issue 2013 12 10 ASIN B00GXGMPRQ a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help 月刊コミック電撃大王 誕生20周年で記念プロジェクトが始動 in Japanese ITmedia 2014 04 22 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Kantai Collection Gets Manga Series Starring Kumano Suzuya Anime News Network 2014 04 24 Retrieved 2015 02 12 2019年7月10日 水 発売のコミックス書店購入特典まとめ in Japanese Comic Walker 2019 07 10 Retrieved 2020 08 28 Kantai Collection Black Order Manga to Launch in ComicWalker Anime News Network 2014 04 22 Retrieved 2014 05 05 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ ブラックオーダー 仮 掲載中止のお知らせ in Japanese ComicWalker 2014 08 22 Archived from the original on 2014 08 25 Retrieved 2014 08 23 a b 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 陽炎 抜錨します in Japanese Enterbrain Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦これ 初のラノベ化 アンソロコミックは早くも重版 in Japanese Mantanweb 2013 09 18 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Battleship Girl Game Phenomenon Kantai Collection Inspires Light Novel and Manga Crunchyroll 2013 09 19 Retrieved 2015 02 12 PlayStation Vita Will Get A Game About Girls Personified As A Naval Fleet Siliconera 2013 09 26 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Dengeki PlayStation volume 593 July 2015 issue page 192 193 艦隊これくしょん が収益寄与に向けて 出撃 シティグループ証券がPSVita版 艦これ で 増益10億円 と予想 in Japanese Social Game Info 2014 03 14 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Famitsu Review Scores Issue 1419 Gematsu February 9 2016 Media Create Sales 2 15 16 2 21 16 Gematsu February 24 2016 週間ソフト販売ランキング TOP50 PS Vita 艦これ改 が13 5万本を売り上げ1位 2月15 21日 Dengeki Online in Japanese February 25 2016 販売本数ランキング TOP30 2016年2月15日 2016年2月21日 Famitsu in Japanese February 27 2016 Archived from the original on February 26 2016 PS Vita 艦これ改 2017年1月末をもって出荷 販売を終了 Inside in Japanese December 15 2016 Kan Colle Arcade debut screenshots Gematsu February 12 2015 KanColle STAFF 13 Jan 2015 2015年夏のスタートを目指して 艦これアーケード を セガAM2研 さんと 艦これ 運営鎮守府で現在企画開発を進めています 同先行ロケーションテストを今月下旬に実施予定です 参加ご希望の提督は下記ご案内をご覧ください Tweet via Twitter Sega Puts KanColle Arcade on Display at Japan Amusement Expo Crunchyroll February 21 2016 提督 サイコロと会話で遊ぶテーブルトークRPG 艦これRPG の詳細が分かりました in Japanese Ameba News 2014 02 13 Archived from the original on 2014 03 07 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦これ ファンイベントでアニメ最新情報が公開 放送時期は2015年1月予定 キャストや制作スタッフなどの情報も判明 in Japanese Famitsu 2014 08 03 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦これ アニメは2015年1月に放送開始 公式ファンイベント 第一回横浜観艦式予行 レポート Huffington Post in Japanese 2014 08 03 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Newtype in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten January 2014 issue 2013 12 10 ASIN B00GUP6QU2 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help アニメ 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 公式サイトがついにオープン in Japanese Niconico News 2013 12 10 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Keizou Kusakawa Helms Kantai Collection Anime at Diomedea Anime News Network 2014 01 07 Retrieved 2015 02 12 声優はそのままに 艦これ がTVアニメ化決定 さらにPS Vita版は 艦これ 改 として2014年にリリース予定 in Japanese Inside 2013 09 26 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Hodgkins Crystalyn January 4 2019 KanColle Franchise Confirms New TV Anime Series in Development Anime News Network Retrieved February 23 2020 Pineda Rafael Antonio March 26 2022 KanColle Anime Season 2 s Teaser Reveals Staff 8 Episode Run in November Anime News Network Retrieved March 26 2022 艦これ オリジナルサウンドトラックが今夏にリリース in Japanese Inside 2014 05 05 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦これ 初のCDドラマ 制作決定 比叡 カレーを作る 暁の夢 の二篇を予定 in Japanese Inside 2014 05 12 Retrieved 2015 02 12 KanColle Film s Title Teaser Visual Unveiled Anime News Network March 17 2016 Retrieved March 17 2016 KanColle Film Slated for Fall Anime News Network March 21 2016 Retrieved March 21 2016 KanColle Film s November 26 Date Unveiled With New Visual Anime News Network August 7 2016 Retrieved August 7 2016 Kadokawa KanColle TV Anime s 2nd Season Is Still in Production Anime News Netword 2019 11 17 Hiroki Uchida 2014 02 20 Kantai Collection Bonds of the Wings of Cranes 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鶴翼の絆 in Japanese Fujimi Shobo p 29 ISBN 978 4040700328 Hiroki Uchida 2014 02 20 Kantai Collection Bonds of the Wings of Cranes 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鶴翼の絆 in Japanese Fujimi Shobo pp 35 37 79 ISBN 978 4040700328 Hiroki Uchida 2014 02 20 Kantai Collection Bonds of the Wings of Cranes 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鶴翼の絆 in Japanese Fujimi Shobo p 23 ISBN 978 4040700328 Hiroki Uchida 2014 02 20 Kantai Collection Bonds of the Wings of Cranes 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鶴翼の絆 in Japanese Fujimi Shobo pp 75 77 ISBN 978 4040700328 2013 11 30 Toshihiko Tsukiji Kantai Collection Kagerō Setting Sail 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 陽炎 抜錨します Enterbrain ISBN 978 4047292666 2014 10 27 Kazuma Yamazaki Hyōbu Madoka Kantai Collection Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl Volume 1 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 島風 つむじ風の少女 1 ASCII Media Works ISBN 978 4048666121 艦これ の 島風 ねんどろいど登場 次は 赤城 in Japanese ITmedia 2013 10 01 Retrieved 2015 02 12 New Kantai Collection Nendoroid from Good Smile Company Anime News Network 2013 10 02 Retrieved 2015 02 12 艦隊これくしょん から 1 7スケール 金剛大破ver 商品化決定 figma島風 figma赤城 も進行中 ねんどろいど 赤城 のイラストも公開 in Japanese SurPara News 2013 10 11 Archived from the original on 2015 01 09 Retrieved 2015 02 12 NHKニュースで 今日の主役はオバマではなかった ツイッターランキングを独占した 艦これ って何 in Japanese J CAST 2014 04 24 Retrieved 2015 02 12 ユキ提督こと比企コミッククリア編集長が突撃 田中プロデューサー夜戦インタビュー Kantai Collection Recommend the naval base life 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 鎮守府生活のすゝめ in Japanese Enterbrain 1 28 33 2013 09 30 ISBN 978 4047292338 First Impressions Arpeggio of Blue Steel Japanator 2013 09 10 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Weekly ASCII in Japanese ASCII Media Works 12 17 issue 2013 12 03 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help 提督100万人突破 そして島田フミカネ氏による航空母艦も実装決定 艦これ 秋のイベントも実施準備中 in Japanese Inside 2013 10 10 Retrieved 2015 02 12 ツイート数は パズドラ より 艦これ ゲームの課金についてのツイート分析 in Japanese MarkeZine 2013 09 27 Retrieved 2015 02 12 a b c Top Doujinshi Events Most Popular By The Numbers Crunchyroll 2013 11 02 Retrieved 2015 02 12 a b C85 コミケ最大の台風の目 艦これ 同人サークルまとめ in Japanese SNN 2013 12 28 Archived from the original on 2014 12 13 Retrieved 2015 02 12 コミックマーケット86 主要作品別サークル数 艦これ が去年の冬コミより９００以上も増えてるううううう Yara On August 4 2014 Winter Comiket Catalog Posted Online with Kantai Collection At the Top Spot Anime News Network November 2 2014 コミケ88 夏コミ 作品別サークル数まとめ 艦これ が今回も２５００超え Yara On June 23 2015 ポスト東方 との見方も浮上した 艦隊これくしょん 情報アプリ 艦これまとめ もDL数が急増中 in Japanese Excite 2013 08 15 Archived from the original on 2014 12 13 Retrieved 2015 02 12 東方 艦これ ニコ動と同人界を騒がす二大タグに迫る in Japanese ASCII jp 2013 08 15 Retrieved 2015 02 12 コミケ人気とニコ動 pixiv人気は相関するのか調べてみた in Japanese ASCII jp 2013 12 19 Retrieved 2015 02 12 舰娘同人祭 in 魔都 最新情报 in Chinese 舰娘同人祭in魔都组委会 Retrieved 2015 02 12 福爾摩沙鎮守府 艦これONLY in Chinese Animen Archived from the original on 2014 12 13 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Akky Akimoto 2013 12 17 Looking at 2013 s Japanese social media scene The Japan Times Retrieved 2015 02 12 ANIME NEWS KanColle Shingeki among most popular hashtags on Twitter Asahi Shimbun 2013 12 30 Archived from the original on 2015 02 12 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Top 10 search terms in Japan in 2013 Japan Today 2014 01 01 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Game of the Year 2013 オンラインゲーム部門は 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ in Japanese Inside 2013 12 30 Retrieved 2015 02 12 今年は総勢151名 ゲーム業界著名人に聞く2013年の注目タイトルと2014年へのメッセージ 吉田直樹 in Japanese 4gamer 2013 12 27 Retrieved 2015 02 12 今年は総勢151名 ゲーム業界著名人に聞く2013年の注目タイトルと2014年へのメッセージ 林 誠司 in Japanese 4gamer 2013 12 27 Retrieved 2015 02 12 WebMoney Award 2013 Rookie of the Year GRAND PRIX 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ in Japanese WebMoney Retrieved 2015 02 12 半年で100万ユーザー突破 艦隊これくしょん 艦これ 大ヒットから見えるポスト ソーシャルゲームビジネスの行方 角川ゲームス安田善巳社長インタビュー in Japanese Diamond OnLine 2013 10 24 Retrieved 2015 02 12 異形の急成長企業ＤＭＭ 多角化とトップの実像 Nihon Keizai Shimbun June 27 2014 Retrieved April 14 2015 2013年11月25日 2013年12月01日の文庫 in Japanese Oricon 2013 12 09 Retrieved 2015 02 12 2013年11月25日 2013年12月01日のコミック in Japanese Oricon 2013 12 09 Retrieved 2015 02 12 2013年11月11日 2013年11月17日のコミック in Japanese Oricon 2013 11 25 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Japanese Comic Ranking December 9 15 Anime News Network 2013 12 18 Retrieved 2015 02 12 2013年10月14日 2013年10月20日のBOOK 総合 in Japanese Oricon 2013 10 28 Retrieved 2015 02 12 김범수 Kim Bum soo 2013 11 04 일본 우경화에 대한 단상 Hankook Ilbo in Korean Archived from the original on 2013 11 04 Retrieved 2015 02 12 Akky Akimoto 2014 02 20 Kantai Collection Social game of warships sets course for big money The Japan Times Retrieved 2015 02 12 声 艦これ ブーム 戦中派不安 Asahi Shimbun in Japanese May 24 2014 Archived from the original on May 25 2014 Retrieved February 21 2015 艦これ 中国の海賊版 艦娘国服 にDMMが対抗措置を検討 Huffington Post in Japanese 2014 12 12 Retrieved 2015 01 17 资深程序揭秘 舰娘国服 实为 私服 in Chinese Sina Corp 2015 01 16 Retrieved 2015 02 12 舰娘 国服70万买下舰娘贴吧 引来粉丝疯狂攻击 in Chinese 3DM游戏 2015 01 15 Retrieved 2015 02 12 舰娘国服70万买贴吧迎来恐怖攻击 舰娘国服7次被黑始末曝光 in Chinese Phoenix New Media Limited 2015 01 15 Archived from the original on 2015 02 20 Retrieved 2015 02 12 中国 提督 们的抗争 和 舰娘国服 之谜 in Chinese China Central Television January 20 2015 Archived from the original on February 21 2015 Retrieved February 21 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kantai Collection Official pages of the gameMain site at DMM KanColle at Kadokawa Games KanColle STAFF on TwitterLicensed web mangaKanColle manga Fubuki Ganbarimasu at Famitsu Comic Clear KanColle manga Chinjufu tsushin at Famitsu Comic Clear KanColle manga Kankan Biyori and Illustrations Column at Cominy KanColle manga Fubuki Ganbarimasu at Comic Walker KanColle manga Kankan Biyori at Comic Walker KanColle manga Someday as the Seas turn Calm at Comic Walker KanColle manga Torpedo Squadron Chronicles at Comic Walker KanColle manga Shimakaze Whirlwind Girl at Comic Walker KanColle manga Naval base of the perch at Comic Walker KanColle manga Yuru Kan at Comic 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