Kantai Collection

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

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]

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 premiered in November 2022.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Japan's Latest Popular Online Game Has Anthropomorphic Battleships". Kotaku. 2013-07-19. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
  3. ^ "「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.
  4. ^ "「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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "「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.
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  8. ^ "【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.
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