Kantai Collection (TV series)

This article is about the anime television series. For the original game, see Kantai Collection.
Kantai Collection
Cover of the first Blu-ray volume featuring (from left to right) Yūdachi, Fubuki and Mutsuki.
艦隊これくしょん -艦これ-
(Kantai Korekushon: Kankore)
GenreAction, comedy, military
Created by
Anime television series
  • Kantai Collection: KanColle (season 1)
  • KanColle: Let's Meet at Sea (season 2)
Directed by
Produced by
  • Junichirō Tamura
  • Satoshi Motonaga
Written by
Music by
  • Natsumi Kameoka (season 1)
  • Kaori Ohkoshi (season 2)
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkMX 1, KBS, Sun TV, KNB, RCC, TVQ, CTC, tvk, TV Saitama, TV Aichi, KHB, BSN, BS11, HBC, TSC, NBC, RKK, AKT
English network
Original run January 8, 2015 – March 25, 2023
Episodes20 (List of episodes)
Anime film

Kantai Collection (Japanese: 艦隊これくしょん, Hepburn: Kantai Korekushon, translated as "Fleet Collection", subtitled as "Fleet Girls Collection"), known as KanColle (艦これ, KanKore) for short, is a 2015 Japanese anime television series created by Diomedéa, based on the game of the same name by Kadokawa Games. The series was announced in September 2013,[3] and aired from January to March 2015.[4][5][6] An animated film, titled KanColle: The Movie (劇場版 艦これ, Gekijō-ban KanKore), was released on November 26, 2016.[7][8][9]

A second installment titled KanColle: Let's Meet at Sea (「艦これ」いつかあの海で, KanKore: Itsuka Ano Umi de, Official: Fleet Girls Collection "KanColle" 1944 -I・TSU・KA・A・NO・U・MI・DE-) by ENGI aired from November 2022 to March 2023. The stories of the first and second seasons are not connected and are separate works.[10]

  1. ^ "Crunchyroll to Stream KanColle TV Anime". Crunchyroll. January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Melegrito, J. M. (April 6, 2017). "ANIPLUS Asia schedules Kantai Collection the Movie's premiere on April 22". Anime Pilipinas. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "【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！". Famitsu (in Japanese). September 26, 2013.
  4. ^ 『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. Famitsu (in Japanese). August 3, 2014.
  5. ^ 【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 (in Japanese). Huffington Post. August 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "放送情報 ONAIR". kancolle-anime.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  7. ^ "Kan Colle Franchise Gets Anime Film in 2016". Anime News Network. August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  8. ^ "KanColle Film's Title, Teaser Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "KanColle Film Slated for Fall". Anime News Network. March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  10. ^ "アニメ『艦これ』2期の放送時期は11月に。時雨、扶桑、山城などが描かれた新作ビジュアルが公開". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). KADOKAWA Game Linkage. 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2024-08-13.