Kantai Collection (TV series)

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
1st anime: "Kantai Collection: KanColle"
Directed byKeizō Kusakawa
Produced by
  • Junichirō Tamura
  • Satoshi Motonaga
Written byJukki Hanada
Music byNatsumi Kameoka
StudioDiomedéa
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 26, 2015
Episodes12
Anime film

KanColle: The Movie (2016)

Anime television series
2nd anime: "KanColle: Someday in that Sea"
Directed byKazuya Miura
Written byKensuke Tanaka
Music byKaori Ohkoshi
StudioENGI
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original run November 4, 2022 March 25, 2023
Episodes8

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 produced by Diomedéa, based on the game of the same name by Kadokawa Games. The series was announced in September 2013, and aired from January to March 2015. An animated film, titled KanColle: The Movie (劇場版 艦これ, Gekijō-ban KanKore), was released on November 26, 2016.

A second installment titled KanColle: Someday in that 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 animes are not connected and are separate works, not being set in the same universe and timeline.