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KanColle: Kantai Collection

2015 · 1 season

Bright, cute girls in naval gear mix gentle slice-of-life training with earnest, occasionally tense sea battles.

Created by: Keizo Kusakawa, Harume Kosaka
Genres: Animation, Action & adventure, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Rina Hidaka, Sumire Uesaka, Ayane Sakura

Overview: Set in a world where humanity has lost control of the oceans to the “deep sea fleet,” the only hope to counter this threat are the Kanmusu, a group of girls who possess the spirit of Japanese warships. The story revolves around Fubuki, a destroyer who comes to the Chinjufu base to train with other Kanmusu. Watch as their stories unfold!

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Created by: Keizo Kusakawa, Harume Kosaka
Genres: Animation, Action & adventure, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Rina Hidaka, Sumire Uesaka, Ayane Sakura

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
war
coming-of-age
found family
survival
Places: sea
military
home
Era: timeless
Audience: teen
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Keizo Kusakawa, Harume Kosaka, Hiroyuki Oshima, Tooru Yoshida
Written by: Jukki Hanada
Starring: Rina Hidaka, Sumire Uesaka, Ayane Sakura, Saki Fujita, Nao Toyama, Ayana Taketatsu, Aya Suzaki, Yuka Otsubo
Music: Natsumi Kameoka
Cinematography: Yasuyuki Itou
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 25 min each
Network: TOKYO MX
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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