Author Topic: It took only a year, and Kantai Collection is finally getting its own anime.  (Read 31472 times)

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Possibly. The bombing may actually also be a reference to the raid on Rabaul, now that I think about it.
Ah, is that so? Well either way it should be pretty interesting to see where they go with it.

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Roommates are all gone for spring break so I was able to watch without any distractions for once.  Judging by the choice of escort ship
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Fubuki
and the name of the enemy base
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MI
we are probably going to end the season with the
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Battle of Midway, so goodbye to )ry

Here's my question though: if that's the ending battle for the first season, what are we going to do in the second season?  Will they just ignore the flow of the war and have random battles?  Will they actually follow the war
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RIP every destroyer except Hibiki and Yukikaze (not appearing in this series
?  Or will the show sell so poorly that we never get a second season?  Who knows!?

Poi!

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Roommates are all gone for spring break so I was able to watch without any distractions for once.  Judging by the choice of escort ship
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Fubuki
and the name of the enemy base
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MI
we are probably going to end the season with the
Spoiler:
Battle of Midway, so goodbye to )ry

Here's my question though: if that's the ending battle for the first season, what are we going to do in the second season?  Will they just ignore the flow of the war and have random battles?  Will they actually follow the war
Spoiler:
RIP every destroyer except Hibiki and Yukikaze (not appearing in this series
?  Or will the show sell so poorly that we never get a second season?  Who knows!?

Poi!
This is just me, but I get the feeling that they'll
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probably end up not killing off the carriers at Midway so that they can do an AU take on the rest of the war if they're able to do a second season after all. Who knows though.

Oh, and Ushio survived the war too.

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Oh, and Ushio survived the war too.
Wikipedia lied to me!

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This is just me, but I get the feeling that they'll
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probably end up not killing off the carriers at Midway so that they can do an AU take on the rest of the war if they're able to do a second season after all. Who knows though.

Oh, and Ushio survived the war too.
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I'd agree that the carriers have a lower chance of sinking than most give them credit for.  At Midway, the Japanese fleet carriers were sunk mostly because of aircraft attacks.  With Fubuki going Kai ni (with her stupid high Anti-air) and being moved to the carrier escort fleet (instead of being in the Admiral's main fleet) the 1st Carrier Division will probably have a higher chance of surviving the battle and turning the tide of the battle.  Especially with the emphasis the story is putting on Fubuki and her issues with aircraft.

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I'd agree that the carriers have a lower chance of sinking than most give them credit for.  At Midway, the Japanese fleet carriers were sunk mostly because of aircraft attacks.  With Fubuki going Kai ni (with her stupid high Anti-air) and being moved to the carrier escort fleet (instead of being in the Admiral's main fleet) the 1st Carrier Division will probably have a higher chance of surviving the battle and turning the tide of the battle.  Especially with the emphasis the story is putting on Fubuki and her issues with aircraft.

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Even if Fubuki manages to protect Akagi, though, what happens to the other carriers? Akagi, Kaga, and Souryuu were all struck at the same time. Fubuki can't save all three, especially not against four squadrons at the same time (Yorktown's VT-3 and VB-3, and Enterprise's VB-6 and VS-6.)

So even if Akagi survives, they're left with Akagi and Hiryuu against three carriers that are all in different places--not to mention Midway itself. Not a good situation to be in. Still, if the Japanese had been able to turn it around at Midway and take out all three American carriers, they would have bought themselves another half a year of breathing room--while the Americans already has twelve Essex-classes underway, they would not start arriving till 1943. Sounds like a good spot of optimism to end a season on, no?

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Even if Fubuki manages to protect Akagi, though, what happens to the other carriers? Akagi, Kaga, and Souryuu were all struck at the same time. Fubuki can't save all three, especially not against four squadrons at the same time (Yorktown's VT-3 and VB-3, and Enterprise's VB-6 and VS-6.)

So even if Akagi survives, they're left with Akagi and Hiryuu against three carriers that are all in different places--not to mention Midway itself. Not a good situation to be in. Still, if the Japanese had been able to turn it around at Midway and take out all three American carriers, they would have bought themselves another half a year of breathing room--while the Americans already has twelve Essex-classes underway, they would not start arriving till 1943. Sounds like a good spot of optimism to end a season on, no?
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Well, I'm predicting a win for the girls in a narrative aspect specific to the Kancolle verse.  I mean why else would there be such an emphasis on Fubuki's helplessness against airplanes in both Yamato's episode and the return to the naval base, as well as her determination to be able to protect the fleet carriers against planes with Akagi and Kaga's training?  I think that this will be the time where the Kancolle timeline seriously diverges from the real world WWII timeline.  However for drama, I'm going to assume at least one, maybe two carrier girls will be sunk.  Probably Souryuu and Hiryuu, but I wouldn't put it past them to sink either Akagi or Kaga but not both.

Furthermore, we really don't know anything about the Abyssals in this series and their resource capacity.  We can draw conclusions based on assumptions about the similarities between their forces and the allied forces, but I think that's a red herring.  Especially with many of the -oni and -hime class bosses bearing a striking resemblance to some of the shipgirls.  So there will probably be a relatively brighter ending for this season than what the situation was in real life.

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The more I think about it, the more likely I think it is that Akagi will live and Kaga will not. Kaga was attacked by two full squadrons of dive bombers (34 planes), less Dick Best and his two wingmen, who broke off to attack Akagi instead.

No escort destroyer can stop 31 planes. But three planes might be doable for Fubuki. At the very least, she might be able to prevent the single hit that did Akagi in.

Alternatively, with no Arashi around to lead Enterprise's dive bombers to the fleet, maybe Akagi and Kaga are never put in danger at all :V
 

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Oh God, this week is gonna be hell after that cliffhanger.

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Nooooooooo Akagi....
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Here's what the anime did to a few characters:

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I've been embarking on a project for over a year now to track Kancolle's popularity on Pixiv.

Here's what the anime did to a few characters:
Dat Kisaragi bump. :V

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I'm glad the anime is finally coming to an end

No Teitoku as main character = no good Kancolle anime

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Oh hey. Looking back at the episode, I totally missed
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those two silhouettes behind Yamato during the spotlight part that are definitely two aircraft carriers that are supposed to be in repair still. Hello Zuikaku. Shoukaku.

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Oh hey. Looking back at the episode, I totally missed
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those two silhouettes behind Yamato during the spotlight part that are definitely two aircraft carriers that are supposed to be in repair still. Hello Zuikaku. Shoukaku.

*Goes back to rewatch*

Oh my goodness, you're right! I'm guessing that's going to make a difference.....

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It's also interesting that
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this episode hewed rather closely to the actual Battle of Midway, except that the three Abyssal carriers are grouped together! In the historical battle, the three US carriers were all pretty far apart--meaning that Hiryuu's counterattack only got Yorktown. Here, the kanmusu still have a chance to strike all three enemy carriers at once...

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I'm glad the anime is finally coming to an end

No Teitoku as main character = no good Kancolle anime

That's my opinion
They probably did it for a reason though, so that anyone who watched it could imagine themselves in the role since a lot of the fans are likely players or wishing-to-be-players.  I've only seen up through I think Ep. 5, but does the Admiral actually ever get seen, or are they kept imageless?
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They probably did it for a reason though, so that anyone who watched it could imagine themselves in the role since a lot of the fans are likely players or wishing-to-be-players.  I've only seen up through I think Ep. 5, but does the Admiral actually ever get seen, or are they kept imageless?
Imageless.
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It's over.

But they announced more, so!

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What? Airfield Hime is evolving!

Congratulations! Your Airfield Hime has evolved into Midway Hime!

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It appears we now know more or less for sure what happened to Kisaragi, with the voice and the hair dec.

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And Ooichi, that's not how a kanmusu is supposed to destroy Abyssals! But then again, you have Nagato pulling similar stuff.....

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The Admiral was totally faking being missing to waste resources building Taihou

I don't know how to feel about a second season being in production...

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Oh lawd, Ooi is literally the best character in the anime. I don't even.

I was a little disappointed with the ending. Felt a little rushed in my opinion, but I'm still pretty satisfied despite that. Can't wait for season two.

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