Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Manjirin
For an anime based on a free-to-play browser game this is honestly rather well put together, mostly competent and coherent. Personifying historical Imperial Japanese Navy ships into eccentric and colorful anime girls might seem like just another anime-ification cash grab, and well okay it is, but both the original game and this anime exude a certain nongeneric charm that is unique to this IP. There is a subtle genius in the way it is all put together that you never feel that this is an entirely soulless or cynical affair - there is personality here and I think that counts for a lot.
There definitely isn't anything groundbreaking here but it is also clear that that's not what this anime was setting out to achieve in any case. The original source material this anime is based off of is itsel…
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I started watching this series from 9 May 2024 and finished it today. The first season was a serious action typebar . The opening song of this season was not good but the ending song was very beautiful. And many of the scenes were so beautiful that they are unforgettable. I am very surprised to see the bravery of all the girls here. I especially like the work of the rest of the team led by Fubuki San. Not only that, the other two Yuudachi San & Mutsuki who were with Fubuki San also fought very bravely. The BGMs used in some episodes of this series were terrible.
But the saddest thing to see is the drowning scene of Kisaragi San. A bomb dropped on her head by an enemy plane hit her directly on the head and drowned her. At first, when Kisaragi San was promising Mutsuki San that we would mee…
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The concept of using shipgirls equipped with weapons from the Second World War to combat sea monsters is a novel idea that I personally found interesting. The unique aspect of these shipgirls is that each of them represents a warship model from a different country, which is particularly fascinating to me as a fan of WWII warships, and more specifically, IJN warships. However, it is worth noting that the fate of each ship is not always a desirable one.
The plot of the anime is also noteworthy. I recall an episode that highlights how the Akagi aircraft carrier required a significant amount of oil for fuel, and in the anime, the girl who represents the Akagi aircraft carrier is portrayed as consuming large quantities of food. Although this portrayal is historically accurate, it is presented…
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My shipfu is the best shipfu.
'Not Hoteru, Hoteeeel'
It is one the anime that make girls better and more likable in the men's eyes.
It has both plenty of diverse waifu material as well as rather interesting plot with battles and such. Other than that, has a little bit of everything: slice of life mixed with action and character development. It never gets samey.
On somewhat negative note is perhaps choice of the main three characters. Fubuki is kind of nothing too special. Yuudachi only has Poi gimmick going for her and gets less likable after remodeling. I do not like Mitsuki at all. If not for that I would have given it 8.
Main trio is not that important overall though. Show gives plenty of development and screen time to other shipfus so you will likely find one or several ones to yo…
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Kancolle is an anime that seems to be made solely for the game it is based on. If you play(ed) the game or are just here for cute girls then it might be satisfactory but don't expect much more. You will not see naval combat that makes sense but instead see fleets of six ships shooting at planes with their main guns and "instant repair buckets" which are probably a mechanic from the game.
The story itself is okayish. There is somewhat of a storyline but it is interrupted by random events. At some points the anime takes itself very seriously while at other points it's just cute shipgirls do cute things. While the more serious parts are nice for character development, it does create a feeling of dissonance with the relaxed parts. The feeling of dissonance translates into the art style as we…
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Wow, this is my first review where my quality score is lower than my personal enjoyment score. For the story, I felt it was pretty bland and boring it didn't really impress me too much but what can you expect from a video game anime. The art is fine Id say it was pretty average, nothing special but not bad. The sound wasn't really memorable so pretty average, the characters were fine. I will complain a little about the characters, I think the MC was my least favorite boat girl or one of them at least but a lot of the other ones I liked, also Kongou is the best one. So yeah feel the characters are fine you know it's pretty much a "cute girls so watch this show" kinda anime. In terms of quality, id say this is like a 4 just because the story is pretty below average, and even tho I like the c…
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Imagine if Germany made a world war 2 show/cartoon showing showing the Nazis as the good guys and the allies as faceless monsters. That is essentially what happens in this anime. In world war 2 Japan commited genocide and war crimes on the same scale as the Nazis (look up korean comfort women, the rape of nanjing, unit 731 for more details).
It shows the ships as cute anime girls that are trying to stop the monsters from attacking their homeland, completely glossing over that the war in the pacific was a war that Japan started and the huge amount of war crimes they were committing in the process.
Alternative history can be fun for a story telling device but this is not the way to go about it, the man in the high castle is a much better way of showing alternative history as they don't s…
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tl;dr great characters cannot save a shallow and uninspired plot
I should preface this with the fact that I have not played the game, but I do understand the mechanics and other concepts.
This has spoilers.
KanColle has extremely likeable characters, which is probably to be expected from a game that focuses on the likeability of its cast. Cliche at times, but you don't go into this anime looking for anything much more than a slice-of-life.
See, that's where the problem lies. There's enough characters and enough interaction that it would have done well as a slice-of-life, or something with a less ambitious plot at the very least. I would've watched a show of MC doing MC things slowly fitting into the community of the base.
Instead, the story attempts to be much darker, dealing with a m…
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Kancolle is probably more a guilty pleasure of mine, to be honest. As a new fan of the game (and occasional Azur Lane player) I still find "War stuff, but moe" quite original (even if it's anything but). I'll make a quick summary of the anime, as I see it personally.
Story: 5
Not very good. Jumps around a lot, but kept me interested enough to hang around (though let's face it. The story isn't why we're here). The Abyssals are taking over the world (more specifically the oceans) and it's up to the shipgirls to stop them. There's a message about fighting fate in there, but that's spoiler territory.
Art: 7
Very good blend of all the characters. They all have a cohesive style (unlike the game). CG is pretty jarring in combat, but not too bad (especially when you're used to it). Actual anim…
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1. I can count the ships that strike my heart(read: PP) with my hands. Best two words to describe the arts are "Potato Farm".
2. The story is pretty much "Japan is innocent hurr durr" "Nippon da best", not sticking to what they did in ww2, knowing much that they based all the story points from real ww2 events.
3. Character wise, similar to art, i can only sympathize or "click" with few, since they keep forcing the idea that they, the characters, met miserable ends innocently. This is so BS (Sorry to my few girls that i like there, namely Akagi, Kaga, Shimakaze, Hamakaze).
4. Have i talked about how this almost feel like a propaganda? About how they changed the atrocities that Japan did in ww2 with innocent cute moments? Dont get me wrong, i love the country as it is now, but back then? Not…
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Story 7: Really not that much of a story. It focuses around a girl named Fubuki making friends with other girls in the naval district she joins. The girls then turn into "ww2 ships" and fight with the abyssals aka other ship girls.
Art 7: All of the characters are designed well. The only bad art is the abyssal enemy ship girls that look like fish girls that have cannons on them. The CGI is noticeable but its only during the battles but its not to terrible.
Sound 10: Music is amazing
Characters 8: Each girl is different and has their own personalities. Each one has their own responsibility at the district such as being a teacher, training for battle and managing the girls and the district. They also have their own special abilities in battle because each one is a different ship such a…
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KanColle has an even dumber concept than Strike Witches. As if pantsless lolis with boot propellers wasn't stupid enough, here we have Fleet Girls™ which are basically qt 3.14s with assorted ship apparatuses that magically summon from the ethos (or variously must be equipped) and transform the grills into some vague reference to WW2 Japanese ships while they maintain their qt-ness.
And yet it works. It works really well.
Each ship (or grill) has a distinct personality. Some, like the Yamato, are hilariously tied to the IRL circumstances of their namesakes, but others are just...silly. We have lesbian ship sisters, the boisterous Kongo quartet, wizened fleet carriers, and naturally there are loli torpedo boats with the gamut of anime tropes. Fubuki is the star of the series, a Fleet Gril…
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I shall preface this review by stating the fact that I have not played KanColle, and have extremely poor knowledge of World War II era planes, as well as events during the Pacific Theatre of that war, and this may have potentially detracted from my experience, but I digress.
KanColle is a SoL about the browser game of the same name, involving a group of anthropomorphised Japanese WWII-era warships who must fight against some alien creatures. The story for the most part takes place from the perspective of Fubuki, who is not as skilled as her comrades, but is determined to improve herself, largely out of admiration for Akagi. However, here lays one of KanColle's predominant shortcomings - there is a very large cast of characters and it is safe to assume a player of the game would like to se…
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My first ever review on MAL goes to my favorite fandom to be a part of. This is not just a review of the Kancolle anime, but Kantai Collection as a franchise, because in order to understand why the anime is good, you must understand Kancolle in its entirety. Don't worry- Ill be sure to explain everything and how it pertains to the anime. I hope to those who read this it will allow you to look over all the hate this anime receives and understand why it can be a good show.
First, a preliminary. If you don't know, Kantai Collection (Kancolle) is based off of a Japanese web browser game of the same name where anthropomorphic WWll era warship girls (called Kanmusu) are the main cast. The game was launched in 2013, and has had an extremely large following since then, growing to over 3 million p…
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Why am I writing another review for a series that already has like 30? This review will be different for 2 reasons: first, because of the direct contrast with the last anime I reviewed; and second, because I'm going to be focusing on thematic elements a lot more than previous reviews do. I'm not going to complain about the CGI (eh, it's better than Initial D) and I won't say anything more about the music after noting that the OP/ED are totally awesome. That said, there are going to be some SPOILERS in here, at least in a general sense, because I'm going to be talking about this show's thematic weight, and about how it works as rewritten history.
First, the contrast. Superficially this show ought to share a lot with my last review, the miserable Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid. I mean, it's action…
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This is from the DMM game called Kantai Collection, by first glance (if you already played the game and watched the anime) you could see that the character art and the game art is pretty much different, but nonetheless, that our Shipfus (Ship Waifu) appeared in this anime, but not every shipfus appeared like Musashi or Iowa for an example. This anime (for me) was made to entertain the Kancolle players and the Anime Enthusiasts. some people might think of this anime as a crap work, trash,etc. Because they have an overly high expectations or just demand that the anime is appealing to only them. But for me, this anime was made for everyone. and i will end this review with a cliffhanger....
Btw, Yamato Kai, Poi Kai, Bismarck, Iowa, Eugen, Fubuki, Shigure Kai Nii, Gangut, Tenryuu, Kuma, Musa…
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First time I watched this, I dropped it after first episode.
Mainly because of bad presentation of the anime, and "bad" CGI.
But then I bought a mouse pad from eBay, which was apparently from Kantai Collection: KanColle, so I decided to watch the whole anime.
The CGI is bad at first, but then they make it up, in a way that they change between CGI and normal when on the sea.
The story was decent because there was not much drama, or build up. No humanly interaction with the enemy and not much information about them either.
It's one of those 100% girls anime, and because of that, it doesn't make a clear contrast between being rude and nice.
I think the whole idea behind this series is funny. It's cool to go outside the box (not being total mainstream), but still lack a few unanswered qu…
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I haven't played the game when I watched this anime, of course I know this anime was adapted from a browser game(then after 2 monthes I have been playing the game). I wrote this review for those who basically not play the game and newcomer who want to know what moefication is.
This anime performing ship girls (kanmusu) that fight against their enemy called Abbysal fleet. Ship girls are moefication character that adapted from World War II warships, especially form Imperial Japanese Navy. When first time I watched this anime, I didnt even understand what kind of anime is this. Some girls fight against monster on the sea. But then I realize that this is a slice of life anime that focus on a new special type destroyer(moefication version of course) that join on a naval base, while she is neve…
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You know this anime is good when you haven't played the game
When I first hear about the anime adaptation, I was wondering: They didn't even make a single story in the game, how will the anime turn out?
I expected nothing and I'm still let down, I mean WTF
It's just another stereotype anime with moe girls trying moe thing and then climax in episode 3 and then back to normal by making that sad one say it all out and then a force funny episode and then a fan-service episode and then we're moving on to the real climax, the final battle where somehow the main character will have a sudden realization that help save the whole fucking team
BRAVADO
But somehow I watch the whole series hoping for a nice plot but in the end, it doesn't even matter because it's just another kuso teitoku who chos…
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Should you watch Kantai Collection?
Well, do you like ships? Do you like all girl casts? Do you like WHAP? Do you like shipping girls (pun not intended)? And do you like selecting waifus?
If you answered yes to these questions, KanColle is the Anime for you. But let's go deeper.
So Waifu Collection, I mean Kantai Collection, was based off a free to play brower game by the same name. The game followed the WW2 Japanese pacific naval campaign and the female analogues of the ships, with the player in charge of maintaining and managing the fleet. In the anime however, the pacific war against the allied powers was dropped in favor of a war against unexplained Davy Jones abortions. In KanColle, there is an abundance of unexplained or questionable adaptiation choices of the source material. Anot…
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