On a different note, Kancolle fics that deal with romance between the kanmusu and/or the admiralty or other humans assisting them in a believable way?
Lumme guess… I am the seven-odd-billionth to notice a similarity between Abyssal classes and the Iroha - Wikipedia
Kancolle actually has had something of a stern implementation between paper and historical for a while now.
In terms of ships, they stick to vessels that are at least floating and nearly complete (hence, Graf Zeppelin and Aquila), and then let their imaginations wild with any remodels, e.g. the Fusou-class Kai Ni's or the Shoukaku-class Kai Ni's. However, the common thread is that they have never introduced ships that didn't actually exist, therefore no stuff like Montanas or the Kii class.
On the other hand, Kancolle has always gone wild with paper equipment, for example the Sextuple Torpedo Mount that was never actually built, and of course the 51cm guns meant for the so-called "Super Yamato". So them using the paper versions of jets that have never existed isn't unprecedented in Kancolle.
Editor-in-chief (E): Congratulations! KanColle: The Movie is finally out in theaters!
Producer Tanaka (T): Thank you. With the movie, we were able to conclude one of KanColle's stories for our admirals. To all the admirals who watched our movie in theaters, thank you very much!
E: How was the response?
T: I was involved in not just the overall plot and concept art but also the screenplay, setting design, and recording as well. It was thanks especially to [Shouta] Amano-san (a producer at Diomedea) and his colleagues that we were able to get KanColle across on the silver screen.
E: Hiryuu and others had a big role, even if they didn't appear on screen!
T: Yeah (sob). We put a lot of work into the Eighth Fleet's night battle at the beginning of the movie [Aoba, Choukai, etc.], but in the end we unfortunately had to cut out a lot due to production constraints... All the fleets, CarDiv 2 included of course, were fighting. You can still catch a glimpse of it in the movie, I think.
E: This year's Fall event has ended. I wouldn't have believed we would go from a search operation in "Shangri-La" to that atoll if you had told me beforehand - it was quite the shock.
T: It left a big impression on me seeing that cola bottle* as a student... We had decided far ahead of time to make Saratoga the final map of this event, so the rest of the event was actually designed working backwards from there.
*probably referring to Saratoga's wreck, the wiki notes. Does this imply Tanaka himself has been there?
E: Yamakaze is another new ship that leaves quite the impression!
T: The actual Yamakaze was kept back near the mainland, which makes her rather unusual. She had the shortest career of any of the Shiratsuyu-class. She sank alone into the dark sea, so close to the mainland and at the beginning of the war, so that tragic demise is a part of her...
T: Next month happens to be 3 years and 8 months since KanColle launched. It feels like just yesterday that I told Okamiya-san (DMM) prior to launch that I thought we could last at least half a year.
E: 3 years and 8 months... it really feels it all happened in the blink of an eye.
T: It's thanks to the admirals who received a niche game like KanColle so readily that we've been able to get this far. I am truly grateful. Please continue enjoying KanColle with your shipgirls this December and New Year.
Dear SV, I haven't been around in a while, but I come with Kancolle related questions.
There might be a western port - or more likely pirated version and scam - of Kancolle with GoGames.
I say this because there are certain things that are off about it. For one, there are pictures of girls who aren't part of the standard Kancolle lineup on the registry and main internet pages and the logo is altered. Tenryuu - the only one I can identify, is in a different pose and outfit. In the youtube video that's been put on the Kancolle Wiki, http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/File:KanColle-Cool_free_battle_game_(gogames.me), they reveal other things, like the car for Ding Yuan - which is apparently a Chinese ironclad even if the card claims it's a BB. The background on the cards look different, the scouting plane as part of the battle sequence looks like a MiG instead of a float plane, additional units include Zhi Yuan - another Chinese Cruiser, Varyag who has a flight deck - which probably makes her the Soviet CV Riga which was renamed Varyag and eventually sold to the Chinese PLAN, and Ding Yuan's sister ship Zhen Yuan. Oh, and apparently Northern Princess is obtainable if the list they show in the video is correct along with a number of other Chinese warships and Dreadnought, Sacramento, and others. The list identifies the CV on the sign up page as Ark Royal and confirms that the reasonably dressed, glasses wearing possible battleship with a 61 on her vest beneath her suit coat-esque top is Iowa. This version of Iowa is also central to the logo.
The forum is full of moon runes and broken English if that. The few articles I've found related to this have been nonsensical. I have not been able to find any information on GoGames.me other than .me being the current domain code for Yugoslavia.
SV, my googlefu is not the strongest, can you tell me how hard they're trying to scam us?
Would under the above criteria on ships allow, for example, the introduction of Ibuki either as a CA or a CVL (as she was converted), and Sparviero? Because I am seriously considering to introduce them in TWSF.
Only speaking for myself, I believe that as a CVL, Ibuki could be summoned as she was sufficiently advanced in construction to have equipping officers assigned and therefore in fact a crew.
His videos continue having a lot of Gundam references.It features Satsuki and the Mutsuki-class in general. Yes it is a bit generic-looking at the beginning but by the second half it became something more. It references Satsuki's Captain's sword, which can be seen in her Kai-2 rigging. It also features an interesting idea on how tanks may be used by shipgirls (I am so stealing that) and animated appearances of Ancient Destroyer hime and Lycoris Hime.
The stuff by @Sheo Darren is excellent. Updates are a tad on the sporadic side, but the man can deliver. Best places to start with him would be Tsun Silent, Tsun Deep and Eternity, followed by New Ironsides.So uh, now that I've read Belated Battleships and most of Skywalker's stuff, (and I don't want to dig through 260 pages) what are y'alls recommended reading?
There are others like this? Sweet.Tom106's latest animated music video is up. You may remember him from the Ooi/Kitakami and Akagi videos.
So one thing I've been wondering about
What's the deal with Shigure? It seems she's really really popular, but I can't quite tell why, or get a read on her personality from the fanworks I've seen with her in them, and all the wiki offered was something about PTSD over Night Battles. Could someone here explain her better?
There are others like this? Sweet.
Kantai Collection: The Greatest GenerationSo uh, now that I've read Belated Battleships and most of Skywalker's stuff, (and I don't want to dig through 260 pages) what are y'alls recommended reading?
Tom106's latest animated music video is up. You may remember him from the Ooi/Kitakami and Akagi videos.
It features Satsuki and the Mutsuki-class in general. Yes it is a bit generic-looking at the beginning but by the second half it became something more. It references Satsuki's Captain's sword, which can be seen in her Kai-2 rigging. It also features an interesting idea on how tanks may be used by shipgirls (I am so stealing that) and animated appearances of Ancient Destroyer hime and Lycoris Hime.