Crunchyroll Announces KanColle TV Anime Streaming Schedule

Stream will premiere on January 7 at 1:30 p.m. EST

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Media service Crunchyroll announced the streaming schedulefor the KanColle (Kantai Collection -Kan Colle-) on Tuesday. The stream will be available in the United States and its territories, Canada, Central and South America including the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe (excluding German-speaking territories), South Africa, the Middle East and North Africa for members starting on January 7 at 1:30 p.m. EST and free users will be able to watch one week later.

The anime's official website outlined the story, which is set in a world where humanity has lost control of the seas. The threat that has taken over the seas is the "deep sea fleet." The only ones who can counter this threat are Kan-musume (literally, warship girls), girls who possess the spirit of naval vessels from days gone by.

The base for the fleet arrayed against the "deep sea fleet" is Chinjufu. There, many various Kan-musume have gathered to live together and work hard everyday in training and other matters. One day, a Kan-musume arrives at Chinjufu. She is a special class of destroyer. Her name is Fubuki. "I am Fubuki! Nice to meet you!" Fubuki's story — as well as the Kan-musume's story — begins now.

The anime will star:

Sumire Uesaka as Fubuki

Saki Fujita as Akagi

Yuka Iguchi as Kaga

Other cast members include Ayane Sakura, Nao Tōyama, Yuka Ōtsubo, Rina Hidaka, Aya Suzaki, and Iori Nomizu.

Keizou Kusakawa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?) is directing the anime of Kadokawa Games' moe-character card battle game at the studio Diomedea (Squid Girl, Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?).Jukki Hanada (Love Live! School idol project, Steins;Gate) is in charge of the series scripts.

Kadokawa Games launched the original free-to-play browser game with the service providerDMM.com in April 2013. In the game, players compete with cards featuring female moe characters inspired by Japanese World War II warships such as aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers. Players build, organize, and repair their anthropomorphized fleet to progress through maps.

A PlayStation Vita port of the game, directed by the original browser game's producer and directorKensuke Tanaka, is slated to ship this spring.

The show will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 7 with the opening theme "Miiro" (Sea Color) byAKINO from bless4 (Amagi Brilliant Park):