2019-2020, 12 episodes: AniDB.
Schoolgirls with the spirit of WWII Japanese fighting ships take on an
alien navy. Hang on, this sounds familiar…
But no, this isn't Kantai Collection volume 2 (which still hasn't
been made), it's a series based on a completely different game about
schoolgirls with etc. Honest guv. But since there's no particular
attempt to emulate the gameplay, this comes over as much more of a
ripoff of that earlier series than the games apparently do of each
other.
There's much less attempt at linking the characters of the ships to
their historical models – indeed, the personification of Queen
Elizabeth appears also to be the actual Queen of England – but it's
still an utter nonsense anyway, and mostly this is the story of
Enterprise ("Grey Ghost") suffering combat stress and eventually
saving the world. The aliens' powers wax and wane with the needs of
the plot, and most battles are a massacre one way or the other. The
aliens do have some lovely if impractical ship designs, though.
Yeah, that's "impractical" as "the approach paths to the two carrier
decks cross each other". Not that we ever see an aircraft survive
combat anyway.
This show is basically for the action fans, with a very generic story,
lovingly-rendered warships and planes, and entirely stock character
designs. I wouldn't go to any trouble to seek it out, but it's quite
fun as long as you keep your expectations low.
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