History Anime / AzurLane

''[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{VideoGame/Fallout}} War never changes...]]]]''

** The OpeningNarration of the first episode is one big {{homage}} to Creator/RonPerlman's introductions to each ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' game.

** The episodes also has the ArcWords, "War never changes". However, the last episode turns it into a MeaningfulEcho:
--> "War never changes but we can change as people".

*** This is actually something of a game callback. The six ships form a game-legal fleet: three Main Fleet ships (Arizona, Long Island, Hornet) and three Vanguard ships (Northampton, Helena, Hammann). What's more, all six ships are Rares or Elites readily available early in the game (Long Island is a StarterMon). It's a newbie fleet.

** The small fleet consisting of Helena, Arizona, Long Island, Hammann, and Hornet are all easily defeated (with exception to Hornet) offscreen by Shoukaku and Zuikaku, and even Hornet's shown barely hanging out as she's dodging most of Shoukaku's planes. Even after reinforcements come, Hornet herself is shown being too worn out to fight.

* {{Fanservice}}: Befitting the game it's based on, the anime is not lacking in it, be it panty shots, breasts being nigh-exposed, {{Gainaxing}}, or even eating foods in the right way, there's no lack of it in the anime. The crown jewel of the bunch being the hot springs on the BD release which has zero qualms about unleashing almost everyone entirely topless.

Licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}}, both the sub and dub can be viewed on their website, while the sub can be viewed on Creator/{{Hulu}}. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRFVIQRv1gY Preview]] here.

* ItsPronouncedTropay:
** Inevitable with Prinz Eugen in the dub due to the spelling of her name.
** Fusou's name is mispronounced as "Foo-soo".

* NotSoDifferent: Enterprise admits to Ayanami that they are much alike; both not truly wanting to continue fighting this war.

* LighterAndSofter: So far, the events of the anime don't recreate the actual battles of war, so many ships that were supposed to be sunk are alive. With the exception of the Sirens, Akagi, Kaga, and possibly some RealityEnsues moments, the anime is considered to be rather light compared to the game itself.

* RealityEnsues: After the first battle, a lot of the ships are shown to be damaged and Enterprise herself is shown to still be worn out from combat. A lot of ships here need time and rest to recover and as shown, her gear wasn't fully repaired, making her almost fall to Zuikaku if [[BigDamnHeroes the Royal Navy's reinforcements hadn't come in when they did]]. Also, the small fleet that got attacked by Zuikaku and Shoukaku were not only taken out easily, current reinforcements had to assist them, meaning that they had their hands full in combat.

** Shoukaku and Zuikaku are this to Akagi and Kaga. More apparent with Zuikaku and Kaga who are both defeated by [[spoiler:Ash]]. However, the defeat and nearly losing Shoukaku is what forces Zuikaku to quell her HotBlooded attitude and improve herself while Kaga, [[spoiler:who believed that Akagi is dead]], enters SanitySlippage.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The anime doesn't seem to be based directly off events of the game and therefore, actual naval history, so certain characters seem to be alive when they should have been dead and sunken. For instance, Arizona is alive (although she along with a squadron get beat up by Zuikaku and Shoukaku), while in the actual game (and history), she was one of the first Eagle Union ships to go during the attack on Pearl Harbor. And so far (as of the second episode), Hood is alive and well, despite being ''the'' first major casualty in the game, being shot down during the Battle of the Denmark Strait by Bismarck. Yorktown, Enterprise's older sister, doesn't explicitly die here, but she is hospitalized for most of the season, meaning something really bad must have happened to her. In fact, the only character who wasn't spared is Amagi, which is confirmed to be Akagi's primary motivation in the anime.

** There's a [[https://i.imgur.com/ZWVwWFf.jpg shot-for-shot]] recreation of Kisaragi's sinking in ''Anime/KantaiCollection'', but Cleveland, the target, survives here.

* {{Adorkable}}: Edinburgh and Akashi. The former is a CuteClumsyGirl who happens to be Belfast's sister. The latter is just an adorable catgirl who is introduced carrying a meowficer.

* {{Fanservice}}: Befitting the game it's based on, the anime is not lacking in it, be it panty shots, breasts being nigh-exposed, {{Gainaxing}}, or even eating foods in the right way, there's no lack of it in the anime.

* HotSpringsEpisode: The second third of Episode 6 turns to this for the Azur Lane faction, where most of the associated girls (including recently-joined Akashi) relax in the hot spring, with an odd choice of censorship.

** The second episode ends with Belfast rushing in saving Enterprise from Zuikaku, introducing herself as "a maid passing by".

** The Episodes also has the ArcWords, "War never changes"; However the last episode turns it into a MeaningfulEcho, "War never changes but we can change as people".

** Shoukaku stares in horror at the sight of the Orochi and the devastating powers it possesses. She wonders out loud what tempted Sakura Empire to ever built this thing.