History Anime / KantaiCollection

* AscendedMeme: Yuudachi's infamous "[[VerbalTic Poi~]]". It has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC9Nwn0BgVc remix]], [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CA9P4fgUgAAYxL-.jpg a chart of how many times she said it in each episode]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErkNa5YqlE Every poi ever]], and this [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CA0meS2UUAAZG9U.jpg final summarization.]]

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Like in the game, there isn't a single male character—at least, none that show up on-screen.

* AdaptedOut: The featureless player character from the Game, The Admiral, was not made into a leading character or someone with known features; he is an unseen figure instead, mentioned offhand by others, taking a different approach from other [[AnimatedAdaptation Anime Adaptations]] of popular works like ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' and ''Anime/SuperSonico'', where The Producer and The Manager were given features and sufficient characterization.

* DeusExMachina: Episode 12 is brimming with this. Specifically, [[spoiler:the girls are heavily outnumbered by the Abyssals, with the Airfield Princess instantly regenerating any damage done to her. When it looks like they're about to be overrun, the rest of the fleet, including Zuikaku and Shoukaku, suddenly arrive to help, explaining that instant repair buckets suddenly appeared out of nowhere. However, when their firepower still isn't enough, Taihou (whose existence was only briefly alluded to in the previous episode) suddenly arrives to provide support, and it's revealed that the Admiral has suddenly returned to the Naval District without any explanation of how he got there or what he was doing the entire time he was absent. From that point on, the girls' morale is restored, and it quickly becomes a CurbStompBattle in their favor.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: The Admiral is practically glued to the chair he sits in, except when he's not present. [[spoiler:When the weakened Naval District is bombed by the Abyssals, he adamantly stays put until all of the remaining fleet girls are evacuated. His office is also bombed, but they NeverFoundTheBody, so he's considered MIA. Ultimately subverted when he shows up alive in episode 12.]]

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Like in the game, there isn't a single male character—at least, none that show up on-screen. The Admiral, who's male in this anime, is reduced to being HeWhoMustNotBeSeen.

* TheMenFirst: In episode 9, [[spoiler:the Admiral refuses to leave the Naval District until all the ship-girls are safe. As a result, he's missing when the main force comes back.]]

* TheUnseen: The Admiral is treated as such, as where he does exist, he never speaks, and the closest thing you get to see of him is his shadow.

** The lyrics of the ending theme also namedrop the rest of Fubuki's class.

** The lyrics of the ending theme namedrop the rest of Fubuki's class, almost none of whom show up in the anime.

* CastingGag:
** A subtle one in Episode 4 (cris-crossing with ActorAllusion): In order to lure out Shimakaze, the Kongou Sisters begin singing on a makeshift stage in the Naval Base's open grounds, only to be interrupted by Naka, the self-proclaimed IdolSinger of the fleet. Not exactly evident, until one realizes that the StarMakingRole of [[Creator/NaoTouyama the seiyuu for the Kongou Sisters]], was [[Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows an Idol Singer as well.]]
*** Another bonus in that [[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls she also voices/sings for another idol in a different phone game.]]

* DumbBlonde: Yuudachi. She even cannot answer one of the easiest questions in Ashigara's class.

* HostageSpiritLink:

A second season was announced at the end of the first season's 12th and final episode. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-09/kan-colle-franchise-gets-anime-film-in-2016/.91458 A movie was also announced]], which will air in 2016. While details of the plot have yet to be revealed, much like the Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel ''DC'' and ''Cadenza'' movies, it will feature fleet girls that never made it into the series proper, like Choukai, Kako, and Furutaka.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Mobile Unit Five. When your fleet consists of a PsychoLesbian and her quiet, levelheaded sister, [[HateAtFirstSight two fleet girls who vehemently hate each other,]] a [[GenkiGirl permanently hyper]] CloudCuckoolander who spouts GratuitousEnglish every few seconds, and you're the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Fleet Girl]]—and a rookie at that—you've got your work cut out for you.

-->''"So foolish, don't repeat the tragedy"''

A second season was announced at the end of the first season's 12th and final episode.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: In episode 11, Akagi has several nightmares in the days leading up to the assault on an Abyssal base. She suggests changing the lineup to Nagato in an attempt to avoid a CurbStompBattle they would be on the receiving end of. [[spoiler:As this trope implies, that doesn't change the outcome any, and Akagi's fleet still gets ambushed by the Abyssals.]]

* YouCantFightFate: In episode 11, Akagi keeps having a recurring nightmare where they suffer a CurbStompBattle prior to the mission to assault the Abyssal base. She suggests some different girls be assigned to the assault force, trying not to use ones she saw in her dream. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, they still get ambushed by an Abyssal fleet, turning her dream into a SelfFulfillingProphecy despite her attempt to avoid it. This is subverted in episode 12, when the girls, with a hefty dose of reinforcements, manage to beat MI after all.]]

** [[spoiler:Kisaragi's historical counterpart sank pretty much the same way as in this adaptation; she came under air attack by a quartet of Wildcat fighters, and one of them scored a lucky bomb hit on her stern-mounted depth charge magazine, causing a catastrophic explosion and leading to the ''Kisaragi'' going down with all hands.]]

* GenreShift: Some episodes it follows with a {{Moe}} SliceOfLife MonsterOfTheWeek story while other episodes highlight the harshness of war and make it an anime reenactment of the Pacific War. What makes this particular is its frequency to shift between the genres.

* SealedOrders: Since the enemy has been intercepting their communications, [[spoiler: The ship-girls sent to area AL received sealed orders to join the attack on Base MW, setting up their Big Damn Heroes moment.]]

-->'''Mutsu:''' ''[interrupting]'' PLEASE don't say "Did we get her?".

*** Kongou's mental image of the plan is itself a nod to JapaneseMythology, specifically the story of how the sun goddess Amaterasu hid in a cave (taking the sunlight with her) after her brother Susano'o freaked her out while on a rampage. The other gods eventually got her to come out by holding a festival outside; when Amaterasu poked her head out to see what all the music was about, the gods grabbed her and convinced her to stop hiding.

** In episode 12, the use of Airfield Princess as a stand-in, initially, for Midway Princess. As stated on the game's page, Airfield Princess is the personification of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Field_(Guadalcanal) Henderson Field]] in Guadalcanal. However, there's also a Henderson Field at Midway, originally named [[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Field_(Midway) Naval Air Station Midway Islands]]. Both Henderson fields share a common namesake, though the one down in the Solomon Islands was named after the one at Midway. Their namesake is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofton_R._Henderson Major Lofton R. Henderson]], a USMC aviator killed in action during the Battle of Midway.

** In episode 12, the fleet girls need to destroy three carriers in order to defeat the Airfield Princess. This is a clear reference to the three US carriers which were present at the Battle of Midway: the ''USS Enterprise'', ''USS Yorktown'', and ''USS Hornet''.