KanColle: The Movie
2016 Japanese film
KanColle: The Movie (Japanese: 劇場版 艦これ, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban KanKore) is a 2016 Japanese animated war film and the film adaptation of the video game series Kantai Collection. The film was produced by Diomedéa, directed by Keizō Kusakawa, and written by Kensuke Tanaka and Jukki Hanada, featuring character designs by Mayuko Matsumoto and Naomi Ide. It was released in Japan by Kadokawa Animation on November 26, 2016. It was confirmed that the film will get the 4DX and MX4D screenings throughout February 11, 2017. Aniplus Asia later screened the anime film.
Like in the TV series, the original voice cast of the game reprised their roles in this film. The film's theme song is "Kikan" (帰還, Return) by Shiena Nishizawa.
Plot
The movie starts off after the events of Episode 3, when Kisaragi had sunk.
The Mikawa Fleet (Furutaka, Aoba, Kako, Kinugasa and Tenryū) are in the middle of Night Battle (Battle of Savo Island).
Chōkai uses Searchlight and gets medium damage, but they win in the end.
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