[4][5][6] An animated film, titled KanColle: The Movie (劇場版 艦これ, Gekijō-ban KanKore), was released on November 26, 2016.

Despite lacking adequate combat training, she is recommended into the Third Torpedo Squadron by the admiral, and quickly finds herself sortied into battle.

In the second season, the series shifted its spotlight to Shiratsuyu-class destroyer Shigure, with the storyline being loosely based on the final two years of the Pacific War.

The series is directed by Keizō Kusakawa, with the script written by Jukki Hanada,[16][17][18] and features the voice cast from the original game.

[27] The season, subtitled Let's Meet at Sea (いつかあの海で, Itsuka Ano Umi de), is directed by Kazuya Miura, with scripts written by Kensuke Tanaka, the game's original writer, character designs handled by Chika Nomi, and music composed by Kaori Ohkoshi.

[34] Jonathan Gad of Vice said that the Kantai Collection anime television series is historically revisionist, criticising the show's depiction of the Japanese protagonists being victorious in the Battle of Midway.