Review of KanColle

Where am I? Oh yeah I have a review to do for Winter 2015. STORY (4): KanColle is based on a game adaptation by Kadokawa Games. KanColle is about a group of girls who have the spirit of battleships are on a mission to protect humanity form the abyssal fleet. I mean why can't you call it any other name rather than the generic abyssal fleet? In fact, just like Glasslip. I can understand why people didn't like the anime. The story has so many events going on that I barely keep track on anything. I know the concept about the WWII ships are interesting butcome on, please focus on one plot alone. The only later episodes then we see the climactic showdown between the abyssal fleet. The rest of the episodes are the girls do their own thing. Just like Glasslip where characters just do their own thing without any consequence. I thought that if there is conflict in this anime, I thought that could work.

The concept is interesting however, they fail to expand that idea beyond. They just play the easy way out by throwing in random events like the curry contest. They never explore how curry contest is part of their training programme in order to defeat the abyssal fleet.

ART (3):

The animation is dull. I was like watching a nearly dim show.

SOUND (5):

The opening and ending are nothing special.

CHARACTER (4):

The characters suffer from "Basic Economics". When I say that, I mean there are too many characters. Although I did like their determination, this anime introduces too many characters that I lost track on what I saw. Nobody is special if too many people are special.

In Economics, if there is more supply of something, the demand is less. Just like in KanColle, if there are too many characters, the value of the character development diminishes. Some anime suffered from the same problem as the characters from KanColle like for example Brothers Conflict, Kamigami no Asobi & Strike the Blood.

Not to mention the characters design, they were barely discrete.

I barely see the abyssal fleet. They only appear on the later episodes.

CONCLUSION (4):

As I have said, if the story and characters have better execution, I thought this anime would be entertaining. However, this anime throws in too many characters, that the enjoyment level decreases. You might say "Oh! You don't like cute girls". Not true, I like cute girls. However, if you throw in too many characters, the character value will diminish. I am serious when I say this.

Diomedea took the script, shredded it up, put it in the shotgun, add a lot of characters inside it and shot it at the wall. Then we are asked to connect the dots.

This anime has few good moments, however those good moments are weighed down by the problems of this show. So sadly I have to give this anime a 4 out of 10. If you want better experience, just play the games.

Thank you, Winter 2015 for giving me another wonderful anime to review. After reviewing this anime, I will be like "What was that anime again?"