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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

This is an interview that was done with Tanaka in the June / July 2020 Issue of Comptiq. In this interview, Kensuke Tanaka goes over the events invovling how long KanColle was in development along with his stuggle to make KanColle succeed in the early years. Following this, he proceed to reveal info about the two events that will make up the "Summer 2020 Event" and how life has been affected from the Caronavirus. He also covers about what the upcoming event will consist of as well as some of this ships that will appear.

This is an interview with Tanaka that was released in the June / July 2020 Issue of Comptiq. In this interview, Kensuke Tanaka goes over the events involving how long KanColle was in development along with his struggle to make KanColle succeed in the early years. Following this, he proceeds to reveal information about the two events that will make up the "Summer 2020 Event" and how life has been affected from the Coronavirus. He also covers about what the upcoming event will consist of as well as some of this ships that will appear.

Following this he discussing his plans for the curry organization and some plans for post event.

Following this he discussing his plans for the curry organization and some plans for post event.

'''Producer/Director Tanaka Kensuke (T):''' Thank you. KanColle began in April 2013 and is now welcoming its seventh anniversary this April as it enters the first quarter of its eighth year. We have been able to run and develop KanColle far longer than we had originally hoped for.  I extend my heartfelt thanks to the many Admirals who have loved their shipgirls, to the many, many people starting with our Admirals who have been moved by and supported KanColle.

'''Producer/Director Tanaka Kensuke (T):''' Thank you. KanColle began in April 2013 and is now welcoming its seventh anniversary this April as it enters the first quarter of its eighth year. We have been able to run and develop KanColle far longer than we had originally hoped for.  I extend my heartfelt thanks to the many Admirals who have loved their shipgirls, to the many, many people starting with our Admirals who have been moved by and supported KanColle.

This is 2020... roughly ten years ago, KanColle emerged in a prototype formas something of an extension of my own hobbies. The vessels and fleets that once cut through waves on the sea, that dashingly strided across it. And the ships and people that struggled in difficult conditions when the war took a turn for the worse and bitterly and regretfully sank beneath the waves. I started making KanColle out of a desire to share their existences, make sure they weren't forgotten. Who would've thought that in the Heisei and Reiwa eras we live in, so many would come to love and, miraculously, form many happy relationships with the shipgirls, who with their support continue to cross the seas for an eighth year? The shipgirls must truly be happy. Comptiq readers, and the Comptiq Editorial Department, have been supporting KanColle and her shipgirls since the first year. Once again, thank you very much.

This is 2020... roughly ten years ago, KanColle emerged in a prototype forms something of an extension of my own hobbies. The vessels and fleets that once cut through waves on the sea, that dashingly strode across it. And the ships and people that struggled in difficult conditions when the war took a turn for the worse and bitterly and regretfully sank beneath the waves. I started making KanColle out of a desire to share their existences, make sure they weren't forgotten. Who would've thought that in the Heisei and Reiwa eras we live in, so many would come to love and, miraculously, form many happy relationships with the shipgirls, who with their support continue to cross the seas for an eighth year? The shipgirls must truly be happy. Comptiq readers, and the Comptiq Editorial Department, have been supporting KanColle and her shipgirls since the first year. Once again, thank you very much.

'''I:''' It has become quite a long relationship, hasn't it? It's us who should be thanking you! While continuing for long might not be your objective per se, a tenth year is well within sight. It's rare for a franchise to remain active for close to ten years, and indicates it's very special. What do you make of this?

'''I:''' It has become quite a long relationship, hasn't it? It's us who should be thanking you! While continuing for long might not be your objective per se, a tenth year is well within sight. It's rare for a franchise to remain active for close to ten years, and indicates it's very special. What do you make of this?

'''T:''' Those working with us didn't have such high expectations either at the beginning. It was the kind of plan where a year of operation would have been more than satisfactory. But Inoue-san over at Kadokaw (currently a Senior VP) and his people always had our back, rain or shine, and gave us many warm words of encouragement that made us very happy. I'm sure any Admirals who have been with us since the first year remember how tough a situation we were in. We would plug a leak in one part, only to get flooded from another! And when we managed to deal with things here, something over there would blow! ... that's the kind of situations we found ourselves in one after another, and with a much smaller staff than we have now. I was really pulling the "Mon-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Fri" schedule... The launch itself, the flood of new Admirals in July just as we were launching four new naval district servers - we put our Admirals through a lot during that time. The fleet overcame those harsh times and continues to operate into the Reiwa thanks to our supportive Admirals. I wish I could thank each and every one of them in person, as if I was an old war buddy covered in injuries. It does feel satisfying to have, without realizing, made it this far from those daily struggles and surpassed the three year, eight month benchmark I quietly set for myself<ref> The length of the Pacific War, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender.</ref>. By that time we had shared enough that many already knew the capital ships, of course, but also affectionately the compositions of the individual torpedo squadrons, ship-by-ship, as if they were remembering them as their own experiences. At the time I thought, "Ahh, the reason why I made KanColle, why I continued it, is fulfilled" and found myself filled, to my surprise, with a strange sense of contentment from deep in my heart.

'''T:''' Those working with us didn't have such high expectations either at the beginning. It was the kind of plan where a year of operation would have been more than satisfactory. But Inoue-san over at Kadokawa (currently a Senior VP) and his people always had our back, rain or shine, and gave us many warm words of encouragement that made us very happy. I'm sure any Admirals who have been with us since the first year remember how tough a situation we were in. We would plug a leak in one part, only to get flooded from another! And when we managed to deal with things here, something over there would blow! ... that's the kind of situations we found ourselves in one after another, and with a much smaller staff than we have now. I was really pulling the "Mon-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Fri" schedule... The launch itself, the flood of new Admirals in July just as we were launching four new naval district servers - we put our Admirals through a lot during that time. The fleet overcame those harsh times and continues to operate into the Reiwa thanks to our supportive Admirals. I wish I could thank each and every one of them in person, as if I was an old war buddy covered in injuries. It does feel satisfying to have, without realizing, made it this far from those daily struggles and surpassed the three year, eight month benchmark I quietly set for myself<ref> The length of the Pacific War, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender.</ref>. By that time we had shared enough that many already knew the capital ships, of course, but also affectionately the compositions of the individual torpedo squadrons, ship-by-ship, as if they were remembering them as their own experiences. At the time I thought, "Ahh, the reason why I made KanColle, why I continued it, is fulfilled" and found myself filled, to my surprise, with a strange sense of contentment from deep in my heart.

'''I:''' That's true, but since we're this far in, I'm fine with just some details on the main operation, so please do tell!

'''I:''' That's true, but since we're this far in, I'm fine with just some details on the main operation, so please do tell!

'''T:''' The main operation of the next event will revolve around strengthening the defenses of the various islands in the waters near the naval base. You'll send surface escort fleets and torpedo squadrons, as well as anti-submarine sweeps and, to a limited extent, your land-based air corps north, southwest, and east to each area. A new special-type destroyer, Usugumo, who was originally coming in the spring event and has a sort of shopgirl look to her, will be available to those who clear the first map covering from northern Hokkaido to the Chishima [Kuril] Islands, in the way you might catch up to a visitor you missed. The last map of the main operation will be an operation set in the Ogasawara [Bonin] Islands and will finally introduce the first of the Type D, Matsu-class destroyers, Matsu, who gave her life to protect her comrades. We will also implement one of the ships that made it back home due to Matsu's struggle to the death, a tiny coastal defense ship even smaller than shelved designs, a Type D coastal defense ship<ref>Either CD-4 or CD-12. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_D_escort_ship</ref>. Furthermore, we will be implementing an I-type submarine who in the chaos of battle and in the middle of an operation miraculously rescued a life raft, who currently rests on the seafloor near the Gotou Islands, and who was equipped with eight bow-mounted torpedo launchers.<ref>From Combined Fleet's tabular records: 30 December 1944. 290 miles W of Guam. I-47 rescues eight starved Imperial Army soldiers who escaped from Guam on a raft after an attempt to storm the American airfield there and drifted in the open sea for 32 days.</ref> That I-type and tiny coastal defense ship, and more, are thanks to the hard efforts Akasaka Yuzu-san as well as two current furniture artists. Please cheer them on in their debut battles.

'''T:''' The main operation of the next event will revolve around strengthening the defenses of the various islands in the waters near the naval base. You'll send surface escort fleets and torpedo squadrons, as well as anti-submarine sweeps and, to a limited extent, your land-based air corps north, southwest, and east to each area. A new special-type destroyer, Usugumo, who was originally coming in the spring event and has a sort of shipgirl look to her, will be available to those who clear the first map covering from northern Hokkaido to the Chishima [Kuril] Islands, in the way you might catch up to a visitor you missed. The last map of the main operation will be an operation set in the Ogasawara [Bonin] Islands and will finally introduce the first of the Type D, Matsu-class destroyers, Matsu, who gave her life to protect her comrades. We will also implement one of the ships that made it back home due to Matsu's struggle to the death, a tiny coastal defense ship even smaller than shelved designs, a Type D coastal defense ship<ref>Either CD-4 or CD-12. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_D_escort_ship</ref>. Furthermore, we will be implementing an I-type submarine who in the chaos of battle and in the middle of an operation miraculously rescued a life raft, who currently rests on the seafloor near the Gotou Islands, and who was equipped with eight bow-mounted torpedo launchers.<ref>From Combined Fleet's tabular records: 30 December 1944. 290 miles W of Guam. I-47 rescues eight starved Imperial Army soldiers who escaped from Guam on a raft after an attempt to storm the American airfield there and drifted in the open sea for 32 days.</ref> That I-type and tiny coastal defense ship, and more, are thanks to the hard efforts Akasaka Yuzu-san as well as two current furniture artists. Please cheer them on in their debut battles.

'''I:''' I see! Looking forward to it. Thanks, that's plenty of preview information for us!

'''I:''' I see! Looking forward to it. Thanks, that's plenty of preview information for us!