Anime/KanColle 1944 - Itsuka Ano Umi de

"KanColle: Itsuka Ano Umi de" (艦これ いつかあの海で, KanColle: Someday in that Sea), also known as KanColle 1944 Itsuka no Umi de, is the 2nd anime adaptation of Kantai Collection to be produced by C2 and Kadokawa, and made by the studio Engi , that was announced on the 4th of January 2019, and that started airing on the 3rd of November 2022. The anime is available on Prime Video in Japan, and on Crunchyroll for western audiences. The official Website can be found here.

It is not considered a "second season" of the previous anime & film, but an alternative story.

The series focuses on Shigure as the main character a "End of the War" theme, based on the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Like other Kancolle media, this story is happening in the future, where events of the past are resurfacing, and where Kanmusus relive part of their analog warships' story.

Unlike its predecessor, this anime is much darker, as it follows the final stages of the War (Starting at August 1944) on the Japanese side.

Anime Trailer

It was made as a sudden announcement at the last minute of the KanColle JAZZ Concert Festival, once the performance ended as it showed an animation trailer for the upcoming anime.

The trailer has been shown across each KanColle live event that was held and in almost all instances, the trailer has been updated each time with new content and images.

Due to how the anime trailer was released at the Jazz Festival where no cameras or photos were allowed, no footage will be showcased until an official trailer is released to the public by Kadokawa.

Below will be a description of the trailer

Trailer Description

Trailer Version: 2

Will be written soon.

Trailer Version: 1

Disclaimer: the trailer as of this point has not been released by the public and has only been seen from live event accounts. With each live event trailer, the content has been changing and new content has been added within each trailer. Below are the accounts taken from those who witnessed the trailer

The scene begins with Shigure and Shiratsuyu sailing together with each other until at one point Shiratsuyu beings to fade to nothing and Shigure realizes she is no longer around. The scene then fades to white.

Next, Shigure is seen sitting at the Kotatsu lost in thought as she's eating oranges as it snows outside. The slowly begins to doze off as a sudden flashback scene being to take place. The flashback contains Fusou, Yamashiro, Mogami, Michishio, Yamagumo, Asagumo engaging in a battle deep at night as Fusou get struck by an attack and Yamashiro retaliates and the rest begin to move in to attack. The screen shot pans into the water as it zooms in and shows a torpedo coming and it approaches Shigure. Just as the torpedo is about to hit, the screen fades to white and Shigure snaps out from what was her flashback and settles down before going to sleep.

The next scene shows off Shigure walking to the gate of the naval district as she is met by Yahagi who is now sporting her Kai 2 uniform. Yahagi then salutes and states her introduction line before the scene switches showing Yahagi evasively dodging explosions that are hitting the water as she attempts to fire up into the air. Later trailer suggests other Kanmusu may have been present, but no eyewitness accounts have come forth to properly document.

Following this, a series of screenshots of various Kanmusu doing casual life activities begin to pan out as we see various shots of certain ship girls doing things which include:

• Yahagi studying a book
• Mamiya bringing in food with Daitou and Hiburi following behind
• Hamakaze and Isokaze together
• Katori talking with someone (requesting eyewitness verification)
• Suzutsuki is scene bandaged up as she pokes a pumping squash
• Hatsushimo and Asashimo heading out to a battle
• Haruna all by herself. (Later trailers suggest she is seen crying)
• Kasumi cleaning clothes.

Once all these scenes pass, the name Kantai Collection: Second animation Project is shown on the screen.

Finally, we return to the room that Shigure was sitting in during the winter storm. She is nowhere to be found, but the orange she peeled still sits on the Kotatsu.

Plot Summary

To be determined

Episode Overview

#	English Title	Japanese Title	Release Date	Notes
Ep. 1	Sortie Day		2022-11-4 00:30 JST
Ep. 2
Ep. 3
Ep. 4
Ep. 5
Ep. 6
Ep. 7
Ep. 8

See Also

Engi studio website: Studio Engi is a special homemade animation studio created by Kadokawa back in April 2018.