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The Zuiun Festival is a planned KanColle Live Event that is scheduled to take place during at the Fuji-Q Amusement Park. The Festival is currently scheduled to last between June 17th to July 30th and will serve as the main location where the unveiling of the 1:1 Scale Zuiun Model will be displayed in its complete form. The entire event will last several weeks which will include 5 Live Events (Two which have been announced), 9 Seiyuu (with more to come) attending the festival, the 1:1 Zuiun Model, several theme park rides which will be re-themed with a KanColle theme, and a collaboration campaign with the Fuji Express Train line, making this one of the largest promotional stunts KanColle has done.

This page will serve as a main point on focusing on both the 1:1 Zuiun's Development along with all the details regarding the upcoming events and information happening in Fuji-Q Amusement Park.

The 1:1 Full Scale Zuiun Project

On April 1st, 2017, KanColle Staff Twitter announced several large announcements of upcoming projects, including the 1:1 Scale Zuiun Model. Originally viewed as an April Fools joke, it was re-announced the following day to confirm that it was not a joke and was a legit project in the works.

Information regarding the Zuiun's development was kept under wraps until May 12, 2017, when it was announced on the KanColle Dev's Twitter that they would be holding a special display of "Parts" of the Full Scale Zuiun at the Shizoka Hobby Show between May 12th - 14th.

Zuiun Display from Shizoka Hobby Show
Zuiun Display from Shizoka Hobby Show
Zuiun Display from Shizoka Hobby Show

Those who went to the display got to see various frames to the Zuiun model which includes the propeller, body frame, wing frame, and engine parts at the showcase.

Tanaka would later announce in his June Comptiq Interview that he aimed to have the Full Scale Zuiun released in the summer.

On May 31st, 2017, the 1:1 Zuiun Project was revealed on the KC Staff Twitter to be unveiled and put on display at the Fuji-Q Amusement Park. The Zuiun would be unveiled on June 17th, 2017 and remain on display at the Amusement Park for all to see until July 30th, 2017.

As of June 9th, 2017, the 1:1 Scale Zuiun was shown through dev tweets revealing through a picture that the Full scale model plane was near completion and would be done in time for it's reveal on June 17th.

1:1 Scale Model Zuiun in it's near complete form
View of the 1:1 Model Zuiun's Wing
View of the 1:1 Zuiun's cockpit

The Unveiling of the Zuiun

On June 17th, 2017 at 11 AM JST. Four Seiyuu (Sarah Emi Bridcutt, Uchida Shuu, Tanibe Yumi, and Yuka Ootsuba) came up on stage to welcome everyone to the Fuji-Q Amusement Park and announced they would soon be revealing the park a new attraction but before hand they wanted to let thier big executives have a chance to have a word.

Shinichiro Inoue (The Head Executive of the KADOKAWA Corperations) and Osamu Iwata (Fuji-Q's Amusement park Representative Director) came up on stage and thanked everyone for coming and wished everyone a wonderful time as the amusement park and presented thier new attraction to the amusement park.

The sheets were then pulled off to reveal the 1:1 Zuiun showing it to the eyes of the public for the first time. Following the reveal, the Seiyuus annoucned that they would be having a live panel today for those who bought tickets and would also be back later to perform the Kanmusu Ondo Dance.

The Zuiun will now remain where it stands till July 30th, 2017.

People can view the Zuiun at any time if they bought tickets to the Fuji-Q Amusement Park and can have a memorial photo taken where they can stand next to the Zuiun for 1000 yen.

Fuji-Q Amusement Park Promotion

With the announcement of the Zuiun Festival appearing in Fuji-Q Amusement Park, it has been announced that a number of various things will be done both within the Amusement Park itself and outside of the amusement park to help promote the upcoming Zuiun Festival.

Currently, it has been noted that two rides within the Fuji-Q Amusement Park will be changed to have a new theme centered around KanColle and Zuiuns. These rides include a water car ride and a plane ride which will be redecorated for the occasion.

In addition, they will also be doing a collaboration promotion of KanColle and the Zuiun Festival via the Fujikyu Highland Express Line, a train line service that goes to the Fuji-Q Amusement Park.

Tickets to attend the Festival and have access to the see the Zuiun will cost 1500 yen which gives you access to the park + an attraction card.

There is also 5700 package which will give you access to the park + access to the Zuiun Festival + a Pin Badge.

Having a memorial picture of the 1:1 Scale Zuiun will cost 1000 yen.

Tickets to attend the special events at the Zuiun Festival are separate from the rest and are noted down in the event sections of this page.

It has been noted that during the Zuiun Festival, there will be a KanColle Stamp Collection that will take place were people will be able to collect stamps upon completing various things while at the Fuji-Q Amusement Park.

The Zuiun Festival will also have official merchandise available for sale. Pre-orders for Zuiun Festival Merchandise will begin on June 17th, 2017 and items will be available for purchase starting July 8th, 2017. These items will include among them the Zuiun Festival Happi Coat.

Fuji-Q Amusement Park Summary

As noted above, locations going towards the Fuji-Q Amusement Park have been completely revamped with banners and signed placed across the Japan area to promote the Zuiun Festival. But most notable is the Fujikyu Express Train Line which is completely branded and converted with a KanColle Theme. Kanmusu of various types cover the sides of the train and the inside of the train is completely covered with advertisements to the Fuji-Q Amusement Park promoting the Zuiun Festival.

The Park itself was also laid down with more promotional banners across near the entrance area where tickets were sold. Insides the park itself, Fuji-Q had gone through a KanColle theme make over in various locations parts of the park.

You could find various kanmusus billboards scattered across the amusement park area saying various quoted lines from the game. The Fuji-Q Park Guide book had also been completely revamped with a KanColle theme.

There were various stores that sold assorted KanColle merchandise (both official and unofficial items).

On the June 17th, June 18th and July 30th, the Seiyuu who attend the live event will also participate in the Kanmusu Ondo dance following the Live Event Panel. Participation is encouraged and the audience is allowed to dance in this participation. The Full version of the dance is shown off and everyone is allowed to join in. During the brakes between the songs they rallied the crowds but having them chant "Zuiun!" during the intermission segments. Once the dance session is completed the Seiyuu will leave the stage area.

In addition you had a chance to earn from prizes for doing various things within the park which included the following:

Ride the TenTekoMai (A spinning areo dynamic plane ride) which has been reconverted with a Zuiun Theme. Completing that would net you a Hyuuga Card!
Buy a Stamp book and complete a Stamp Collection of 15 stamps of various kanmusu scattered around the park. Completing this would give you a Utility Fairy IC Card!
Eating at one of the designated Food Cafeteria at Fuji-Q Amusement Park will reward you with a Akagi Clear File!
Participating in the Kanmusu Ondo Dance will reward you with a free Mochi!

Most of the items will be shown through the pictures below as this section gets updated.

Zuiun Festival Display Stand which shows Sazanami, Oboro, Ushio and Akebono
Close up of Zuiun Festival Banner which shows Zuikaku holding a Zuiun
Zuiun Festival Display Stand which shows Hyuuga and Mogami
Fujikyu Express Line with all of it's KanColle Decorations

Live Event: "The Zuiun Festival begins!"

On June 17th, 2017, there will be a live event gathering called "The Zuiun Festival begins!".

The KanColle Devs' Twitter has noted that the 1:1 Scale Zuiun will be unveiled at this event to the audience for the first time.

During the event, there will be dancers performing the Kanmusu Ondo Dance prior to the reveal and there will be a total of 6 Seiyuu who will be attending the Zuiun Festival including:

Sarah Emi Bricutt: Voice of Suzuya, Kumano. Yuubari, ect.
Ootsuba Yuka: Voice of Ise, Hyuuga, Kitakami and Ooi
Tanibe Yumi: Voice of Shiratsuyu, Murasame, Yuudachi, Shigure, ect.
Uchida Shuu: Voice of Warspite
Hyasaka Kousuze: Voice of Oboro, Sazanami, Ushio, and Akebono
Hitomi Sasaki: Voice of Shimushu and Kunashiri

Tickets to partake in this event will cost 3900 yen and will require you to apply for a ticket and then present an ID at the ticket booth to purchase your ticket as a countermeasure to prevent reselling of tickets.

Doors to the Live Event will be Open at 12:30 JST and the Live Event begins at 13:30 JST.

Event Detail Summary

Several notes regarding new game content as well as information regarding KanColle The Movie has been revealed today through Sarah Emi Bricutt.

Yura Kai Ni is planned to appear soon. (Sarah Emi Bricutt misinformed everyone that it was Yuubari at first, but managed to correct it at the end of the live event.
A Mutsuki-Class Kai Ni has been announced to be in the works.
KanColle The Movie is set to be released on August 31st, 2017 and will contain bonus cut content within it.

Live Event: "Zuiuns are Great, but so is Zuikaku"

On June 18th, 2017, there will be a second live event gathering called "Zuiuns are Great, but so is Zuikaku".

It has been noted that there will be 3 Seiyuu who will be present at this event (Along with 3 others from the previous day. The Seiyuu who will be attending include:

Iori Nomizu: Shoukaku and Zuikaku
Megumi Nakajima: Hatsuzuki, I-168, I-58, Mikuma, ect.
Komatsu Mana: Zuihou, Hamakaze, Urakaze, Tanikaze

Like "The Zuiun Festival begins!" tickets to partake the event will be 3900 yen and will require you to apply for a ticket and then present an ID at the ticket booth to purchase your ticket as a countermeasure to prevent reselling of tickets.

Doors to the Live Event will be Open at 12:00 JST and the Live Event begins at 13:00 JST.

Event Summary Details

Iori Nomizu was the main host of this event panel according to reports, they mainly did some of the simlar things that were done at yeserday's fetival but one thing that was different was the announcement of the following upcoming content:

Uchida Shuu is going to voice another new ship soon! However, she is unsure if said ship will be a British Royal Navy Ship.
The Next Live Event will be called "Zuiun Yukata Festival", it will happen on July 8th!
They announced that the upcoming Large Aircraft Carrier that will be getting a Kai Ni remodel will be from overseas!

Live Event: "Zuiun Yukata Festival"

On July 8th, 2017, there will be a third live event gathering called "Zuiun Yukata Festival".

Information and details about this event are unknown but details will be revealed in due time.

Links

Fuji-Q Amusement Park Site
Zuiun Festival Event from Fuji-Q's website
Ticket purchase information for Zuiun Festival

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