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Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova
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Kantai Collection: KanColle
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1. Enemies from unknown origin take over the seas.
2. Humans fight back.
KanColle: More lighthearted + sorta dull aside from some cute slice of life. Fine for spending free time on if you have nothing else to do. Treat like any slice of life.
Ars Nova: Exciting, intelligent, better fights, better usage of CG animation, better character development, better "powers", etc. Main downside is less yuri. I don't really care much about the ship girls thing, but this anime was a real "page-turner" when it aired. KanColle was more like "oh the next ep is out".
Both have a similar setting. In Kancolle it is about Aliens (Abyssal Fleet) invading mankind, in Arpeggio mysterious ships suddenly appear and impose a worldwide threat towards mankind. In the case of Arpeggio girls control their own ships and fight, while in Kancolle Kanmusu (Fleet girls) are able to walk/fly on water, with body attachments and names based on real-life vessels. Both deal with the war and both are about ships saving humanity from the abyssal fleet or the fog fleet.
P.S Arpeggio of Blue Steel makes an appearance in Kancolle (game).
These two anime have a different plot but they use the names of Japanese WW2 ships. The "Abyssals" and the "Fleet of the Mist" are enemies that seemingly appear out of thin air and force the ships to attack them. Kancolle has a faceless admiral while Ars Nova has a captain that commands from inside his submarine Iona (1-401). Kancolle will be receiving a second season and will hopefully introduce submarines and ships in the game that were not seen in the first season. If you enjoyed the action and navel tactics in Kancolle you should watch Ars Nova. Keep in mind Ars Nova is
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Recommended by flylittlebirdie
- A Captain who fought to save their Beloved ocean
- Both anime has the same plot, in which is to annihilate those enemy that making the life of people feel uncomfortable.
- Also Kantai Collection don't possess a single ship, because they're already a ship girl so they don't need one. buuuut in arpeggio ars nova since they called fog-ship they possess a battleship in which they use for their own convenient like destroying human's naval/battleship because they think it's fun.
- The twist here is the captain of ars nova is figthing in the frontline, while the captain of kancolle is chilling in his own base
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similar in that its a navy battle show between evil ships and good ships. similar but the difference is theres no male lead in kancolle and they ware their respective ships as a kind of battle armour instead of controlling real ones as in blue steel...
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Recommended by El_Capitan
+Unknown enemies emerged and took over the seas forcing humankind to have no means to fight back.
+Girl Ships having the names of WW2 ships (Kongou, Haruna etc.).
-The ships are commanded by an admiral but in KanColle, the admiral doesn't talk and show his face.
Both of these Animes are about Living war machines. Frilly little girls named after some of the most Famous ships in History fighting against an enemy wanting to take them out.
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Recommended by Eyesofbliss
Similar themes of ships who have been resurrected as girls. There are a trifecta of these series, Azur Lane, Arpeggio, and KanColle. Arpeggio concentrates on philosophical issues, KanColle on action, and AZ a mix of the two.
Mental models or Ship girls, either way there are cute girls that embody WW2 vessels that are alot of fun.
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Recommended by ThaBoogyMAN