I was first introduced to this anime by playing World of Warships when they partnered with this anime and released two ships into the game. I eventually went and bought the Harekaze ship in game ( I believe in October) This is were it piqued my interest.
It's kind of weird. You come into this expecting this to just be a silly cheerful show about anime school girls on ships. But within the first 2 episodes that expectation is completely destroyed.
There is some things that don't make sense. Such as why would anyone put High School kids in control of ships or why they would give a new student control of the Musashi the most powerful ship in the fleet.
Things like this you can easily overlook. The show is good at keeping your attention. Especially with the size of the cast of characters. One of the biggest cast of characters i'v seen. They are all fun and entertaining to have. There are some characters that go together really well. Hell, Sometimes it seems like there is some Yuri action happening. In fact for the show to be about ships there is a missing sense of Shipping happening ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Characters go together really well such ( Some of them i even ship)
ShiroxMike
Mii-chanxKoko
It's also kind of weird cause one of the the first characters we are introduced too is Mike's friend when they are little but we see so little of her.
Mike also has a sad past and i wish they would have done more with her. Such as one of her goals is to meet the Blue Mermaids that saved her as a child. Have the Principal set up the meetup as a surprise for Mike.
There are also things that are kind of hard to buy for history buffs or just in general. Such as how no one is killed in all of this ( I do like that no one does, Cause it would have started making the show very dark and kind of ruining my opinion of it) How no modern day ships are even able to take out the Musashi. Also how a small little DD is able to take on so many of these ships.
Also for some reason we see no Planes in this at all ( I think it might have been mentioned that planes don't exist in this world or something) But it seems weird when the reason why the Yamato (Musashi is a class of the Yamato ship) was sunk in real life was because of planes.
It's also never explained why there is electrical interference with electronics on modern ships and modern weapons.
The atmosphere the show makes with this being on one little boat is really nice and is probably why i like this so much.
The last two OVA's were also really nice and gives hope of a 2nd season. I don't know what it would even be about but i would watch it without hesitation.
In the final battle when the Principal was about to sail out on her ship to fight the Musashi i thought it would be a big reveal such as her ship being the Iowa ( USS Missouri) Something big and awesome like that happening i feel was missing from the ending.
They use CGI at times and it helps with the feel of the episode. So that was a nice touch it also helps make battles look all the more badass.
Overall a great show that i hope for a 2nd season
