KanColle Announces Mitsukoshi Department Store Collaboration

Through its official Twitter account, C2 Kikan, one of the owners of the property rights of the Kantai Collection franchise (also known as KanColle), announced a new collaboration with the Mitsukoshi department store. “Currently, the C2 organization is preparing for the second phase of the collaboration between the Kantai Collection and the Mitsukoshi department store. We will prepare attractive new products and illustrations. Collaboration begins next December 12! ”.

歴史ある百貨店【三越】さん！現在C2機関は三越さんと「三越」泊地コラボ第六次作戦後段、「艦これ」七周年記念後段作戦兵站準備を進めています。魅力的な新アイテム群、そして新しいスーツも準備中！師走12月12日(土)開幕予定です！https://t.co/tpUCBtT4SL #艦これ七周年記念後段作戦 #三越 #C2機関
— C2機関 (@C2_STAFF) November 7, 2020

In the heat of the controversy generated between different social sectors against the promotional campaign of the manufacturer and distributor of stockings, ATSUGI, having used illustrations that supposedly sexualized women, some expected that this new collaboration would again raise a series of criticisms , However, this did not happen. It turns out that the same social sectors have approved the illustrations used in this collaboration since they "show women in a more elegant way."

About Kantai Collection

Kantai Collection began with the release of a free browser card game developed by Kadokawa Games and distributed by DMM.com. The game was released in April 2013 in Japan and in just two years it had three million registered users. This helped the installment be adapted to a myriad of different media, including a twelve-episode anime adaptation produced by Diomedea Studios, directed by Keizou Kusakawa and scripts written by Jukki Hanada, released in January 2015.

The production of a second season has been confirmed since March 2015, however, to date no production details have been revealed. However, it was recently announced that this second season, officially titled Kantai Collection: KanColle Zoku-hen, will reveal new details in the fall.

Source: Yaraon!