A new card-game like collection called KanColle anime (or also know as Kantai Collection Kancolle) is becoming more and more popular not only among Japanese but also in many foreign countries. This so-colled kancolle game can be played using cards but recently kancolle app and kancolle viewer for PC have been available too. Many popular items are: shimakaze kancolle, atago kancolle, kancolle fubuki, takao kancolle, kancolle kaga, i-19 kancolle (this is kancolle submarine !) among others.
Each card represents a ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In particular, each ship is associated a girl (or ship girl) wearing some dress or costumes that resembles a unique symbol or feature of the ship.
Then, the card game can be played online or face-to-face. Each member or player plays the role of an admiral and prepares a fleet composed of ship girls to fight naval battles against unknown warships. Here I summarize the main ships I have found. More information can be found in their wiki place.
KanColle Light Aircraft Carriers CVL and Sea Plane Tenders AV and Submarine Tender AS
KanColle Heavy Cruisers CA
KanColle Light Cruisers CL
KanColle Destroyers DD
▽ Imperial Japanese Navy – Nihon Kaigun
Aircraft Carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Heavy Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Light Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy
The Time Line of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Naval Landing Forces 1928-1945
▽ Simulations & Wargames
▽ World War II: Pacific Theater
War in the Pacific: Admiral Edition
The Empire of the Sun (2nd Ed.)
▽Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
Naval landing forces of the JMSDF
▽ Simulations & Wargames
▽ World War II: European Theater
