The staff at the “Dai-Ni-Kai ‘KanColle’ Kankanshiki” event in Yokohama in August 2015 announced that the Kantai Collection video game  franchise will get an anime film in 2016. The event screened footage that features the Kan-musume characters Fubuki, Mutsuki, Yuudachi, Akagi and Kaga, Hiryuu Kaini and Souryuu Kaini, the four Kongou sisters. The film is producted by Diomedea, directed by Keizo Kusakawa and written by Jukki Hanada. The movie is scheduled to be released in Japan by Kadokawa Pictures on November 26, 2016.