艦隊これくしょん -艦これ-
Kensuke Tanaka, who prior to "Kantai Collection" was involved in the production and public relations for "Final Fantasy X", "XI" and "XIII", wished to create a game which involves historical elements while still appealing to the regular fans of DMM.com, namely fans of anime and manga culture, and this led him to the idea of developing a game centered on anthropomorphisms of warships.