Azur Lane

Azur Lane (Chinese: 碧蓝航线; pinyin: Bìlán Hángxiàn) is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android operating systems. Set in an alternate timeline of World War II, players engage in side-scrolling shooter gameplay, using female moe anthropomorphic characters based on warships from the war's major participants. Other gameplay elements, like customizing a home and marrying in-game characters, are also present.
First launched in China in May and in Japan in September 2017, Azur Lane has briefly become very popular, especially in Japan where the player count reached five million within four months after its release. Successive Comiket numbers have yet to confirm long-term popularity of the game in Japan, with Azur Lane ranking around 10th below franchises and genres like Fate Grand Order, Kantai Collection or Virtual YouTubers. Players have voted the game among the top five on Google Play's Best Game of 2017 list for the region. Critics have attributed the game's popularity to its original and well-designed gameplay system. An English-language version started open beta in August 2018 and was formally released in May 2019. Later, on December 18, English version was expanded to Latin American region. PWB Play simultaneously released it to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan on October 4, 2019.
The game has been adapted into several manga and novelizations. Azur Lane Crosswave, a 3Dadaptation for PlayStation 4, was published by Compile Heart on August 29, 2019 with mixed reception. Crosswave's English localization was released on February 13, 2020 for PlayStation 4 and PC. An anime television series adaptation by Bibury Animation Studio premiered on October 3, 2019 and aired in Japan and the United States until March 20, 2020.