Kantai Collection EX -another side-

Kantai Collection EX -another side- is an anime series by studio ufotable and a direct sequel to Kantai Collection: The Eternal Sea and Kantai Collection: The Waves of Prejudice based on the game of the same name by Kadokawa Games. Manabu Ono co-directed the series with Black Lagoon director Sunao Katabuchi, and Atsushi Ikariya, Tomonori Sudou, and Hisayuki Tabata drew original character designs. The anime's story is written by T.S. Nowlin, Rei Hiroe, and Angela Kang. The series consists of thirteen roughly 1 hour and 30 minute episodes.
==Plot==
A year has passed since Shane Marcus, along with his allies, won the war against EVOLVE and the Abyssals. Humanity have finally found peace. Shane’s drive to create a peaceful future brings humanity into the dawning of a new era, one in which the newly expanded Naval Military will have to adapt to this larger world sooner than later once they discover the unprecedented allies and threats.
==Voice Cast==
===Japanese Voice Cast===
Main Cast
*Natsuki Hanae as Shane Marcus
*Rina Hidaka as Kisaragi
*Nobunaga Shimazaki as Franz Oshima
*Takehito Koyasu as William Marcus
*Yuka Aisaka as Rei
*Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Aiden Mitchell
*Ryunosuke Kamiki as Chris Leonard
*Sumire Uesaka as Fubuki
*Saki Fujita as Shiranui
*Ayaka Asai as Yuki Masamune
*Mamoru Miyano as Terrence James
*Ayane Sakura as Karen Steinfield
*Megumi Toyoguchi as Tenryuu
*Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Darren Smokes
*Yumi Tanibe as 
**Yuudachi
**Shigure
*Kotaro Nishiyama as Corey Baxton
*Reia Inoko as Megumi Hirata
*Haruka Yamazaki as Amanda Rivers
*Rie Kugimiya as Jiroyoshi
*Junya Enoki as Owen Devlin
*Rina Hidaka as Mutsuki
*Ryota Ozawa as Jack Deaconhouse
*Tetsuya Kakihara as Keisuke "K-Dog"
*Yu Sasahara as Maria Wayne
*Eiji Takemoto as Max Russell
Supporting Cast
*Ai Kayano as Kashima
*Akira Ishida as John Francis
*Ayana Taketatsu as Yamato
*Ayane Sakura as 
**Shimakaze
**Nagato
**Mutsu
**Sendai
**Jintsuu
**Naka
*Hiroe Oka as Kirsten Williams
*Hiroki Goto as Tobias Henderson
*Hiroshi Kamiya as Eugene Connor
*Hisako Tojo as Umi
*Honoka Kuroki as Marina Leonard
*Iori Nomizu as 
**Zuikaku
**Shoukaku
*Jun Fukuyama as ATLAS
*Kensho Ono as Steve Higgs
*Koichi Yamadera as Sebastian Hansen
*Koji Yusa as Nicholas Steinfield
*Manaka Iwami as Elizabeth Kawakami
*Nao Toyama as Kirishima
*Takahiro Sakurai as Tyler Furman
*Takanori Nishikawa as Tenma
*Yoshimasa Hosoya as Goro
*Yui Ishikawa as Natalie Marcus
*Yuka Otsubo as 
**Natalie Wong
**Ooi
**Kitakami
**Furutaka
**Kako
*Yuki Kaji as Trevor Williams
*Yumi Tanibe as Yura
===English Voice Cast===
Main Cast
*Johnny Yong Bosch as Shane Marcus
*Kayli Mills as Kisaragi
*Nick Apostolides as Franz Oshima
*Tom Hiddleston as William Marcus
*Sian Grace Phillips as Rei
*Bryce Papenbrook as Aiden Mitchell
*Blake Cooper as Chris Leonard
*Brianna Knickerbocker as Fubuki
*Ashly Burch as Shiranui
*Sophie Turner as Yuki Masamune
*Jeff Schine as Terrence James
*Xanthe Huynh as Karen Steinfield
*Rosa Salazar as Tenryuu
*Ray Chase as Darren Smokes
*Erica Mendez as Yuudachi
*Lisa Reimold as Shigure
*Slink Johnson as Corey Baxton
*Margaret Qualley as Megumi Hirata
*Stephanie Panisello as Amanda Rivers
*Josh Gad as Jiroyoshi
*Austin Tindle as Owen Devlin
*Jackie Lastra as Mutsuki
*Nat Wolff as Jack Deaconhouse
*Max Mittelman as Keisuke "K-Dog"
*Brynn Aprill as Maria Wayne
*Joshua Mikel as Max Russell
Supporting Cast
*A.J. Cook as Kako
*Alexa Nisenson as Umi
*Alice Himora as Kashima
*Amber Lee Connors as Ooi
*Anairis Quinones as Natalie Wong
*Benedict Cumberbatch as Sebastian Hansen
*Brandon Jay McLaren as Goro
*Brenna Larsen
*Britt Baron as Furutaka
*Brittney Karbowski as Sendai
*Callan McAuliffe as Steve Higgs
*Chandler Riggs as Trevor Williams
*Christina Kelly as Yamato
*Cate Blanchett as Kirsten Williams
*Cody Walker as Tyler Furman
*Elizabeth Maxwell as Nagato
*Erik Aadahl as ATLAS
*Erika Harlacher as Natalie Marcus
*Jennifer Losi as Yura
*Jim Sturgess as Eugene Connor
*Lisa Reimold as Marina Leonard
*Lizzie Freeman as Naka
*Logan Miller as Tobias Henderson
*Maureen Price as Jintsuu
*Megan Shipman as Shimakaze
*Mikaela Krantz as Shoukaku
*Morgan Berry as Kitakami
*Morgan Garrett as Mutsu
*Natalie Alyn Lind
*Nic Sampson as Tenma
*Patrick Pedraza as John Francis
*Sarah Wiedenheft as Zuikaku
*Toby Kebbell as Nicholas Steinfield
*Trina Nishimura as Kirishima
*Xanthe Huynh as Elizabeth Kawakami
== Media ==
=== Music ===
* Openings:
** Alive by ReoNa (Ep. 2-12)
* Endings:
** Alive by ReoNa (Ep. 1)
** request by krage (Ep. 2-12)
** Good Life by G-Eazy ft. Kehlani (Ep. 13)
* Inserts:
** Come and Get Your Love by Redbone (Ep. 1)
** elbadaernU by EGOIST (Ep. 1)
** Internet Friends by Knife Party (Ep. 1)
** Bomfalleralla by Afasi & Filthy (Ep. 4)
** Easy Street by The Collapsible Hearts (Ep. 8)
** Cult of Personality by Living Colour (Ep. 12)
=== Original Soundtrack ===
* Kantai Collection EX -another side- Original Soundtrack
=== Publications ===
* Kantai Collection EX -another side- (manga)
== Production ==
Chief Director: 	Manabu Ono
Director: 	Sunao Katabuchi
Original Work: 	DMM.com, Kadokawa Games
Series Composition: 	Glen Mazzara
Writer: 	T.S. Nowlin, Rei Hiroe, Angela Kang
Character Designs: 	Tomonori Sudou, Atsushi Ikariya, Hisayuki Tabata
Mechanical Designs: 	I-IV, Josh Nizzi, Kōta Moroishi, Tsutomu Miyazawa, Minosu
Director of Photography: 	Yuichi Terao, Duane Charles Manwiller
Producers: 	Atsuhiro Iwakami, Deborah Snyder, Gale Anne Hurd, Kensuke Tanaka, Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick, Zack Snyder
Art Director: 	Koji Eto
Storyboards: 	Arifumi Imai, Takahiro Miura, Tomonori Sudō
3D Graphics: 	ufotable, MADBOX
3D Director: 	Kazuki Nishiwaki
Sound Director: 	Masafumi Mima
Music: 	Hiroyuki Sawano, Nathan Whitehead, Rei Kondoh
Music Production: 	Aniplex, Remote Control Productions
Editor: 	Manabu Kamino
English Dub Production: 	Bang Zoom! Entertainment
English Dub ADR Director: 	Alex von David, Stephanie Sheh, Tom Keegan
English Dub Casting Director:	Mami Okada
English Dub ADR Writers: 	Brent Friedman, Brian Gray, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Planning Cooperation: 	Kadokawa
Production Cooperation: 	Legendary Entertainment
Production: 	Paramount Pictures, Legendary Entertainment, The Stone Quarry, ufotable, Aniplex
==Episodes==
List of Episodes
Listing 	Listing 	Listing 	Listing 	Plot 	Script 	Episode Director
Episode 1 	The New Beginning 	The New Beginning 	The New Beginning 	A year has passed since Shane Marcus, along with his allies, won the war against EVOLVE and the Abyssals. A seemingly simple scavenging run proves to be very tricky when Shane and his partner aren't the only one vying for an unexpected resource and supply goldmine. 	T.S. Nowlin, Rei Hiroe & Angela Kang 	Manabu Ono, Sunao Katabuchi & Kari Skogland
Episode 2 	The Vigilante 	The Vigilante 	The Vigilante 	Natalie Wong’s tech-savvy friend Albert Massey has recruited Squadron Fleet Zero to help him run a few errands. But Al’s real motive is to kidnap the popular Japanese-German idol for a mere ransom. Of course her bodyguard isn’t going to let this slide, and it’s not long before he goes out of his way to rescue his princess and wipe out the kidnappers and anyone that gets in the way, crossing paths once more with the Squadron Fleet Zero along the way.	T.S. Nowlin, Rei Hiroe & Angela Kang 	Manabu Ono, Sunao Katabuchi & Glen Mazzara
Episode 3 	Obliged 	Obliged 	Obliged 	Shane and Kisaragi's relationship is taken to the next level while the Squadron Fleet Zero works in a collaboration to produce a movie for an upcoming fair. 	Jukki Hanada & T.S. Nowlin 	Harumi Kosaka
Episode 4 	Life Among Us 	Life Among Us 	Life Among Us 	The Naval Military join forces to create a bridge that will facilitate communication and trade across the world. While on a supplies mission to an abandoned local department store, members of the supply fleet group run into multiple hurdles. 	Matt Negrete & Rei Hiroe 	Ernest Dickerson
Episode 5 	Malice into Screams 	Malice into Screams 	Malice into Screams 	Shane's vision for the future is threatened by a cruel murder that divides a local high school. 	T.S. Nowlin 	Sunao Katabuchi
Episode 6 	The Waves of Reminiscence 	The Waves of Reminiscence 	The Waves of Reminiscence 	An escaped fugitive revisits her past. There, she reflects on the events that led her to this point. 	Shay Hatten 	David Boyd & Eli Jorné
Episode 7 	Fear the Hammer 	Fear the Hammer 	Fear the Hammer 	Shane and the Squadron Fleet Zero confront a group of Abyssal renegades with completely human traits led by Rei. However, Shane severely underestimates the renegades and does not take them seriously as something to be feared until he and his allies find themselves kneeling helplessly as Rei chooses a victim to kill. Who Rei chooses will teach those who survive a lesson they will never forget. 	Matt Negrete & Channing Powell 	Manabu Ono & Greg Nicotero
Episode 8 	Cooperation 	Cooperation 	Cooperation 	The Abyssal renegades arrive at the Naval Base for their proposition for collaboration. 	Rei Hiroe & Corey Reed 	Harumi Kosaka
Episode 9 	Reassurance 	Reassurance 	Reassurance 	While Rei takes Kisaragi on a special tour of the Abyssal sanctuary outpost, several plots against the current Naval Military begin to gain traction. 	Angela Kang 	Greg Nicotero
Episode 10 	The Waves of Reconciliance 	The Waves of Reconciliance 	The Waves of Reconciliance 	The fair at the Naval Base is underway, with all communities coming together in celebration for the first time in years but the Naval Military receives an unexpected visit while the two girls; the nun whom Shane and Shiranui bonded with and the terrorist whom Shane fought in London, do the unthinkable. 	Jukki Hanada, Matt Negrete & Rei Hiroe	Manabu Ono, Laura Belsey & Harumi Kosaka
Episode 11 	Reunion 	Reunion 	Reunion 	Shane's father, William, searches for his family after surviving his apparent death years ago. 	Shay Hatten 	Sunao Katabuchi & Michael Satrazemis
Episode 12 	Faith 	Faith 	Faith 	The conflict in the Abyssal sanctuary outpost hits a fever pitch... could this be the end of civilization as we've come to know it? 	T.S. Nowlin, Rei Hiroe & Angela Kang 	Manabu Ono, Sunao Katabuchi & Tomonori Sudou
Final Episode	The Blooming Flower of Life	The Blooming Flower of Life	The Blooming Flower of Life	Relationships among the communities, including the Abyssal renegades and newly reunited relatives, at the Naval Base continue to grow as Kisaragi enters the last stages of her pregnancy. Shane and his allies must brave a ferocious blizzard; as one group deals with enemies from the outer seas, another is forced to make a life or death decision. 	T.S. Nowlin, Rei Hiroe & Angela Kang 	Manabu Ono, Sunao Katabuchi & Tomonori Sudou
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