The staff at the "Dai-Ni-Kai 'KanColle' Kankanshiki" event in Yokohama in August 2015 announced that the Kantai Collection 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 (Kaini), Kitakami and Ooi, Choukai Kaini, Yuubari, Mutsu and Nagato, Kako Kaini and Furutaka Kaini, Zuikaku and Shoukaku, Shimakaze, Kuma, and Ouyodo.
| Writing | Jukki Hanada | Writer |
| Production | Shinichirou Inoue | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Toshiki Kameyama | Sound Director |
| Directing | Keizo Kusakawa | Director |
| Sound | Shiena Nishizawa | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Hiroki Nozaki | Sound |
| Directing | Shingo Tamaki | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Ide | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Ide | Character Designer |
| Sound | Natsumi Kameoka | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Maho Takahashi | Art Direction |
| Camera | Yasuyuki Itō | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Mayuko Matsumoto | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Mayuko Matsumoto | Character Designer |
| Writing | Kensuke Tanaka | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Kohara | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Kohara | Character Designer |
| Sound | Makoto Nishibe | Music Producer |
| Production | Daijou Kudou | Producer |
| Production | Satoshi Motonaga | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Shuuji Uemura | Color Designer |
