High School Fleet | |
Promotional poster featuring the character Akeno Misaki and Moeka China
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ハイスクール・フリート (Haisukūru Furīto) |
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Genre | Military science fiction |
Manga | |
Haifuri | |
Illustrated by | Kanari Abe |
Published by | Media Factory |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
Original run | October 27, 2015 – present |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yuu Nobuta |
Produced by | Aniplex |
Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
Music by | Shigeo Komori |
Studio | Production IMS |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, GTV, GYT, TVA, KBS, SUN, TVh, TVQ, AT-X |
Original run | April 9, 2016 – June 25, 2016 |
Episodes | 12 + 2 OVA |
High School Fleet (ハイスクール・フリート Haisukūru Furīto?), also known as Haifuri (はいふり?) before the first episode, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS. Yuu Nobuta is directing the anime and Reiko Yoshida is handling series composition, with character designs by Naoto Nakamura and original character designs by Atto. The series aired in Japan between April and June 2016. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kanari Abe began serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive's December 2015 issue released on October 27, 2015.
The story follows a girl named Akeno Misaki who enrolls at Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School (横須賀女子海洋学校 Yokosuka Joshi Kaiyō Gakkō) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa in order to become one of the highly regarded Blue Mermaids. As Akeno and her classmates set off aboard the destroyer ship Harekaze (晴風), an incident with their instructor suddenly leads them to be accused of mutiny. Thus, Akeno must lead her crewmates in sailing the Harekaze as they try to find the truth about what's happening while also avoiding pursuit.
The anime series, produced by Production IMS, aired in Japan between April 9, 2016 and June 25, 2016 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll, Daisuki.net, and Funimation. The series is being directed by Yuu Nobuta and written by Reiko Yoshida, with original character designs by Atto and character designs by Naoto Nakamura. The opening theme is "High Free Spirits" by TrySail while the ending theme is "Ripple Effect" by Luna Haruna. A character song single titled "Watashitachi Kinenbi" (わたしたち記念日, "Our Anniversary") was released on April 6, 2016. The series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America. The anime has been licensed in the UK by Anime Limited. A two-part original video animation project is being released between March 31, 2017 and May 24, 2017.