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KanColle Fever Heats Up With Full-Page Ads in Newspapers
posted on by Bamboo Dong
As unavoidable as anime advertising is in some urban parts of Japan, fans are always still a little surprised to see full-page spreads in major newspapers. The December 26 morning edition of the Asahi Shimbun, one of the five national newspapers in Japan, ran a full-color ad for Kadokawa's upcoming KanColle anime.
朝日新聞に艦これのアニメ宣伝記事丸々1ページ載っててすごい
— マジキチポティトゥ (@umewo10) December 25, 2014
朝日新聞の朝刊に、艦これ記事がどーんと載ってる。 pic.twitter.com/EVIRgug3Wh
— ひめのあずき (@azuki_hime3939) December 25, 2014
According to Kadokawa senior managing director Shinichiro Inoue, two different ads were made, one for Western Japan and one for Eastern Japan.
Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 7.
[Via Otakomu]