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is a Japanese alternate-history original video animation series produced by J.C.Staff. The series focuses on a technologically advanced Imperial Japanese Navy and a radically different World War II that was brought about by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's revival in the past due to unexplained circumstances. The series is also notable for using the Imperial Japanese calendar instead of the Roman calendar in denoting the years where the events of the series take place. It also spawned a 1997 OVA side story called , one manga sequel, and two turn-based strategy games for the PC-FX and the SNES. ''Konpeki no Kantai'' is largely based on the novel written by Yoshio Aramaki. The first volume of this series, ''Konpeki no Kantai'' (Deep Blue Fleet) was published in December 1990. The novel's popularity reportedly rose dramatically due to the start of the Gulf War the following month. Aramaki later wrote a different series called , elements of which were used in the OVA sequel. The two series, totaling some 25 volumes, eventually sold more than five million copies.〔(Thinking the Opposite: An Interview with Yoshio Aramaki ) by Mitsutaka Oide (available at the Dalkey Archive Press, University of Illinois).〕 The title is a reference to the series' depiction of an advanced submarine force. ==Point of Divergence== In ''Konpeki no Kantais first episode, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's death on April 18, 1943, still proceeds exactly as in the real event. Just before his damaged plane crashes into Bougainville Island, Yamamoto blacks out, before awakening in a ship quarters. Unclear about what has just happened, Yamamoto speaks with a crewman, and discovers that he is aboard the Japanese cruiser ''Nisshin''. He is then informed that the date is May 28, 1905 and that Battle of Tsushima has just ended. Yamamoto realizes that he has somehow been transported back in time (or to a parallel world). After Yamamoto decides to revert to his old name of Isoroku Takano,〔In 1916, Isoroku was adopted into the Yamamoto family (a family of former Nagaoka samurai) and took the Yamamoto name. At the time, Japanese families lacking sons often adopted suitable young men to carry on the family name.〕 he vows to use his advanced knowledge of the next 38 years to ensure that Japan does not make the same mistakes as before. Yamamoto's first priority is to spearhead a massive naval construction program. It involves building a large fleet of advanced battleships and supercarriers, nuclear submarines based on the design of the real-life I-400 ''Sen Toku'' submarine, and advanced combat aircraft that were in prototype or concept form during the late stages of the actual Pacific War.〔The aircraft appear to be based on actual prototypes such as the Mitsubishi J8M and Nakajima Kikka jet fighters, the Aichi S1A Denko night fighter, and the proposed Nakajima G10N ultra-long-range super-heavy bomber.〕 His plan for success begins with a coup d'état against the hardline government of Army General Hideki Tōjō in late 1941, on the eve of the Pearl Harbor attack, and installing an ally, Lt Gen Yasaburo Otaka as prime minister. Otaka, who has also been transported back in time, agrees to work with Yamamoto to change history and ensure that the Japanese Empire emerges victorious against the United States in the Second World War. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Konpeki no Kantai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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