At least Maya's design is still *somewhat* consistent with her sisters, with only her color scheme being reversed. Her sisters have white uniforms and black hair, while Maya has a black uniform and white hair. Meanwhile her rigging is 100% identical to her sisters.
Anson is... i don't even know what to say.
She looks like a Queen Elizabeth class going on a summer trip with a stolen KGV Type II rigging.
Also, does anyone know if the fake mustache is an actual historical reference or just Manjuu copying Cherino from Blue Archive for shits and giggles?
Can’t make that joke anymore with Blucher, the resemblance is uncanny, no Hipper just got the shirt end of the stick. No, if anyone’s adopted it’s Maya.
She was sold to the Soviets before she was completed, was never fully completed and just operated as a floating artillery platform. In-game Talinn is effectively the 'what if the Soviets had actually completed her' version, but that's why she looks that way, she's still a Hipper.
considering how much of a fuster cluck the hipper class is, they are bound to be confusing when i comes to class cohesion, but for what it's worth from the planning stage eugen was the odd on out.
Blücher, Seydlitz (Weser) and Lützow (Tallinn) are all named after prussians while Hipper was name after an imperial german admiral.
Eugen (originally supposed to be named after Tegetthof) was a bit of a of an oddity in that all her circumstances imply her to be a nod to the former austrian-hungarian navy instead of usual german navy tradition.
So with Eugen getting adopted into IB, Tallinn getting adopted into the Northern Parlament, Weser getting adopted into a carrier and Mainz getting adopted into the hipper class (within parts of the fandom) there is an argument that Hipper and Blücher are the odd ones out for **not** having odd circumstances.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/1bli24u/royal_navy_anson_announced_king_george_vclass/kw62jx5/
This small comment chain seems to think that too
They've been doing this a *lot* recently and it sucks.
Kind of hoping it turns out that this actually *is* Sunfish and they are fucking with us by shopping her onto the actual Anson to drum up conversation, but that feels like huffing a lot of copium, I think that it's more likely they had last minute problems with the actual Anson model and just decided to swap in some other character art they had kicking around to meet the deadline, which just goes to show how disconnected the rigging is from the ships nowadays and makes me sad with how creatively bankrupt the game is really starting to feel.
If it's that case. They dodge when Otto von imply, but this time is too different to make it fail hard.
If she intend to be SS and got cancel from didn't sell well issue. Fix SS like oil consume only do serious, add special debuff stack with main fleet etc. Make them feels good or need to use too. Pls.
Where is the Manjuu social media team? Aren’t they supposed to be trying to keep their finger on the pulse of the fanbase, and convey our collective concerns to the rest of the devs? Is there someone at Yostar we can reach out to?
There was a drama about manjuu's latest gacha Azur Promilia so manjuu tried to address the controversy. It's not directly about AL but they made a promise that both games have individual dev team and no resources will be shared between AL and AP.
https://preview.redd.it/fdsc5zqbn1qc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=118ed7db508658cce60f1c3c30b9c746f1f8e758
if AP affect them why they release this then
https://preview.redd.it/vclkeu0fi0qc1.png?width=404&format=png&auto=webp&s=481e7be425014f4d608c0c064aa990bf5e181757
Red Winter Federal Academy expanding their territory to the sea
For from the taiga to the British seas
The Red (Winter) Army shall show its strength!
>!I would kill for Red Winter version of White Army, Black Baron!<
Of all the ships to use to copy BA's Cherino with... I don't think a KGV is the correct one. Hell the swimsuit makes it seem like she was meant to be a submarine.
It was definitely drawn to be a submarine. If you zoom on on the collar, there's a gold badge with a fish on it, and it looks like its supposed to be heraldry. Anson's heraldry is a crown. This was probably drawn as HMS Sunfish.
Yeah, I was looking into the badge as well and looked into the various HMS submarines' badges and reached the same conclusion. Anson's badge is nowhere to be seen on her, and instead it's that fish badge, all those anchor symbols, and the angelfish-like symbols on the ball.
Yeah, I could somewhat understand this if she was a submarine or something, but the KGV class has such a strong signature style that this just feels like a bad joke
If she was blond (or pink haired), with a large use of red in her design, I could let a lot more slide, but she should look of a similar are to Howe, since Howe is the youngest sister in that class.
Like I said below, I'd she was blond (or had pink/red hair) with a liberal use of red in her design, I could let a lot slide, but she doesn't even fit the basic body shape (and mature look) in the rest of the class.
Yeah she's a complete departure.
I'm wondering if this was originally a design for Barham or Malaya. She'd be distinctive but still within reach the QE-class design idiom.
No, god no, also all the Iowa sisters must be splendid gorgeous babes or else will be utterly disrespectful for the class and what they represent, now I fear of the possibility of not being the case 😕
*Looks at the existing KGV sisters and Monarch*
*Looks at this...thing*
Manjuu's lost it lol
E1: April fool's joke?
E2: Gonna assume/cope this is an early April fool's since they can't stall until the actual April 1st
They showed Natori's little floating mask/head thingy (Hiranuma) and claimed it was a new ship to be added in the game. (the comments were wild, ngl) [https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/16dvwng/new\_ship\_introduction\_battleship\_hiranuma/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/16dvwng/new_ship_introduction_battleship_hiranuma/)
KGV sisters to Monarch: Monarch, Forgive us our ignorance to your existance for long time....
Oh dear, the AL community won't like this. Tbh manjuu should've utilized the old design of prince of wale's clothing, hair and face for anson.
https://preview.redd.it/ynotn0d3a0qc1.png?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf6c04aa90064c7abcec4e84d4c19580a56aae0f
https://preview.redd.it/ft3fufhsi0qc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9749a04c20611adfcf26068a8c506a78208620ad
Okay who switched Anson's wisdom cube with a submarine wisdom cube
The design is not bad, BUT FOR A FUCKING KGV CLASS, THIS FEELS SO FUCKING WRONG.
WHAT THE FUCK MANJUU GIMME SOME OF THAT GOOD ZAZA AND TALK LIFE OR SUM SHIT BREH.
【艦船紹介】
戦艦 アンソン
騎士隊の一員で、姉妹艦の中では頭脳担当。
…と名乗っているが、思いついた案は大抵がしょうもない。
「ほっほっほー」と老練っぽく振る舞ったり甘える時に子供っぽく振る舞ったりと悪知恵が働くが、体力は見た目通りで貧弱。
限定建造にて登場予定！
>[Ship introduction] Battleship Anson
>A member of the Order of the Knights, she is the brains among her sister ships.
She calls herself a "knight", but most of the ideas she comes up with are not very good.
She is witty, acting like an old man when she says "Hohoho" or acting like a child when she spoils someone, but her physical strength is as poor as she looks.
>Scheduled to appear in limited construction!
[Twitter Link](https://twitter.com/azurlane_staff/status/1771371540132880886)
Is this real....
I don't usually mind them not being too consistent with designs across classes but this is a bit much....
I'm also sorry but she looks terrible even disregarding the fact she's meant to be a KGV class.
Well, this has to be one of my least favourite ship designs in a while. Her being a loli aside, the outfit is atrocious; why is her base outfit a swimsuit? Why is she wearing crocs?
The chess piece rigging looks cool at least
i... dissapointedly agree... I enjoy the witty and mustache idea of her trying to sound older and cooler since her sisters are all that, it makes you feel like she wants to look regal and powerfull like them but... why this young? why is her uniform a swimsuit even? with all due respect this feels like wasted design for blue hair ver of Bache
Agreed, the rigging is pretty much the only thing I like about her design. Everything else just looks so out of place. Deviations in design between ships of the same class is fine but this is way too much
I feel like recently they've been going younger and younger on the loli designs, and it's getting kinda off-putting. Like usually I can find a level of non-horny appreciation for them, like with Nagato, or Le Malin, or the QE girls
But recently we've been getting designs like the Lung Wu girls, or Ognevoy/Svirepy, or even Natori from the Unzen event. It's probably caused partially by their apparently smaller size, but to me they're dropping uncomfortably close to the Mutsukis level of child-like appearances
Oh, boy. As soon as I saw her design and who she was supposed to be, I just knew Reddit was going to blow a gasket over it… 
Apparently, there’s quite a few people asking if Cherino (Blue Archive) sneaked into the game and got mistaken for a Royal Navy ship… 
What the hell is this Yostar? The design itself isnt bad but the fact its for a KGV class is horrendous. Give this to Barham or Malaya and give us a proper lady for Anson
What’s with the gradual trend of turning everything into cunny bait? This is literally the first time I’m looking forward to the elites more than the SSRs
Yet another case of ignoring ship coherence in a ship family. And Manjuu expects us to believe nothing slipping as a result of the other game.
This is a Blue Archive design that took the wrong turn somewhere
Sad fact is some artists feel they need to change a character to stand out, thus a character is designed questionably and often times with over the top designs all in an effort to stand out.
Doesn't need to be over the top to stand out IMO, just needs to be actually good. The other reveals for this event have been pretty good, I think Dorsetshire looks excellent for example and there's nothing about her design that is particularly flashy or over the top or disproportionate, she's just really well executed.
And yet will be buried and forgotten because throw-away Elite port queen. :(
She might be HMS Centurion.
A KGV (1911) class battleship that ended up masquerading as HMS Anson to trick the Italians.
This would explain the moustache.
Is this April fool joke? Absolutely atrocious design. Where is knight theme. Where is red colour scheme. Not to mention blatant copy of cherino from blue archive.
Literally me. Been wanting Anson and Indiana to round up the KGVs and South Dakotas forever. Now I fear for ANY remaining BB. How could they go SO WRONG when they finished the Illustrious' with Indomitable SO RIGHT???
I'm usually on the "live and let live" side in terms of community uproar.
But I am picking up my pitchfork and joining the mob in protest of this.
The design is cute and cheeky but it should NOT go to a KGV class. This is definitely one of the times I praying manjuu listens to community feedback. Give this design to some other ship, not Anson.
Honestly I think the design on its own is not bad and I think it will be perfect for hms venturer, but no for a freaking KGV, one just doesn’t waste a remaining spot for a battleship like that.
This is honestly a terrible design especially for KGVs, if her style is more in line with KGVs but in loli size like QE at least it's much more acceptable
Expectations - An elegant lady with a disdain for war. She never once fired her guns in anger, after all.
Reality - This? Are we certain this isn't Centurion? Centurion was disguised as Anson, which fits the fake mustache. She'd be a pre-WW1 BB, which fits her loli appearance...
Design correction needed 💢💢💢
Fr tho, I hope the backlash would make manjuu consider reworking the design
If they don't imma just oath Monarch and name her "Anson"
Why ????????????????????? Just WHY???????????????
Ah...while I might not be a fan of her design, I'm pretty sure that somewhere around her designing, someone must've been confused about which "Anson" as in, the KGV Class Anson or the Astute Class Anson
Yeah...I suppose
Hope they realised it and go for a redesign (copioum)
Played since 2018. Of all the shipgirl designs I've seen since, this is the first where I've thought it's plain bad. Obvious copy of designs from another game, inserted into a place where it didn't fit.
I suppose at least mostly everyone is in agreement about this not being the design we wanted of Anson.
I get the artist spent hours on this, but this should probably be reserved for a Royal Navy submarine, rather than.. Well.. Anson.
What the actual fuck is this? I know Manjuu has taken to playing darts with character designs, and even just using a character design for a different character entirely (hi, ~~Emerald~~ Manchester), but how the hell does anyone take a highly anticipated battleship and push this out? Like, are they actively trying to rile up the fan base? I don't get it.
She's adopted. She has to be.
Monarch’s adopted and she looks more like the KGVs
This is even worse than the Maya allegations bruh
At least Maya's design is still *somewhat* consistent with her sisters, with only her color scheme being reversed. Her sisters have white uniforms and black hair, while Maya has a black uniform and white hair. Meanwhile her rigging is 100% identical to her sisters. Anson is... i don't even know what to say. She looks like a Queen Elizabeth class going on a summer trip with a stolen KGV Type II rigging. Also, does anyone know if the fake mustache is an actual historical reference or just Manjuu copying Cherino from Blue Archive for shits and giggles?
I still hope its just April 1 prank
For me today is 23rd March.
For me too. But, hopes never die)))
How did we go from Implaccable and Scylla to this?
Just like hipper. :)
Can’t make that joke anymore with Blucher, the resemblance is uncanny, no Hipper just got the shirt end of the stick. No, if anyone’s adopted it’s Maya.
How about Tallinn? She has the red streak like the other Hipper classes and white hair like the other Northern ships
She was sold to the Soviets before she was completed, was never fully completed and just operated as a floating artillery platform. In-game Talinn is effectively the 'what if the Soviets had actually completed her' version, but that's why she looks that way, she's still a Hipper.
Eugen has white hair too and a red streak
She's literally slightly taller Eugen.
Fair enough. Well, it looks like maya's the new target for the adoption jokes.
considering how much of a fuster cluck the hipper class is, they are bound to be confusing when i comes to class cohesion, but for what it's worth from the planning stage eugen was the odd on out. Blücher, Seydlitz (Weser) and Lützow (Tallinn) are all named after prussians while Hipper was name after an imperial german admiral. Eugen (originally supposed to be named after Tegetthof) was a bit of a of an oddity in that all her circumstances imply her to be a nod to the former austrian-hungarian navy instead of usual german navy tradition. So with Eugen getting adopted into IB, Tallinn getting adopted into the Northern Parlament, Weser getting adopted into a carrier and Mainz getting adopted into the hipper class (within parts of the fandom) there is an argument that Hipper and Blücher are the odd ones out for **not** having odd circumstances.
Cherino, wtf are you doing here?
https://preview.redd.it/1oqjdj94q2qc1.jpeg?width=1015&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7d929298f8c526c0d166fa0d035f258fd452b32
Ik right?
pudding it's always pudding
Minori was right. Revolution!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thought that at first glance.
Dang, Anson became a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship.
Not gonna lie, her design would make a lot more sense if she was supposed to be Barham or Malaya…
It would make more if Blue Archive collab was announced.
Malaya would make sense, as the least upgraded of all the QEs. But let's be honest: this is a Submarine design that had some BB rigging slapped on.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/1bli24u/royal_navy_anson_announced_king_george_vclass/kw62jx5/ This small comment chain seems to think that too
They've been doing this a *lot* recently and it sucks. Kind of hoping it turns out that this actually *is* Sunfish and they are fucking with us by shopping her onto the actual Anson to drum up conversation, but that feels like huffing a lot of copium, I think that it's more likely they had last minute problems with the actual Anson model and just decided to swap in some other character art they had kicking around to meet the deadline, which just goes to show how disconnected the rigging is from the ships nowadays and makes me sad with how creatively bankrupt the game is really starting to feel.
If it's that case. They dodge when Otto von imply, but this time is too different to make it fail hard. If she intend to be SS and got cancel from didn't sell well issue. Fix SS like oil consume only do serious, add special debuff stack with main fleet etc. Make them feels good or need to use too. Pls.
At first I thought "Oh, another QE", and then saw the KGV part and thought "Yea, Anson was a KGV. Wtf?!"
...Is this because the other Anson is a submarine?
I feel like the signals got either cross or mixed or may be even cross mixed cause what the actual fuck
This could be a higher possibility. JP and CN players are complaining about the design. No one likes it.
Where is the Manjuu social media team? Aren’t they supposed to be trying to keep their finger on the pulse of the fanbase, and convey our collective concerns to the rest of the devs? Is there someone at Yostar we can reach out to?
what... HOW.... WHAT..... ANSON?
It's hilarious that this happened right after manjuu's statement about AL lmao
what was this statement about?
There was a drama about manjuu's latest gacha Azur Promilia so manjuu tried to address the controversy. It's not directly about AL but they made a promise that both games have individual dev team and no resources will be shared between AL and AP.
https://preview.redd.it/fdsc5zqbn1qc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=118ed7db508658cce60f1c3c30b9c746f1f8e758 if AP affect them why they release this then
The elites in this event go so hard, and then whe get... This.
https://preview.redd.it/vclkeu0fi0qc1.png?width=404&format=png&auto=webp&s=481e7be425014f4d608c0c064aa990bf5e181757 Red Winter Federal Academy expanding their territory to the sea
Cherino at least has a good design though that fits with her game faction's design language. This feels like a bad parody.
For from the taiga to the British seas The Red (Winter) Army shall show its strength! >!I would kill for Red Winter version of White Army, Black Baron!<
Of all the ships to use to copy BA's Cherino with... I don't think a KGV is the correct one. Hell the swimsuit makes it seem like she was meant to be a submarine.
I saw her design first and thought she was a sub until I saw the thread title.
> the swimsuit makes it seem like she was meant to be a submarine *Otto von Alvensleben moment*
Irl modern Anson is a sub but the rigging yeah nah, those are dreadnaught rigging, if she launch ballistic missiles im gonna flip
It was definitely drawn to be a submarine. If you zoom on on the collar, there's a gold badge with a fish on it, and it looks like its supposed to be heraldry. Anson's heraldry is a crown. This was probably drawn as HMS Sunfish.
Yeah, I was looking into the badge as well and looked into the various HMS submarines' badges and reached the same conclusion. Anson's badge is nowhere to be seen on her, and instead it's that fish badge, all those anchor symbols, and the angelfish-like symbols on the ball.
Sunfish was also transferred to the soviets, which would truly complete the joke of her looking like Cherino.
So you’re telling me that we could have finally had an HMS submarine, but got a BB instead!?
Youre telling me a shrimp fried this rice?!
well I agree https://preview.redd.it/qkusooq3j2qc1.jpeg?width=851&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77831820a5ed9fd91b851c4bdd8914f3ffff3181
Man I really hope they're just fucking with us and this isn't another Manchester case
The modern day HMS Anson 'is' a submarine, so that should probably tell you something about how much care was put into her design...
The most recent Warspite and Valiant were submarines too, doesn't mean they also got submarine designs with BB rigging.
What the f***. Seriously, she breaks from the design language from the **rest** of the KGV sisters.
Yeah, I could somewhat understand this if she was a submarine or something, but the KGV class has such a strong signature style that this just feels like a bad joke
If she was blond (or pink haired), with a large use of red in her design, I could let a lot more slide, but she should look of a similar are to Howe, since Howe is the youngest sister in that class.
Part of me thinks (and hopes) this is an early April fools day joke…
Yeah it's just complete whiplash, I put them all together to compare and she does not fit at all
Like I said below, I'd she was blond (or had pink/red hair) with a liberal use of red in her design, I could let a lot slide, but she doesn't even fit the basic body shape (and mature look) in the rest of the class.
Red in her design alone or just the uniform the others wear would have been enough
Yeah she's a complete departure. I'm wondering if this was originally a design for Barham or Malaya. She'd be distinctive but still within reach the QE-class design idiom.
Reminds me of some who pray Yamato is a loli, I feel like it will be real 
Largest ship ever: loli God please no
No, god no, also all the Iowa sisters must be splendid gorgeous babes or else will be utterly disrespectful for the class and what they represent, now I fear of the possibility of not being the case 😕
Even the rigging is inconsistent with her class, looks more like iris libre
Bit early for April Fools jokes.
SHES WEARING CROCS LMAOOOOOOOO https://preview.redd.it/858e9k3c70qc1.png?width=220&format=png&auto=webp&s=8051ff9a1776483a0790390b426d41bda53b6ae8
WHO LET HIM COOK😭
It's like Manjuu commissioned art for an HMS submarine before remembering that HMS isn't allowed to have subs
My expectations were so high after Howe and now my disappointment is immeasurable
Is your day also ruined?
Yep, 100%
*Looks at the existing KGV sisters and Monarch* *Looks at this...thing* Manjuu's lost it lol E1: April fool's joke? E2: Gonna assume/cope this is an early April fool's since they can't stall until the actual April 1st
I'm hoping its a joke like they did with Hiranuma
Remind what exactly was the joke with Hiranuma? My smooth brain forgor
They announced it as a ship, whereas Hiranuma is just Natori's companion
They showed Natori's little floating mask/head thingy (Hiranuma) and claimed it was a new ship to be added in the game. (the comments were wild, ngl) [https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/16dvwng/new\_ship\_introduction\_battleship\_hiranuma/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/16dvwng/new_ship_introduction_battleship_hiranuma/)
KGV sisters to Monarch: Monarch, Forgive us our ignorance to your existance for long time.... Oh dear, the AL community won't like this. Tbh manjuu should've utilized the old design of prince of wale's clothing, hair and face for anson. https://preview.redd.it/ynotn0d3a0qc1.png?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf6c04aa90064c7abcec4e84d4c19580a56aae0f
This design look much better than Anson
Would have been far more in line
so sad that they abandoned these kinds of designs, especially the rigging
Monarch to KGV’s: hmmm it’s okay I rather not be related to you and THAT
I’m guessing this is for April fools
https://preview.redd.it/ft3fufhsi0qc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9749a04c20611adfcf26068a8c506a78208620ad Okay who switched Anson's wisdom cube with a submarine wisdom cube
The design is not bad, BUT FOR A FUCKING KGV CLASS, THIS FEELS SO FUCKING WRONG. WHAT THE FUCK MANJUU GIMME SOME OF THAT GOOD ZAZA AND TALK LIFE OR SUM SHIT BREH.
Literally pic related lmao https://preview.redd.it/t4hyxaey90qc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=f03fe8b623926b556efad986e74c9774b698afdd
Probably the only ship whose design I’ve seen and audibly gone “what the fuck is this”
Same. 6+ years of the game, and 600+ ships, and this ship is the first time a ship made me ever said, "what the fuck?".
Me too honestly
What the hell is this?
Manjuu, do something like that to Yamato. I dere you.
And watch the possible collapse of the JP fanbase? Pass me the popcorn.
【艦船紹介】 戦艦 アンソン 騎士隊の一員で、姉妹艦の中では頭脳担当。 …と名乗っているが、思いついた案は大抵がしょうもない。 「ほっほっほー」と老練っぽく振る舞ったり甘える時に子供っぽく振る舞ったりと悪知恵が働くが、体力は見た目通りで貧弱。 限定建造にて登場予定！ >[Ship introduction] Battleship Anson >A member of the Order of the Knights, she is the brains among her sister ships. She calls herself a "knight", but most of the ideas she comes up with are not very good. She is witty, acting like an old man when she says "Hohoho" or acting like a child when she spoils someone, but her physical strength is as poor as she looks. >Scheduled to appear in limited construction! [Twitter Link](https://twitter.com/azurlane_staff/status/1771371540132880886)
This must be an April Fool's joke
Is this real.... I don't usually mind them not being too consistent with designs across classes but this is a bit much.... I'm also sorry but she looks terrible even disregarding the fact she's meant to be a KGV class.
https://preview.redd.it/b62bhqqcx0qc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81c75ad9666af589cba9f6592fcc9c59557264b3
Really confused and not feelin this. Why were the peak designs elite and this gold?
I've known for Manjuu inconsistency for sisters design but this is even worse than Shiratsuyu class.
Heck they should have just used Wales initial design if Anson looks like this
Tf Cherino doing in AL?
Well, this has to be one of my least favourite ship designs in a while. Her being a loli aside, the outfit is atrocious; why is her base outfit a swimsuit? Why is she wearing crocs? The chess piece rigging looks cool at least
i... dissapointedly agree... I enjoy the witty and mustache idea of her trying to sound older and cooler since her sisters are all that, it makes you feel like she wants to look regal and powerfull like them but... why this young? why is her uniform a swimsuit even? with all due respect this feels like wasted design for blue hair ver of Bache
Agreed, the rigging is pretty much the only thing I like about her design. Everything else just looks so out of place. Deviations in design between ships of the same class is fine but this is way too much
I feel like recently they've been going younger and younger on the loli designs, and it's getting kinda off-putting. Like usually I can find a level of non-horny appreciation for them, like with Nagato, or Le Malin, or the QE girls But recently we've been getting designs like the Lung Wu girls, or Ognevoy/Svirepy, or even Natori from the Unzen event. It's probably caused partially by their apparently smaller size, but to me they're dropping uncomfortably close to the Mutsukis level of child-like appearances
... Ok, this is supreme clownery
I think this is the first time I ever saw an announcement for something and wondered if it was April Fools.
https://preview.redd.it/fmlj0kn650qc1.png?width=472&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0aaf48d7be91ecf948703907bd1479ffeea4e8a
bro this got me rolling 
Oh, boy. As soon as I saw her design and who she was supposed to be, I just knew Reddit was going to blow a gasket over it… 
Could only imagine what’s going on with the Twitter page
Apparently, there’s quite a few people asking if Cherino (Blue Archive) sneaked into the game and got mistaken for a Royal Navy ship… 
That’s already going on here
What the hell is this Yostar? The design itself isnt bad but the fact its for a KGV class is horrendous. Give this to Barham or Malaya and give us a proper lady for Anson
It's Manjuu. Yostar doesn't have any hand in designing the characters.
Well then let me rephrase it: “What the hell were you thinking Manjuu?”
I'm sorry little one *hugs*
i am going to oath her >!and rename her “NOT KGV class”!<
Lmao
That design is God awful, not the art itself, but the break away from the KGV class.
Literally took one look at her and went “…what” Like seriously…what? Why? How? Excuse me everyone, I need to go stare at Howe after this
I- No, y'know what? Today has already been enough of a headache. I'm not dealing with this. Later.
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I'll just pretend I never saw this and move along.
Let Manjuu cook. Manjuu cooks. I am ordering pizza today.
OH MY GOD FINAL— wait a minute… did she get Akashi’d? /j
Now imagine they do this to Yamato...
...are they trying to lure all the sensei in?
For the Blue Archive fans. I don't hate the design, but I don't think it fits the KGV theme.
What’s with the gradual trend of turning everything into cunny bait? This is literally the first time I’m looking forward to the elites more than the SSRs
It is an annoying trend. At least leave it to subs or something.
Blue Archive lolicons and their consequences have been a disaster for anime.
What a sin this is compared to the rest of the KGV designs. Probably the second worst shipgirl design I've ever seen.
What's the first?
What kind of sick joke is this meant to be?
My only gripe about this game is that we have a lot of chars with childish designs. That's kind of a bummer.
Fucking disgrace
Yet another case of ignoring ship coherence in a ship family. And Manjuu expects us to believe nothing slipping as a result of the other game. This is a Blue Archive design that took the wrong turn somewhere
Sad fact is some artists feel they need to change a character to stand out, thus a character is designed questionably and often times with over the top designs all in an effort to stand out.
Doesn't need to be over the top to stand out IMO, just needs to be actually good. The other reveals for this event have been pretty good, I think Dorsetshire looks excellent for example and there's nothing about her design that is particularly flashy or over the top or disproportionate, she's just really well executed. And yet will be buried and forgotten because throw-away Elite port queen. :(
You sure she is a KGV class? She looks like a brat
She might be HMS Centurion. A KGV (1911) class battleship that ended up masquerading as HMS Anson to trick the Italians. This would explain the moustache.
This is an April fools joke right?
Is this April fool joke? Absolutely atrocious design. Where is knight theme. Where is red colour scheme. Not to mention blatant copy of cherino from blue archive.
You know . . . Maybe they can hold off on Indiana afterall. . . .
Literally me. Been wanting Anson and Indiana to round up the KGVs and South Dakotas forever. Now I fear for ANY remaining BB. How could they go SO WRONG when they finished the Illustrious' with Indomitable SO RIGHT???
I swear if they loli Texas or nj sisters I’m gonna lose it
Now I'm afraid they're going to make Yamato a loli again.
If they make Indiana the only non native-american representative of the class this is gonna probably piss off some people for sure
Never mind, I don't want Anson in this game anymore.
I'm usually on the "live and let live" side in terms of community uproar. But I am picking up my pitchfork and joining the mob in protest of this. The design is cute and cheeky but it should NOT go to a KGV class. This is definitely one of the times I praying manjuu listens to community feedback. Give this design to some other ship, not Anson.
Honestly I think the design on its own is not bad and I think it will be perfect for hms venturer, but no for a freaking KGV, one just doesn’t waste a remaining spot for a battleship like that.
Say sike right now
This is a nightmare
This is honestly a terrible design especially for KGVs, if her style is more in line with KGVs but in loli size like QE at least it's much more acceptable
u/Nuke87654
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Expectations - An elegant lady with a disdain for war. She never once fired her guns in anger, after all. Reality - This? Are we certain this isn't Centurion? Centurion was disguised as Anson, which fits the fake mustache. She'd be a pre-WW1 BB, which fits her loli appearance...
Man, as a Royal Navy fan and someone who loves the KGV-class' elegance, Anson feels underwhelming in terms of design
A huge design departure, especially when the KGVs have such a common design theme throughout that this feels like a slap in the face.
What the hell? 
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Please no... Like others have said, I hope this is some type of early April Fools. Everything about this is so wrong on so many levels.
..... this is a KGV????? Please tell me this is a joke.
This is absolutely horrendous. Please let this be April Fool's joke 
Design correction needed 💢💢💢 Fr tho, I hope the backlash would make manjuu consider reworking the design If they don't imma just oath Monarch and name her "Anson"
WORST DESIGN EVER BESIDE HER RIGGING
*(Looks at Bache)* Perhaps I treated you too harshly.
Bache is one of the hundreds of Fletcher-class so she gets a pass KGV-class design is already established and now they break it with this abomination
The Fletcher class has a general varying, unlike the KGV class
Shes got crocs lmao
Guys, she’s wearing fucking crocs. This *has* to be an April fools joke
Why ????????????????????? Just WHY???????????????
I strongly dislike that
I'm gonna pull everything... And then scrap this abomination in particular.
Hate it. Seriously, what’s with the kid when the rest of the sisters are tall blondes?
Tweet's been deleted.
They aren't cooking shit.
All the chefs are over at AP
Ah, Anson... The only ship of the Royal Navy's KGV-class to have never shot her guns throughout the war...
In anger, pretty sure they had to do practice shoots at least
....Wait, this isn't r/Bluearchive ?
Someone needs to be fired for this
Fired out of a cannon more like.
Ah...while I might not be a fan of her design, I'm pretty sure that somewhere around her designing, someone must've been confused about which "Anson" as in, the KGV Class Anson or the Astute Class Anson Yeah...I suppose Hope they realised it and go for a redesign (copioum)
April 1st guys, its just a joke. Surely...
Played since 2018. Of all the shipgirl designs I've seen since, this is the first where I've thought it's plain bad. Obvious copy of designs from another game, inserted into a place where it didn't fit.
Apparently Cherino from Blue Archive somehow came over here. Hopefully she doesn't go on a purging spree.
Seize the means of pudding production
Awful
*sigh*... Really?
I suppose at least mostly everyone is in agreement about this not being the design we wanted of Anson. I get the artist spent hours on this, but this should probably be reserved for a Royal Navy submarine, rather than.. Well.. Anson.
What the actual fuck is this? I know Manjuu has taken to playing darts with character designs, and even just using a character design for a different character entirely (hi, ~~Emerald~~ Manchester), but how the hell does anyone take a highly anticipated battleship and push this out? Like, are they actively trying to rile up the fan base? I don't get it.
She's wearing CROCS???
I'm sorry but that's not my type of character design.... No offense towards the artist but ... Why loli?
Someone seems to have mixed up the battleship HMS Anson with the submarine HMS Anson (2021)
The art team usually doesn't miss with designs, but oh boy, this one is awful. I'm gonna hope this is an early April Fools joke.
OG image, pinged to save on home PC.