Who controlled the naval battle on pixiv!? "Azur Lane" Illustration Contest Results!

The winners of "Azur Lane" Illustration Contest, which was hosted by pixiv, as well as the result of the 'Fleet Battle' have been decided.

Azur Lane Illustration Contest Overview

[Summary of Application]

Submit an illustration of any character in "Azur Lane" or a fleet (choose between the Crimson Axis and Azur Lane). After the application period is over, winners will be chosen based on the number of bookmarks of the submitted and competing illustrations.

[Period]

15 December 2017 (Fri) - 28 January 2018 (Sun) 23:59

[How to apply and Which category to apply]

Put a specified tag on your illustration based on which "Azur Lane" character you've chosen to draw and submit the illustration.

■ Crimson Axis Fleet

Please draw a freestyle illustration of any character who belongs to one of these categories: Sakura Empire (重桜), Metalblood (鉄血), and Sirens (セイレーン).

・Tag: Crimson Axis Fleet (レッドアクシズ陣営)

■ Azur Lane Fleet

Please draw a freestyle illustration of any character who belongs to one of these categories: Royal Navy (ロイヤル), Union (ユニオン), Eastern Radiance (東煌), North Union (北方連邦) or other fleets.

・Tag: Azur Lane Fleet (アズールレーン陣営)

* If you choose to draw a character who belongs to both fleets, please make sure to choose either Crimson Axis Fleet or Azur Lane Fleet.

* The contest has been closed.

The illustrations that won the Best Illustration award will be displayed on the game's loading page. It is also worth to note that there were a total of 1,900 entries for the contest. We would like to use this opportunity to thank every participant for joining this contest.

So, which fleet won in the end!? And which illustrations won the awards!? We will announce the results now.

First, here are the winners of the 'Fleet Battle'. The winners were chosen based on the number of bookmarks of the competing illustrations.

Which fleet won!? Crimson Axis VS Azur Lane

・Crimson Axis Fleet：301,993 points

No. of submitted illustrations：988 illustrations

No. of bookmarks：292,113

・Azur Lane Fleet：202,339 points

No. of submitted illustrations：947 illustrations

No. of bookmarks：192,869

And the winner is Crimson Axis Fleet! Congratulations!

Although the number of entries for both fleets were roughly the same, Crimson Axis fleet came out as a winner as it won by a wide margin in terms of the number of bookmarks. We would like to thank every one in the Azur Lane fleet who might be feeling frustrated and defeated, as well as everyone who has submitted an entry and has supported this contest. Now let's move on to the winners in each fleet.

Best Illustration (One winner from each fleet; total: 2 winners)

Crimson Axis Fleet

鉄血公国の技術が世界一ィ！

by てつぶた

Azur Lane Fleet

ロイヤル艦の盛り合わせです

by Armadillo 大慈　

Congratulations to the winners of the Best Illustration award! These 2 illustrations will be displayed on the game's loading page. Please look forward to it. Next are the winners of the Award of Excellence, the Award of Recognition, and the Special award.