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Jan 29, 2008 11:31 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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I thought it was a good starting episode, what about you

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Jan 29, 2008 11:45 PM
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I thought it was really good -- I just saw it again the other week in english for the first time. It had been a while since I saw the series, and I'd forgotten how beautiful it was. Everything from the snowy town scenery, to the opening music with Ayu's narration, and of course we cant forget her uguu~

I figured I'd at least give some discussion here since there probably won't be many people commenting on it at these point (3000 MALians already completed it), but there are 300 or so watching right now, so they could surprise me ;)

In any case, I hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
Mar 18, 2008 8:02 PM
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Well, I was going to wait until I finished Clannad, but I just couldn't help myself.

I thought it was a great first episode! Everyone is so cute~ Yuuichi seems pretty cool; it helps that his seiyuu does Kyon. :D Ayu is uber adorable. I love her "Uguu~"

Onward!
Mar 29, 2008 1:24 PM
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Now that Clannad is over...

Uguu~ Ayu has already won my heart.
Apr 29, 2008 11:19 PM
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naikou said:
Now that Clannad is over...

Uguu~ Ayu has already won my heart.


she is the cutest thing already XD
May 27, 2008 4:25 PM
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cool episode, she said .."Uguu~"
Jun 13, 2008 10:48 PM
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Wow, I really enjoyed it.
Jun 19, 2008 6:52 PM
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that was a good a good episode, the piano sequence that goes on in the middle and end reminds me a lot of a piano sequence right out of FF8... they are almost identical...

First Sig built from scratch 2nd overall^^^
Aug 1, 2008 1:53 AM
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This anime is beautiful. I've been wanting to see it for ages so I finally started it...in the 40 C degrees heat...oh well,I saw Air during the winter :3

Ayu is so damn sweet! I want her as my little sister ^^ And I want her winged backpack! =D

Aug 1, 2008 3:35 AM

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DarkShines said:
This anime is beautiful. I've been wanting to see it for ages so I finally started it...in the 40 C degrees heat...oh well,I saw Air during the winter :3

Ayu is so damn sweet! I want her as my little sister ^^ And I want her winged backpack! =D



You were supposed to watch Kanon during winter and Air in Summer. :p
Aug 1, 2008 6:23 AM

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blackfeather_58 said:
DarkShines said:
This anime is beautiful. I've been wanting to see it for ages so I finally started it...in the 40 C degrees heat...oh well,I saw Air during the winter :3

Ayu is so damn sweet! I want her as my little sister ^^ And I want her winged backpack! =D



You were supposed to watch Kanon during winter and Air in Summer. :p


lol,I know :D it would've worked if I lived in the Southern hemisphere,but I don't
So...I just live in Backwards land.
Aug 10, 2008 12:23 PM

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nice starting ep :)
Oct 20, 2008 9:07 AM
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It was a good one.

And Ayu Ayu was cute =P
Nov 23, 2008 10:17 AM

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I did'nt like the music but the story was OK so far. I'm a bit confused what to think, so I guess I'll just continue watching :P
Dec 3, 2008 2:26 AM

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Lol, about time I started this.
Ayu came crashing in lol. Nayuki <3

Btw, I'm so awesome, watching this in the opposite season Summer.
Dec 3, 2008 2:27 AM

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aero said:
Btw, I'm so awesome, watching this in the opposite season Summer.

You win!
Dec 3, 2008 2:29 AM

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Aero, behold the epicness of Kanon D:
(I thought you'd already watched it.)
Dec 3, 2008 3:27 AM

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Aero, behold the epicness of Kanon D:
(I thought you'd already watched it.)

That's true.
(You thought wrong!)
I was quite disappointed when I saw he hasn't started it. D:
Dec 3, 2008 4:31 AM

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De-JaY said:
LolitaDecay said:
Aero, behold the epicness of Kanon D:
(I thought you'd already watched it.)

That's true.
(You thought wrong!)
I was quite disappointed when I saw he hasn't started it. D:
Ah, ok ok! Sorrrry =.=
Dec 3, 2008 4:35 AM

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OMG you're in for a treat :D
Dec 8, 2008 11:07 AM

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naikou said:

Uguu~ Ayu has already won my heart.

Agreed. She was really cute.
Dec 16, 2008 4:38 AM

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Uguu~ =D

I watched the other Kanon series several years ago and gladly, I do have a memory problem with the whole story too. I vaguely remembered some of the stuff and the characters, but I have no idea how thing'll continue.
Happy me~!

Well, the animations and especially the character design really surprised me, it all looked very nice. I also like the intro very much, it's very uplifting. I can't really say much about the rest of it since it just started, but I have the feeling things will get very interesting.
Dec 26, 2008 11:03 PM

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I havent watched this yet for some reason, but I'm noticing some odd and some obvious similarities in animes...

The main looks like Kyon from Haruhi and acts like Tomoya. The "porter" is obviously the original Sunohara from Clannad, and the girl with him is possibly Kyou. The tayaki girl is the original Fuko.

Well I certainly wouldn't mind watching the original Clannad, looks great to me. For some reason "Ayu Ayu" was hilarious to me.
Jan 9, 2009 3:03 PM
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i agree the "porter" looks really much like Sunohara.
I didn't like the main man character.

I can really feel the Visual Novel in it... I don't like that >.>
I have not read the VN yet but I get its feeling.

btw in the bar/pub the song it played was Canon... any connections to Kanon?

I have read somewhere Clannad meant family in some weird language, what about Kanon? anyone know, plz comment in my profile, I probably won't come back to this topic xD
Mar 22, 2009 6:56 PM

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So I finally managed to sit down and watch an ep of some bug-eyed kyoani show. Ayu was pretty funny with her braindead attitude.

I might have made a mistake but I started to watch the dubbed version. Every time Nayuki has a line I her Ayumi from Magikano sayin' Not so faast biatch! XD
Apr 16, 2009 6:46 PM

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Nice enough opening not breath taking but from what I've read it'll get awesome later on =D
May 24, 2009 3:48 AM
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Ayu reminds me of Fuuko. Should have watched this before Clannad.
Jun 19, 2009 6:34 PM

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Did not impress me... but I'll give it a few more episodes..
Jul 16, 2009 4:14 PM

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There seems to be quite some similarities and differences with the visual novel.



As for the story itself..

Aug 4, 2009 9:05 PM
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I thought it was a decent first episode. It set up the story like it was supposed to, no complaints there. Yuuichi sounds like an interesting character and I want to see what the show does with him. I really hope Ayu actually starts to form a personality by the time the show ends because I don't want to have her just standing around, looking cute and saying "uguu" for 24 episodes. The scenery looked great, though I'll have to get used to the moe character designs as I haven't seen Air or Clannad. The intro was great as well.
Sep 16, 2009 3:45 PM
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rewatching

im finding it extremely difficult to hear yuuichi and not hear kyon. So when i hear his narration i hear the sarcastically nice narration of kyon in haruhi ep 1... it makes it very hard to focus on the story.
Sep 28, 2009 3:07 AM

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i Thought it was pretty good in the beginning it was ok but at the end it got better ;]
Oct 30, 2009 11:23 PM

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very similar characters of clannad...
Jan 1, 2010 7:36 AM

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I think the start was good but not as good as clannad was XD
Ayu is so kawaii ;D
I'm waiting just for see how Makoto relly is X3
Jan 12, 2010 1:02 AM

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Was OK, but lacked something for the first episode. Ill watch on it hope that something turns up.
Feb 14, 2010 12:57 PM

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so finally i get to see the mighty "Kanon" :-p

this 1st episode wasn't bad at all,but it's the weakest 1st episode in a key anime if i may say :P

1.Clannad
2.Air
3.Kanon

i have a feeling that this will be much better than Air anyway,the characters already have some personality developed :)

looking forward to ep#2 ^_^

PS: ~uguu~ :-)
Sayonara,papa!


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Mar 13, 2010 1:51 AM

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Nice episode.
The art is beautiful, and I like Yuuichi's personality xD
Ayu is nice too, gotta love her "Uguu~~" :D
Wafu~ !
Mar 30, 2010 11:02 PM

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I've watched clannad before starting watching Kanon
all I can say is Sunohara is back :D
hope this anime would be at good as clannad or close enough
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Mar 31, 2010 4:51 PM

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Personally think people shouldn't compare the two works despite being made by the same studio; they eventually establish themselves as two distinct series along the line.

It's still a great series as is AIR and CLANNAD. Hoping Angel Beats! will be as good as these three, despite being one of the shortest works broadcasted so far.

Btw, it's been years since I first watched it and the OP and ED are still one of the best I've ever seen along with its OST. Not many series have totally surpassed Kanon's music, save for CLANNAD and arguably AIR. Kanon has some really nice upbeat tracks to lift anyone's spirit, in my opinion.
Will I fall in love someday? I wonder?


Apr 15, 2010 5:02 PM

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so finally i get to see the mighty "Kanon" :-p

this 1st episode wasn't bad at all,but it's the weakest 1st episode in a key anime if i may say :P

1.Clannad
2.Air
3.Kanon

i have a feeling that this will be much better than Air anyway,the characters already have some personality developed :)

looking forward to ep#2 ^_^

PS: ~uguu~ :-)


Agree to all of this.
Jun 19, 2010 12:57 PM

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Now I remember why I disliked Ayu in the original Kanon. Stupid Uguu~.

Looking forward to Mai and Makoto's arcs though, hopefully they'll be just as good if not better than the original.
Jul 29, 2010 12:54 PM

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Nayuki, moe~

Kitagawa really reminds me of Sunohara.
Sep 3, 2010 8:08 AM

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wow! already i love this series. uguu!!
"Fun things...Happy things...They'll all...They'll all eventually change some day, you know? But can you still love this place?" - Nagisa
Oct 18, 2010 2:50 PM
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rewatching

im finding it extremely difficult to hear yuuichi and not hear kyon. So when i hear his narration i hear the sarcastically nice narration of kyon in haruhi ep 1... it makes it very hard to focus on the story.


haha omg i was scared i was alone with that ^^
also the fact that yuiichi looks like kyon but also soudns like him and that he acts like okazaki from clannad I find it really hard to not think of different animes while watching this :P
Oct 18, 2010 2:52 PM
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I've watched clannad before starting watching Kanon
all I can say is Sunohara is back :D
hope this anime would be at good as clannad or close enough


hahaha sunohara is back indeed xD just finished watching clannad and decided to watch this one because i missed clannad lol
and ye hope thsi gets any better ^^
Dec 3, 2010 12:30 PM

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I am sooo gonna love this anime! ^^
LOL so far every character has a 'Clannad equivalent'
Wonder why Yuuichi is going to live with his cousin...
And apparently he's met Ayu before...
Anywayz, great episode ^^
Jan 10, 2011 2:12 PM

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it's been almost a year since i watched this...and since it's winter now i think a rewatch is mandatory :p

the first episode was better than i remember,also i noticed some things in the background

...they're not really spoilers but still :)

i also realised that this anime can be a bit childish...i mean there are alot of coincidences

5/5
Sayonara,papa!


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~Athena Glory,Aria

"Whatever happens,happens"
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May 13, 2011 5:02 PM

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i don't understand this anime but it's really cute and very funny ^^
May 14, 2011 9:28 PM
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Decided to watch this show since I missed Clannad so much, and I already rewatched Clannad; so the favorable course of action would be to watch a show that preceded it. I have a feeling the show will not be better than clannad but at least I'm pretty sure that it would come close,and I look forward to the others episodes.
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Was cute. But who would want to live in such a cold city?
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