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Anonymous
Need moar clannad!
>> Anonymous
is this series any good? the artwork is great but ive been turned off of trying it from bad reviews
>> Anonymous
It's ok, I think the game is better
>> Anonymous
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reviews are useless in the end unless you agree with them after you've experienced the story yourself. Then of course the review is good...but that's after the fact.

I find the story to be quite good, but I haven't experienced the game. I suggest you at least watch the first arc and decide from there if you want to continue. Reviews in the end are only the opinions of others and who knows what they're opinions are based off of.

Judge a story you wish to watch via it's synapse and a sample you experience...not what someone else experiences.
>> Anonymous
>>400693

well you're certainly the self-righteous type eh?

don't get me wrong, i don't rely on reviews for my anime viewing. however, i'm trying to line up something for when I finish Ranma 1/2 season 7, and currently I'm going between 3 h-games turned anime: School Days, To Heart 2, and this
>> Anonymous
>>400705
clannad is not an h-game. there's a difference in adult visual novels. and regular visual novels. the original clannad was released as an all age visual novel.

>>400688
its not too bad. you really have to watch it for yourself. i personally like it as much as kanon. air wasn't quite as good to me.
>> Anonymous
can we get some air wall papers too?
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>>400747
make a thread for that

I think the game is better than the anime but well everybody has their opinions. If you have some spare time, the game is nearly 100% translated, at least the most important arcs are completely translated.

Translation project:
http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/index.php?title=Clannad

You can find the games and the patch googleing or on rapidsearch

And back to topic shitloads of walls:
http://konachan.com/post/index?tags=clannad
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Air was my top favorite anime ever, so to me anything from key is awesome.
Clannad wasn't my favorite, or even up there till episode 14. (and around 9) both of those episodes made me cry, one was sad and one was just so awe inspiring and beautiful.
^anyone else share these setntiments?
but yes, its definitely worth the download and watch.

btw, my new favorite anime is e.f.
and thanks for the walls!
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I like Clannad. Not as much as Kanon, but then again, Kanon is kind of hard to top. The world is vivid, the characters convincing, the story good. If you liked Kanon or similar anime, you'll probably like this one too. Of course, if after the first arc you go "Meh." then you can always go and watch something else.

>>400705
I can't speak for>>400693of course, but I don't think it has anything to do with being self-righteous. Experience just taught us that the correlation between what anime get good reviews and what anime leave an enduring good impression on yourself is rather weak. I guess there really is no accounting for taste.
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>>400777
My dear anon, for that I shall provide some clannad pics
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>>400777
>>400788
Depends. The only two times I cried because of Key was Planetarian and the end of Makoto's (Kanon) arc.
IMO, there is such a thing as too much Key at a time. I highly recommend you space out your exposures to Key or else you will end up unable to even hiccup, much less man-tear.
Also, don't read Key spoilers. No, seriously. I'm not playing the Clannad visual novel because I accidentally spoiled an arc conclusion when browsing the show's seiyuus on Wikipedia.
Also, AIR didn't do it for me. Seemed a bit botched together, although the whole flashback arc weakened me for the finale.
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>>400777
The final two episodes of Kotomi's arc really hit me hard. By far some of the best story is located in those two episodes...just my thoughts though.

>>400788
You pretty much got what I was meaning.

You can't really take the experiences of others and use them as your own...since you're not that same person and have their bias.

Kanon will be hard to beat...though I do think Clannad comes close. The premises of both stories are wildly different even though both stories seem very similar. The reason I like Clannad so much is that not only do they bring the drama out well, they also add in great points of comedy with Sunohara and his whild antics.
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I think they should remake Air after Clannad. 12 eps was definitely not enough to convey half of what Air is capable of. Oh well, I guess I can only hope that after 5 years some studio will realize that and remake/extend Air TV, like what happened with Kanon.
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>>400811
Ah, I see you violated the Golden Rule: never browse Wikipedia on series you haven't gotten around to watch yet. By the way, there used to exist spoiler tags on Wikipedia to warn people, and there was even a user script to hide spoilers alltogether based on those tags, but unfortunately they were sort of voted out.
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>> Anonymous
>>400811
I agree about the flashbacks, they did weaken me, but i actually stopped watching it right before the last episode, to wait for the subber i liked to sub it, but then almost a year later, after i had forgotten about it, i decided to dl the last episode and watch it, which btotally killed me, because i hadnt seen anything along the likes of it since then (i had been watching crap like bleach, a little naruto (before i got smart again) and other crap.) and went and rewatched the series then.
Then e.f came out and blew my fucking socks off, its totally worth the watch.
by the way, i havent seen kannon, should i watch the new one, or the other one?(my dl schedual is tight to watch both... and time...)
Spoilers:
also, last episode of clannad... basketball is awsome now. and i almost shed a tear when fuko comes back and they dont remember her. I dont think her arc is over, or did she actually die, if she did, im gonna cry again...
(this isnt for those who have played the game)
Im wondering how the storys gonna end. Theres so many different routes they can take.

and I agree with the other anon, the best story is located at the end of kotomis arc, but I think after that it was too sudden a stop in story, they need more of a calm down period. (but i geuss since i watched the eps right after eachother, and they had a week... i still think it would have been better for a calmdown episode.

and if they remake air, take away the flashbacks and turn those into a special or atleast handle them better, i will have a new favorite anime, as long as they dont spoil it.
>> Anonymous
The troll-less /a/ discussions on /w/ has left me in despair!
>> Anonymous
>>401236
Watch the 2006 Kanon as the story is more indepth than the 2002 release. A 12 episode increase does that. Also the art is of a better quality than the earlier release too, but that's a totally subjective view point.

I actually hope they also reproduce Air with a longer and more indepth story. I honestly believe Air was really good, and even though the flashback episodes didn't keep the emotional level high after the previous ones...they were necessary to explain the rest of the story and it's conclusion.

I'm not so sure a calm down episode after the Kotomi arc is really that necessary. I can't imagine how it would really enhance the series instead of taking the route they did choose and boldy continue forward with the series.

I really do need to get around to playing the key games...I'm just lazy and watching the Key anime productions and other anime series instead.
>> Anonymous
>>400777
AIR is my favourite, i watched the movie, i downloaded the extra 2 episodes (which added not really anything to the story) i loved the art work and the music i have the soundtrack. i actually got the soundtrack by accident first on torrents and then listened to it over and over lol i sitll do. i wasn't aware this was made by the same company but i think im gonna hafta download it now lol and yes kanon was also pretty sweet!!!! i hope this is awsome.
>> Anonymous
AIR made me think of life in a more positive way, got me hooked on trance music, doujin music, OSTs, Lia (my goddess), doujin games and visual novels (played Ever17, FSN, Narcissu, and Planetarian. I need more novels @_@. recommendations are appreciated), got me interested in piano, changed my taste in movies and anime (I rarely see action movies or shounen since I find them dull), has made me cry twice already and is making me save up the money for a Misuzu figure. I try to download practically everything I find that has something to do with AIR, even if it's just a single reference.
>> Anonymous
i don't know how much more they can add to air. I've never played the visual novel but i did read the manga. they could add maybe 5ish episodes at the end of i but i don't see much more than that. maybe they shortened the manga(its a scant 4-5 volumes) by the same amount as the anime from the visual novel. i'd have to play it.
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>>401297
This post is making me look into it. This makes me happy.
>>400693
Though you're probably long-gone, you can easily discern between a bad review and a good review. If there's many good reviews saying bad things, I have better things to do with my time. And I'd only be reading reviews if I was iffy.
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Wow. We need threads like this more often.
>> Anonymous
My friend got me into Clannad. Funny thing...it's not even his genre...and it rapidly climbed his list of favorite anime.
Clannad IS my genre of anime, so you can guess what my opinion of it is.
It all comes down to what you make of something. Personally, I love the series. Another person might think it's absolute crap.
As far as I'm concerned, though, Clannad managed to get just that right combination of drama and humor. But you might disagree...
>> Anonymous
>>401371
Actually I am still around.

Yes I can discern between good reviews and bad ones. Usually I just ignore them anyways though. If I don't think I'll like it from the basic story synapse...I won't watch it. The only saving grace for any anime after that is if the art looks really good and I'm in intrigued enough to at least watch the first episode anyways.

Clannad is great in my opinion. I look forward to each new episode every week. There's still so much more story to tell in Clannad...it's truly amazing that they're going to be able to get it done in the remaining 8 episodes.
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modified versions of walls i liked in this thread
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>>401660
bigger plox?
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>>401664
artifacts, I can't unsee them
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>> IconYu
This Clanned game, is there a translated version of it floating around. The only game of this type I've played was Tsukihime.
>> Anonymous
>>401700

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
>> IconYu
lol, it's ok I googled, the translation is nearly finished. I guess after testing and waiting for the new Voiced PC release it'll probably be done before 2009 lol. Would it be worth learning Japanese myself do you think? Sure if I can hear the characters talking I can just about get the gist of things if they aren't getting too technical. But as of yet this is just picked up stuff from subbed anime I've not made the slightest effort to learn anything as of yet.
>> Anonymous
>>401727
there's a compiled version, lurk moar.
probably only missing a bunch lines of sunohara arc