List of Kanon episodes

The "Kanon" anime, which encompasses two television series produced by different studios and an original video animation, is based on the visual novel "Kanon" by the Japanese software company Key. The story follows the main character Yuichi Aizawa, who has returned to the town where seven years ago he would spend his school vacations. As he used to do back then, he is living with his aunt Akiko Minase and his cousin Nayuki, but has forgotten many of the details regarding his previous visits. Over the course of the series Yuichi slowly regains these memories as he meets new friends and is reacquainted with others from his past.

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The first anime adaptation under the title "Kanon" is produced by the Japanese animation studio Toei Animation, directed by Takamichi Ito, written by Ryota Yamaguchi, Makoto Nakamura, and Michiko Yokote, and features character design by Yōichi Ōnishi who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. Thirteen episodes were produced which aired after midnight between January 31, 2002 and March 28, 2002 on the Fuji TV Japanese

The second anime adaptation also under the title "Kanon" is produced by the Japanese animation studio Kyoto Animation, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and features character design by Kazumi Ikeda who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. On August 25, 2006, a teaser DVD named "Kanon Prelude" was produced as a limited edition containing interviews with the cast, clean opening and ending sequences, and promotional footage of the anime itself.citeweb|url= http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/kanon/05goods/goods.html|title=Goods section at the second anime's official website|publisher=TBS|accessdate=2008-03-27|language=Japanese] Twenty-four episodes were produced which aired between October 5, 2006 and March 15, 2007 on the Japanese television broadcasting station BS-i. [citeweb|url=http://w3.bs-i.co.jp/anime/kanon/|title=Official website listing of TV episodes from the 2006-2007 anime|publisher=Kyoto Animation|accessdate=2007-04-24|language=Japanese] [ citeweb|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6431&page=25|title=Unofficial website listing of TV episodes from the 2006-2007 anime|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2007-04-24] While the plot does not differ from the first anime, the greater number of episodes allows the inclusion of more detail from the visual novel on which the series is based. The episodes were released to Region 2 DVD between January 1, 2007 and August 1, 2007 by Pony Canyon in limited and regular editions containing three episodes per volume. The twenty-four episodes of the second anime series were licensed for North American distribution by ADV Films.citeweb|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-22/adv's-acquisition-of-2nd-kanon-series-confirmed-at-awa|title=ADV's Acquisition of 2nd Kanon Series Confirmed at AWA|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2007-09-22|accessdate=2008-03-27] The episodes are being released on DVD; the first volume was released on January 1, 2008, and the latest, third volume was released on March 4, 2008. The second DVD volume was sold in two editions, with the difference between the two being a series box all the DVDs could fit inside.

In the second anime adaptation, the non-Japanese words included in the original titles of the episodes are names or subgenres of classical music composition. Continuing with this theme, Pachelbel's Canon often plays in the background of some scenes. It was first heard in episode one, while Ayu and Yuichi hide in a café, then again during episode eleven in the ice-cream parlor Nayuki and Yuichi were visiting. It plays during the fourteenth episode, in a scene between Sayuri and Yuichi. The last time it is heard is during the final episode where Akiko speaks with Yuichi in the same café as before. Another reference hidden in the anime is a homage to "" a title that the Key team had worked on while they were still working for Tactics — Rumi Nanase, one of the heroines in "One", has cameo appearances in several points in the anime. [cite video|people=Rumi Nanase|title=Kanon episodes 17, 18, 19, and 21|medium=Anime|publisher=Kyoto Animation|date=|language=Japanese]

Two pieces of theme music are used for both anime adaptations, and the OVA. The opening theme for the first anime adaptation and the OVA is "florescence", and the ending theme used for the same productions is "flower"; both songs are sung by Miho Fujiwara. The opening theme for the second anime adaptation is "Last regrets", and the ending theme used for the same production Nihongo|"Where the Wind Reaches"|風の辿り着く場所|Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho; both songs are sung by Ayana and were the original opening and ending themes from the visual novel. The rest of the soundtrack for the second anime series is sampled from several albums released for the "Kanon" visual novel including the "Kanon Original Soundtrack", "Anemoscope", "Recollections", and "Re-feel". This does not include an insert song used in episode sixteen entitled "Last regrets -X'mas floor style-" from I've Sound's first album "Regret".

Kanon (2002)

References

External links

* [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/kanon/ First "Kanon" anime's official website] jp icon
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/kanon/ Second "Kanon" anime's official website] jp icon