Kanon 01

Kyoto Animation (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Full Metal Panic The Second Raid) has begun airing their remake of the Key/Visual Arts game, Kanon, which was once made into an anime in 2002. Kanon was one of the first anime I ever downloaded and an early favorite of mine. It’s been two years since I downloaded and viewed the older series, but it still remains a favorite of mine, although Key/Visual Art’s other game that’s been animated, AIR, would end up my favorite of the two. Kanon 2006 already had me hooked with some beautiful visuals, rivaling AIR’s, and the music. The new series will be twice as long as the old one, allowing much more content from the original game to be animated. As far as episode one goes, not too much new from the original animation, but perfectly sets up the story by introducing the main characters (Yuuichi, Nayuki and Ayu) and showing some of the other characters briefly as well. The voice acting is top notch, Tomokazu Sugita as Yuuichi and Yui Horie as Ayu were perfect, then again, Yui Horie voice Ayu in the original production, so it’s no surprise. Music was beautiful, I have a feeling that once a OST is released, it may rival AIR as one of my favorite OSTs all time. It was nice to hear the song Kanon playing in the background in one scene, as Kanon is my favorite piece of classical music. The OP and ED song are wonderful and I can’t wait to get a hold of the full versions. Some of my favorite moments were when Ayu tackled Yuuichi and when Ayu tried to look at the wings on her back ^^. After watching this and Death Note, the two shows I anticipated the most this fall season, Kanon has to be my favorite so far, and I look forward to the rest of this series and hope it’s just as good or better than the original series.

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