It doesn’t take long for most visitors to my blog to notice the tarot theme; although it should be noted that while ‘tarot’ is commonly misconstrued as synonymous to Major Arcana, the 22 card Major Arcana is merely part of the tarot, followed by the 56 card Minor Arcana that is roughly the equivalent of [...]
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Since I still have a shortage of quality subs and I have watched Kotomi’s arc over again in the first season, why not finish her arc in the Visual Novel? The anime adaptation of Kotomi’s Arc is done the same way Mai’s arc was done in the Kanon (2006 remake) Anime. However, there was a [...]
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This is an unbiased review on the new dub. Since I have watched the whole season back in 2009 when it was only in fansubs, why not take advantage of viewing it in English? It seems fun, right? The dub wasn’t all that bad. I’m pretty lenient and don’t complain why it doesn’t sound like [...]
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Wow, just amazing, at least to me, mostly original animation. Perfect replication of the Clannad OP for K-ON!. (Originally from the FIGHTING FOR NIPPON tumblr)
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by dm00 or, “How I learned to appreciate Angel Beats“. I finished Clannad After Story last night, plunging through the six episodes on the last disk in one sitting (which I suspect is an easier, though perhaps not better, way to see it than in a series of week-long cliffhangers). Oh, hey, sad girl buried [...]
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I have to admit that I have a soft spot for dramatic, tear jerker anime. When Funimation released Rumbling Hearts, I was yelling at my television as though Mitsuki would actually be able to hear me tell her that she was being an idiot. When the last episodes of Air TV played in front of [...]
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Egad! Last month proved to be an Earth-shattering record breaker for the blog, and surprisingly my controversial anti-government rant wasn't the chief cause of it. *lol* What makes the numbers for last month even more impressive is the stat server was down for over a day and then it was nearly two days before the DNS servers were updated with the new IP of the stat server, meaning the traffic
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For those of you who don't feel like waiting till 65 to play one of the best visual novels ever.
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Click To Watch Video <object width="640" height="360" data="http://media.animevice.com/media/video/flash/flowplayer-3.1.5_10000.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name="movie" value="http://media.animevice.com/media/video/flash/flowplayer-3.1.5_10000.swf"/> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/> <param name="whiskey-video-id" value="2283"/> <param name="flashvars" value="config={"key":"#@8dbd13e54901b094e29","clip":{"scaling": "fit"},"canvas":{"background":"#000000","backgroundGradient":"none"},"playlist":["http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4/197936-clannad.png", {"autoPlay":false,"url":"http://media.animevice.com/video/av_100328_clannad_700.flv"}],"plugins":{"controls":{"url":"http://media.animevice.com/media/video/flash/flowplayer.controls-3.1.5_10000.swf","autoHide":"always","timeColor":"#cc0000","bufferGradient":"none","volumeSliderColor":"#333333","durationColor":"#ffffff","sliderColor":"#333333","tooltipTextColor":"#ffffff","backgroundGradient":"none","timeBgColor":"#000","borderRadius":"0px","tooltipColor":"#000","buttonColor":"#cc0000","sliderGradient":"none","progressColor":"#cc0000","bufferColor":"#666666","volumeSliderGradient":"none","buttonOverColor":"#990000","progressGradient":"medium","backgroundColor":"#111111"}}}"/> </object> Gia and John checked out the new English dub of Clannad from Sentai Filmworks.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve had to sit in front of my laptop to write about Clannad this much in a one week span. But that special day is right around the corner (got it marked on your calendars?) so let’s just jump right in already. Full Clannad Dub Cast and Crew Announced: With [...]
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Section 23 works fast: it wasn't too long ago that the company announced that they were going to go back and dub Clannad over in English, and to the delight of many they also announced that they would offer some kind of upgrade program for fans who bought the sub-only release and wanted to get the dub as well.  The details on the upgrade are now available for anyone who wants to do it. The basics are: if you bought both collections, you need to send in both sets (including the cases and sleeve art) plus $23 for the upgrade and postage-- and to Right Stuf, who is apparently handling the upgrade for S23.    Section23 Reveals the Details of their CLANNAD Upgrade Program           "Wait, how does this work?" Curiously, if you only bought one of the collections and want to upgrade, you have to send in the product and $38 for the upgrade and shipping. That sucks if you bought collection 1 but hadn't picked up #2 yet, but on the other hand, since the dub is only being released in a complete collection, Section23 has to essentially create a new SKU. That said, I'm betting most of the Clannad fans who are looking forward to the dub either didn't buy the sub-only version, or bought both collections, so hopefully there won't be many people caught in that scenario! So, who's going for it? Or are you gonna wait until it's on the Anime Network on Thursday to try out first? Sound off!
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Wow, where did the last couple of days go? I suppose it’s easy to lose a couple of days when you’re keeping your head down for long stretches. SakuraCon is only a week and a half away though! Counting down the days? Me? Never! Sentai Reveals New Licenses for June: It’s really interesting to me to [...]
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A little bit of interesting got mixed in with a little bit of exciting today while I was away. But here is what happened today wrapped up as neatly as I can get it. Clannad Dub Premieres NEXT WEEK: When Sentai announced that they were going to dub Clannad I didn’t actually translate that into ‘we’ve [...]
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anpan in English? Fuuko with her starfish in English ? Well, you are gonna hear it soon as Clannad dubs will be coming soon. North American anime distributor Sentai Filmworks announced on Monday that the series would receive an English dub. The series will be available via broadcast, streaming and retail outlets. The first two episodes will [...]
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  <object width="640px" height="378px"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dNUEGSLr6Xk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dNUEGSLr6Xk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640px" height="378px"> </embed></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param></object> It seemed that more than a few of you readers were interested in the announcement of a Clannad dub. While feedback was mixed, it won't be long till you can hear for yourself. In their latest address, The Anime Network said that they will be featuring the first and second episode dubbed next week. Wait, next week?!?! Yes, on March 25th, the episodes go into their T.V. Video on Demand (VOD) services, and onto their online stream the next day. No comment on if the content will be for premium, registered, or unregistered users... but this is exactly what we talked about on the podcast. Basically, before I can even finish parsing the information about these things, they're already shoveling them our direction. As a result, I haven't had the chance to get distracted, and move onto something else. In all honesty though, I've heard that Clannad is a fairly touching/sad story.  Dale North professed to me how the first episode of the sequel alone (Clannad: After Story) caused him to bawl openly.  Of course, this is a Key project, so I expect the same quality and style I enjoyed in Air and Kanon. Unfortunately, I bought After Story before I bought Clannad, so now I'm petrified to move forward. Looks like next week I'll finally get a chance to sort some things out.  Plot Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who is labeled as a delinquent by others because of his constant tardiness. He has only one friend in the whole school - a slacker like him, Sunohara Youhei. He doesn't care about these anyways. On one of his late comings, he meets Furukawa Nagisa, a shy girl who skipped her last year due to her sickness and has to repeat last year over again - with her friends all graduated. Although Tomoya doesn't care for this girl at first, he becomes unable to leave her alone. Thus, he starts helping Nagisa with her wish, on the revival of the Drama Club. As he gets himself more involved in this, he starts to meet other people - which he - again - doesn't care at all at first, but later start to open his heart to them as he gets to know them...    Offical Statement "thingie"    
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Sentai Filmworks has announced plans to dub one of its most popular titles in Clannad along with Blue Drop, Ghost Hound, Legends [Full Article]
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There’s no point in running these ‘No anime is dropped forever’ posts if I never actually go back and watch [...]
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One challenge faced by many directors and producers today is the need to immerse viewers in their creations. By “taking the viewer away” to a world where they can almost feel what the characters are feeling, they can create a deep emotional response from viewers which in turn makes for some outstanding entertainment. Recently I [...]
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Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. This is pretty late to be saying this but I must say that Kyoani really screwed over the overall mood of Clannad. At least the school life bits. The school life bits just seem less annoying when you play the visual novel. The school life bits were what I [...]
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Finally, a figure from Clannad ~After Story~. Figures from the Clannad series have been a rarity nowadays, but that'll change a bit with Wave's release of a 1/7 scale Tomoyo Sakagami figure. Wave has it scheduled to be released in May 2010 at a MSRP of ¥7500. Tomoyo will be in her senior school uniform that was introduced in ~After Story~, but don't let her innocent looks fool you -- she can seriously kick some ass.
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