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I believe a full agreement on too fast or too slow of pace can't be concluded because the episode wasn't entirely one way or another. You had slower paced moments and faster paced moments (though this exists in any anime).
So the main complaint would be the transitions. The accuracy of what Kyoani displays is fine, as "faithfulness" to the original context is there for the most part. And then establishment is there, in a sense, depending on whether or not you catch it, and enough ambiguity exists to want to know what happens next since the first episodes of most anime would generate some interest into the next episode.
And yes, if the transition balance isn't good, it causes a momentum loss, such as sprinting too fast into humour when something more serious just occurred, or slowing down way too much. And right now, the slow parts are a little more balanced, but the fast parts could have better implementation.
And because the animation spectrum usually is on par, being claimed superiour to other ones, the possible weaknesses delve from other spectrums you'd want to see in an anime, and while not a category, attention grabbing is key, and another is maintaining a high level. But then if you go into technicals, you wouldn't have horrid ratings, since the story is/will be good and the art is good, so already it merits a number like 6 or 7, as anything lower is likely preference in distaste, which is fine since it's not everyone's cup of tea.
Due to segmenting routes, plot pacing will be a factour. If the transitions between those screw up, then it's not going to work, because while the full stories' main ideas would remain intact, if the execution isn't in a fair chronology that causes a loss of momentum, then the storytelling sucks because it would be either out or order or simply not synonymous with what else occurred. Now that's to see later in the series, as the beginning has always been introductory going into one route, since that has occurred for Kanon and AIR.
Generally, the introductory episodes are also much faster than the segmented route ones. However, Kyoani will indeed run out of episode space if they use anywhere near the ratio allocation they used in Kanon, due to having a larger cast of characters. Well, they won't have the Ayu and Nayuki mutually exclusive issue again, which I would say was performed not in a fantastic manner, but there are other issues to a different magnitude to Kanon. Then again, my Kanon 2006 opinion is indeed tampered by Kanon 2002. This is also why I hope the equation used is more like AIR, simply because Nagisa will have to have more emphasis, and conclude the other routes in the similar fashion. Since Clannad doesn't have a Dream, Summer, and Air segmenting, if it uses the AIR formula of character usage, I think it will work, but it won't have potential momentum loss due to change of point of view, nor a recap.
Now I've usually found momentum losses or "bland" issues of AIR and Kanon a little bit after the halfway mark. AIR due to overhaul transition, and Kanon due to emotional imbalance where the basis of happy and the basis of sad had their oddities.
If anything, albeit all the similarities to AIR and Kanon, including minour references, I would say the first episode works a little differently than either as well. If it turns out to have similarities, that wouldn't be so surprising. On the contrary it's easy to like the anime when you like the basis of it in the first place, thus easy replay value. Nonetheless I still look forward to episode 2.
If 16:9 is featured on BS-i only, that's fine, since that's a source. It's also an indirect opportunity to sub again with fewer mistakes, if any. Though the main advantage with 16:9 is the image proportions and viewing satisfaction.
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finally got sometime to watch the first episode with so many potentially good series starting its hard to keep up. Episode 1 pretty much went the way i thought I would a rather slow pace start but one i feel is a must. I have no real problems about the show to start the animation didnt bother me and the voice acting seems right on target. I think one of the first things that stood out was the bgm. I will be making more of a habit to listen now since i liked it, Opening was rather colorful which is good a great way to catch viewers right away and the introduction of a characters was done very smoothly. All and all id say not a bad start 8 out of 10.
