Clannad - Episode 2 Discussion / Poll

[Mirrinus]

True, true, I only just finished rewatching Kanon with my housemate (who just saw it for the first time and loved it), and now we're watching Clannad too. Actually, I'm too impatient to wait to watch it with him, so I watch it first by myself, then rewatch it again later with him, lol.

[Lecrew]

Originally Posted by toxic_trance

Oh hell yeah..I m so lookin forward to the wide screen release. The 4:3 was paining me a bit..but hopefully the problem will be soved from this week onwards.

Hoping for more Ichinose goodness in Ep 03 ^_^

lol, I'm looking foward for HD widescreen as well.

I didn't want to watch Clannad on SD version in the first place, but when people were mentioning how good anime is this and start to spoil the 1st episode all over around the forums, I was forced myself to watch it. >_<

[boggart]

Originally Posted by toxic_trance

Oh hell yeah..I m so lookin forward to the wide screen release. The 4:3 was paining me a bit..but hopefully the problem will be soved from this week onwards.

Originally Posted by Lecrew

lol, I'm looking foward for HD widescreen as well.

I didn't want to watch Clannad on SD version in the first place, but when people were mentioning how good anime is this and start to spoil the 1st episode all over around the forums, I was forced myself to watch it. >_<

Yay for the masses who want to see CLANNAD the way it was supposed to be shown!

I was initially going to wait for the widescreen releases before watching as well, however my months of waiting had taken its toll and forced me to watch the fullscreen version. Now that I've preordered all the DVDs, I'm not too fussed about the widescreen issue anymore, but it will definitely be worth watching anyway!

I SAY BRING ON OCT 25, BS-i!

[Shadowfox79]

Originally Posted by boggart

Yay for the masses who want to see CLANNAD the way it was supposed to be shown!

Yay indeed! I also really really REALLY want to watch this on HD, and was also waiting for the HD version, but I heard the good things, and saw screenshots. I just finally caught up, and definately enjoying this.

Loved the High Five moment (as seen on my avatar) and the Bi joke. Ryou and Fuko are now my Favs. in Clannad (though if i had to pick on, probably Ryou).

Also just a side note: Seems that KyoAni shifts from serious/drama to comedy every quarter since FMP: TSR (FMP:TSR -> Haruhi -> Kanon -> Lucky Star -> Clannad -> Haruhi 2nd season)

[iamandragon]

CLANNAD is not too serious like Kanon--even the teary scenes are not sad.

[Shadowfox79]

Originally Posted by iamandragon

CLANNAD is not too serious like Kanon--even the teary scenes are not sad.

Sorry, meant to say Serious or Drama , then a comedy. Even though Clannad does have a bunch of laughs or the teary scenes aren't sad, isn't the main genre for it a drama show?

[toxic_trance]

I havent played CLANNAD but I am sure that we will have a fair share of Drama. Its a KEY work after all..and if AIR and KANON were any indication..CLANNAD is sure to make a million hearts cry

[iamandragon]

CLANNAD is the only VN I've ever played where the support character (Sunohara Yuhei) has more lines than anyone else. And with Sunohara being so funny all the time, I'd rather categorize CLANNAD as a comedy. But true the nature of CLANNAD is that of a drama.

[iamandragon]

Just learnt how to use Microsoft Movie Maker, and can't find anywhere I can use it, so I picked 3 of my favourite moments in this episode and made a new clip.

Spoiler for episode 2 moments:

wmv format file can be found here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/63788395...ments.wmv.html

[kohakuslayer]

I loved the 2nd episode because it was simply hilarious. The ending was depressing however.

[Kyuusai]

a.f.k. sneak-attacked and beat every one else to a widescreen release! Much lower resolution, but that's likely how they managed it.

I watched along on the SS-Eclipse widescreen release, though. This episode made MUCH more use of the available space. Watching the previous episode, where most of the important art and action fit neatly into the 4:3 frame, I was wondering if the widescreen releases would be worth it. At this point, they certainly are. It's not just the obvious places, like where Ryou's face was cut off (in fact, it still is, just not as much as it was before), but the whole episode seems far more natural in widescreen. After seeing the content use the entire 16:9 frame, watching the 4:3 release again would be like cutting off my arm.

The raw for this widescreen airing seemed much higher quality. Does any one have any details?

[konstargirl]

Originally Posted by kohakuslayer

I loved the 2nd episode because it was simply hilarious. The ending was depressing however.

I agree. This episode is very cute. Like it when Nagisa and Tomoya made Dango's. Wish I knew how to make them.

What are Dango's anyway? Are they like Japanese Candy or something?

[Littm]

Some Dango info.

[Yukinokesshou]

Whoa, just noticed something on rewatching this episode...

Did Tomoya swear in Chinese?

Exactly when Kyou's moped crashes into him (3:38-3:39 in the SS-Eclipse fansub), he says "wa-kao"! Usage would be completely proper since its meaning is akin to "holy s***" in Mainland China, and something more vulgar in its native Taiwan =p.

... Or is it a more innocent expression in Japanese, after all?

Observation 2

Nagisa's hand must move at warp speed for her to draw almost 50 dango in the time it takes to sing "dango, dango, dango, dango, dango daikazoku". Try it yourself!

[Ottocycle]

Originally Posted by Yukinokesshou

Whoa, just noticed something on rewatching this episode...

Did Tomoya swear in Chinese?

Exactly when Kyou's moped crashes into him (3:38-3:39 in the SS-Eclipse fansub), he says "wa-kao"! Usage would be completely proper since its meaning is akin to "holy s***" in Mainland China, and something more vulgar in its native Taiwan =p.

... Or is it a more innocent expression in Japanese, after all?

Nah, I believe he's actually saying a version of 'otto'(おっと) which is dragged out. It's said when you're actively trying to avoid a mishap in whatever you're in the midst of. In this case it's his life at stake, so he distorted it a little.

I'm quite sure if anything， it's quite far from 我拷。

[OkamiNoKaze]

Tomoyo's Chun Li impression was awesome, definitely a highlight of the episode. The two new girls introduced seem interesting.

[Khu]

*le gasp* HE'S POSTING AS HE'S WATCHING

*claps for OkamiNoKaze's perseverance and incredible patience and updating skills*

[Kotohono]

Originally Posted by Khu

*le gasp* HE'S POSTING AS HE'S WATCHING

*claps for OkamiNoKaze's perseverance and incredible patience and updating skills*

I am as shocked as I couldn't stop watching clannad just to post about the episode I watched so late, and ussually ended up watching 3~5 episodes in a row.

[OkamiNoKaze]

I only have the time to watch about 2 episodes a day.