Clannad - Q & A

[RisArk]

Thanks, Sorry about that, I was watching a bit of Eva before asking @_@

[sakuravs]

About that HD thing, yeah...I can't understand why they didn't released in HD, too. They were able to upscale it successfully with Air, but why not do the same thing for Clannad & Kanon!?!
In this hi-def era flat-screen is getting bigger and bigger. It's just kind of ridiculous having to put the DVD on the 50'' plasma or a 24'' 1080p monitor & painfully watch all that pixels broken apart.

[Ota-kun]

Clannad in HD would be awesome.....and to think it would be released in Blu-Ray format?

[Littm]

Is there any news about Clannad Blu-Ray release ?

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by Littm

Is there any news about Clannad Blu-Ray release ?

So far there hasn't been any indication of when (I won't even say "if") a Blu-Ray release might be coming, but they've been increasing the "otaku appeal" of the Clannad DVDs (in both first and now second season) with cool swag, which is telling. I'm thinking that at this point they're going to stay completely silent about Blu-Rays until sometime after all the DVDs are released, and then, maybe a year or two later, release the Blu-Ray sets in the hopes that people will buy it all over again. It's evil, but that's marketing for you... We do know that Kyoto Animation upgraded their methods to work in HD when they did Kanon, and Pony Canyon did release AIR on Blu-Ray even though it was an upscale, so there's no doubt in my mind that it'll happen eventually.

[sakuravs]

Any1 knows about the airing schedule for After Story wide-screen?

[Shinigami_Mello]

Should be the same as the first season.
Which means it'll be what, three weeks behind?

[sakuravs]

I can't see the rationale why they keep doing this awkward thing. Do you find it ridiculous? what are they supposed to do during that three-week grace period? drawing the extra frames?

[Shinigami_Mello]

Makes more money? Either way, it's not completely their fault, but also how the channel is.
Anyway, if they watch it 4:3, they see it cropped. And if they see it widescreen, faded colors. So more of an incentive to buy the DVD's right? XD

Well, that just may be my thinking.

[syakudo55]

What meaning is CLANNAD?

I think so that "an CLANN As Dango=CLANNAD"
Clann means the family by Irish.
That is dumpling family=Dango daikazoku.
What do you think?

[Proto]

That is has been mentioned over 7 times in this very thread. Thrice by truly yours.

[gaguri]

QUESTION!

I remember waiting for widescreen version for the first season of CLANNAD, which aired one week after the original version I think. Will this happen for After Story as well, or is there only going to be one version airing?

[Littm]

Yes, it will be with the delay for 3 weeks at BS-i.

[Evayo]

Damn it... I'd rather limit myself to just the widescreen episodes, but that means I'll have to wait like three weeks before I can watch it again...

Broadcast television is a cruel mistress...

~:Evayo:~

[Littm]

I don't understand this 640x480 idea too. Maybe, some problems with the broadcaster. But there is no real meaning for waiting for ws release. Just simply wait for DVD.

[sakuravs]

Originally Posted by Shinigami_Mello

Makes more money? Either way, it's not completely their fault, but also how the channel is.
Anyway, if they watch it 4:3, they see it cropped. And if they see it widescreen, faded colors. So more of an incentive to buy the DVD's right? XD

Well, that just may be my thinking.

It seems to me that they faded the colors of the already released 4:3, too. I have to admit that the video quality this time is horrible, it's like I'm watching with +50% brightness and -50% contrast (I can't believe the producer is that cheap). By the way, I don't think they did this kind of mean trick for the 1st season, since its color was more saturated & almost indistinguishable from that of the official DVD itself.

Well, it's understandable that they want to encourage DVD sale. But now it's just kind of daunting thinking how many more years til we'll be able to watch it in full color & full quality with Eng sub....and how dire situation it'd be if other companies start to follow up, since not every anime get licensed.

[Littm]

Actually, I'm so interested. Lucky Star was in HD (upscaled, but clear). But then stone age again ?

[Ottocycle]

I'm sure the animator has nothing to do with this. Kyoani might be a defining aspect, but in no way is it the be-all-end-all. relentlessflame convinced me that other companies should be handling the marketing(Kadokawa, I think?) and broadcast(TBS), wherein we get our show from so far. And who are we to judge their methods when the fans are just lapping it up even when it's broadcast in 4:3 initially?

[Evayo]

Life is just so much better in HD.

~:Evayo:~

[Ota-kun]

Originally Posted by Evayo

Life is just so much better in HD.

~:Evayo:~

"It's in our (H)DNA" ~Sony