Kanon - Q & A

[SkyDragon]

I actually don't know why they want to make a re-make. I didn't find anything wrong with the first release. Can someone fill me in?

[Pakxenon]

1. Godly animation.
2. Cover all stories.
That's all that's off the top of my head.

I've got a question: How do you pronounce "Kanon"? I'm pronouncing it like 'cannon".

[Jaruromania]

Originally Posted by SkyDragon

I actually don't know why they want to make a re-make. I didn't find anything wrong with the first release. Can someone fill me in?

In addition to the reasons Pakxenon has stated, it most likely has something to do with Air and the fact that Kyoto Animation wishes to animate its predecessor series, Kanon as well. The KyoAni and 2002 Toei version seem to share no similarities at all except for the fact that they are based off the same visual novel game by Key, which leads me to look at the 2006 Kanon as less of a "remake" and as its own seperate series by Kyoto Animation.

Originally Posted by Pakxenon

I've got a question: How do you pronounce "Kanon"? I'm pronouncing it like 'cannon".

Yes, that's the way you pronouce it. Some people try to pronouce it "kay-nahn", and it sounds really odd.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by SkyDragon

I actually don't know why they want to make a re-make. I didn't find anything wrong with the first release. Can someone fill me in?

The answer is on the first page of this thread.

[houkoholic]

Haven't seen anyone answering this one yet....

Originally Posted by KenOhki'sRage

Spoiler for about Mai:

When Yuuichi asks about the schoolhouse being a barley field is that where Mai started out killing demons? I only remember it mentioned in the first show that she hunted demons as a child. Since the schoolhouse was built on the field did she just stay put where she hunted?

Spoiler:

It's actually a lot more complicated than that, but you got parts of it right.
Yes, the barely field used to be the place where young Mai and young Yuuichi played (hence the foreshadowing in the OP in the 2006 version). Basically Mai had special powers and because of that kids in the school don't play with her. Young Yuuichi didn't think too much about it and think it's cool that she has powers and thus they befriended each other in that field, and they claimed it as their secret base. At the end of the holiday, young Yuuichi told young Mai that he will have to leave, and out of desperation to make him stay, young Mai, in her all her childish innocences, said to him that monsters are going to attack their base and that Yuuichi must stay and help her protect it. Of course Yuuichi cannot stay but he promised Mai that when he returns next holiday they will protect their base together. However, due to Ayu's accident Yuuichi never returned to town, and Mai kept going back to the field, which eventually got turned into the school, hoping that Yuuichi will return to keep their promise of fighting imaginary monsters which didn't exists. However, as Mai has special powers and her strong desire to keep the promise on-going, "monsters" ended up manifesting as a result of these factors, so she ended up fighting these monsters, created by herself unconciously, all alone, and eventually forgotten why she was there to do so.

Of course, it was not until Yuuichi remembered that it was him which caused all these and made Mai realise this by giving her the bunny ears (a gift he gave Mai back then) which woke Mai up from this terrible lonely nightmare. And of course if it wasn't for Sayuri, god knows what would've happened to Mai too....

[Vexx]

One might say that one of the morals of Kanon is that EVERYTHING one does and says matters... (goes off to hunt butterflies)

[Noppapana]

perhaps a stupid question

is it confirmed that Kanon 2006 is going to have 24 eps ?

[New/Old]

Yep. Confirmed.

[Rengemaru]

Originally Posted by houkoholic

Haven't seen anyone answering this one yet....

Spoiler:

It's actually a lot more complicated than that, but you got parts of it right.
Yes, the barely field used to be the place where young Mai and young Yuuichi played (hence the foreshadowing in the OP in the 2006 version). Basically Mai had special powers and because of that kids in the school don't play with her. Young Yuuichi didn't think too much about it and think it's cool that she has powers and thus they befriended each other in that field, and they claimed it as their secret base. At the end of the holiday, young Yuuichi told young Mai that he will have to leave, and out of desperation to make him stay, young Mai, in her all her childish innocences, said to him that monsters are going to attack their base and that Yuuichi must stay and help her protect it. Of course Yuuichi cannot stay but he promised Mai that when he returns next holiday they will protect their base together. However, due to Ayu's accident Yuuichi never returned to town, and Mai kept going back to the field, which eventually got turned into the school, hoping that Yuuichi will return to keep their promise of fighting imaginary monsters which didn't exists. However, as Mai has special powers and her strong desire to keep the promise on-going, "monsters" ended up manifesting as a result of these factors, so she ended up fighting these monsters, created by herself unconciously, all alone, and eventually forgotten why she was there to do so.

Of course, it was not until Yuuichi remembered that it was him which caused all these and made Mai realise this by giving her the bunny ears (a gift he gave Mai back then) which woke Mai up from this terrible lonely nightmare. And of course if it wasn't for Sayuri, god knows what would've happened to Mai too....

Was this based on game materials or was it included in episode5? (I didn't watch ep5 yet)

Spoiler:

I was waiting for this part to be explained since TOEI didn't give us any info about it, another reason to start a KyoAni worshipping cult~

[New/Old]

Yep. Based on game material.

[Rengemaru]

I was hoping it would be explained in the KyoAni version but oh well~

[Skane]

Patience. They can't reveal all their cards at this stage of the series.

Cheers.

[New/Old]

Yep. Still too early in the series to release that one.

[Noppapana]

perhaps this is a spoiler question
but in ep5 when Yuuichi met Mai for the first time
then he heard something and got pushed away like a punchbag
i am sure it wasnt Mai cuz she was charging with her sword

was it the demon ?

[Rengemaru]

Could be, could be not. This should be revealed in the future don't worry

[Lost]

I think it was Mai, Noppapana. The demon (she cut) was quite a distance away from Yuuichi. She could have just pushed him aside by rushing at him. OR... She can use force-fields too.

[orion]

Could you vet game players please tell us about ONE and MOON and how it's related to Kanon? We just had a ONE and MOON cameo and sort of know that they are linked via the creators.

Got permission for this in the new thread request section. Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge with us.

[Rengemaru]

The only link I can think about is that their all games and they all appeared in the game "Eternal Fighter Zero"


.........and that it had cute girls~

[orion]

It's not as hopeless as people may think. I was able to find one link, but it's in Japanese and my Japanese is nonexistent. The wiki links in that post may contains spoilers too. We even have some info here on one of our other forums. This link contains a major spoiler, so at your own risk.

So, here's hoping that a vet has some time to spare.

[nani]

Basic information about Moon, courtesy of Haeleth's forum: http://forums.haeleth.net/viewtopic....hlight=tactics