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Clannad or Kanon (2006)?
Sep 21, 2008 8:21 PM
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Let the discussion begin. (Obviously Kanon will win, we are on the named series sub-forum basically :P)

We are talking about Clannad's first season, do not ever mention any detail of the next one.
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Sep 22, 2008 2:27 AM
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Tough.. Both are awesome but I'll have to say Kanon because it made me tear up whereas Clannad didn't.
Sep 22, 2008 7:16 AM
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Psyk, I've got the same situation.
Kanon 4ever! :3
Sep 22, 2008 7:18 AM
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Kanon duh.
CLANNAD dissapointed me.
Sep 22, 2008 5:09 PM
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Kanon!
The ending for Clannad was not what I was expecting I was rather disappointed how season 1 ended
Sep 22, 2008 5:19 PM
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Kanon, no doubt

Clannad is also epic but the 1st season is for character development. So it's like a whole finish product vs an unfinished product.

But in my guess Kanon will still win ^^

Sep 22, 2008 5:22 PM
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Both are excellent series, but Kanon easily wins.
Sep 22, 2008 5:30 PM
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I'm more emotionally attached to Kanon it had such an amazing story it was so heart warming and interesting throughout the entire series.
Season one of Clannad the Fuko arch and kotomi arch were the best ones in my opinion
Sep 22, 2008 5:42 PM
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Kanon!

Clannad just seemed more normal to me. It didn't seem to stand out much from other animes
Sep 22, 2008 10:48 PM

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Sep 23, 2008 4:58 AM

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kanon wins overall, the story is much better put together and clearly dramatic. More time was given to each major character.

Clannad destroys it in comedy though.
Sep 23, 2008 6:51 AM

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both are my fav but i jsut have to go with the better one which is kanon =D

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Sep 23, 2008 9:46 AM

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Your choice doesn't seem to convincing will all the pictures of Nagisa (haha)
Sep 23, 2008 1:23 PM

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I think Clannad was a bit slow and hard do really get to like.
Kanon grew on me really fast and in the end it turned out to be one of my fav animes.
Clannad was so-so. It's not good and it's not bad.
Sep 23, 2008 1:40 PM

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Kanon easily for me. I loved the cast of characters more overall, loved the fantasy elements in the story, and had better drama. Clannad had better (and more) comedy though, but I wouldn't say Kanon falls too far behind in that category.
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lks123 said:
Your choice doesn't seem to convincing will all the pictures of Nagisa (haha)


lol ture becuase she is one of my favs too lol if i had a mai sig i would have that up lol

nagisa is about 3rd or 4th in favs and mai is first still lol

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Sep 24, 2008 12:30 AM

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Kanon becose i havn''t seen clanada.. =D
Sep 24, 2008 2:57 AM

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Kanon is like
Yuichi gets all the girls because everyone dies after their arc (in the game anyway)

Clannad is like
Tomoya has to choose the one he loves.

Further more:

Sunohara Youhei> Kitagawa Jun
Butan > Piro
Spring > Winter
Sep 24, 2008 5:49 PM

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spike065 said:
lks123 said:
Your choice doesn't seem to convincing will all the pictures of Nagisa (haha)


lol ture becuase she is one of my favs too lol if i had a mai sig i would have that up lol

nagisa is about 3rd or 4th in favs and mai is first still lol


Nagisa seems more like an Ayu (at least to me) so I'm surprised she is not up there with your favorites. Mai is bada** , it would be hard for me to choose which one is my favorite kanon character.
Sep 25, 2008 3:22 AM

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audacious1 said:
spike065 said:
lks123 said:
Your choice doesn't seem to convincing will all the pictures of Nagisa (haha)


lol ture becuase she is one of my favs too lol if i had a mai sig i would have that up lol

nagisa is about 3rd or 4th in favs and mai is first still lol


Nagisa seems more like an Ayu (at least to me) so I'm surprised she is not up there with your favorites. Mai is bada** , it would be hard for me to choose which one is my favorite kanon character.


ya i know i like a lot of characters so i really can not go by the favs list all the time becuase for my favs list i like almsot every one on it the same lol i jsut had to put them in order some how lol but as for the full list i would have to make a list of myabe 50 for it to look good and right

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agreed a top 10 just isn't enough
Sep 27, 2008 1:54 AM
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Well this was a massacre, lol. :P
Sep 27, 2008 6:09 AM

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lmao of course it going to be like that when its inside of a kanon club lol

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Sep 29, 2008 5:19 AM
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Both are extremely awesome, but Kanon takes the cake.
It was just more complete for me somehow >_>
Oct 3, 2008 8:32 PM

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Kanon 2006 > Clannad. Although Clannad was pretty good...
Oct 4, 2008 1:56 AM
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It was a really tough choice to make, but I voted for Clannad, why? B/c:


  • I like Kyou Fujibayashi.
  • The characters are better (just imo), but I still hate that Fuko Ibuki:/
  • The story is not yet complete and I couldn't judge fully how well it'll turn out, but I hope it's going to be good.
Oct 5, 2008 6:05 AM
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Kanon is great cause the Yuichi is better than Okazaki.
Oct 11, 2008 10:08 AM

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Accualy i cant say wich anime is better.
Both are MASTERPIECE or EVEN BETTER !! =)
Oct 11, 2008 1:09 PM

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hmmm that's hard! Damn!!! .... why u choose those 2? XD
Both are the best of the best... and both are fantastic. The chars are nice and pretty cute and the story line is special. It's so that u can't realy choose between those 2 xD


Oct 11, 2008 3:27 PM

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Wow, is a tough one for me since i like both very much. For now i choose Kanon since i like mostly for ayu and mai
Oct 11, 2008 9:51 PM

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Kanon over Clannad

Oct 15, 2008 11:42 AM

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Clannad > Kanon for me x[ I like Clannad's story more but all of them good ^^
Oct 18, 2008 6:06 PM

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Clannad is good but it has many elements of it that are from Kanon. Kanon just wins.
Oct 19, 2008 4:34 AM

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Clannad is good for me but Kanon is for me! especially for Makoto~
Oct 19, 2008 12:19 PM
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I like Clannad but Kanon (2006) is the best xD


Oct 19, 2008 3:27 PM
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Kanon. For sure. Clannad died to me, so there's no contest.
Oct 19, 2008 5:00 PM

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>__> I'd say Kanon becuase it had a more cozy feel to it.
Oct 20, 2008 9:52 AM

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Clannad After Story > Kanon 2006 > Clannad
Oct 20, 2008 9:53 AM

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Kanon, because the stories were better and sadder :<


Oct 21, 2008 9:24 AM

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Kanon was better than Clannad because it was exactly aimed at all the girls, while Clannad anime was... well, Fuuko, Kotomi and Nagisa arcs plus one Tomoyo episode (not counting the 24, which was fucking awesome) and nothing of Kyou.

Right now, After Story is killing my nutbladder but it's too early to say that it will be better than Kanon... and I still think that Kanon should've given more screentime to Sayuri...

final vote: Kanon
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Oct 22, 2008 9:53 AM

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I voted for Clannad because Clannad as a visual novel is vastly superior than Kanon in game form or anime. Animation wise, however, Kanon kills Clannad. Clannad as anime was simply unfinished, not to mention it feels different from the game other than the gags and comedy, which is a very small part of Clannad.
Oct 22, 2008 10:22 AM

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... you're forgetting that Kanon visual novel was WAY older than Clannad... of course the newer one had to be superior in terms of everything.

Both Clannad and Kanon are based on girls; Clannad with the addition of... supernatural intros of that girl? Well, that might be the secret ingredient to the success of Clannad as a visual novel against Kanon's visual novel.
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Oct 22, 2008 1:12 PM

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zeroj said:
... you're forgetting that Kanon visual novel was WAY older than Clannad... of course the newer one had to be superior in terms of everything.

Both Clannad and Kanon are based on girls; Clannad with the addition of... supernatural intros of that girl? Well, that might be the secret ingredient to the success of Clannad as a visual novel against Kanon's visual novel.


To say having supernatural intro to be the only improvement of Clannad is to take things at a face value. The two games run on different themes, namely with Clannad having a much heavier emphasis on family. Thematic differences aside, the sheer difference in game size makes Clannad have much more depth than Kanon.
And yes, I would say because Clannad is newer it is better. After all, it would make sense (usually) for a company to get more experience when making a newer game, no? (Though Little Buster is an exception to this, as the game took a different direction, at which time it becomes personal preference)

I realize that this is a Kanon fan club, I am a great fan of Kanon myself, but let's give credit where credit is due.

edit: Also note that other than a few exceptions Kanon music was generally more memorable to me, so newer is not always better. Certainly not when it comes to character and story design.
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to some degree, I can't see Clannad as a galgame, but more of a story.
Compare to Kanon, Clannad has heavy emphasis on it's side characters (most noticeable in Kitagawa vs. Sunohara). Clannad seems to be more playful and the fact that the girls don't disappear after their arc is done really creates a warm feel (u gotta admit, apart from Nayuki, all the girls are kicked out of the plot until the last episode).

more comparisons:
Bonta > Piro
Dango > Snowbunnies
flawed hero > flawless hero
gags > no gags
Oct 27, 2008 3:45 AM

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actually i vote for clannad as well.. the story in kanon is definately better and more sophiscated than that of clannad by clannad's storyline isnt like compressed like kanon and i think that makes the anime more enjoyable.-_-
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Both were awesome but I went with Kanon (2006). For one, I watched it first and hadn't seen another story line like it and as a result of that it had a greater impact. Even so, it's a tough choice.
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Oct 27, 2008 4:43 PM
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kanon (2006)
of course
clannad is good but sometimes a little bit boring
I think clannad the after story is better at least up till now i guess
Nov 7, 2008 11:40 PM

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Kanon hands down, story line was just beautifully made. tear jerkers ><
Nov 12, 2008 9:51 AM

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For me it is: Kanon 2006
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Kanon 2006. In terms of animation, at least. I still have to play both visual novels.
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