Canon (2002)

canon
Original title	カ ノ ン
genre	Drama , romance
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2002
Studio	Tōei animation
length	24 minutes
Episodes	13
Theme music	Miho Fujiwara - florescence Miho Fujiwara - flower
idea	Key / Visual Art’s
production	Junji Aoki, Kenichi Komori, Takashi Murayama
music	Hiroyuki Kouzu
First broadcast	Jan 31, 2002 on Fuji TV
synchronization
Original video animation
title	Canon: Kazahana
Original title	カ ノ ン 風 花
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2003
Studio	Tōei animation
length	20 minutes
Episodes	1
Director	Naoyuki Itō
music	Hiroyuki Kozu
synchronization

Canon is one of Toei Animation in 2002 produced anime - television series based on the video game canon is based, and by a 2,003 OVA was continued. In 2006, a remake of the series of the same name was made .

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The plot was largely taken from the computer game Canon . However, it not only represents a possible path through the plot, but also connects all five storylines of the game into one story. In this, the student Yūichi Aizawa moves into the apartment of Nayuki Minase and her mother Akiko for reasons not mentioned further. Yūichi, who lost memories of his childhood seven years ago, meets as the protagonist with five girls from his past in order to develop a relationship with them and to regain his lost memories.

→ See plot of canon

Origin and publications

The first implementation of Kanon as an anime television series was animated by the Japanese studio Toei Animation under the direction of Takamichi Ito and Naoyuki Itō (episodes 1, 2, 7, 10, 13). The script was written by Ryota Yamaguchi , Makoto Nakamura and Michiko Yokote . The creator of the character design was Yōichi Ōnishi , who was based on the template of the game.

13 episodes were produced with an average length of 24 minutes. They were first broadcast from January 31, 2002 to March 28, 2002 shortly after midnight on the Japanese channel Fuji TV . With the exception of episodes three, four and seven, the episodes were named according to the titles of the Canon Original Soundtrack .

It was released on DVD from April 1, 2002 by Frontier Works . The seven DVDs each contained two episodes, with the exception of the first DVD, which only has one episode. The last of the seven DVDs was available for sale on October 2, 2002. On December 22, 2004, Frontier Works released the seven DVDs again in a complete collection, which was released in a normal and a limited edition.

So far, the series has not found a licensee outside of Japan and has therefore not been dubbed in any other language.

Original video animation

On May 3, 2003, an additional episode appeared as OVA . The DVD titled Kanon: Kazahana ( カ ノ ン 風 花 , Kazahana (literally: "wind flower") denotes dancing snowflakes in a clear sky) was also produced by Toei Animation . Naoyuki Itō directed the episode set after the events of the series. It once again gives a rough overview of the characters appearing in Kanon, without going into detail with them. In an advertising campaign, anyone who had previously purchased the seven DVDs was offered this episode free of charge.

Voice actor

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Yūichi Aizawa	Atsushi Kisaichi
Ayu Tsukimiya	Yui Horie
Nayuki Minase	Mariko Koda
Makoto Sawatari	Mayumi Iizuka
Mai Kawasumi	Yukari Tamura
Shiori Misaka	Akemi Satō
Sayuri Kurata	Tomoko Kawakami
Akiko Minase	Yūko Minaguchi
Kaori Misaka	Ayako Kawasumi
Mishio Amano	Maaya Sakamoto
Jun Kitagawa	Tomokazu Seki
Kuze	Hiroshi Kamiya

reception

The critics did not expect much from the implementation of a Ren'ai adventure, as it would usually be boring or exaggerated and thus annoy the intelligent viewer. Nevertheless, the implementation does not turn out to be as bad as initially assumed. In particular, the individual storylines of the female characters are much more entertaining than, for example, the anime adaptation of To Heart . Nevertheless, the series would suffer from the small number of only twelve episodes, which was too little time to cover all characters in depth. The fact that supernatural forces would act on the tragic plot in the individual plot sections is unusual, but these elements interspersed by Jun Maeda would not turn out to be as foreign as initially assumed. The character design turned out to be too cute, however, than was possible in the short period of romantic relationship building. These are the major criticisms of this implementation.

The solid animation and the well-drawn backgrounds were positively highlighted, without which they would have been overwhelming. The speakers would cut a good figure and could convince in their roles. In particular, the role of Yūichi was praised, who was comparable to Kyon from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu . Most of the critics came to the conclusion that it would be worth watching the series, provided that one could live with the weaknesses mentioned.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canon DVD-BOX. Toei Animation , accessed August 18, 2008 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Canon Kazahana (special). Anime News Network , accessed August 19, 2008 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Jeremy A Beard: Canon. THEM Anime Reviews, accessed October 21, 2008 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Arcane: Canon. Akemi's Anime World, accessed October 21, 2008 . 
5. ↑ Stig Høgset: Kanon 2006. THEM Anime Reviews, accessed on October 21, 2008 (English). 

Web links

• Toei Animation TV Show Official Website (Japanese)