Taken from Akiba-blog

Yay!! The first anime adaptation of Kanon!… right?
– Asobit City

R.I.P Toei. You are not dead but you have been forgotten.

So anyway, the first Kanon DVD is out! Well, it’s not supposed to be out till 1 Jan but who cares about the official release date, right?

That said, Kyo-Ani’s Kanon is great. And it’s not because of Yuuichi. Mai has got to be the best Yukarin role ever next to Ichigo from the Onegai series.

Remember kids: too much taiyaki makes you fat

Today, I coin the acronym FTG, or Fat Yaoi Taiyaki Fangirl! I have already patented this idea and anyone using the term FTG when talking about Kanon owes me $0.10 of royalties!

From this moment on, I shall refer to Ayu only as FTG to show my immense dislike for her and her kind!

Kanon, Aoi Nishimata style!

Why do I harbour such immense hatred for Ayu you ask? Well that’s because I AM A NAYUKI FANBOY! Like, duh! And those annoying little wing thingymonies aren’t helping either!

Let’s take a look at what FTG has as compared to Nayuki:

FTG:

• Taiyaki (it’s a huge lie, just like meronpan)
• “Wings” (probably made in China)
• Yui Horie (not her best work)
• “Uguu~” (GAO!!!)
• Flat (like a washboard)

Nayuki:

• Dojikko (moé!!!)
• Totally awesome alarm clocks (“mou asadayo! okite!“)
• Captain of the track team (seishun no ase!)
• “Kitsune-san!!!” (let me be your kitsune!)
• Hawt mother! (…I mean good genes)
• Neither flat nor fat! (’nuff said)

As you can see from my totally objective and non-biased comparison, Nayuki wins hands down. :3

On a more serious note, Kanon is pretty much exactly as I expected it to be. No surprises so far, which is somewhat disappointing coming from Kyo-Ani. It’s good, of course, and it’s probably going to be one of the best shows this season. But since Kyo-Ani is doing it, why not set the bar higher. We all know that it’s going to be a hit, but will it be big enough?

The animation is awesome, that’s a given coming from Kyo-Ani. The music, however, is the same as the original game soundtrack, which isn’t all that great IMO. I rather they make something better instead of trying to please the hardcore fans.

Most importantly, the story looks like it’s just going to be a complete remake, but with more episodes to flesh out the side stories this time. That, I think, is what is going to make or break the new series. Or rather, make or make bigger, since we all know that it’s going to be a success no matter what.

Kanon Wing!

I don’t think it’s a very good idea to follow the original too closely. I mean I know what they say about not fixing what’s not broken, but really, I don’t like to watch the same stuff twice. Improved animation isn’t going to do that much for the story. I really hope Kyo-Ani has something planned to spice things up as the series progresses. They did a fantastic job with Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu in that respect with the anime-only episode and the shuffling of the episode order. Kanon (2006) needs something similar to really stand out.

Let’s face it, the basic stories told through Kanon have been “referenced” and improved upon by countless other games and anime since the original Kanon was first released for PC in 1999. It was a pioneering game when it first came out, but the impact has gradually lessen over the years. Unless you are a hardcore fan of the original game, it’s just not that special anymore, not unless you have been brainwashed by the Internet hype machine. Sad girls in snow are not enough in today’s changing world.

So, what is my suggestion? What is the one thing that can and will rekindle Kanon’s spark and once again fortify Kyo-Ani’s position in the history of animation as one of the Greats? What is this black voodoo magic that can cure world hunger, cancer and AIDS all at the same time? The answer is so simple I can’t believe Kyo-Ani hasn’t already done it:

HAWT MAI X SAYURI YURI LOVE

Surprisingly, Sayuri is actually the seme

It is Kanon’s only hope! You know it is the truth!

P.S. Please let Nayuki win this time… ;_;

I shall now attempt to summarize all of them with just one line each… :O

Lovely Idol: Aoi Nishimata design with WTF seiyuu combinations. (And rabudoru is short for “Lovely Idol“, not “Love Doll”…)

Tokimeki Memorial ～Only Love～: Anime based on classic dating sim game defiled turned MMORPG, with all signs pointing to “suck” but I will watch the first episode anyway because I am such a tool TokiMemo fanboy.

DEATH NOTE: Story about a guy who finds the notebook of a God of Death and now possesses the ability to kill anyone in the world just by writing down his/her name, with surprisingly (pseudo) intellectual story and cute girl(s).

D.Gray-man: Story set in a fantasy 19th century Europe about “exorcists” and people who generally do not look European.

Super Robot Wars OG ～Divine Wars～: Classic mecha turn-based strategy game made into an anime, but without the crazy crossovers found in the latest incarnations of the game. (OG stands for Original Generation…)

Negima!?: The Final Redemption.

Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Crescent Love: 18-kin game turned anime with Feena, one of the hawtest heroines in recent times.

Kanon: Sad-girl-in-snow story about Nayuki’s journey of self-realization and Mai and Sayuri’s hawt and forbidden yuri love, also occasionally featuring an annoying girl who likes to eat Taiyaki and waste precious airtime. (Nayuki-chan, ganbare!)

Gin’iro no Olynssis: I don’t care what this mecha show thingy is about but the girl looks like Lacus Clyne. :3

Gift ～eternal rainbow～: Da Capo — The Bootleg Version.

Sumomo mo Momomo ～chijou saikyou no otome～: No fucking idea but it looks crazy enough to work.

Happiness!: I believe that Admiral Ackbar from the Star Wars trilogy sums it up pretty well.

Kujibiki Unbalance: Required viewing for the next Genshiken meeting, about a guy who looks loser and probably is one and a tsundere student council president who wears a helmet over her head for some inexplicable reason.

Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori: あなたの怨み、æ´ã‚‰ã—まãã€‚ (That said, I have yet to finish the first season…)

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru: TRAP TRAP TRAP TRAP TRAP TRAP with Yui Horie voicing the WTFZOMG TRAP.

Hatarakiman: No idea but it looks like it’s about office life antics in a weekly magazine.

On a side note, my exams are next week! Life is good…