Comments on: Altered Reality http://omonomono.com/2007/02/13/altered-reality/ The Yard Sale Mon, 21 May 2012 22:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: omo http://omonomono.com/2007/02/13/altered-reality/#comment-5254 omo Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:06:47 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/02/13/altered-reality/#comment-5254 You're totally right, but the same-difference is not so much what I was talking about in the post. You're right that is all from the original material. You’re totally right, but the same-difference is not so much what I was talking about in the post. You’re right that is all from the original material.

]]> By: Ascaloth http://omonomono.com/2007/02/13/altered-reality/#comment-5253 Ascaloth Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:27:22 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/02/13/altered-reality/#comment-5253 Think of this another way; what you're seeing here is the main reason why "Kanon" is titled as it is. It is, in fact, a homage to Pachabel's Kanon D Dur, or what most of us would know more popularly as Pachabel's Canon in D Major. I'll give you the words of Kurata Sayuri in Episode 14: "It's Kanon. Pachabel's Kanon. It repeats the same melody gradually, peacefully, and beautifully." Just like the musical work it was titled after, Kanon is also a piece of work that in actual fact, is repeating the same themes through different variations; thus the reason why you felt Mai's and Shiori's stories seemed so different and yet so similar, somehow. If you think about it, it's not that hard to link Makoto's, Ayu's, and Nayuki's storylines together with those two either. And not to contradict you, but it's not really KyoAni, but KEY itself which created this structure. After all, it's something about Kanon which has existed since the game itself; KyoAni just built up on it in an (admittedly) fantastic way. ;) Think of this another way; what you’re seeing here is the main reason why “Kanon” is titled as it is. It is, in fact, a homage to Pachabel’s Kanon D Dur, or what most of us would know more popularly as Pachabel’s Canon in D Major.

I’ll give you the words of Kurata Sayuri in Episode 14:

“It’s Kanon. Pachabel’s Kanon. It repeats the same melody gradually, peacefully, and beautifully.”

Just like the musical work it was titled after, Kanon is also a piece of work that in actual fact, is repeating the same themes through different variations; thus the reason why you felt Mai’s and Shiori’s stories seemed so different and yet so similar, somehow. If you think about it, it’s not that hard to link Makoto’s, Ayu’s, and Nayuki’s storylines together with those two either.

And not to contradict you, but it’s not really KyoAni, but KEY itself which created this structure. After all, it’s something about Kanon which has existed since the game itself; KyoAni just built up on it in an (admittedly) fantastic way. ;)

]]> By: Kurogane http://omonomono.com/2007/02/13/altered-reality/#comment-5252 Kurogane Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:08:37 +0000 http://omo.serenana.info/2007/02/13/altered-reality/#comment-5252 That's the genius of good story telling, to be able to convey the feelings of the story at hand without overtly blowing it up nor twisting it as so much to lose track. KyoAni's strengths have always been in their story telling, even given in to real life constraints that plague many anime studios, and even more superior than their much-vaulted art quality. They have done very well with Kanon, even better than AIR as a matter of fact. And we still have to keep in mind that this is the first time KyoAni has done a 26-episode anime. ... and sadly, their quality has so far been a much higher level than most others nowadays to make me lose interest in more lesser titles already. That’s the genius of good story telling, to be able to convey the feelings of the story at hand without overtly blowing it up nor twisting it as so much to lose track.

KyoAni’s strengths have always been in their story telling, even given in to real life constraints that plague many anime studios, and even more superior than their much-vaulted art quality. They have done very well with Kanon, even better than AIR as a matter of fact. And we still have to keep in mind that this is the first time KyoAni has done a 26-episode anime.

… and sadly, their quality has so far been a much higher level than most others nowadays to make me lose interest in more lesser titles already.

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