Everytime I watch Kanon I have the urge to run into my freezer and throw a taiyaki into the oven. This time I managed to hold myself back (mainly because I was full of grapes I had eaten earlier.) Anyway this “kinda” concludes the Mai arc. The actual conclusion is with her and Sayuri graduating but I guess they are saving that for a little later and probably after Shiori’s arc. In the TOEI version of the concluding episode for some reason they used really THICK lines around everyone so it looked really weird. Continue Reading »

This week’s episode sucked for many reasons and the main one being that they changed the opening and no longer do I start my Thursdays with “Kozukuri Shimasho!” The other reason it sucked is it was a filler. I actually read the manga as far as the magazine chapters go (February 2007) and it’s really awesome. Unfortunately based on what happens I think they will end the anime right on the major arc that happens in volumes 4-6 so I guess to fit the episodes in properly they’re sticking some fillers in this week and it looks like next week as well. If you watch the opening and ending carefully you can see small details that give hints to what happens such as the kitty Momoko is holding, the shoes she has, and the shadows of the “bad guys” as well as the fact that Tenka is all over the place. Continue Reading »