One of my favorite anime this fall has been Clannad. It probably helps that I am both a Key fan, as well as a KyoAni fan. Key is known for their great visual novel stories (Kanon and Air being the most well known), and Clannad is no exception. Kyoto Animation (KyoAni) brought us Air TV (an anime adaption of Key’s Air), Kanon 2006, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, Lucky Star, and now Clannad.
Anyways, due to Clannad’s massive size (the visual novel’s script is longer than both Kanon and Air’s scripts combined) it seems that Clannad will run for 52 episodes, rather than the previously thought 24 episodes. This is great news to me, as I am really enjoying the show currently, and had some worries about whether the story could be told properly in the span of 24 episodes.
Some of my friends are going to be disappointed at this news though; KyoAni isn’t known to take on multiple projects at once, so this means the next Haruhi season/series won’t likely air until summer 2008.
[via Japanator via Neko Mimi Mode]