When was the visual novel Clannad first released?
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Key announced in 2001 a release date of 2002 for "Clannad" and, after several postponements, "Clannad" was released on April 28, 2004 as a limited edition version, playable on a Windows PC as a DVD. The limited edition came bundled with the remix album "Mabinogi" remixing background music tracks featured in the visual novel. The regular edition was released on August 6, 2004; While "Clannad" originally had no voice acting, Key released a version for Windows titled "Clannad Full Voice" on February 29, 2008 with full voice acting (except for Tomoya). "Clannad Full Voice" contained one new CG, and had updated support for Windows Vista PCs. "Clannad Full Voice" was re-released by Key under the name "Clannad" on July 31, 2009 in a box set containing five other Key visual novels called Key 10th Memorial Box. An updated version compatible for Windows 7 PCs titled "Clannad Memorial Edition" was released on May 28, 2010.
Clannad (visual novel)
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Key's third game "Clannad" is a visual novel similar to Key's previous games, but contains no adult content. "Clannad" was meant to be released in 2002, but was delayed, leading to the game finally being released on April 28, 2004. Seven months after "Clannad"'s release, Key released their shortest game, "", on November 29, 2004 with a rating for all ages. "Planetarian", in contrast to Key's past games, is a linear visual novel that does not require the user to make choices during gameplay; this is what is referred to as a kinetic novel. The brand's fifth game is "", an adult game and spin-off to "Clannad" released on November 25, 2005, which expanded on the scenario of the heroine Tomoyo Sakagami from "Clannad". Key released their sixth game, "Little Busters!", on July 27, 2007 with no adult content, but released another version of the game entitled "Little Busters! Ecstasy" on July 25, 2008 with added adult content, story, and visuals.
Key (company)
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An image song album titled "Sorarado" was released in December 2003 featuring songs sung by Riya. A remix album, "Mabinogi", came bundled with the original release of "Clannad" in April 2004. The game's original soundtrack was released in August 2004 containing three discs containing 56 tracks. A follow-up to "Sorarado" was released in December 2004 called "Sorarado Append"; the songs were again sung by Riya. A remix album titled "-Memento-" was also released in December 2004 and contained two discs. A piano arrangement album was released in December 2005 called "Piano no Mori", which contained five tracks from "Clannad" and five from "". Each of the albums released for the visual novel version were released on Key's record label Key Sounds Label.
Clannad (visual novel)
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Two "Clannad" anthology character novels were written by several authors and published by Jive in September and December 2004. The first volume of a short story anthology compilation series written by Hiro Akizuki and Mutsuki Misaki titled was released in November 2008 published by Harvest; the third volume was released in October 2009. Three volumes of a short story compilation series by several authors titled "Clannad SSS" were published by Harvest between June and August 2009. Harvest published a novel titled "Clannad Mystery File" in August 2010 and another novel titled "Clannad: Magic Hour" in December 2010.
Clannad (visual novel)
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There are two separate sets of drama CDs based on the "Clannad" series. The first set, produced by Frontier Works, contains five CDs each focusing on a different heroine in "Clannad" story ranging from Nagisa, to Kotomi, Fuko, Kyou, and Tomoyo. The first volume was released in Japan on April 25, 2007 as a limited edition with an extra track added. The second through fifth volumes followed in one month increments between May 25, 2007 and August 24, 2007. The second set, produced by Prototype, contains four CDs; the first was released on July 25, 2007. Volumes two through four were released in one month intervals after that, with the last being released on October 24, 2007. Each CD is based on the stories from the "Official Another Story Clannad: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de" collection. The artist GotoP, who provided the illustrations for the short stories, also illustrates the drama CD covers. The drama CDs, with text and visuals, are available as downloadable content via Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store when playing the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of "Clannad", respectively.
Clannad (visual novel)
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On March 15, 2007, the Japanese television station BS-i announced a "Clannad" anime series via a short 30-second teaser trailer that was featured at the end of the final episode of the second "Kanon" anime series. "Clannad" is produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, and written by Fumihiko Shimo, who also worked on other adaptations of Key's visual novels "Air" and "Kanon". The anime aired between October 4, 2007 and March 27, 2008, containing 23 aired episodes out of a planned 24; the broadcast time was first announced on August 11, 2007 at the TBS festival "Anime Festa", which is also when the first episode was showcased. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations released between December 19, 2007 and July 16, 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes. Of the 24 episodes, 23 were aired on television with the first 22 being regular episodes, followed by an additional extra episode. The last episode was released as an original video animation (OVA) on the eighth DVD on July 16, 2008 and is set in an alternate universe from the anime series where Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating, which is based on Tomoyo's scenario in the game. The OVA episode was previewed on May 31, 2008 for an audience of four-hundred people picked via a mail-in postcard campaign. A Blu-ray Disc (BD) box set of "Clannad" was released on April 30, 2010.
Clannad (visual novel)
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is an image album for the "Clannad" visual novel, and was first released on December 28, 2004 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0015". The album is a follow-up to the earlier released "Sorarado", and contains one disc with four tracks sung by Riya that sample tunes from background music featured in the "Clannad Original Soundtrack". The album is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Magome Togoshi, Manyo, and Takumaru.
Music of Clannad
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The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the "Clannad" anime series, and ADV Films localized and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released on March 3, 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released on May 5, 2009. Sentai Filmworks licensed the "Clannad After Story" anime series; Section23 Films localized and distributed both the television series and OVA starting with the first half season box set with English subtitles released on October 20, 2009. The second half box set was released on December 8, 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released "Clannad" in a complete collection set on June 15, 2010, which featured an English dub, produced at Seraphim Digital. The English dub premiered on March 25, 2010 on the Anime Network. Sentai Filmworks re-released "Clannad After Story" with an English dub on April 19, 2011, and re-released "Clannad" on BD in November 2011.
Clannad (visual novel)
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ASCII Media Works and Vridge produced the PlayStation 2 visual novel based on the light novel series "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu". Released in September 2008, the game features the series' characters cosplaying in various costumes either depicting characters from five popular light novel series published by ASCII Media Works, or three "Clannad" heroines. Haruka Nogizaka can cosplay as Kotomi Ichinose, Mika Nogizaka can cosplay as Nagisa Furukawa (albeit with long hair), and Shiina Amamiya can cosplay as Tomoyo Sakagami. The player can also view exclusive CGs in the game if one of the girls is taken out to various places while cosplaying as one of the aforementioned five light novel series characters, or as the "Clannad" heroines. For example, if Mika is cosplaying as Nagisa, a CG of her eating dango can become viewable. When cosplaying as one of these tie-in characters, the voice of the girl cosplaying changes to the voice actress of the character they are cosplaying; for example, if Shiina cosplays as Tomoyo, she is voiced by Tomoyo's voice actress Houko Kuwashima.
Clannad (visual novel)
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"Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de" was later re-released via SoftBank 3G and FOMA mobile phones produced by Prototype through VisualArt's Motto starting in January 2008. One chapter was released weekly with the SoftBank 3G releases three weeks behind the version for FOMA phones. Prototype again re-released the short story collection, this time on the PSP in two volumes, each containing eight chapters and including the original art by GotoP. The first volume was released on June 3, 2010 and the second followed on July 15, 2010; the re-release is described by the developers as a "visual sound novel". Prototype released the short story collection as downloadable content on July 6, 2011 for the PS3 version of "Clannad". "Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de" was released in two volumes on Android devices: the first volume on November 30, 2011, and volume two on April 11, 2012.
Clannad (visual novel)
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A version produced by NTT DoCoMo playable on FOMA mobile phones was released by Prototype through VisualArt's Motto in late 2007. Prototype later released a version playable on SoftBank 3G phones in January 2008. A version playable on Android devices was released on September 18, 2012. A PlayStation Portable (PSP) version of the game was released in Japan on May 29, 2008 by Prototype, which included the additions from the Windows full voice version. The limited edition release of the PSP and Xbox 360 versions came bundled with a "digest" edition of the drama CD series released by Prototype containing five separate stories each; the CD bundled with the PSP release is different from the CD bundled with the Xbox 360 version. Prototype also released a port of the game for the PlayStation Vita on August 14, 2014 to mark the 10-year anniversary of the game. Prototype released a PlayStation 4 port on June 14, 2018 with text support for both Japanese and English. Prototype will release a Nintendo Switch port in Q2 2019, again with text support for both Japanese and English.
Clannad (visual novel)
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The first consumer console port of the game was released for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) on February 23, 2006 by Interchannel. The PS2 version was re-released as a "Best" version on July 30, 2009. The PS2 version was bundled in a "Key 3-Part Work Premium Box" package together with the PS2 versions of "Kanon" and "Air" released on July 30, 2009. An Xbox 360 version was released on August 28, 2008 also by Prototype. A PlayStation 3 (PS3) version was released by Prototype on April 21, 2011. A downloadable version of the PS3 release via the PlayStation Store was released by Prototype on February 14, 2013.
Clannad (visual novel)