Clannad TV

[Munsu]

This series will surely get a good subber. Or a few.

Edit: There seems to be a couple of subs out already. But both are SD/SQ (or is it LQ) and in 4:3 by Philanthropy-Sekai and Sprocket-TWH.

Well, I'm going to wait and see if anything resembling HQ (or even HD) in proper ratio will appear.

Read people saying that Philanthropy version was crap and that Sprocket-TWH was better. Sprocket-TWH seemed to have said that they'll release a better version, WS h264, in about 3 weeks or so.

We have learned that one of the main broadcasters of Clannad, TBS (the Japanese terrestrial station), will be showing it in 4:3 pan-and-scan (or better known as “modified to fit your TV”). The real kicker is that BS-i, the station which broadcast AIR and Kanon, will show the widescreen version of the series after a three-week delay.

After some talk, we have decided that we will do a triple release of each episode:

An Xvid-only release of the 4:3 pan-and-scan version for those who Absolutely Positively Need Their Fix Right Now(R) . Then, three weeks later:
An Xvid version of the widescreen version of the show for those who still have older systems.
An H.264 version of the widescreen version of the show for those who want quality and have the computing horsepower and/or the software needed.
We hope this will satisfy a broad cross-section of the audience who wishes to see Clannad once it starts airing. Though it is a bummer that we’ll only have the 4:3 at first for the first two weeks.

–IJ.

I think I'll wait for the a.f.k. or Eclipse version to come out. But if you're going to download any of the releases that are out, seems like the TWH version is the one to go with.

[RyougaZell]

3 weeks for widescreen huh? I shall wait withouth seeing the 4:3 one... Clannad is worth it.

[Zati]

SS-Eclipse joint release :

Episode 1 (XviD) - SS-Eclipse
Episode 1 (h264) - SS-Eclipse

[Ryllharu]

I would not expect too much out of the SS-Eclipse joint in terms of an HD widescreen version.

Eclipse Productions || New show: Clannad - SD NOW, HD 16:9 IN NEVER

Can we take it seriously? Are they just temporarily pissed off at leechers begging for it in the channel, not knowing it doesn't air for 3 weeks? I guess we will find out then.

I downloaded their SD version, and I'm really not sure what to think at this point. I find myself attaching to the side characters a lot more than the main cast. Inoue Kikuko is of course, fantastic as always. The only notable exception in the main cast was Kyou. She was the only one I found to spike my interest.