When was the visual novel Clannad first released?
Clannad (visual novel)
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.
Music of Clannad
The "Clannad Original Soundtrack", from the visual novel "Clannad", was first released on August 13, 2004 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog numbers "KSLA-0012—0014". The soundtrack contains three discs totaling fifty-six songs composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, and Magome Togoshi. Tracks nine through nineteen on disc three are considered to be bonus tracks. Riya provides vocals for three songs, "Mag Mell", "-Kage Futatsu-", and "Chiisana Tenohira"; Lia provides vocals for the song "Ana".
Clannad (visual novel)
A 3D virtual world called "Ai Sp@ce" was developed by the video game developer Headlock where users can interact with bishōjo game heroines from "Clannad", "Shuffle!", and "Da Capo II". Released in October 2008, the world recreates each game franchise on its own virtual island which are linked with a central Akihabara Island where users can interact, bridging the gap between the separate franchises. Users are able to create a customizable avatar to represent themselves in the game, along with choosing one game heroine to live with, which is referred to as a character doll, or chara-doll for short. The user and chara-doll reside together on one of the three in-game "islands" depending on which franchise the heroine is from, which includes a house with furniture and clothes that can be purchased. The chara-dolls can also be customizable in that they can develop a unique personality for each user.
Clannad 2
Clannad 2 is the second studio album by Irish folk group Clannad, released in 1974 on Gael Linn Records.
Harmonia (visual novel)
"Harmonia" is Key's 12th visual novel and second "kinetic novel" after "". It was announced in April 2015 to celebrate Key's 15th anniversary, and added to Steam Greenlight in October 2015, but this was followed by numerous delays. It was released on September 23, 2016 for Windows on Steam, and was available in English before its Japanese release on December 29, 2016 at Comiket 91. Although only a limited number of copies were sold at Comiket, "Harmonia" was released for general sale on May 26, 2017 in Japan. According to VisualArt's president Takahiro Baba, "Harmonia" was first released in English because he wanted to know how the game would be received worldwide before its release in Japan.
Lord Marksman and Vanadis
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Dragontales
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Clannad (visual novel)
An Internet radio show to promote the "Clannad" anime series called was broadcast between October 5, 2007 and October 3, 2008, containing 52 episodes. The show, produced by Onsen and Animate TV, was hosted by Mai Nakahara, who played Nagisa Furukawa in the anime, and Kikuko Inoue, who played Sanae Furukawa, and was streamed online every Friday. Several voice actors from the anime adaptation appeared on the show as guests who included Ryō Hirohashi (as Kyou), Atsuko Enomoto (as Yukine), Akemi Kanda (as Ryou), Yuichi Nakamura (as Tomoya), and Daisuke Sakaguchi (as Youhei). A two-disc CD compilation containing the show's first 13 broadcasts was produced on June 18, 2008. The second two-disc CD compilation containing the 14th through 26th broadcasts was released on October 15, 2008, and a third CD volume followed on November 19, 2008. A fourth and final volume was released on February 18, 2009 containing the rest of the broadcasts.
Clannad discography
Clannad achieved a breakthrough in their career in 1983 with the song "Theme from Harry's Game" which peaked at number five in the United Kingdom charts and won an Ivor Novello award. Clannad won a BAFTA for their 1984 "Legend", the soundtrack for the "Robin of Sherwood" series. In 1998, Clannad were awarded a Grammy award for their latest studio album, "Landmarks".
List of Clannad episodes
The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the "Clannad" anime series, and Section23 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. A complete box set of "Clannad" was released on June 15, 2010, featuring a new English dub of the series.
Music of Clannad
/ Torch" is a single for the "Clannad After Story" anime series by Kyoto Animation which was released on November 14, 2008 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0044". The single contains the opening and ending themes from the anime version in full length, TV length, and off-vocal versions; the vocal songs are sung by Lia. The single is composed, arranged, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Kai, Anant-Garde Eyes, and Kentarō Fukushi. The single achieved a daily ranking of No. 3 the day of its release on Japan's Oricon charts for singles, and ranked in at No. 13 in the weekly singles charts for the week of November 16, 2008. The single dropped to No. 19 on the weekly singles charts for the week of November 23, 2008. By November 26, 2008, the single had sold 15,765 units. The total reported sales of the single reached 21,706 units.
Clannad (visual novel)
Across the national ranking of bishōjo games in amount sold in Japan, the "Clannad" limited edition Windows release premiered at number one twice since its release, and the third ranking brought the Windows release down to 46 out of 50. The first two weeks of June 2004 held the final ranking for the original release at 40 out of 50. The "Clannad" regular edition Windows release premiered at number 26 in the rankings. The next two rankings for the regular edition were at 37 and 41. According to sales information taken from the Japanese Amazon website, the original Windows version of "Clannad" sold 100,560 copies in 2004. "Clannad Full Voice" ranked twice in terms of highest selling PC games nationally in Japan, achieving sales rankings of 7 and 20 in February and March 2008, respectively. For the week of April 18, 2011, the PlayStation 3 port of "Clannad" sold 7,466 units. As of April 18, 2011, the console versions of "Clannad" had sold over 113,000 copies. The two-volume PSP editions of "Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de" sold 28,984 copies by the end of 2010. The English release of the Windows version debuted on the Steam charts at number three, above "" and "Grand Theft Auto V", and just below "Fallout 4" and "".
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However, some of these games are later re-released with the addition of erotic scenes, or have a sequel with such. For example, "Little Busters!" was first released as an all-ages visual novel, but a version with erotic scenes titled "Little Busters! Ecstasy" came out later, and though "Clannad" is also all-ages, its spinoff "" is not.
Clannad (film)
A promotional campaign took to the streets of Akihabara on March 10, 2007 transported in a large black bus with the words painted on the sides. A group of young women cosplaying in the female high school uniform from "Clannad" emerged from the bus to hand out flyers and pink and white colored thundersticks to passersby to promote the film.
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Clannad (visual novel)
Tomoya meets a genius girl named Kotomi Ichinose, one day in the school library. She is ranked in the top 10 throughout the whole country in standardized exam results of every subject—she always goes to library to read extra materials, especially books in foreign languages. Kotomi is a quiet girl with poor social skills and it is quite difficult to communicate with her; Kotomi can even completely ignore someone when reading, even if they make loud disturbances around her. "Clannad" fourth heroine is a second-year student named Tomoyo Sakagami who transfers into Tomoya's school. Tomoyo is known to be a strong fighter, preferring to use kicking over punching, and is athletic. Although Tomoya is older than her, Tomoyo does not show him respect as a senior student. Tomoyo appears in Key's fifth game, "", as the main heroine.
Clannad
By the time Clannad entered Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin to record "Fuaim" (Irish for "Sound"), Enya had become a full-time member. The album displays the group's further experimentation with electronic instruments, and Enya is featured on lead vocals on "An tÚll" and "Buaireadh an Phósta". Neil Buckley plays the clarinet and saxophone plus Noel Bridgeman on percussion and Pat Farrell on electric guitar. "Fuaim" was released by Tara Music in 1982. After a further European tour, their managers Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan left the group. Nicky had brought Enya into the group to expand their sound, yet the group soon settled into their "boring" musical formula once more and called a meeting during the tour. After a group vote, the Ryans split. Enya followed suit, feeling increasingly restricted in a band setting and pursued a solo career with the Ryans as collaborators, causing a rift between the two groups for a short time.
Clannad
Formed by siblings Ciarán Brennan, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan, the band were initially known as Clann as Dobhar; in 1973 they shortened their name to Clannad. By 1979 they had released three albums and completed a successful US tour. From 1980 to 1982, they recorded and toured as a six-piece group with Enya on additional keyboards and vocals, before she left the group to pursue a solo career.
Clannad (visual novel)
"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.
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Clannad
In 1980, Clannad became a six-piece band following the addition of Enya Brennan on keyboards and additional vocals. Ryan wished to expand the group's sound with vocals and electronic instruments and invited her to join. Enya's first recordings with the group were made as a guest musician for their "Crann Úll" (Irish for "Apple Tree"), their fifth studio album recorded in Cologne, Germany and released in 1980 on Tara Music. "Ar a Ghabháil 'n a 'Chuain Domh" featured a particularly full band arrangement reflective of their live jams at the time. "Lá Cuimhthíoch Fán dTuath" showed the first hints of the more atmospheric side of the band's arrangements.
Why Worry? (Clannad song)
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
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Theme from Harry's Game
Clannad's debut trans-Atlantic album, "Anam", was released in the United States in 1992 and became an enormous American success - spurred on by a strong reaction to "Harry's Game," including extensive video exposure on VH1. The song went on to garner the Billboard Music Award for World Music Song Of The Year
Music of Clannad
is an image song single for the "Clannad" film by Lia originally released at Comiket 72 on August 17, 2007, produced by Frontier Works. The music CD was only available to those who bought film tickets early for the "Clannad" film. The single contains four tracks, with only the first song "Yakusoku" sung by Lia while tracks two and three are background music from the "Clannad Film Soundtrack", and the final track is an instrumental version of "Promise".
Clannad
After "Landmarks", Clannad ceased to make any more studio albums, but had promised to return in the near future. In 2003, they released the best of album, "", which is one of their biggest-selling albums to date.
Sekai Project
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Mystery Game
"Mystery Game" is a single by Irish group Clannad. It was released in 1993 and was their first single from their multi-platinum album "Banba".
Clannad (visual novel)
Tomoya's psychology is developed in his dreams of a bleak world, called the , where small orbs of light float around. In the first few dreams, he sees a world devoid of all life, except for one girl. Each time he dreams, he finds out more about the world. Tomoya discovers that the girl has a special ability to fuse junk together to create new things, which she uses to create a body for him. Over time, Tomoya comes to the conclusion that only the two of them are "alive". To pass time, Tomoya and the girl try to build another doll with more junk they find, but as it has no soul, it fails to come to life. Remembering the distant world where he came from, Tomoya convinces the girl to build a ship so that the two can escape the approaching winter and continue to live a happy life. Eventually, winter sets in, and the girl becomes cold to the point where she cannot move any more. The girl tells Tomoya that he has another chance to go back and make things right. To do so, he must collect certain "lights" (symbols of happiness) similar to those floating around in the Illusionary World. If all the "lights" are collected throughout both story parts, a chance to save Nagisa from dying will become available, as well as the true ending, where she survives and lives with Tomoya and Ushio.
Dúlamán (album)
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Music of Clannad
"Clannad" is a visual novel developed by Key and published by VisualArt's in 2004. The story follows Tomoya Okazaki, a discontented high school student whose life changes when he meets a girl one year older than him named Nagisa Furukawa. It was adapted by Toei Animation into an animated film in 2007 directed by Osamu Dezaki with music direction by Yoshichika Inomata. Kyoto Animation also adapted it into two anime television series consisting of 49 episodes broadcast between 2007 and 2009, including two original video animation episodes released in 2008 and 2009, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara with music direction by Shinji Orito. The discography of "Clannad" and its anime adaptations consists of two studio albums, four singles, two soundtracks, and four remix albums.
Clannad (visual novel)
"Clannad" story revolves around Tomoya Okazaki, a third year high school student who dislikes his life. Tomoya's mother (Atsuko) died when Tomoya was young, leaving his father (Naoyuki) to raise him. After the accident, Tomoya's father turned to alcohol and gambling, and had frequent fights with his son. One day, Naoyuki, while arguing with his son, slammed Tomoya against the window, dislocating Tomoya's shoulder. This injury prevents Tomoya from playing on the basketball team, and causes him to distance himself from others. Ever since then, his father has treated Tomoya nicely, but distantly, as if Tomoya and he were strangers rather than a family. This hurts Tomoya more than his previous relationship with his father, and the awkwardness of returning home leads Tomoya constantly to stay out all night. Thus his delinquent life begins. Tomoya's good friend Youhei Sunohara, who was thrown out of the soccer club over a dispute with his seniors, is also a delinquent and often hangs out in his dorm room with Tomoya doing nothing much.
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List of Clannad episodes
The "Clannad" animated television series is based on the visual novel "Clannad" by the Japanese visual novel brand Key. The episodes, produced by the animation studio Kyoto Animation, are directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and features character design by Kazumi Ikeda who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. The story follows the main character Tomoya Okazaki, a discontent high school student whose life changes when he meets a girl one year older than he is, named Nagisa Furukawa.
Ratchet &amp; Clank
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Clannad (visual novel)
The first half of the story takes place primarily at Hikarizaka Private High School, a fictional school located in Japan. Outside of the school, frequented locations include the bakery run by Nagisa's parents, and the dormitory where Youhei Sunohara lives. Throughout the story, glimpses into an Illusionary World are shown. This world is devoid of all life except for a young girl, though she later makes a body out of junk pieces through which the player can interact with her. The remaining half of the story takes place in the same city, after the conclusion of the first half. While the town's name was never directly mentioned, one can infer that the town's name is Hikarizaka based on the many companies and establishments that share this name.
Clannad (visual novel)
Theron Martin of Anime News Network gave the first season a 'B+' rating, criticizing its extensive use of moe elements, but considered it appealing entertainment for a "fan base who revels in this kind of thing." His review for the second season "After Story" was much more positive, giving it an 'A-' rating. He praised the second half of the season as "the best-written quarter of "Clannad"," stating that it "effectively builds up and delivers its emotional appeal, reinforces the series' central theme (i.e. the importance of family), and peaks visually," and concluding that "only the most cynical of souls will avoid shedding at least a few tears at certain points." On the DVD Talk website, the reviewer Todd Douglass Jr. gave "Clannad After Story" a "Highly Recommended" rating, stating that "the range of emotions "Clannad" takes you through is quite daunting. It's charming, cute, hilarious, mysterious, and tragic all at the same time. Few shows are as memorable, and few are this good for this long." He concludes that the storytelling is "heartfelt" and "memorable in so many ways," and that "few shows rise to the levels this one does."
Kanon (visual novel)
Five adult light novels written by Mariko Shimizu and published by Paradigm were released in Japan between October 1999 and August 2000. The cover art and internal illustrations were drawn by Itaru Hinoue, the artist who drew the artwork in the visual novel. The basis for each novel was one of each of the five heroines and had titles that were taken from the musical themes pertaining to each character in the original game. The first two released were and in December 1999. The third was released in April 2000 and the fourth novel was titled "The Fox and the Grapes" (Makoto), released two months later. The final novel titled was released in August 2000. Paradigm re-released the five novels in conjunction with VisualArt's under their VA Bunko imprint, which removed the erotic scenes, starting with "Yuki no Shōjo" on June 27, 2009, and ending with "Hidamari no Machi" on December 26, 2009. To make up for the missing erotic content, Shimizu wrote additional content for each volume. A sixth novel titled for the supporting character Sayuri Kurata written by Shimizu and illustrated by Zen was released on March 31, 2011.
Clannad
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Music of Clannad
The is the soundtrack to the "Clannad" film released by Frontier Works on November 21, 2007 bearing the catalog number "FCCM-0198". The album spans one disc with twenty-seven tracks featuring music composed by Yoshichika Inomata. Four songs are performed by Eufonius and sung by Riya, "Mag Mell (frequency⇒e Ver.)", "Marmelo (fildychrom)", "Marmelo (fildychrom La la la Ver.)", and "Chiisana Tenohira (Eufonius Ver.)"; the last song on the soundtrack, "Yakusoku", is sung by Lia.
Clannad (visual novel)
A maxi single by Eufonius was released in July 2007 for the "Clannad" film called "Mag Mell (frequency⇒e Ver.)". The single contained a remix version of the game's opening theme, and instrumental track of that remix, and an original track. An image album titled "Yakusoku" was released in August 2007 featuring a song sung by Lia, an instrumental version of that song, and two background music tracks used in the film. The film's original soundtrack was released in November 2007. The albums released for the film were produced by Frontier Works. A single was released in October 2007 for the first anime series called "Mag Mell / Dango Daikazoku" which contained the anime's opening and ending themes in original, short, and instrumental versions plus a remix version of , a track featured in "Sorarado" sung by Riya. A single for the second season anime series was released in November 2008 called "Toki o Kizamu Uta / Torch", and contains the anime's opening and ending themes sung by Lia. A remix album containing piano arrangement versions of the second anime series' opening and ending themes was released in December 2008 called ""Toki o Kizamu Uta / Torch" Piano Arrange Disc". The anime series' two singles and one album are released on Key Sounds Label.
Clannad
Pól initially left the group to pursue a solo career and work with the WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) organisation in Britain. He released a trio album in 1993 with Guo Yue and Joji Hirota under the new name Trísan. The true reason for Pól's departure is unknown; being a family band, very little information is released about personal and professional relations about and between the members. Pól rejoined the band in January 2011, when Clannad performed at Temple Bar TradFest. Initially a single concert, it was extended with an extra two nights.
Visual novel
Hideo Kojima (of "Metal Gear" fame) was inspired by "Portopia Serial Murder Case" to enter the video game industry, and later produced his own adventure games. After completing the stealth game "Metal Gear", his first graphic adventure was released by Konami the following year: "Snatcher" (1988), an ambitious cyberpunk detective novel, graphic adventure, that was highly regarded at the time for pushing the boundaries of video game storytelling, cinematic cut scenes, and mature content. It also featured a post-apocalyptic science fiction setting, an amnesiac protagonist, and some light gun shooter segments. It was praised for its graphics, soundtrack, high quality writing comparable to a novel, voice acting comparable to a film or radio drama, and in-game computer database with optional documents that flesh out the game world. The Sega CD version of "Snatcher" was for a long time the only major visual novel game to be released in America, where it, despite low sales, gained a cult following.
Castlevania
Many "Castlevania" titles have been released for markets in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia on various video game consoles, personal computers (PC) and mobile phones, with additional remakes and re-releases. The first console title, "Castlevania", was released on the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and then in North America in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). A 2D sidescrolling action game where the player progresses through six stages, many principal features of the "Castlevania" series originated with it. It has since been ported to many platforms, such as the NES Classic Edition. Also released in 1986 was "Vampire Killer" for the MSX home computer, which played significantly different from the original "Castlevania", where players now had to search for the exit before they could proceed to the next stage. Following that year, in 1987, "" further departed from the standard platforming genre of the first "Castlevania" for a game more similar to the nonlinear gameplay of "Metroid", with several RPG elements such as a world map which the player is free to explore and revisit. "Castlevania"'s first arcade game, "Haunted Castle" (1988), returned to the linear platforming gameplay of the original. This continued with the first handheld Game Boy entry, "" and the NES sequel, "", both released in 1989. "Dracula's Curse" added new features to the original gameplay, including alternate stages and multiple playable characters. "The Adventure" later saw a GameBoy sequel, "", in 1992 and also a developed by M2 for the WiiWare service in 2009.
Clannad (visual novel)
When first playing the game, the scenarios for all five heroines and additional smaller scenarios are available in what is called the School Life story arc. When the player completes a character's scenario, he or she receives an orb of light. When eight of these lights are obtained, the game's second story arc, called After Story, is made available. One of the lights disappears during School Life, but reappears in After Story. To view the true ending of "Clannad", all 13 lights must be obtained. Originally, the lights were meant to be items that players could use in the game, but since this increased the game's complexity, and detracted from the storyline, the function of the lights was simplified and made less intrusive.
History of anime
Anime based on eroge and visual novels increased in popularity in the 2000s, building on a trend started in the late 1990s by such works as "Sentimental Journey" (1998) and "To Heart" (1999). Examples of such works include "Green Green" (2003), "SHUFFLE!" (2006), "Kanon" (2002 and 2006), "Fate/Stay Night" (2006), "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" (2006), "" (2007), "True Tears" (2008), and "Clannad" (2008 and 2009).
Tokyo Xanadu
The game released for the PlayStation Vita in Japan on September 30, 2015. An English version of the game was not announced for almost a year after its initial Japanese release, leaving the game's fate in the West uncertain at the time. Journalists had considered it as a likely candidate for game localization by Xseed Games, due to their close relationship with Falcom from localizing entries in their "Ys" and "Trails" games. Other journalists mistook the "Xanadu" related trademark leaked in January 2015 as a sign of it being translated by XSeed, though this was actually in reference to "Xanadu Next". "USGamer" described the game's chances of being localized as "extremely strong".
Music of Clannad
is an image album for the "Clannad" visual novel, and was first released on December 28, 2003 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0009". The album contains one disc with six tracks sung by Riya that sample tunes from background music featured in the "Clannad Original Soundtrack". The album is composed, arranged, and produced by Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, Riya, Manyo, and Takumaru.
Visual novel
English translations of Japanese visual novels on video game consoles were rare until the release of the Nintendo DS, though some games with visual novel elements had been published in the Western world before then, such as Hideo Kojima's "Snatcher". Following the success of mystery titles for the Nintendo DS such as Capcom's "Ace Attorney" series (which began on the Game Boy Advance in 2001), Cing's "" series (beginning in 2006), and Level-5's "Professor Layton" series (beginning in 2007), Japanese visual novels have been published in other countries more frequently. The success of these games has sparked a resurgence in the adventure game genre outside Japan.
List of Key video games
Key is a Japanese visual novel video game development studio and brand under the publisher VisualArt's. The video games developed by Key are initially published by VisualArt's and released for Windows; consumer ports are published by Interchannel and Prototype. Key released their debut title, "Kanon", in 1999, followed by their second title, "Air", in 2000. Both "Kanon" and "Air" were initially released as adult games, but Key released their third game, "Clannad", in 2004 with a rating of approval for all ages. Key's fourth game, "", was also released in 2004 with a rating for all ages, and is described as a "kinetic novel" by the development team because of its completely linear storyline.
Clannad (film)
A maxi single entitled was released on July 14, 2007 by Frontier Works containing the two theme songs to the film arranged by Eufonius. The first track is an arranged version of "Mag Mell", the opening theme to the original visual novel, sung by Riya. The second track is an original song, again sung by Riya. The final track is an off vocal version of the first track. The music CD was only available to those who pre-ordered film tickets. An image song single by Lia named "Yakusoku" was released at Comiket 72 on August 17, 2007, but was only given to those who bought film tickets in advance. The film's original soundtrack was released on November 21, 2007 by Frontier Works.
Clannad (visual novel)
There were more concerns about "Clannad" being similar to "Air". When Nagisa's scenario was being written, there were some disputes concerning the length of her scenario, and thus putting too much focus on the main heroine. Some were concerned that having a single prominent character with a unique storyline would be too much like how "Air" was structured with the overall focus on Misuzu Kamio. Takahiro Baba, the company president of VisualArt's, is even noted as suggesting to minimize the differences between the other characters' scenarios, but this was ultimately ignored since Maeda thought the game's evaluation by players would not decrease on account of the scenarios being vastly different, and thought the end result was a good one. Maeda was concerned that the After Story arc, mainly a continuation of Nagisa's scenario, would eclipse the entire game's scenario, much like what happened with "Air" according to Maeda. In order to prevent the same thing happening in "Clannad", Maeda focused on making the first half of the story, the School Life arc, just as enjoyable by making it long and heart-breaking. "Clannad" is Key's second longest work, as reported by Yūto Tonokawa where he stated that "Clannad" is about 4,000 words fewer than Key's 2008 game "Little Busters! Ecstasy".
Clannad
In 1991, Clannad released a duet Paul Young titled "Both Sides Now". The track had been put together for the Blake Edwards film "Switch", featuring Ellen Barkin. In the storyline, a nasty male chauvinist, is reincarnated as an attractive female. The use of the Joni Mitchell song was therefore suitable and proved a hit for the group. Released in 1993, "Banba" became Clannad's 13th studio album and received rave reviews and the band's first Grammy nomination. The album jogged comfortably to the number one spot in the World Music Chart. "Banba" is a romantic mythical name for Ireland. In the track "I Will Find You," written especially for the film "The Last of the Mohicans", Máire sings in English, Mohican and Cherokee. Once again all the songs were written and produced by Ciarán Brennan, except "Sunset Dreams", written by Noel Duggan. Moya Brennan described the album as ""a fusion of various styles of music, growing out of a traditional Gaelic root."" "Banba" has been described as one of Clannad's most visual albums, and has sold over 1 million copies to date.
The album "Lore" (1996) gave some thought to the Native American Indians. On "Trail of Tears", when Noel Duggan imagines how it felt to be exiled from one's ancestral land, he was also thinking about these people and their connection with the Irish. It opens with "Croí Cróga" ('braveheart' in English) which was written as a theme tune for the Mel Gibson film "Braveheart" which, for unknown reasons, never made it onto the soundtrack. "Lore" features American drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and Mel Collins. It contained a strong jazz element, with songs such as "Seanchas" blending contemporary sounds with traditional Irish music and the Irish language. Clannad toured Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand in 1996 to promote the "Lore" album, but due to apparent disagreements with Atlantic Records, plans to tour the USA were scrapped. In 1996, they received a lifetime achievement award from the Irish recording industry (the IRMA).
Clannad (visual novel)
The opening theme for the first season is Mag Mell' (cuckool mix 2007)" by Eufonius, a remix of the song Mag Mell' (cockool mix)", featured on the third disc of the game's original soundtrack, which is itself a remix of the game's opening theme . The first season's ending theme is by Chata. It carries the same tune as , the ending theme from the After Story arc of the game. The second season's opening theme is which uses the same tune as the background music track from the game's soundtrack. The ending theme is "Torch", and both the opening and ending themes are sung by Lia. The rest of the soundtrack for both anime series is sampled from several albums released for the "Clannad" visual novel including the "Clannad Original Soundtrack", "Mabinogi", "-Memento-", "Sorarado", and "Sorarado Append". The cover art for "Sorarado Append" is also visible as the last shot in the ending video animation of the first season.
Ian Culbard
Culbard’s first original graphic novel was "Celeste", a science fiction story published in 2014 by SelfMadeHero. Other notable original series include those published in "2000 AD": "Brass Sun", a steampunk adventure story created in collaboration with Ian Edginton and the science fiction police drama "Brink" in collaboration with Dan Abnett. Culbard and Abnett have also worked together for Boom! Studios on "Wild’s End" and for Vertigo on "The New Deadwardians."
Clannad (visual novel)
A magazine-sized 39-page book called "pre-Clannad" was published by SoftBank Creative on April 15, 2004. The book contained images from the visual novel, and short explanations of the characters, along with production sketches and concept drawings. A 160-page visual fan book was published by Enterbrain on October 12, 2004 which contained detailed story explanations, computer graphics, sheet music for the opening and ending themes, and interviews from the creators. Near the end of the book contains original illustrations of "Clannad" characters from various artists, three additional chapters of the "Official Another Story", and production sketches.
Clannad (visual novel)
The gameplay of "Clannad" follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game was ranked as the best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards. Key went on to produce an adult spin-off titled "" in November 2005, which expanded on the scenario of Tomoyo Sakagami, one of the five heroines from "Clannad".
Clannad
In 1970, Clannad signed a recording contract with Polydor Records after they came first in the annual Letterkenny Folk Festival. However, the label initially refused to release their music as they had little faith in their proposed album with songs sung in English and Irish. Their debut album, "Clannad", was recorded at Eamonn Andrews Studios and is formed of arranged Irish songs, including a cover of "Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson, and original material. Following the album's release in 1973, Clannad took part in the heat stages of the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with "An Pháirc" from "Clannad" as their entry. The band released "Clannad 2" as their second studio album on Gael Linn Records in 1974. To produce the album the band hired Dónal Lunny, founder of the Irish bands Planxty and The Bothy Band. Like their first release, "Clannad 2" features a mixture of English and Irish songs, this time with Lunny and Bothy Band members on additional instruments.
Themes (Clannad album)
Themes is a compilation album released in 1992 (US: 1995) by the Irish music group Clannad.
Clannad
After Pól's exit, Clannad continued as a quartet and recorded "Anam" (Irish for "Soul") in Dublin and England. It marked a return to their sound heard on "Magical Ring" and "Macalla", and features greater contributions from Ciarán who is credited as a writer on nine of the album's ten original songs. The US edition, released in 1992, features "In a Lifetime" with Bono and "Theme from Harry's Game", which had been included in the film "Patriot Games" and a Volkswagen television advert, boosting the group's recognition in the country. The latter won a Billboard Music Award for World Music Song of the Year. Clannad dedicated "Rí na Cruinne", the opening track, was included on the "One World One Voice" charity album to raise awareness of environmental issues.
Clannad (visual novel)
In the October 2007 issue of "Dengeki G's Magazine", poll results for the 50 best bishōjo games were released. Out of 249 titles, "Clannad" ranked first at 114 votes; in comparison, the second place title, "Fate/stay night", got 78 votes. The PlayStation 2 release in 2006 was reviewed by the Japanese video game magazine "Famitsu", which gave it an overall score of 26/40 (out of the four individual review scores of 7, 7, 6, and 6). In 2008, "Clannad" was voted No. 2 in the "Dengeki" poll of the most emotional games of all time. In 2011, "Clannad" was voted No. 4 in "Famitsu" poll of the most tear-inducing games of all time. In 2014, Sony Computer Entertainment conducted a poll with over 10,000 Japanese fans, where "Clannad" was voted No. 18 on the "Most Moving Games Over Books and Movies" list.
Clannad
In May 2008, Clannad's version of the traditional song "Down by the Sally Gardens" was featured in the listening paper for Music GCSE from the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations exam board. On 25 August 2008, Clannad released a new compilation album of their early music to contrast the music of their previous compilation album at the beginning of 2008, "".
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Won
Clear (visual novel)
"Clear" was first introduced in Japan, in limited and regular editions, on August 24, 2007 as a DVD playable on a Windows PC. The limited edition came bundled with three additional gifts: a rectangular clock with an image of Miki looking out on a beach, a hardcover illustration book with images from the game, a drama CD which came with the book, and a two-disc original soundtrack. An all ages version of "Clear", titled , was released on February 19, 2009 for the PlayStation 2 by Sweets. On May 3, 2008, Moonstone released a fan disc titled for Windows PCs as a DVD. In the fan disc, all six heroines receive their own new story.
Clannad (visual novel)
The last heroine in "Clannad" is a first-year student named Fuko Ibuki who is eccentric and childish, before she met Tomoya, was generally seen alone by herself making wood carvings of starfish with a small knife to give to others as presents. Fuko is extremely enthralled by starfish, or things that are star-shaped, and will often go into short euphoric bouts where her awareness of her surroundings is completely overtaken.
Hourglass (Clannad song)
"Hourglass / Theme from Harry's Game" is a double A-side single by Irish musical group Clannad. It was released in 1989 to promote their best-of "Past Present". This is the band's only single to feature a lead song that doesn't appear on any album, and the band's only double A-side single to date. Two promotional videos were produced to accompany the single, one for each of the lead songs, "Hourglass" directed by Tim Morris & Pól Brennan, and "Theme from Harry's Game" by Billy Magra.
List of Clannad episodes
Of the 24 episodes planned for release by Kyoto Animation, 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 on the eighth DVD on July 16, 2008 and is set in an alternate universe from the anime series in which Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating. The OVA episode was previewed on May 31, 2008 for an audience of four-hundred people picked via a mail-in postcard campaign. 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 episodes aired between October 4, 2007 and March 27, 2008 on the TBS Japanese television network in 4:3 aspect ratio. The anime also aired in 16:9 aspect ratio between October 26, 2007 and April 4, 2008 on the BS-i Japanese television network. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations in Japan released between December 19, 2007 and July 16, 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes. A Blu-ray Disc box set of "Clannad" was released on April 30, 2010 in Japan.
List of Clannad episodes
A continuation of the first anime series titled "Clannad After Story" produced by the same staff as with the first series, and containing the same cast of voice actors, adapts the After Story arc from the "Clannad" visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's scenario. The second season aired in Japan between October 3, 2008 and March 26, 2009 on TBS in 4:3 aspect ratio with 24 episodes. Of the 24 episodes, 22 are regular episodes, the 23 is an extra episode, and the last episode is a summary episode showcasing highlights from the series. "Clannad After Story" also aired in 16:9 aspect ratio starting on October 24, 2008. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 3, 2008 and July 1, 2009. The eighth DVD volume came with an additional original video animation (OVA) episode set in an alternate universe from the anime series where Tomoya and Kyou are dating. The OVA episode was previewed on May 24, 2009 for a limited number of people.
Tom Clancy's EndWar
"Endwar" was published as a novel, on February 4, 2008 in paperback form. The back cover says "Based on Ubisoft's bestselling game, "Tom Clancy's EndWar"", despite the game not yet having been released at that time. The sequel "Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted" was released on February 1, 2011 by Berkley Books. A second sequel "Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Missing" was released in 2013. The first two books are written by Grant Blackwood under the pseudonym David Michaels. The third book is written by Peter Telep.
Mark Greaney (novelist)
After Clancy's death, with the backing of his family and estate, Greaney continued the Jack Ryan and The Campus Universe left behind by Clancy, and has written four more novels as of 2016: "Tom Clancy: Support and Defend" (2014), "Tom Clancy: Full Force and Effect" (2014), "Tom Clancy: Commander in Chief" (2015) and "Tom Clancy: True Faith and Allegiance" (2016). Regarding the publisher's decision to feature Clancy's name at the top in massive letters and having his name in smaller letters for the covers of the post-Clancy novels, Greaney commented: “It really feels like a humongous honor to do it. I get pretty good billing. The Tom Clancy name is one thing you can put on your book that will make it stand out from across the room.”
Clannad (visual novel)
There are recurring themes that appear throughout the story. The main theme is the value of having a family, as the title of the series implies because the main scenario writer Jun Maeda mistakenly thought the name of the Irish band Clannad meant "clan" or "family" in Irish. Of the six main characters, Tomoya, Nagisa, and Kotomi have no siblings, though their parents are major factors in their stories. Nagisa's story was written to incorporate what Maeda described as a "perfect family" with a focus on mental consciousness. In Nagisa's story, there is a recurring appearance of (a fictional group mascot for children) that Nagisa is fond of. Tomoya's and Nagisa's characters were written in a style to exemplify a "growth to adulthood" by the end of the story. Fuko's and Kyou's stories have their sisters playing an integral part, and Tomoyo's story is influenced by her entire family. A minor motif of Irish words continues with the opening theme of the game, "Mag Mell", which means roughly "plain of joy" and is connected with Irish mythology. The arrange album, a short music CD that contained remixed versions of songs in the game, that was bundled with the original game release was titled "Mabinogi", which was a collection of prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts.
Jun Maeda
After forming Key, Maeda worked on the music and scenario for their first title "Kanon" released in 1999, which proved to be very popular in the adult game market in Japan. Beside Maeda, the majority of "Kanon" scenario was written by Naoki Hisaya, but he quit Key shortly after "Kanon" was produced. Following this, Maeda wrote most of the scenario for Key's next title "Air", along with again working as the lyricist and one of the composers for the music featured in the game. After a period of four years in 2004, Key released their third and longest game "Clannad" where Maeda did a vast amount of the writing for the game; in all, Maeda put in around 75% of the work that went into the creation of "Clannad". Also in 2004, Maeda began writing his first manga entitled "Hibiki's Magic", which was first conceived as a short story he wrote as a student. In 2005, Maeda worked on the scenario and music for Key's fifth game "", followed by Key's sixth title "Little Busters!" released in July 2007 which he also worked on in regards to the scenario and music.
Visual novel
In 2008, several of Key's visual novels were voted in the "Dengeki" poll of the ten most tear-inducing games of all time, including "Clannad" at No. 2, "Kanon" at No. 4, "Air" at No. 7, and "Little Busters!" at No. 10. In 2011, several visual novels were also voted in "Famitsu"'s poll of 20 most tear-inducing games of all time, with "Clannad" at No. 4, "Steins;Gate" at No. 6, "Air" at No. 7, "Little Busters!" at No. 10, and "" at No. 14.
Clannad
The five original members of Clannad appeared on stage together at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow on 19 January 2007. The concert was greeted by 2,000 fans who travelled from places such as the US and Brazil to see the legendary group perform some of the most loved songs in their history. While at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards that were held in Dublin on 1 February 2007 Clannad were presented with the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award.
In March 2008, Clannad began their first UK tour in over 12 years, starting at The Sage in Gateshead. The tour culminated in a dozen dates, including concerts in Ireland and Thailand.
Clannad (visual novel)
"Clannad" was released for Windows on Steam by Sekai Project in English on November 23, 2015. In November 2014, Sekai Project used the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to raise funds to produce the English translation of "Clannad". After less than 24 hours, the project reached its goal of US$140,000. When the Kickstarter campaign reached its US$320,000 stretch goal, Sekai Project announced that they would also be translating and releasing the "Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de" side stories for Windows. Overall, the Kickstarter campaign raised US$541,161, exceeding all of its stretch goals. "Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de" was released on Steam on June 2, 2016.
Wanted (comics)
Wanted is a comic book limited series written by Mark Millar, with art by J. G. Jones. It was published by Top Cow in 2003 and 2004 as part of Millarworld. It features an amoral protagonist who discovers he is the heir to a career as a supervillain assassin in a world where such villains have secretly taken control of the planet.
List of Clannad episodes
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is by the Japanese music group Eufonius. This song is a remix of , the opening theme used for the original visual novel. The ending theme is by the Japanese singer Chata. "Dango Daikazoku" is an adaptation of , Nagisa's character theme from the visual novel, which was also adapted into , the ending theme of the After Story arc of the visual novel.
Clannad (visual novel)
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
Clannad () are an Irish family band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal. Their music has been described as folk, folk rock, traditional Irish, Celtic and new-age, often incorporating elements of smooth jazz and Gregorian chant.
The Collection (Clannad album)
The Collection is a compilation album by Irish musical group Clannad, released in 1987 by K-tel International Ltd. It consists of their greatest hits dating back to 1972, with the tracks featuring a mix between pop rock influenced songwriting done by the band in addition to traditional folk music. The album saw a 1987 release on compact disc, which include a comment on the back cover by Irish journalist Tommie Gorman stating: "freed at least by recognition, their creative instincts have found a new strength."
Music of Clannad
is a piano arrange album with songs taken from the "Clannad" and "" visual novels and arranged into piano versions. It was first released on December 29, 2005 in Japan by Key Sounds Label bearing the catalog number "KSLA-0021". The album contains one disc with ten tracks; the first five songs are from "Clannad" while the last five are from "Tomoyo After". The album is composed, and produced by Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, Magome Togoshi, and Eufonius; all the tracks are arranged by Ryō Mizutsuki.
Eiji Usatsuka
After university graduation he was employed as illustrator by the visual novel publisher Visual Art's using the pseudonym "Sawagani" (サワガニ, "Japanese Freshwater Crab"). As side job he made illustrations for light novels which is against the company policy. The similarity of "both peoples" designs, were however noticed and later revealed by Tōya Okano (scenario assistant for Visual Art's' Clannad) in a "Dengeki G's Magazine" interview article presenting Visual Art's brand "Mana"’s game "Angel Magister".
Clannad (visual novel)
A second Internet radio show to promote the "Clannad After Story" anime series called was broadcast between October 10, 2008 and April 10, 2009, containing 26 episodes. The show was also produced by Onsen and Animate TV, and was streamed online every Friday. The show had three hosts including the previous two plus Ryōtarō Okiayu who plays Akio Furukawa in the anime series. Two two-disc CD compilations were released containing the second radio shows broadcasts, the first released on February 18, 2009, followed by the second on May 29, 2009.
List of Clannad episodes
A continuation of the first anime series titled "Clannad After Story" produced by the same staff as with the first series, and containing the same cast of voice actors, adapts the After Story arc from the "Clannad" visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's scenario. "Clannad After Story" has 25 episodes, 24 of which aired in Japan between October 2008 and March 2009. The last episode was again released as an OVA on the eighth DVD in July 2009. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 2008 and July 2009. Sentai Filmworks also licensed "Clannad After Story" and Section23 Films localized and distributed the television series and OVA starting with the first half season box set with English subtitles released in October 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released in December 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released "Clannad After Story" with an English dub on April 19, 2011.
Clannad (visual novel)
The first limited edition DVD for "Clannad After Story" ranked second during its first week of sales selling 17,521 units. The second through fourth limited edition DVDs for "Clannad After Story" ranked first during their first week of sales each selling over 16,000 units each. The fifth through seventh limited edition DVDs for "Clannad After Story" ranked first during their first week of sales selling over 14,000 units each. The eighth limited edition DVD for "Clannad After Story" ranked second during its first week of sales selling over 19,800 units. The sixth limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of May 11 and May 17, 2009 at number three for anime DVDs. The seventh limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of June 8 and June 14, 2009 at number six for anime DVDs. The eighth limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of July 6 and July 12, 2009 at number five for anime DVDs.
Clannad (visual novel)
"Clannad" is a drama and romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. "Clannad" follows a branching plot line with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.
Clannad (visual novel)
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.
List of Clannad episodes
The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the "Clannad After Story" anime series, and Section23 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, released on October 20, 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released on December 8, 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released "Clannad After Story" with an English dub in April 2011.
Clannad (visual novel)
Gamania Entertainment hosted a collaboration event with "Clannad" and their two massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) "Hiten Online" and "Holy Beast Online". Between March 26 and June 26, 2008, the two games offered costumes characters could wear which looked like the winter school uniforms from "Clannad", along with offering Kyou's pet boar Botan for players to adopt. Players of either game who had a character over level 20 could enter a lottery where 500 people were chosen to win "Clannad"-related goods which included virtual and real-world items such as file folders, "netcash" cards, sports towels, tapestries, and various items used during gameplay.
Snow (visual novel)
Five adult light novels written by Hangetsu Mitamura and published by Paradigm were released between June 2003 and January 2004. The cover art and internal illustrations were drawn by Asuka Pyon, the artist who drew the artwork in the visual novel. The first novel, titled , was released on June 25, 2003. The second novel was released on July 25, 2003, titled . The third novel, titled , was released on September 20, 2003. The fourth novel, titled , was released on November 22, 2003. The fifth and final novel, titled , was released on January 16, 2004. A 192-page art book, titled "Snow Art Works", and containing information such as story and character explanations, and images from the visual novel, was released by Paradigm on July 25, 2003.
Mark Greaney (novelist)
Greaney has been a fan of Tom Clancy for years, and has read all of his books, beginning with Patriot Games. So when Clancy was looking for a new co-author, Greaney found out that his editor at Berkley Books, Tom Colgan, was also Clancy's editor at G. P. Putnam's Sons. His editor later referred to his agent, who asked Greaney to be Clancy's co-author. Commenting on the experience, Greaney recalled: "I wish I could say I was excited, but the truth is, I was terrified. After I caught my breath, I offered to 'try out' because there were some other authors also in the running. I wrote twenty-five pages, handed them in and soon thereafter, I was in Baltimore meeting with Tom Clancy." They later collaborated on Clancy's last three novels before his death in October 2013: "Locked On" (2012), "Threat Vector" (2013), and "Command Authority" (2013).
Tom Clancy
Clancy's literary career began in 1984 when he sold "The Hunt for Red October" for $5,000.
His works "The Hunt for Red October" (1984), "Patriot Games" (1987), "Clear and Present Danger" (1989), and "The Sum of All Fears" (1991) have been turned into commercially successful films. Actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, and John Krasinski have played Clancy's most famous fictional character, Jack Ryan. Another well-known character of his, John Clark, has been portrayed by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. Tom Clancy's works also inspired games such as the "Ghost Recon", "Rainbow Six", and "Splinter Cell" series. Clancy died on October 1, 2013. Since his death, his Jack Ryan series has been continued by his family estate through a series of authors.
Locked On (novel)
Locked On is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and co-written with Mark Greaney, and released on December 13, 2011. A direct sequel to "Dead or Alive" (2010), it is Clancy's first of three collaborations with Greaney and features Jack Ryan Jr. and The Campus as they try to avert a nuclear threat from a rogue Pakistani general, as well as his father Jack Sr. in his presidential campaign. The book debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list.
List of Case Closed volumes
Case Closed, known as Meitantei Conan (名探偵コナン, lit. Great Detective Conan, officially translated as Detective Conan) in Japan, is written by Gosho Aoyama and serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The series began its serialization on January 19, 1994. Since Case Closed's premiere, over 1000 chapters have been released in Japan, making it the 21st longest running manga series. Several adaptations based on Case Closed have been made, including an anime series and animated films. A database consisting of all the cases from the manga was launched in 2007. Viz Media announced its licensing of the series on June 1, 2004, and following Funimation Entertainment's English localization, released the series under the name Case Closed with renamed characters. The series follows high school detective Jimmy Kudo who was transformed into a child after being forced to ingest an experimental poison.
Key (company)
Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher Visual Arts and is located in Kita, Osaka. Key's debut visual novel "Kanon" (1999) combined an elaborate storyline, up-to-date anime-style art, and a musical score which helped to set the mood for the game. Key's second game "Air" (2000) had a similar if not more complex storyline to "Kanon" and a more thorough gameplay. Both "Kanon" and "Air" were originally produced as adult games, but Key broke this trend with their third title "Clannad" (2004) released for all ages. Key has worked in the past with Interchannel and Prototype for the consumer port releases of the brand's games. Key collaborated with P.A. Works and Aniplex to produce the anime series "Angel Beats!" (2010) and "Charlotte" (2015). Key has released 13 games, the latest being the visual novel "Summer Pockets" in 2018.
Vampyr (video game)
Vampyr is an action role-playing video game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Focus Home Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 5 June 2018. The plot relates to how Jonathan Reid, a doctor who has turned into a vampire, comes to terms with his undead condition as he is torn between the Hippocratic Oath and his newfound bloodthirsty nature.
A.D. Vision
On October 20, 2008, it was announced that ADV had entered into a licensing arrangement with new licensor Sentai Filmworks. The highlight of the new partnership was that ADV would be distributing the anime television adaptation of the popular visual novel "Clannad", also they acquired the distribution rights to "Koharu Biyori", "Mahoromatic", "Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful" (both were previously licensed by Geneon), "Tsukihime" (previously licensed by Geneon), "Pet Shop of Horrors" (previously licensed by Urban Vision), and "Jewel BEM Hunter Lime" (previously licensed by Media Blasters). After the dissolution of ADV, Section23 Films has now distribution rights for Sentai.
Clan Ground
Clan Ground is the second book in "The Books of the Named" series of young adult prehistoric fiction novels by Clare Bell. The book was originally published in 1984 and was re-released in 2010 with a new cover illustration by Lew Lashmit. The series follows a follows a group of sentient, prehistoric large cats called the Named, led by the female cat, Ratha. It also deals with their struggles against the group of non-sentient cats, the Unnamed.
Clannad (visual novel)
"Clannad" has made several transitions to other media. There have been four manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works, Flex Comix, Fujimi Shobo and Jive. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books have also been published, as have audio dramas and several albums of music. An animated film by Toei Animation was released in September 2007, followed by two anime series including two original video animation (OVA) episodes by Kyoto Animation produced between 2007 and 2009. Both anime series and their accompanying OVAs are licensed by Sentai Filmworks and were released in North America in 2009. The animated adaptations have received high sales figures in Japan as well as critical acclaim abroad.