Naoyuki Ito
Director
Kanon (2002)
Season 1
7 years since Yuuichi Aizawa visited his aunt Akiko in her little northern town, he returns to uncover memories and secrets that have vanished from his head. He soon realises that something supernatural is happening, and that all of his new female acquaintances have links to his forgotten past.
Released Jan. 31, 2002
Episode 24 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Supernatural, Comedy, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.small-town, tmdb.harem, imdb.anime-animation, tmdb.based-on-visual-novel, imdb.based-on-visual-novel, imdb.based-on-video-game, imdb.hand-drawn-animation
Watch Providers: Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Toei Animation, Visual Art's/Key, Movic, Fuji Television Network, Visual Art's
Network: Fuji TV
S1E1 - The Girl of Snow
Yuichi Aizawa comes to stay at his cousin’s home in northern Japan after seven years. He meets Ayu Tsukimiya in the shopping district, who pulls him into running away from a taiyaki vendor with her.
Jan. 31, 2002, midnight
S1E2 - A Sunny Town
Yuichi attends his first day at his new school, and later meets Shiori Misaka after another run-in with Ayu. The next day he finds Shiori visiting the schoolyard.
Feb. 7, 2002, midnight
S1E3 - Just This One Little Memory
After his second day of classes, Makoto Sawatari tracks Yuichi down in the shopping district, trying to pick a fight. She collapses from hunger, however, and Akiko takes her in. The next day, after discovering some of her pranks, Yuichi suspects her of stealing his wallet.
Feb. 14, 2002, midnight
S1E4 - To the Night
Yuichi finds Mai Kawasumi in battle at night in the school building. Following an incident at lunch with a stray dog the next day, he joins her for lunch. After school, he joins Ayu in her search for a precious object, with no results. That night, he brings Mai some dinner.
Feb. 14, 2002, midnight
S1E5 - The Fox and the Grapes
Mai is implicated by the student council for some broken windows. Yuichi visits Mai again at night, but Makoto attracts the attention of the night watch. Makoto runs away from Akiko’s house after a heated quarrel with Yuichi.
Feb. 21, 2002, midnight
S1E6 - Those Girls’ Opinions
Yuichi searches for Makoto at night, and finds her in the shopping district. Shadowing her, he follows her to the hill overlooking the city and discovers that she found a stray cat. He takes both of them home, and the cat is named Piroshiki. Yuichi and Sayuri convince Mai to take part in the upcoming ball. Piro and Akiko fall ill, and Makoto and Ayu take care of them.
Feb. 21, 2002, midnight
S1E7 - The Ball
At first, Mai makes a good impression at the ball, but the lights are destroyed and Mai is again implicated. When Mai faces expulsion, Sayuri convinces the student council to reverse the punishment by agreeing to join the council. On Mai’s birthday, Sayuri is injured by the monsters Mai hunts.
Feb. 28, 2002, midnight
S1E8 - Girl’s Prison
Mai resolves to end the fighting once and for all. As Mai and Yuichi fight the monsters together, Yuichi traces another fragment of his lost memory.
March 14, 2002, midnight
S1E9 - Beyond that Smile
Yuichi learns about Shiori’s condition and Kaori’s silence. Prompted by Nayuki, Yuichi spends an entire day with Shiori, forging happy memories.
March 21, 2002, midnight
S1E10 - The Winter Fireworks
Makoto falls ill, and Yuichi discovers her true identity.
March 21, 2002, midnight
S1E11 - Promise
Yuichi and Ayu watch a movie together, and as they become closer, Nayuki is heartbroken. Ayu takes Yuichi to her school, but they make a startling discovery.
March 28, 2002, midnight
S1E12 - A Mark of a Dream
Yuichi remembers what happened to Ayu, seven years ago, as well as the thing she was searching for—a little angel doll. Nayuki, Kaori, and Jun help him unearth the doll. Akiko is hit by a car in a blizzard. Ayu, in order to let Yuichi use the doll, asks him to let her go as a final wish.
March 28, 2002, midnight
S1E13 - Where the Wind Leads
It is now spring, and Mai and Sayuri have graduated. Although Akiko is on the road to recovery, a rift still remains between Nayuki and Yuichi. On the day Yuichi is scheduled to leave and transfer to another school, Nayuki sees a familiar name tag at the hospital.
March 28, 2002, midnight
Network: Fuji TV
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 312 min.
Released: Jan. 31, 2002
Last Air Date: March 28, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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