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}} is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key released on June 4, 1999 for Windows PCs. Key later released versions of ''Kanon'' without the erotic content, and the game was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The story follows the life of Yuichi Aizawa, a high school student who returns to a city he last visited seven years prior, and he has little recollection of the events from back then. He meets several girls and slowly regains his lost memories. The gameplay in ''Kanon'' 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 once ranked as the second best-selling PC game sold in Japan, and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards. ''Kanon'' has sold over 300,000 units across several platforms. Following the game's release, ''Kanon'' made several transitions into other media. Two manga series were serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh'' and ''Dragon Age Pure''. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books were also published, as were audio dramas and several music albums. Toei Animation produced a 13-episode anime television series in 2002 and an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2003. Kyoto Animation produced a 24-episode anime series in 2006. The 2006 anime was licensed and dubbed in English by ADV Films in 2008, but the license was given to Funimation after ADV's closure. The 2006 anime plays on the association between ''Kanon'' and the musical term canon by using Pachelbel's ''Kanon D-dur'', or ''Canon in D major'', as a background piece at certain instances throughout the series. ==Gameplay== ''Kanon'' is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Yuichi Aizawa. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. ''Kanon'' follows a branching plot line with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.〔 There are five main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices to further the plot to an alternate direction.〔 After Mai's scenario is completed, a replay of her route will offer an additional choice to play through Sayuri's back-story. Jun Maeda, who worked on the scenario for ''Kanon'', commented in March 2001 that the Japanese public may have fallen under the impression that Key makes soothing games because of ''Kanons influence, but Maeda affirmed that there was not one person who worked on ''Kanon'' who thought that. In the adult versions of the game, there are scenes with sexual CGs depicting Yuichi and a given heroine having sex.〔〔 Later, Key released versions of ''Kanon'' without the erotic content. The versions that include the adult content have one explicit sex scene in each of the five main story routes, in addition to one fantasy scene.〔 Outside of these, there are two scenes with nudity.〔 Yūichi Suzumoto, a scenario writer who worked on later Key titles, commented that the sex scenes in ''Kanon'' are very self-contained, and can be easily removed without altering the story.〔 Maeda was asked what he thought if the sex scenes had been written to promote human reproduction, but he remarks that it would not work in games like ''Kanon'' or Key's later game ''Air''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kanon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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