One of my ambitions is to expand from fansubbing Anime, and make a move into the world of Visual Novels. And after recent developments, this is no longer a dream, but a possibility.
The first project we will be working on is Tomoyo After. Doki has many translators, but all are involved in translating anime.
I am seeking one (or more) translator(s) dedicated specifically to translating Tomoyo After. You will be provided with the Japanese text to translate from. You can email me if you are interested, or go on our IRC channel and find me or Cruxis (Supreme Receptionist of the Doki VN Department).
Cruxis edit: I am also looking for a person who completed this Visual Novel and can provide me some necessary resources. Find me in #doki.
Later I will be recruiting a number of “testers” to play the patched game, for debugging purposes.
There will be no “public” release until the entire project is complete.
Edit: A small update about how we will deal with the release, which shouldn’t be too far away. The only thing we will release officially, ie, via this blog, is the patch itself. We will NOT be releasing the actual game (iso or otherwise), for obvious reasons. You will have to find a copy of the game yourself. If you idle on #doki, I am sure someone will be able to help you.
Wednesday 27th April 2011 
5:17 PM 
killemall52, thanks a lot mate :D, for doki keep going on patch we always waiting for it 😉
No problem man, have fun 🙂
Hear that team? You still have the Legion’s support!
somehow since i played clannad, tomoyo-chan often appear in my dream 😀 LOL, can`t wait until i play her in tomoyo after that really focus on her live 🙂
Nice to know that some one else has dreams with Tomoyo-sama too ;-)oh wait, I bet that there are plenty of those. hehe
Your dream said, “Hi!” to me this morning. I’m not quite sure what’s going on, but I hope it was all you could have hoped for!
hahaha Very nice CM! But what is that thing she’s holding?
hehehe good luck to you too clannad man 😉 you have same dream. i think she holding Guitar?? or crossbow half guitar? or half spear??
I don’t know! It’s one of your guys’ dreams, you tell me!
If I had to take a guess, I think she is holding her sword from Dungeons and Takafumis modified to be utilized as a guitar. Just a guess though.
Really looking forward to this, I give my support to the team. That said- hurry up so I can get my VN fix!
Oh, if I could speed things up I would. I’m quite embarrassed by this delay, though unfortunately, it is outside of my control.
Oh look, you’ve only got 3 days to finish this. Aug 31st is the last day of summer! 😀
Don’t kill me, Doki Legion. Please…
:licks the tip of the spear:
That depends totally on certain release date… you know which. >:I
…
Lol, I kid. Maybe. An update on the work status would be nice though. c:
After some prodding, I verified the patch’s progress with the team; the patch is still on schedule for Summer, 2012. Not tomorrow though!
Nice to know that! It’s really encouraging, specially after commiting the atrocious and masochistic mistake of listening to the Tomoyo After OP. So anxious, now. ;_;
both of the guys before me shut up there are PLENTY of translated visual novels out there to play, I’m playing like 12 right now, so play something else and be patient they have lives (I think, I know I don’t) and are doing their best. I wouldn’t mind waiting another few months for it to be quite honest.
Doki: you guys are doing an epic job, keep it up!
Maybe they finished them all already? Well, plenty is not much if you finish 1 per week -3-
… that’s a lot of VNs to read at one a week.
well there are also some you can finish on one weekend or even in one night so I think one per week is a pretty good average.
Don’t encourage the team to procrastinate, mm’kay? XD
You’re playing 12 different VN’s AT THE SAME TIME? Alternating between them? O_o Ok, gonna have to give you the weird look now…Why not play a VN, finish it, and then play a new one, like normal people?
He probably enters Capturing God Mode and place on like 12 different computers at the same time.
XD
Oui oui! I have other VNs I am reading while I wait for Tomoyo After. It’s really building up the anticipation! The fact I’m waiting is what’s going to make it all worth while… It’s like waiting for your high school prom, or your 16th birthday, or some kind of stereotypical big day in a person’s life. Keep it up Doki! I’m actually trying to keep the anticipation down about if there will be another VN you guys translate or not lol
It will give me great joy when the patch is finally released. Then, my anxiety, like yours, will finally begin to ease up a bit.
I’m glad you’re excited Skye! =)
It’s like waiting for my 21st birthday, which, ironically, is this month, in precisely 23 days.
Just after Summer ends. Hmmm…
Oh man I can’t wait for this to be finished. So it’s going to be finished on the 31st? If not do you have a definite date?
An internal deadline date has been established. However, after what can only be described as a release date debacle, there is no way I am going to reveal the internal date.
Summer 2012 remains the time frame.
Ahh keeping us guessing eh? Well anyways thank you for doing this patch. 🙂
The VN Team is happy to have had the opportunity to work on it!
1 more day of summer~ Lets put the pressure on~! Well even if you don’t finish by tomorrow that’s ok, i can wait for (almost) ever for this patch!
“Only seven more days till my summer vacation ends” XD lol sorry but when you mentioned how many days of summer I had to throw in Roxas’ words 😀
I said by Summer 2012, not by Summer Vacation!
Those are one and the same where I live though CM. ; ) Summer only lasts 3 months here, and Fall starts in September. Summer has been really bad this year as well, so the temperatures are nothing like summer temperatures right now. To me personally it doesn’t matter though, I’ve waited for this patch to be properly realized for years, so I don’t mind waiting until it’s done, whenever that is, whether in a week, a month, or next year, whatever. I don’t really have time anyway right now. ┐(￣ー￣)┌
I just re watched clannad and after story for the 5th time and how i wish they make Tomoyo after into a series. Just can’t wait until they have this patch ready.
I’ve purposely spaced out the times when I can watch ~After Story~ so that I will be able to experience the maximum emotional impact instead of a watered down version from too much exposure. AAAH, the life of a Clannad Fan!
You’re pretty hardcore. The full emotional impact packs a pretty good punch. I remember how much I cried playing Clannad (especially the After story part) and also Tomoyo After…maybe I’m just to emotional…
I bawled my eyes off too, so I feel you, sister. ( ´Д｀)ﾉ(´･ω･`)
I don’t think I could bear to watch Clannad again for a couple months at least, really. I like it being that emotional, and I fear it might turn dull if I watch it too much.
I know I will watch Tomoyo’s chapters and AW, and play her route again, though. I need to be in shape for what is to come! ( ﾟヮﾟ)
It’s like training for some sort of athletic event or skill competition!
Well, of course! My tear ducts can’t be rusty by the time the patch comes out!
Personally I’m planning on watching Clannad and AS again only after I’ve played through the Clannad and Tomoyo After VN’s. ; )
Always a good decision!
I really have to wonder how some people like to assume there’s only one day left of summer when the autumnal equinox isn’t until September 21st. Then again, I can sympathize because nothing is being done about a certain other property that I will not name.
*cough*FMP!*cough*
All in all, I await the day of release, and as such, hope to witness what may be a new beginning in the age of VN’s.
I’m talking abou the last day of the summer months. You know, seasons. Winter,Spring,Summer,Fall, with June, July and August being summer season. Fall starts with September.
Ah well, September ain’t that bad. My b-day is coming up! 😀
It’ll be nice to turn 20! 🙂
Once again, JbstormburstADV, your comments do not disappoint. 😉
It’s winter down here, and we’re just gonna start spring in September… what season was Clannad about again? :’D
I only hope it’s not relesed on the period from saturday 15 to sunday 23, since I’ll probably be too drunk to notice. National holidays and stuff. \o/
Haha, no offense though Helen, but what you call a “winter” down there in Chile would easily pass as spring to many of us living up here in the northern hemisphere. :p Don’t know if I can heartfully say I envy you though, I have mixed feelings about it…Not having to deal with winter half of the year is probably nice, but I also think it’s probably too hot for me down there…I was on vacation in Rome in the south of Italy in July, and the heat was killing me. (‘^_^) 25 degrees celsius is a comfortable temperature for me. 30 I can deal with, that’s fine as long as I’m outside. But 35-40 to me is uncomfortable. If I went to India in high-summer, where it can reach 50…I think I would quite literally die…Heatstroke or something. I don’t think I could breathe…
As for Clannad, it takes in all 4 seasons I believe. Well, I’m not sure about Fall, but I know it takes place during Spring, Summer, and Winter at least.
No offense, Rokudaime, but your what you call a “winter” up there in the northern hemisphere could easily pass as “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING INSIDE THE FREEZER, YOU DUMMY” to many of us living down here in the northern hemisphere. :’P (?)
But yeah, we do have nice temperatures… at least in Santiago it only gets as cold as -7º celsius in winter and as hot as 35º in summer. Still, down in the chilean Patagonia, that is really close to the south pole… I’d say there is a little harsher.
And as far as I know, the spring themes mark a lot of the big, happy events in Clannad. From when they meet in the first few minutes, to [spoiler], [spoiler] and [spoiler]! Besides, if Air is summer and Kanon is winter… Clannad should be spring, don’t you think?
but what*
Agreed. ^^ I don’t really like the climate where I live, but then I live in the northern part of Norway. The South is much better. Also, like many other northern countries, the temperature difference and fluctuation between summer and winter is large, so we have warm summers and really cold winters.
Also agreed: Clannad is a Spring show, Air is Summer, and Kanon Winter. It’s fitting though that some of the saddest stuff in After Story takes place during winter.
Mhmm. My brother’s brother lives in northern Canada, and had a rough time with his first winter there. I can’t imagine how it would be in northern Norway. D:
And about Clannad… I haven’t hated snow that much since Kana: Little Sister. And I can tell Kanon (just finished chapter 20) is heading that way too ;_;
FYI, Clannad is multi-seasonal
We know Clannad man. ; ) The last part of my post a little further up above: “As for Clannad, it takes place in all 4 seasons I believe. Well, I’m not sure about Fall, but I know it takes place during Spring, Summer, and Winter at least.”.
^.
It’s just that, from a Key works perspective, it would fit pretty well as a spring counterpart to winter Kanon and summer Air. :’P
Yup. Man, the opening sequence of episode 1 when Tomoya first meets Nagisa, among all the cherry blossoms, with the beautiful music accompanying it…Hah…Perfect scene right there…
yare yare, it seems patch could be long, maybe it will be done at 14-Oct at tomoyo-chan birthday 😀 and that’s will be best of her present for her birthday 🙂 sugoi ne.
That’s good idea. But I don’t think some people want to wait that long though…
It won’t take that long. It will be done before summer’s end.
ne.. guys which do you think is tomoyo the best appearance, is it at tomoyo after, or at clannad, or at manga ;)?
Clannad (because I’m the Clannad Man!) followed by Tomoyo After and the Manga. But, they are all pretty similar.
Really loving the vocal on this one! ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOa07NIkW7U
Oopsm, wrong forum! xD
That’s what happens with 5 taps open at the same time….sorry…
Well,anyways have some more vocal tracks! xD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1I16gJBvU
Anywas, have some more vocal tracks! xD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G1I16gJBvU
DOUBLE POST FTW!!!!!!!
Why not post again? You’re doing such a good job living up to your name! =P
Ouch! Aahaha, good one CM! ^^
i loved this. hope u clannad fans love it too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vko28rLZWs&feature=b-vrec
Really liked this one, thanks for linking! ^^
Loved it! thanks for the great song
Good compilation! I remember seeing that awhile back.
Hey, dunno where i can ask about this so i’ll ask here if thats alright. will you guys be subbing Little Busters anime?
also thank you for working on translating tomoyo after, we all appreciate your hard work
Next seasons shows will be announced once we decide on them.
Thanks for your support Kyouske! I hope you will enjoy the patch as much as I have.
Also, though I have not and will not participate with subbing activities for the Anime Division, knowing the number of Key fans around here and Holo’s tendencies, I’d say that there is an extremely high likelihood Doki will sub it.
I don’t know anything about their thoughts on it, but that is my suspicion.
Can’t wait for Doki’s patch!! Keep up the good work! xP
“Sir, while distribution of a title as well-known and adored as Tomoyo After ~It’s a Wonderful Life~ is something that should be admired, we ask that you please take down your link, as it disavows Doki Fansubs’ already-established policy of no posting links to illegal visual nove downloads.”
This is what someone from the staff would officially say. Unfortunately for you, I agree with them.
Staff, time for the daily feeding! XD
*Clannad Man tosses some food into the Doki Legion Colosseum*
Damn, I need to re-watch that movie. Such awesome bloody action! ^^
Me thinks delaying for over a month qualifies this as a bonafide troll project no? KEY projects are cursed after all…
Yeah, we dropped it.
Don’t listen to Ixlone, as in my experience, he is a bona fide anti-KEY troll. Take that as you will. =P
can’t really drop what you never did in the first place
“Me thinks delaying for over a month qualifies this as a bonafide troll project no?”
No. I don’t. not even remotely. You need to learn some patience. If you become that impatient after just a month, then you’ve been to spoiled and lucky with the projects you have been waiting for in the past. 1 month is nothing. And we’ve waited for years for this patch to finish, having shifted hands countless times. A little longer should mean nothing at this point. They’re perfecting the patch so there are no errors and stuff that doesn’t work like it should, which I am very grateful for, so I think you should just DEAL WITH IT. ;-/
Man if there was a like button
Yeah, I’d much rather wait a while longer to have a 100% solid patch, as opposed to one with bugs and such. Avoids having to release a hundred extra patches as well.
Troll Project? Funny.
Speak to any of the Beta-Testers when they post or chat on C-Box, and they will vouch for what they have seen. If that is not enough evidence for you, then I would suggest you check back at summer’s end and reassess your position.
Had they actually dropped the project, then it’d be a hell of a troll project. A small (yes, in the VN translation world this is considered small) delay like this doesn’t really qualify IMO.
Besides, when you’re used to waiting years for your favourite releases, a month or two ain’t really that much anyway. :’3
Every effort was made to get the game out by July 20th. I’ve said it and I’ll say it again; the patch could have been released on that date but there would have been some bugs/errors which would have irritated the heck out of everyone. Doki isn’t made of programmers and coders, so the team needed additional time to make the changes they felt were necessary.
Scheduling can be tricky, BTW.
I don’t comments containing anything related to the delay mixed with disappointment over not being released during summer break is going motivate or help the team.
I think you’re missing a verb somewhere…
Other than that, though, I completely agree with your sentiment.
GO, DOKI LEGION! GANBATTE!
OHHHHH!!!!*Pumps his arms up*GANBATTE!
I’m not sure what you mean. But, the VN Team is working on it.
Will this ever get realeased? I’m starting to have my doubts! 🙁
Don’t be trolling on us!
I mean, at least giv us some sort of update! It’s almost been completly dead since the news about the delay, which i thought weren’t gonna be a major delay…. 🙁
C’mon guys! Tell us how the project is going!
Hush, patience is a virtue.
If you have been waiting for this long now, this delay won’t mean much. Now go sit in a chair and wait for the operating room lights to turn off. You are not the only one waiting for the release and seeing the same comments over and over again will not bode well with the people working on it.
Mister n00b, I really encourage you to actually read a little up in the comments. There IS some info on progress there, if you care to scroll up and see. :V
I have and it dosen’t really anything! I’m either blind, stupid or both.
And this dealy is kind of long. When the delay was anonced, the project was allready 100% translated, with a few coding errors to be fixed. Plus, indirectly, CM told me that the VN team had been slacking off on the patch. Now all that remains is to motivate the VN team to finish this.
And besides, Summer 2012 is over! At least change the release date on the project page! 😛
Or give us an update or anything! Not silence!
Calm down, the team is working as hard as they can with their busy lives, to hopefully have a september release. If I recall correctly, it was a bug in the mini-games in the visual novel that caused the initial delay. I’m pretty sure now they’re in the final stages of just going through the important bits and making sure there are no typo’s or bugs. Also, my birthdays on the 19th, so if it’s released this month, it’ll make for a great birthday present. Thanks doki, the legion loves you 🙂
Summer 2012 is not over, my n00by friend. Furthermore, the team has been working steadily to get the patch done. All indications are that the patch will be ready before Summer 2012 is through.
I have given out as many updates as I can without seeming extremely repetitive. I said to accommodate the time the coders needed there would be one additional run-through of the translation for consistency purposes. Nothing has changed. Changes have been made on both fronts, but if I said the same thing each day, it would seem rather shallow a response, no?
Vote Tomoyo Summer 2012
As much as I feel I want to fully play Tomoyo After, the space of time actually waiting for it has allowed me a great many things. One being going back and playing some other routes other than Tomoyo’s in Clannad xD.
And I can look forward to the accumulated satisfaction from the wait when it finally is released, no?
So I say, for Tomoyo, I can be patient.
Indeed! The additional wait will be well worth it, even if the satisfaction is delayed a little.
Awww, that is so cute! ^^
people need to learn that summers not over just because the kiddies are going back to school, that’s called summer break.
The astronomical summer (Northern Hemisphere) began Wednesday, June 20, 2012, and ends Friday, September 21, 2012.
Your dates are perfectly accurate, SilentOmen. The Doki Legion would be wise to remember those times when posting… or for their personal thoughts regarding progress.
Also, props for using the term ‘kiddies’. I almost never see it used anymore. Few words are as condescending yet cool at the same time! Hahaha~
Any indication as to how long after Tomoyo’s out that Clannad will be done?
Yes, just not yet. I’m sure someone will post updates in that regard once Tomoyo After is free to fly on her own.
@n00b
Not sure if you are trolling or not,but if you are…
…Unbelievable…
People are free to believe whatever they want. The tradeoff for not following along is getting the patch later than everyone else. If n00b or others want to make that choice, they are free to do so. I’ve done my part to keep everyone updated on a frequent basis without compromising the progress of the VN Team.
Not trolling just stating my opinion and honestly, going with seasons, summer IS over. But if you talk about Autumn Equinox then yes, summer is not over. But i’m sure most people would agree that September is a autumn month!
I’m not talking in riddles or trying to confuse anyone. Summer is not over yet. Whether or not people see Summer as extending into September or not isn’t anything I can control.
:X i never know when Spiring, summer, autumn, Winter cause im from indonesia and it only dry and wet season @_@.
I am speaking from the perspective that it is currently Summer and that it ends on the 21st of September.
Can I has patch b4 Mayan Apocalypse (TM) ?
I doubt the Mayan Apocalypse will happen, so don’t worry, you’ll be able to play it before the end of the world. Whem, though, I don’t know, since I am NOT part of the VN Team.
Clannad Man, any updates from them BTW? TBH, I’m kinda worried now that we’ve got a mass of hikkikomori working on this.
As I mentioned a few posts up, nothing that wouldn’t seem repetitive. All the checking takes awhile to do, and everyone needs to get to the same point before it can be checked off as done.
Thankfully, the scheduled Mayan Apocalypse is scheduled for December, whereas the patch will be released before then.