![]() ![]() While the original Clannad focused on the problems at school and the importance of family and friends, the After Story focuses on the same stuff, but like I said before in that period of adulthood we all just love. Not only that but more new problems surface, such as old friendships, dealing with work and living on your own, etc. If you remember the first season, one of the many stories and sayings within it tell us of many different realities, and After Story kind of in a way explains the confusion that we were left in the end. It continues the story to tell us what happens to Tomoya and Naigisa (probably spelling it wrong, but oh well). Instead, After Story takes us to that time in our life when graduation happens, life in high school ends, and adulthood starts. What makes Clannad so good, is because it doesn't just end where it did in the first season, where the two main characters get together. When you watch some kind of romance entertainment you get this whole bit of these two love birds trying to get together, and then they finally get together in the end, and then the story ends. What makes Clannad different from every other romantic genre, is because of this season right here. After watching Clannad I got into the sequel, and after watching it, I felt such a void because the story was so amazing so surreal, that it became one of my many favorite anime shows. Clannad, and Clannad Afterstory, is one of these animes. You start seeing things differently, you don't know what to do with yourself, and you begin to question how life works. Highly recommended.Įvery once in a while, you will watch an anime, movie, TV show or even read a story that kind of leaves you in a void. This series is truly life-altering in that it makes you think what your life will be in 5, 10 years, and the value of family. What really separates "Clannad" from other similar series is that it dedicates good 2~4 episodes for each of the sub-characters while developing the main story for the protagonist. I personally hated the childish "Dango Big Family" song in the beginning, but the song really grew on me by the end of the series. All truly great masterpieces must have great music to accompany it, and this series certainly did. Visuals by Kyoto Animation was phenomenal, and the music is simply incredible. This anime series had great drama and inspiration. Very few anime series successfully execute such fast flow of time, but we're treated with the perfect depiction of the life of a man who met his love only to lose it very soon after. It's basically split in 3 different eras: Remaining school days, immediately after graduation/birth, and the aftermath. Season 2 of "Clannad" surpasses even that of the first season. While the following episodes were good, they weren't great. Episode 9 (The wedding episode) was THE greatest and most touching episode I've ever seen in anime. Unless you're a dedicated series completionist, I would not recommend.Season 1 of "Clannad" was very good in my opinion. In fact, I'd even go as far as say it's an embaressment to the franchise. But as anyone who has seen both the anime and then this would tell you: this holds no candle even close to the anime. If this was a standalone movie and there was no Clannad anime (or After Story) then this might've been seen as decent. And while this last point is close to nitpicking, I also really disliked the animation style they went with for the film - was kinda gross and felt offputting compared to the anime's quality and style imo. It just felt like a lazy film overall with not enough added into it to make it worth watching after the anime - the only character that genuninely benefits from the additional development is Sunohara. Rushed condension or laziness? Like seriously, movie Akio, Senae, Kyuo and Kotomi aren't anything like their anime counterparts. ![]() They butchered the personality and plot direction of several of the other main cast because. None of the characters bar Nagisa you felt any attatchment to because they skim over and don't focus on any of the main cast except her, Tomoya and Sunohara. If you have no interest in seeing or wanting to commit to watching the Clannad anime series, you may enjoy this vanilla movie for what it is - however it will never stand up to the quality of the anime on any level. ![]()
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