I searched for a sad anime because I feel like crying and all. As he attempts to help each girl overcome her respective obstacle, he begins to realize life isn't as dull as he once thought. Claiming he has nothing better to do, he decides to help her achieve this goal along with the help of four other girls.Īs Tomoya spends more time with the girls, he learns more about them and their problems. Tomoya learns Nagisa has been held back a year due to a severe illness and that her dream is to revive the school's drama club. Eventually he concedes and befriends her. However, Tomoya finds he is noticing Nagisa more and more around school. Nagisa claims they are now friends, but Tomoya walks away passing the encounter off as nothing. He soon discovers the girl's name is Furukawa Nagisa and that she exclaims things she likes in order to motivate herself. Without warning she exclaims "Anpan!" (a popular Japanese food) which catches Tomoya's attention. One day while walking to school, Tomoya passes a young girl muttering quietly to herself. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away. Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything. If your a fan of series, this might be worth checking out just to see a different view and a bit of back story but for the rest of you just act like it never happened.Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Clannad movie review movie#
The movie as a whole lacks the charm that the anime was able to produce because of the time allotted. In order to make it under 2 hours, the movie primarily focuses on Tomoya’s relationship with Nagisa so most of the characters get less screen time but in the anime and visual novel the supporting characters play crucial roles. It feels like I was watching the anime again, just a inferior version of it. The movie isn’t horrible by any means, it fails to capture the charm and emotions the anime was able to convey. The art style is different from the anime because it was produced by a different team. So why does this film come up short? The biggest issue being that they tried to condensed 44 episodes into an 1 hour and 30 minutes. You get more of a detailed view of what happened to Tomoya’s past and some supporting characters get a bigger role. There are some cool things about the film. The biggest change being the conclusion to one of the characters and the ending. Kyou’s sister Ryou Fujibayashi doesn’t appear in the film at all and Kotomi Ichinose only makes a cameo. So as far as small changes in the movie Kyou Fujibayashi gets along with and is probably friends with Tomoyo Sakagami unlike the anime where they dislike each other. This leads to a friendship which ultimately changes Tomoya’s life.Ĭlannad the movie is a retelling of the anime with numerous changes, some small and some huge. One day while walking to school he finds Nagisa Furukawa a fellow student and gives her some words of encouragement. Just like the anime it’s about Tomoya Okazaki who is a bit of delinquent and has a dark past. The plot, story, character development and animation is top notch.
Clannad movie review series#
If you haven’t seen it, watch if first then comeback.Ĭlannad is one of the best anime series of all time. I’m writing this review assuming you have already seen the anime.