Clannad & Clannad [After story]
Table of contents
- Introduction.
- Story.
- Art work.
- Characters.
- Ending.
- Conclusion.
Introduction
Hello. I have decided to give my very first review on an anime I recently watched, Clannad. I enjoy giving reviews for things so I thought I'd give this a shot too and might do more as I see fit and/or have the time. I will review both Clannad and the after story as one for simplicity reasons.
Story
The story of Clannad can be found here:
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Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away.
One day while walking to school, Tomoya passes a young girl muttering quietly to herself. Without warning she exclaims "Anpan!" (a popular Japanese food) which catches Tomoya's attention. He soon discovers the girl's name is Furukawa Nagisa and that she exclaims things she likes in order to motivate herself. Nagisa claims they are now friends, but Tomoya walks away passing the encounter off as nothing.
However, Tomoya finds he is noticing Nagisa more and more around school. Eventually he concedes and befriends her. 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. Claiming he has nothing better to do, he decides to help her achieve this goal along with the help of four other girls.
As Tomoya spends more time with the girls, he learns more about them and their problems. As he attempts to help each girl overcome her respective obstacle, he begins to realise life isn't as dull as he once thought.
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/2167/Clannad#yX9ZCZUv0xbpZSdl.99The after story here:
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Events in After Story take place immediately after the first season, following Tomoya's final semester of high school. After declaring his love to Nagisa, they begin to have a close relationship. Their life together will be faced with unexpected challenges, as the truth behind the illusionary world and the city's legend come to light.
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/4181/Clannad:_After_Story#APzjhRMSWooR16kJ.99Both parts of this anime, the story lines are excellent and flow very well in my opinion. Each character really puts an impact to the story for the most part. How the story really catches you and gets you attached to certain characters. I found myself really liking Fuko for example and Kotomi.
The story is full of ups and downs. Funny moments, suspense and very sad moments, especially in the after story.
Art work
The art work in Clannad is very visually appealing. It brings everything to life and really nice to watch and take in all the stunning visual work that has been done by the artist. Colors of the characters in my opinion fit who they are. The scenery in parts of this anime are breath taking. I know everyone would love it as much as I did.
Characters
As said above, each main character really grabs your attention and you get attached which will lead you through happy moments, funny and sad. It makes for a real tear jerker anime because of the story MIXED with the characters that have been placed in it. My favorite character was Fuko due to her strange behavior, her determination for her sister and the whole back story she had. Very interesting and got me instantly attached.
Voice actors
I think they were well played, since I watched this subbed like I do for all my animes. I thought the emotion they used behind each character was spot on and made the story that much better. It would likely be strange for them to get new actors for dubbed, but I haven't watched it dubbed (nor have I checked if it's available.)
Ending
The ending is fucking sad. That is all I can say about that. Watch it, after you watched Clannad of course and go through it all. You will be like "what in the fuck?!"
Conclusion & Rating
Overall, I think this was one of the most beauitful animes I have ever watched and pulled at my heart strings quite a bit. It was a roller coaster full of good moments, happy moments and of course sad moments. I would strongly reccomend this anime to anyone who wants to watch a great slice of life/romance anime.
My overall rating is:
9.5/10
I won't say it's a 10 because nothing is perfect and it made me cry, so it loses points!
