Clannad - Reviews

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jaykumar1's avatar
Jun 5, 2016

good story but very slow moving,i expected more but it was little bit bad for romance story.And it wasn't much for harem also.

7/10 story
7/10 animation
8/10 sound
8/10 characters
7.5/10 overall
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FreddyCrab's avatar
Jan 1, 2012

Story: Despite giving it a rating overall of an 8, I have to say I was still dissappointed with how Clannad played out. I knew what the general gist of the story concerned, but sadly I found watching Clannad to be a bore. 

Tomoya Okazaki stumbles accross a girl by the name of Nagisa Furukawa- and over the duration of this anime he helps her to get the drama club set up. Clannad is a bit like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in this respect, as it mentions a club, yet soon the club is forgotten and other stories take centre stage, however, unlike Haruhi Suzumiya, the stories what take place in Clannad can only be explained as dull, uninteresting and lifeless. Fuko's story arc was sweet at first, but it got old. Ichinose's arc was rather dull also. And all the story arcs continued at this slow, laborious pace till it slightly improved at around the 20-episode mark. Thankfully the ending improved due to some sweet love confessions what I admittedly didn't think would ever happen, so that raised my rating of this anime to the 8 just barely. 

But overall the story of this anime is pointless- each episode is full of nothing of mild interest, it was a drag to keep on watching.

Animation: Animation in Clannad is very nice at least, although a little too typical of that studio.

Sound: I liked the opening, but the ending I disliked. There wasn't much music used throughout the show either.

Characters: The characters in this show were memorable, but there were a few too many girls for you to be able to process. Nagisa, although a sweet girl, is ALWAYS crying. Which, of course got extremely irritating with each progressing episode- I really don't see what Tomoya sees in her, because at the best of times shes just a wreck. Tomoya was an interesting character, his relationship with his dad was one of the only interesting story plots to actually be mentioned- but it wasn't even developed.

Along with these two protagonists are a folly of other women to suit every guys' need; the shy twin, the bold twin, the tough girl, the smart bookworm girl and the lolita girl. There were lots of characters, but none of them really stood out for me, other than Tomoya's pervy friend Sunohara.

Overall: I really wish I could have understood the genius of this show, but the end was the only interesting part of it, I only hope that the sequel is as superb as everyone else is saying, and not exactly like this, because I don't think I could stomach another series like this again.

6.5/10 story
8/10 animation
6/10 sound
8/10 characters
8/10 overall
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UUC110's avatar
May 20, 2020

First of all This will Review will be for both Clannad and for Clannad after life : [SAME REVIEW FOR CLANNAD AFTER LIFE]

So, after watching clannad specialy after life i cried whole time from Ep-16 to Ep-21. It is one of those anime and manga which mand me cry, though i'm bit serious type person with anime emotion complex.

my thoughts for this anime JUST GO AHEAD and Try to Understand whole series and also i recommmand watch in  japanese Because It gives bit Clear emotionl touch and felling of character

It filled with School life romance, Bit Supernatural phenomenon (Diffrent Dimention), Lots of emotion (Specially in After Life ), Comedy

POINTS TO REMEMBER  WHILE WATCHING CLANNAD / AFTER-LIFE

  1. Since this anime is made long ago in 2007-2008 its animation is not good in 360p-480p i think so. may be 720p is bettter, ( i watched Whole series in Blu-ray 1080p so i did'nt get feel of old animation i was not sure of anime beacuse of  art but it wins my heart when i watched it )
  2. As i suggested before too, Watch in Japanese 
  3. Also, i recommandad watch whole series in one go or in 2-3 partition if u keep days diffrence in watching its feel and emotion along all the episode cannot be continued
  4. yea also If u are downloading First Download all ep then watch so it convenient to wach Without trouble
  5. Watch Movie in last or else it will leave lots of spoiler in your mind then dont tell me in reply u did't mentioned in review

Yes link for Blu-ray 1080p Clannad and Clannad After-life

Clannad :  Click Here to Go Google Dive Page All Episode Include Extra

Clannad After-life :  Click Here to Go Google Dive Page All Episode Include Extra

Sorry If Mistakenly i Mentioned any Spoiler But i Dont Think so if it has I am kindly sorry Because i know how it feels to get spoiler ahead of time like how someone Spoiled My whole Avengers : End Game one of the Best Movie of Century

Cry from open heart let Emotion comes out and let you feel it

WATCH IN NIGHT SO NO ONE CAN SEE YOU CRYING ^_^ (I hide my behind the desktop to cry 😛)

See You after Anime 

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So was it 

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
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YourLieInPotter's avatar
May 20, 2018

Clannad is a story in which a guy (Tomoya Okazaki) is a lonely and depressed guy living with his dead-beat dad who has and is ruining his life at what seems every opportunity. Clannad takes off when our main character Tomoya meets what is the obvious girl he will end up with Nagisa. Nagisa is a cute dango loving girl that is having to retake her school year due to falling sick for a large portion of the last year.

The story in clannad is fairly weak throughout and is carried hard by some of the strongest characters you can find in anime. The biggest problem that seems to happen within this anime is that there is so many filler episodes and story lines throughout the 23 episodes and most of what actually is important to the story seems jammed in at the end although I do think this is more relevant in conjunction with after story.

There is a very common misconception with clannad being a very sad anime, however this on the most part isn’t true at all. The anime has so many happy moments and generally has a happier tune to it than sad. I think that another problem with clannad is that there are lots of sad moments throughout the anime a lot of it seems very forced and really brings the story down a bit. As well as this the tomoyo extra episode seemed more thoughtful, depressing and real than the whole season combined which doesn’t help the series at all.

The way the anime is truly remembered is through its array of fun characters. Each character is very unique in the anime and each one brings something different to it. Although there are a few characters with similar traits such as Nagisa and Ryou who are both very shy girls who both clearly like Okazaki. The characters are the ones who make you feel both the sadness and the happiness in the anime, it’s almost as you feel for them even though they aren’t real cos the emotions portrayed are so strong.

All in all clannad is a good anime but far from perfect. The story shows lots of promise throughout but is never executed quite well enough for clannad to be a top tier anime, however it does successfully bring tears to your eyes when it wants to and has brilliantly transferred characters from the visual novel to the anime. Clannad is a beautiful and cute anime with always the best intentions at heart.

6/10 story
7/10 animation
7/10 sound
9/10 characters
7/10 overall
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OffTheMark23's avatar
Apr 7, 2020

Amazing. This anime is one of the best I've ever seen. The storyline for this show is amazing. Even though at first glance it appeared somewhat childish, it isn't. It touches on real-life situations both good and bad. It's so easy to get emotionally invested in this show. It's not an easily predictable anime. Meaning even though the result of some situations is predictable, the story to get to that result is not as easy to predict, making it very interesting. The characters are interesting, I am glad they spent enough time showing the characters backgrounds and developing them throughout the show. This is the first anime I have ever watched that was able to play with my emotions, for that, this anime is truly a good watch, no matter who you are. Even if you don't enjoy animes with no actions, this anime will still be good to watch with just how real it can feel.

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
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