The next day, she is waiting at the bottom again. If sad girls with big eyes slowly dying of magical diseases (often in the snow) have ever made you cry, youve probably been moved by At the bottom of the hill he meets Furukawa Nagisa who asks him for encouragement to climb the hill he tells her she ought to find a goal at school to get the strength to get there from it. After losing his sports scholarship at high school (due to getting severely hurt in a fight with his father), he just goes to school to get away from him.Why Clannad Made You Cry. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who is just coasting in school and haunted by nightmares since his mother died in a car accident when he was little. Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town.
(2008) Clannad: After Story (TV series, 2nd season) (2007) Clannad (TV) (TV series, 1st season) Which probably won't do without a bit of support as this sickly girl has spent a long time in the hospital.
Art, Animation & Character DesignsBeing a movie, the artwork of course was far superior to the series. (2009) Clannad: After Story - Kyou Chapter (OVA, alternate game path)Having found Clannad marginally enjoyable, and After Story much more enjoyable, I decided to check this one out and see how it compares. (2008) Clannad Mouhitosu no Sekai Tomoyo Hen (OVA, alternate game path)
Our characters were for the most part similar to the previous installments. Maybe not as breathtaking as the opening sequence to After Story, but darn close. Again, the lighting effects were just outstanding.
A beautiful piece with female vocals. Tunes one would expect in emotionally charged scenes. The soundtrack for the most part was light pieces with pianos, and string instruments. Not that it was a depressing piece, but the fact that I pretty much knew what to expect after seeing the series. It was both inspiring and depressing at the same time.
Now of course, if you've seen the series, then this isn't a problem however, if new to the franchise, then it might be a bit confusing or not as impactful. Rather, some things will have to be assumed and as is. Thus being the case, you can't expect it to go in-depth with character developments and solid background stories.
If you liked Clannad TV or After Story, then do pick this up.Last updated Saturday, November 13 2010. I found it more serious and more believable than its TV counterpart. And nearing the end, darn heartwrenching! Overall, this was a welcome to the franchise. It's not as melodramatic as the series, rather, it seemed more realistic portraying emotional situations and scenes.
SciFi: None/Low (you might count a certain event as supernatural) Action: None/Low (well, one of the slapstick scenes) Comedy: Low (not many scenes but full-scale slapstick) Drama: High (don't let the first half fool you)
From this moment on the movie began to enchant me. Character development is the weakest aspect of this work, and the bipolar nature of the movie almost turned me off.But this work made its comeback with Nagisa's stage performance which worked a lot better than what I consider an overly melodramatic climax of the TV series. No wonder as they condensed the essence of 22 TV episodes into no more than 60 minutes, including a number of unnecessary silly-funny scenes that stood in sharp contrast to the rest of the story. I was bewildered why she would fall for him right from the start - the whole development appeared awfully rushed to me. Giving the also-rans no more than cameo appearances was fine but both lead Characters, Nagisa as well as Tomoya, were very different people now: Nagisa was much stronger from early on, Tomoya was much less witty and didn't have a lot to do for supporting this girl.
Most of the time this movie makes good use of the airing time it has, leaving me breathlessly watching this show. Music has the Dango Daikasoku song (that I like so much about the series) only in a short reference version but a lot of other beautiful songs and musical tracks, emphasizing the vast changes of mood during this movie excellently.All in all, a surprisingly strong drama during the second half, presenting occasional fun as well as deepest depression without looking like patchwork. Who would have thought they're able to credibly tell almost the complete Story of the game in 94 minutes?Technical attributes are what I expected them to be: Art is similar to the TV series, Animation is so-so (some cool scenes take turns with stills right in the middle of action scenes). The second half of this movie can only get the highest praise from me due to its intensity.
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