Clannad Movie

Tomoya Okazaki is a cynical delinquent who lacks ambition as he apathetically labors through high school. During his childhood, a tragedy had caused his father to seek solace in alcoholism and neglect his son. Yet, meaningful human interaction can be a benediction, as Tomoya learns when he meets the enigmatic Nagisa Furukawa. The odd girl offers a gesture of friendship to Tomoya, but he rejects the request, dismissing it as a trivial incident. However, as he soon realizes that he is encountering Nagisa more and more often during school, Tomoya drops his discompassions and befriends the girl.

When he learns that Nagisa's dream is to revive the Drama Club, Tomoya decides to shed his detachment from the ordinary pleasures of life and dedicate himself to helping his new friend achieve her ambition. But what starts as a simple friendship may progress into something far more deep, intimate, and life-changing. As the pair face various hardships and afflictions, Tomoya and Nagisa gradually come to terms with the challenges of life.

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Okazaki, Tomoya Main

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Furukawa, Nagisa Main

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Okazaki, Ushio Main

Koorogi, Satomi Japanese

Sakagami, Tomoyo Supporting

Kuwashima, Houko Japanese

Fujibayashi, Kyou Supporting

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Furukawa, Akio Supporting

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Ichinose, Kotomi Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Sunohara, Youhei Supporting

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Furukawa, Sanae Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Yoshino, Yusuke Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Dezaki, Osamu Director, Storyboard

Yamada, Chiaki Sound Director

eufonius Theme Song Performance

Inomata, Yoshichika Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Music

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Apr 20, 2009

KaminaKai

Recommended

*An alternate interpretation of the Clannad story centered around the Nagisa x Tomoya couple.*

Did you get confused with the ending in Clannad After Story? Did you wish for a more realistic ending? Did you know that Clannad The Motion Picture might just be what you are looking for? Or perhaps you have heard of Clannad and Clannad After Story from all your friends, but you have yet to try it out? Clannad The Motion Picture (TMP for short) provides a great summary of all the major events that took place in the ~46 episodes (excluding OVA/recap) series between the two main protagonists. Please be mindful ... that the movie is retelling a story in ~90 minutes that its TV counterpart took ~1100 minutes to tell! Thus some events may seem to occur at an unreasonable pace. But nonetheless Clannad TMP is still a movie that a true Clannad fan should not miss out on.

While the story is still being told from Tomoya’s perspective, many aspects of the show depart from the TV series. Assuming you have the background from the TV series (if you have no background what-so-ever please skip the rest of this paragraph) then you should be warned that first of all, this is purely a Tomoya x Nagisa scenario with all other heroines playing a minor role, or in some cases did not even have a role. This means that Tomoya never develop any kind of deep friendship with the others and consequently did not help them when they were troubled. This in turn means no light orbs … hence a more realistic ending.

Although Clannad is a slice of life/romance anime, its similarities end there with other show of the same genre. Clannad is like a milking machine. Its whole purpose is to milk out all your emotions that you often don’t have toward anime. While the movie did not do very well in this department compared to the TV series (largely due to the lack of character development and coverage), the overall story in the movie did manage to create a similar atmosphere for viewers. This means that we still get the usual comedic side of a delinquent high schooler lifestyle. It also means a confused protagonist at a loss after being challenged by the hardships in life.

There was this “illusionary” world in Clannad TV series where they featured, with great CG animation, a girl and a robot built from scrap metal. Mirroring this concept, Clannad TMP also has an illusionary world. But instead of the girl and robot, we have a “clown”. The symbology in the two illusionary worlds is slightly different but both fit perfectly fine in their respective show. These illusions generally give the viewers more background on the characters and the way they think/feel about certain things.

Like previously stated, the characters in Clannad TMP consist of Tomoya and Nagisa. Their role did not get amplified compare to the TV series, instead the other characters just never get enough screen time. One strong point about the characters in the movie is that there is no ambiguous character relationships developed between Tomoya and various heroines. This allows us to truly enjoy Tomoya and Nagisa’s journey through life instead of wasting our time rooting for other females who will never end up with Tomoya.

One glaring eye poison of the movie is the character design of the lovable Nagisa and her equally adorable mother, Sanae. They look like characters drawn from a low budget production in the 90s (actually the looks are straight ripped out from the manga, but Toei Animation should have improved on it). Thankfully there does not appear to have much character “deformation” in the other characters, they all look similar to their TV counterpart which is definite a welcome for most fans. And thankfully (again) there does not appear to have any ear poison either. Although nothing sounds too spectacular from the movie (especially when compared to the TV series) there is no serious window shattering horrid nightmarish music/soundtracks. Lastly I recommend you not to make any comparison between the TV series and the movie since:

1. The movie was made before Clannad season one so technically there was nothing to compare to back then.
2. The movie was made by a different animation studio (Toei Animation) compare to the TV series (Kyoto Animation).

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 6, 2008

UkyoKuonji2010

Mixed Feelings

After playing the Clannad game and watching the anime, I decided to watch the movie and see what they did with it. After about 30 minutes into it, I started to look around the room. The movie gave me plenty of reasons to turn it off.

Story: 8
Even though the movie was not all that good, it still sorta went along with the story of the game and the TV series. I'm well aware that, because it's a movie, it couldn't put the other characters in like they should have been put in, so it's understandable that they only focused on Nagisa's story. The story was ... done okay, so I'm rating it 8.

Art: 3
I can't say very much about the art besides it was awful. At first all that came to mind was the animations from the AiR movie, which I thought was good. Because of that, I had high hopes for Clannad. Unfortunately, I was let down, like a lot of people have been. The art is undescribable, and it's not up to par with the anime being released today. It brought me back to the mid-80's at a few parts. Nostalgia won't get you anywhere when it comes to suddenly changed art style, sorry. Be consistent, or not make it at all.

Sound: 2
The sound didn't match the plot or what was at the time going on. The Dango song came on a few times as well, with the characters singing it. I mean really, is this movie targeted for kids or something? I thought this movie would have been made for older audiences, instead the music made me think I was watching some kid's show. The BGM made no sense to me at all, so that's why it's got 2.

Character: 6
It's obvious that they couldn't put all the characters into the movie, and that's okay. The problem starts when the characters act out of character. I won't spoil anything for anyone, but to make an example would be when Nagisa's posters were being either taken down or painted with red marks. Why they put Fuuko's sister and fiance in it, but not Fuuko herself is beyond me. Changing a bit of Sunohara's character ticked me off too. He's supposed to be a kicking-around character. Because of badly changed personalities of the characters, I rate 6.

Enjoyment: 4
The Dango song by itself almost made me turn the movie off. The movie was horrible up until a point about 2/3's of the way through, then it got good. So that's why it's not getting a 1 rating, but 4.

Overall: 5
It can only be called average and forgettable. The TV series went into the story accurately, while the movie went and threw it all asunder. To me it looked very amateurish and sloppily done. I would only recommend this movie to you if you want to compare it to the TV series and the game.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 16, 2009

bonnerton

Not Recommended

I realize this came out before the series, but I highly suggest that if you are going to watch the series/are watching the series, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. The storyline was all over the place and non of the characters are developed well. The animation is mediocre at best and all it really does is spoil the plot of an amazing series.

I highly recommend watching both the Clannad series, and the Clannad After Story series. If you still feel the urge to watch this movie, at least wait until you get to about ep 18 in After Story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	Poll: Clannad (Movie) Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) cyruz - Mar 11, 2008	173 replies	by James_xeno »» Sep 5, 6:19 PM
	I know this movie's not looked upon fondly however KaiserVonGogureo - Sep 27, 2022	8 replies	by KaiserVonGogureo »» Aug 13, 10:02 PM
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	When should I watch this(please no spoiler) Hickykissy - May 2	9 replies	by Putra_weeb »» May 5, 5:20 AM