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Jul 1, 2014 3:10 PM

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Sadly, even Dezaki can't save Clannad. Oh well, at least he tried to make it better... 4/10. Considering I dropped the show after a few episodes this can be seen as an improvement I guess.
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Jul 1, 2014 5:49 PM

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Nidhoeggr said:
Sadly, even Dezaki can't save Clannad. Oh well, at least he tried to make it better... 4/10. Considering I dropped the show after a few episodes this can be seen as an improvement I guess.

Even a genius can't turn crap into gold. At least he tried polishing it as much as he could. He was just held back by the VN in the end.

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Jul 3, 2014 3:29 PM
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Things I disliked:
- how sudden the romance between Tomoya and Nagisa is
- Kyou is degraded to becoming Tomoyo's assistant
- Some characters did not show up. I'm happy with at least a cameo like Kotomi.

Things I liked:
- THAT ENDING!
- Tomoyo looks different but still very good
- Ushio
- For some reason, I like Tomoya's dad better here


The series is superior but the movie's ending made it pretty darn close. (The series' ending ruined a huge part of the experience for me.)
frozentime4Jul 3, 2014 4:07 PM
Jul 31, 2014 4:42 PM
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Annoying with the stuff they changed

why is Fuko's sister still a teacher?

and why is Kyou besties with Tomoyo

the not being able to go up the hill part was weird, as is her being the dominating one

the art style is weird too

also prefer the shorter dango family song, new for this is annoying and too long

wots with Akio's new design

they really love that roof, wasn't even shown in the show...

why does Nagisa know about her parents wanted to be actors

this just seems like a generic normal anime, wouldn't have been interested if this was the story of the show

rubbish love declaration. ...that was a quick relationship and year skip. as well as his kid, wot. Such a skip. She died already? what a quick time skip...

this sucks tbh

frozentime4 said:


(The series' ending ruined a huge part of the experience for me.)


same
Jan 12, 2015 12:24 AM

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Finally got around to watching this movie and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, going by its reputation. Mainly because of the ending. That's how After Story should have ended. Allow Tomoya to get over his depression, face reality, and above all, not repeat his father's mistake when it came to Ushio. After Story was also doing just that, until they decided to pull that supernatural cop-out of an ending which completely cheapened everything that Tomoya went through.

Still, I can't bring myself to give this more than a very generous 6. The pacing was too fast, which is to be expected considering it had to cram 50 episodes worth of content into a 90 mins long movie. The romance was very rushed and Tomoya's confession came out of nowhere, and many scenes made me roll my eyes because of how corny they were, especially Tomoya and Ushio's scene at end.
May 27, 2015 7:10 AM
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I can't say I liked the movie at all. It's not just the changes to everyones personalitys, but then they play that "Destined to be together" card with Tomoya and Nagisa, wheras the anime developed their relationship. Oh and what the heck is with Nagisa's creepy smiling throughout the movie (I'm sorry, but a person that smiles like that almost all the time is creepy)? Nagisa does smile in the anime, but not like that and she got depressed or upset plenty of times. I'd give the movie credit for keeping Nagisa dead, but I honestly hated the movie and keeping Nagisa dead didn't feel very emotional in this.
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Jul 11, 2015 6:10 AM

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To me this felt a little rushed. But still had a decent mount of feels. Especially with por Tomoya's despair. I also wished they spent more time with Ushio. Wasn't a fan of the art. It just looked a bit of putting. But I enjoyed it. 6/10
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Nov 18, 2015 4:40 AM
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I'm a little disappointed... it's not so bad, but I should be more interesting. And I'm not cried at all.
I prefer the main series.
6/10
Mar 13, 2016 6:31 PM
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For Toei, they did a decent job animating this, thought KyoAni's animations are miles better. Felt very rushed, but that was expected. I did like some of the changes, but hated a lot of them too.

3/5
Aug 23, 2016 7:36 PM
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This probably would've been alot better if it had a longer runtime and was able to cover a lot more character developement. I felt like I wouldn't care about 95% of the cast if I didn't watch the anime.
Dec 29, 2016 3:26 AM
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This just sucks in any way. The story were rushed, sudden, and horrible. Sound were misplaced and forgettable (hate the Dango Daikazoku there). Art were appaling (it makes Clannad turns to Dragon Ball in many scenes), character is terrible (why don't you place Fuuko?!)

1/10.
Mar 19, 2017 7:01 AM

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This movie was horrible :p









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Dec 18, 2017 5:04 AM

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This..wasn't good.

The art is bad, the animation is lackluster and outdated. The plot was made to fit 1 and half an hour, so it feels cramped and rushed. The characters are flat and underdeveloped. The music is repetitive and generic. The directing is pitiful (there has to be like 10 shots of birds flying in the whole movie...) and the movie feels like it had no budget (weird, because I thought Toei was a really big studio).

On the other hand I did like the ending (something I really wanted to happen in After Story was to have all the gang coming over for the last time, while Tomoya was so depressed), CLANNAD's story is pretty good (even if it just explores the surface of it) and many characters (mainly Sunohara) shine in this movie because they have some pretty good moments.

Not TOO bad, but pretty poor overall.

3/10
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Apr 20, 2018 9:44 PM
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After reading the posts on this page I guess I'm in the minority, I actually like the movie. I enjoyed seeing the characters in a different light. The movie was raw and gritty. Of course it wasn't as good as the 49 episode series. Toei had to fit the entire story into a 90-minute movie. Everything was sped up and a lot of plot and characters cut. The art wasn't that good, but I still enjoyed it for some reason. 7/10
Sep 27, 2018 6:50 AM
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I honestly didn't like it. I tried watching the first 20 minutes and then I got bored and skipped it to the end. I already knew that something was going to happen to her from the begginning after hints were dropped. The animations weren't the greatest and the characters actions were kind of predictable. Wasn't the best anime I've watched, solid 4/10.
Feb 22, 2019 12:54 AM
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I honestly didn't like it too much. It was its own different uniververse even lol. There's enough difference to make it interesting and I enjoyed that but it felt so rushed I was confused as to how things were taking place. The dream sequence I thought might tie into the series but it served it purpose in the way it did I won't spoil. Lol. Idk it was good, and the dango song is still awesome in this one 😅
Nov 23, 2020 12:27 PM

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It was ok... at best. Only Sunohara kept it going.
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Jan 6, 2021 6:01 AM
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It's a trap! xD be sure to not watch the movie before the TV series, I enjoyed it but only as a bonus for the main series, it was extremely rushed they skipped 95% of the content
Mar 11, 2021 11:32 AM

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watched this movie after more than 10 years of having watched the tv version and oh god the feels :(((( truly the saddest anime
May 29, 2022 6:27 PM
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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 first. If you still feel the urge to watch this movie, at least wait until you get to about ep 18 in After Story.
Jul 19, 2022 1:05 PM
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Glad to see Tomoyo having a decent amount of role towards the end. For me, she's still the best waifu of this series.

This movie is better than I expected. It will never match the awesomeness of the series, but it was still put together nicely. It also made me tear up again, even though I've already shed much a decade ago; especially at the end. My main gripe is the animation, it's so-so for a movie. 7+1/10
Sep 3, 2022 5:33 AM

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Kotomi in music club?.. Well.. At least she's conductor, lol.. Or it could end in some casualties..
Interesting that Tomoya got wounded after push of his father.. Well, he was drunk.. But it still ended his sport way..
So movie has different ending.. Nagisa actually dies.. But Ushio not.. At least not for now.. Maybe in future, maybe not.. Not known.. Well, I personally always felt about Clannad's end in the way that it's open end anyway.. I can imagine end whatever I want, because it's visual novel, and there are several endings..
I actually remember art being much much worse.. Maybe right now I didn't mind it.. Or maybe they fixed something in DVD release..
Aug 12, 11:13 PM

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I like it. It has decent to good direction. It peaked at the solo play arc. The events covering After Story seems weak, though it is no less emotional. The other girls are not developed, but as an overview, it works quite well.
Sep 5, 6:19 PM

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The original GN and anime (S1&2) were masterful, ending in such a coherent, meaningful and perfect way... The movie on the other hand...

To call this a cheap, rushed, half finished disaster almost feels like i'm still giving it too much credit. The characterizations were off, the animation/art was weak (putting it mildly) On top of that they cut out 90% of the rest of the cast's stories. They ripped out the entire core supernatural aspect, seriously, (this would be like making a gundam movie and leaving out the mobile suits) The ending was the real disaster though. Why did they leave the ending literally half finished? The timing of this movie makes me think it was all a cheap promotion for the series and GN. "Come watch the anime/GN and see the ending that make sense/how it truly ended"

Even with the half finished aspect aside.. the ending was so bland, lacking much of the emotion of the true ending, and all of it's heart and soul. Worse yet, the parts they left out made the ending seem like tired old edgelord bait. And completely distracting from the story. Sucked out all the charm, messages and hopefulness of the story.. again, reducing the story to tragedy porn without point and edgelord bait.

2-3/10

If you want to experience clannad as it was meant to be, if you want a satisfying ending, that makes sense of the narrative, go watch the anime (10/10) or play the GN. (10/10)
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