![]() ![]() An old friend of Tomoya's, Tomoyo is one year younger than him and has a reputation as being a violent girl (early in the series she beats up some boys from a local school). ![]() There's also Youhei Sunohara, a once delinquent friend of Tomoya's whose big mouth often gets him into various situations, especially with that of another girl in the school: Tomoyo. Almost any scene involving the duo together is a winner, and Nagisa's wonderfully amusing parents only help in that respect. Tomoya is also a nice change of pace among the typical dime-a-dozen male leads these days: nice yet not afraid to raise his voice, funny without being mean-spirited about it, an outcast and yet not unapproachable. (Which means she doesn't end her sentences with cutesy suffixes like "gao" or "ugu".) Mai Nakahara does a good job of making her sound cute without being cutesy, and it makes the rare scene where Nagisa shows a slightly more mischievous side to her character that much more amusing. Though Nagisa is more than just a little bit clingy, shy, and introverted, she's generally a likable heroine who actually looks and acts like a girl her age would. Whereas Air and Kanon felt like separate stories with a theme that loosely tied the cast together, Clannad has no such disjointed feeling, and is part of the reason that I think this is (arguably) the best written of the three Key animated adaptions by Kyoto Animation to date.Įven the main heroine is more fleshed out than the typical Key heroine. The third Key / Visual Art's animated project from Kyoto Animation, Clannad mostly discards the magical aspects of Kanon and Air for a more down to Earth story about a boy, a girl, and the numerous people they encounter in both school and outside of it.Īt the same time, it's also about family, as every character's arc in this series revolves around their family members in some form (and even some of the side characters do as well). Over time she opens up to Tomoya and finds herself spending more time with him, changing him in the process. Out for a year due to being sick, she feels awkward and alone at school as her friends have since moved on. One morning on his way to school he meets a girl named Nagisa Furukawa. Tomoya Okazaki is a third-year high school student who doesn't like school and lives with his father (whom he fights with often, and is responsible for paralyzing once of his arms). The original R1 DVD release of the series does not contain and English dub, though Sentai Filmworks later offered purchasers the option of a version with an English dub. It does not take into account episode 24 (Tomoyo Chapter), which will be reviewed separately in the future. The episode number takes into account the DVD-only episode 23. Notes: Based on the visual novel game created by Key / Visual Art's. Related Series: Clannad the Movie, Clannad Another World: Tomoyo Chapter, Clannad ~After Story~Īlso Recommended: The other Clannad animated projects, Sola Length: Television series, 23 episodes, 23 minutes eachĭistributor: R1 DVD from Sentai Filmworks.Ĭontent Rating: 13+ (dramatic/tragic elements, suggestive themes, animated blood) Genre: Visual novel romance / drama / comedy ![]()
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