That’s it…? Where’s the implied sex, offspring, and bittersweet end?! You promised me a BAAWfest KyoAni, WHERE’S MY BAAWfest?! I’m not satisfied with how Clannad “ended” but I’m almost certain that we’ll see another season or an OVA covering Nagisa’s After Story, so I’ll reserve judgment for now and refrain from saying anything that will come back [...]
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By an amazing coincidence, the latest episode of Clannad also features a Blog Award process, which wreaks havoc with our beloved Clannad characters! LOL As I noted in my last post, I will be heading to Anime Boston in the morning (and it’s already 1 AM, lol), but I just had to [...]
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Believe in me who believes in your acting!
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Is it just me or has the story’s pacing gone really slow? Well it’s probably just me but to get to this point in Nagisa’s arc seems to be taking it’s sweet time, and given that this is also the 2nd last episode for TV broadcast, I wonder how much more they can cover in [...]
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This episode begins with the theater club conducting practice for the upcoming play, and with the members dividing up the duties and responsibilities to run the show, Nagisa is continuing to work on the plays script. When Nagisa and Tomoya arrive home her father gives them a video taped stage play for them to watch, while watching [...]
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  This episode picks up with Tomoya talking to Nagisa outdoors that night, after a while he asks her if she knows the storyline for the play she wants the theater club to put on, she begins telling him about a story from when she was young, and the beginning of her story is shockingly close [...]
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Before we get to the op credits, we see all of our merry Clannad gang rapidly chanting a series of syllables (I wish I was fast enough with kana to do that). And what’s the meaning of it all? Is it a magic incantation to summon Fuuko? No, its just vocal practice [...]
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As the festival draws near, the Theatre Club continues rehearsing and preparing for its play. Everyone is available to help out, and the episode turns slice-of-life for a majority of the time. But there’s still a little incident at the end that puts the success of the play under concern. Plus the viewers have a [...]
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We start with Kyou, just because =P Sorry for the lateness of this entry, blame five straight hours of SSBB, which my friends and I have concluded is vastly inferior to Melee. Anyways, I digress, great episode, unlike Hinano, I thought the Kyou and Tomoyo scenes were time well spent. But I do recognize the point she [...]
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If what other people have said about the 'after' series is true, then maybe this series really need a continuation. I just feel that at this point Nagisa has not received an interesting character development. For that matter, neither has Tomoya. Or am I expecting too much character development out of the series? I just think that as lead characters, their stories are not as interesting as I thought it'd be. At least in Kanon, there's a real stake (death) at play. However, here we are at the penultimate episode and there seems to be a lack of conflict. Sure, if Nagisa can't pull herself together, the play will be a mess. But it's not really a big deal. It's not like Nagisa is going to die or lose her home if she can't do it right this time around. And how about Tomoya's issue with his father? Would the writers be able to cram the solution on next week's episode as well? Or would that have to wait until the second series?
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It is recognised that any soundtrack bearing the Key Sounds Label is undoubtly high quality. Having fallen in love with the tunes from Clannad and Kanon, I decided to bring those 2 soundtracks in first from Himeya Shop, probably the only place on the internet that exports Key soundtracks to most countries. But of course [...]
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I’m pretty sure I missed half the lines in the beginning of this episode.
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The episode begins with the newly elected school president, Tomoyo overseeing a vote granting permission to reinstate the theater club to active status, then a small celebration of Nagisa’s victory takes place. The new goal is for the theater club to be able to participate in the upcoming school festive taking place before summer break. [...]
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This trend of gender swapping, which has been so popular with Haruhi, has grown more and more disturbing with this Clannad video…even Kotomi’s mysterious male “stalker” (Mr/s. ????) is now a woman!
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  Toei lawl. The first thing you’d notice from watching this is how the artwork pales in comparison to Kyoto Animation’s. For the most part, it’s still tolerable, and the fact the character designs are so QUALITY, allows for exaggerated, comedic expressions that will look out of place in the television series. Other changes include alterations [...]
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If there is one thing I like about the Clannad TV series so far, it’s the developing relations between characters. But in this case, it’s the ever growing relationship between Tomoya and Nagisa. It certainly seems that Tomoya has adapted to living with the Furukawa’s but he knows that he still is an outsider. But [...]
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  This episode begins with Tomoyo waking up Tomoya in the morning even though he is suspended from school, she apologizes to him for the trouble and tells him that she should go to the school’s office and tell them the truth, he tells her no way, she must become the student counsel president. She makes breakfast for [...]
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It certainly has been a long time since the Clannad movie had aired in cinemas in Japan, but for those of us who don’t live in Japan we have to wait for the DVD release. I remember waiting eagerly for the Air movie DVD release to come out yet it didn’t feel as long as [...]
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I know what you must be thinking: “I’m already overloaded with blog posts about ep. 20 of Clannad. I mean, I got a long summary and screencaps at RC; then I got my fangirl rant (informed by knowledge of the game) from Hinano; then I got another summary from the ever-lovable Totali. And [...]
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