I shed so many tears while watching 'Clannad' and it felt like a truly cleansing experience. The characters are simply unforgettable, the OST (Original Soundtrack) is incredible and fits seamlessly with the entire series but 'Clannad' strikes hardest with its beautiful and incredibly touching story. Characters are explored in incredible depth, not just the main characters either, but all of the peripherals too. Fortunately this doesn't occur in 'Clannad'. In a lot of series, you can often find episodes that are somewhat irrelevant or weaker compared to others. Prepare your heart for an intense emotional roller-coaster that never stops until the very end. Clannad is split into two parts (Series), the first revolves around Tomoya Okazaki helping Nagisa Furukawa re-establish the theatre club and as a result become better socially as they meet characters along the way, I won't divulge any further about what happens in the second part because it all builds up from the very start. I truly believed I would never experience something greater. 'Air' was the first thing that had ever brought a tear to my eye, I considered myself as emotional as a stone wall when it came to watching things like films and TV series because I couldn't connect with the characters but for some reason I cannot explain, I was simply captivated by 'Air' whether it was the animation, the voices, or the story, it was incredible. Prior to watching this, I had seen 'Air' which is another made by the same company. Cheers.I have never been so moved by another film, TV series or animation in my entire life as I have been with 'Clannad'. Say you are someone who hates anime, even then I can confidently recommend this series to you, you won't be disappointed. So yes, its still worth to see this movie. This movie was a way to see them all again. Once we have seen the series, each character in it becomes our friend, and we will miss them. In the TV series, the music absolutely blows us away! It is so perfect that it seems to be flowing with our heart. It sounded like the silly sounds that we may make when we are trying to imitate a horror movie infront of our friends, like where we are purposefully trying to be silly. And the background music, is it me, or did it feel as if they were purposefully mocking the movie. And not just the parents, the many many characters that you will quickly see here, they all have important roles in what happens between Nagisa and Tomoya, yet they are all forgotten here. In reality they are very mature people and important to the overall story. Here Nagisa's parents seem like they are crazy and that they are desperate to set Tomoya up with Nagisa. And those people are like super heroes with super powers, whereas Nagisa is ridiculously frail of body and she is nowhere as beautiful as Belldandy, yet somehow she is so strong with the most beautiful heart that you are in awe of her! I also felt that most of the emotions in this movie were forced and it seemed too artificial. She can only be compared to people like Avatar Aang (Avatar the Last Airbender), Belldandy (Ah My Goddess), etc. Pestering and pushy, silly and dumb! But the real Nagisa (from the TV series), is the most amazing character that I have ever seen. Here she seems to be chasing after Tomoya. The saddest thing about this movie is that it trivializes the lead actress, Nagisa. And because of that, unfortunately, this movie comes across as mediocre. It can only be compared to movies like Tokyo Story, Spirited Away, Life is Beautiful, Its a Wonderful Life, etc. Because the movie and the TV series has the same story (there are small differences though), this movie may be redundant, so the question is, do you need to see it at all? I will try to answer that: Quality - The Clannad TV series I think is the best anime/movie/TV series that I have ever seen. I am so sorry there is nothing more to say than this, really. The story - Its very simple, a high school girl and boy meet and they fall in love. If you watch this movie and then the TV show it will spoil all the surprises. As you can see from above, this movie came before the TV series, but it is supposed to be viewed last. Clannad: After Story (2008– ) - The TV series Season 2. Clannad (2007–2008) - The TV series Season 1. This is the right order to see Clannad: 1. Have you already seen the TV series? If not, please don't see this movie yet.
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