Clannad | |
Clannad original visual novel cover, featuring Nagisa Furukawa. | |
クラナド (Kuranado) | |
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Genre | Romance,[1]slice of life,[2]tragedy[3] |
Game | |
Developer | Key |
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Genre | Visual novel |
Platform | Windows, PS2, S3G, FOMA, Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, Android, PS Vita, PS4, Switch |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
Music by | |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-i |
English network | |
Original run | October 4, 2007 – March 27, 2008 |
Episodes | 23 (List of episodes) |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Noriko Takao |
Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
Music by | |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | Siren Visual Sentai Filmworks |
Released | July 16, 2008 – July 1, 2009 |
Runtime | 24 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Clannad After Story | |
Directed by | Tatsuya Ishihara |
Written by | Fumihiko Shimo |
Music by | |
Studio | Kyoto Animation |
Licensed by | Siren Visual Sentai Filmworks Manga Entertainment |
Original network | TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-i |
English network | Anime Network |
Original run | October 3, 2008 – March 26, 2009 |
Episodes | 24 (List of episodes) |
Other |
Clannad (クラナドKuranado) is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and released on April 28, 2004 for WindowsPCs. While both of Key's first two previous works, Kanon and Air, had been released first as adult games and then censored for the younger market, Clannad was released with a rating for all ages. It was later ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. An English version for Windows was released on Steam by Sekai Project in 2015. The story follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki, an average high school student who meets many people in his last year at school, including five girls, and helps resolve their individual problems.
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The gameplay of Clannad follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game was ranked as the best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards. Key went on to produce an adult spin-off titled Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life in November 2005, which expanded on the scenario of Tomoyo Sakagami, one of the five heroines from Clannad.
Clannad has made several transitions to other media. There have been four manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works, Flex Comix, Fujimi Shobo and Jive. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books have also been published, as have audio dramas and several albums of music. An animated film by Toei Animation was released in September 2007, followed by two anime series including two original video animation (OVA) episodes by Kyoto Animation produced between 2007 and 2009. Both anime series and their accompanying OVAs are licensed by Sentai Filmworks and were released in North America in 2009. The animated adaptations have received high sales figures in Japan as well as critical acclaim abroad.
- 2Plot
- 2.3Story
- 3Development
- 4Adaptations
- 6Reception
Gameplay[edit]
Average dialogue and narrative in Clannad depicting the main character Tomoya talking to Nagisa.
Clannad is a drama and romancevisual novel in which the player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. Clannad follows a branching plot line with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.
There are six main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, five which are initially available.[4] Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player must replay the game multiple times and make different choices to change the plot progression.
When first playing the game, the scenarios for all five heroines and additional smaller scenarios are available in what is called the School Life story arc. When the player completes a character's scenario, he or she receives an orb of light. When eight of these lights are obtained, the game's second story arc, called After Story, is made available. One of the lights disappears during School Life, but reappears in After Story.[4] To view the true ending of Clannad, all 13 lights must be obtained. Originally, the lights were meant to be items that players could use in the game, but since this increased the game's complexity, and detracted from the storyline, the function of the lights was simplified and made less intrusive.[5]
Plot[edit]
Setting and themes[edit]
The first half of the story takes place primarily at Hikarizaka Private High School, a fictional school located in Japan. Outside of the school, frequented locations include the bakery run by Nagisa's parents, and the dormitory where Youhei Sunohara lives. Throughout the story, glimpses into an Illusionary World are shown. This world is devoid of all life except for a young girl, though she later makes a body out of junk pieces through which the player can interact with her. The remaining half of the story takes place in the same city, after the conclusion of the first half.[4] While the town's name was never directly mentioned, one can infer that the town's name is Hikarizaka based on the many companies and establishments that share this name.
There are recurring themes that appear throughout the story. The main theme is the value of having a family, as the title of the series implies because the main scenario writer Jun Maeda mistakenly thought the name of the Irish band Clannad meant 'clan' or 'family' in Irish.[6] Of the six main characters, Tomoya, Nagisa, and Kotomi have no siblings, though their parents are major factors in their stories. Nagisa's story was written to incorporate what Maeda described as a 'perfect family' with a focus on mental consciousness.[5] In Nagisa's story, there is a recurring appearance of 'The Big Dango Family' (だんご大家族Dango Daikazoku) (a fictional group mascot for children) that Nagisa is fond of.[4] Tomoya's and Nagisa's characters were written in a style to exemplify a 'growth to adulthood' by the end of the story.[5] Fuko's and Kyou's stories have their sisters playing an integral part, and Tomoyo's story is influenced by her entire family.[4] A minor motif of Irish words continues with the opening theme of the game, 'Mag Mell', which means roughly 'plain of joy' and is connected with Irish mythology.[7] The arrange album, a short music CD that contained remixed versions of songs in the game, that was bundled with the original game release was titled Mabinogi,[8] which was a collection of prose stories from medievalWelshmanuscripts.[9]
Main characters[edit]
The player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki, the protagonist of Clannad. Tomoya has been labeled a delinquent; at the beginning of the story, he even expresses hatred toward the city he has lived in all his life where Clannad is set. He is very straightforward in his comments to others and will not hesitate to speak his mind, even if he comes off as rude during such times. Despite this, Tomoya is loyal to his friends, and has been known to dedicate himself for those around him in need of help or support. He generally has a selfless personality and does not ask much from others in return for what he does for them.[4]
Tomoya meets Nagisa Furukawa, the main heroine of Clannad, at the onset of the story. Nagisa is a shy girl who has an illness which causes her to rely on those around her for support. She has developed the strange habit of muttering the names of favorite foods that she plans to eat as a way to motivate herself, such as anpan. Kyou Fujibayashi, another of Clannad's heroines, is a loud, aggressive girl well known as a good cook among her friends and family. When angry she does not hesitate to throw a dictionary at people that she often carries around for such purposes. Despite this attitude, she also has a more subdued side, especially towards her younger fraternal twin sister Ryou Fujibayashi.[4]
Tomoya meets a genius girl named Kotomi Ichinose, one day in the school library. She is ranked in the top 10 throughout the whole country in standardized exam results of every subject—she always goes to library to read extra materials, especially books in foreign languages. Kotomi is a quiet girl with poor social skills and it is quite difficult to communicate with her; Kotomi can even completely ignore someone when reading, even if they make loud disturbances around her. Clannad's fourth heroine is a second-year student named Tomoyo Sakagami who transfers into Tomoya's school. Tomoyo is known to be a strong fighter, preferring to use kicking over punching, and is athletic. Although Tomoya is older than her, Tomoyo does not show him respect as a senior student.[4] Tomoyo appears in Key's fifth game, Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life, as the main heroine.[10]
The last heroine in Clannad is a first-year student named Fuko Ibuki who is eccentric and childish, before she met Tomoya, was generally seen alone by herself making wood carvings of starfish with a small knife to give to others as presents. Fuko is extremely enthralled by starfish, or things that are star-shaped, and will often go into short euphoric bouts where her awareness of her surroundings is completely overtaken.[4]
Story[edit]
Clannad's story revolves around Tomoya Okazaki, a third year high school student who dislikes his life. Tomoya's mother (Atsuko) died when Tomoya was young, leaving his father (Naoyuki) to raise him. After the accident, Tomoya's father turned to alcohol and gambling, and had frequent fights with his son. One day, Naoyuki, while arguing with his son, slammed Tomoya against the window, dislocating Tomoya's shoulder. This injury prevents Tomoya from playing on the basketball team, and causes him to distance himself from others. Ever since then, his father has treated Tomoya nicely, but distantly, as if Tomoya and he were strangers rather than a family. This hurts Tomoya more than his previous relationship with his father, and the awkwardness of returning home leads Tomoya constantly to stay out all night. Thus his delinquent life begins. Tomoya's good friend Youhei Sunohara, who was thrown out of the soccer club over a dispute with his seniors, is also a delinquent and often hangs out in his dorm room with Tomoya doing nothing much.
The story opens on Monday April 14, 2003 at the beginning of the school year,[4] when Tomoya meets Nagisa Furukawa, a soft-spoken girl who is one year older than he is but is repeating her last year in high school due to being sick much of the previous year. Her goal is to join the drama club which she was unable to do due to her sickness, but they find that the drama club was disbanded after the few remaining members graduated. Since Tomoya has a lot of time to kill, he helps Nagisa in reforming the drama club. During this period, Tomoya meets and hangs out with several other girls whom he gets to know well and help with their individual problems.
After Story[edit]
In the second part of the story, which starts immediately after the end of the first part but extends into the next seven years, Tomoya and Nagisa start living together, and eventually get married. Tomoya has to endure several hardships that the family has been suffering from, especially Nagisa's illness. Just after Nagisa gives birth to their daughter Ushio, she dies, which causes Tomoya to become severely depressed. He is barely able to function, let alone look after an infant. As a result, Nagisa's parents, Akio and Sanae, take care of their granddaughter. Five years later, Tomoya meets with Shino Okazaki, his paternal grandmother. Shino tells Tomoya of his father's traumatic past, which is eerily similar to Tomoya's current situation. Afterwards, Tomoya resolves to raise Ushio and acknowledges Naoyuki as his father. Shortly after Tomoya overcomes his depression, Ushio is stricken with the same disease that Nagisa had. Tomoya, Sanae and Akio struggle to save her—Tomoya even quits his job—but all of their efforts turn out to be in vain. In the coming winter, wanting to do anything for his daughter, Tomoya takes her on a trip, but she dies shortly after.
Tomoya's psychology is developed in his dreams of a bleak world, called the Illusionary World (幻想世界Gensō Sekai), where small orbs of light float around. In the first few dreams, he sees a world devoid of all life, except for one girl. Each time he dreams, he finds out more about the world. Tomoya discovers that the girl has a special ability to fuse junk together to create new things, which she uses to create a body for him. Over time, Tomoya comes to the conclusion that only the two of them are 'alive'. To pass time, Tomoya and the girl try to build another doll with more junk they find, but as it has no soul, it fails to come to life. Remembering the distant world where he came from, Tomoya convinces the girl to build a ship so that the two can escape the approaching winter and continue to live a happy life. Eventually, winter sets in, and the girl becomes cold to the point where she cannot move any more. The girl tells Tomoya that he has another chance to go back and make things right. To do so, he must collect certain 'lights' (symbols of happiness) similar to those floating around in the Illusionary World. If all the 'lights' are collected throughout both story parts, a chance to save Nagisa from dying will become available, as well as the true ending, where she survives and lives with Tomoya and Ushio.
Development[edit]
The executive producer for Clannad was Takahiro Baba from VisualArt's,[4] the publishing company which controls Key. Jun Maeda, who was one of three main scenario writers with Kai, and Yūichi Suzumoto, led the planning for Clannad and wrote the majority of the scenarios. Scenario assistance was provided by Tōya Okano. Itaru Hinoue headed the art direction, and also worked on the character design.[11] Miracle Mikipon, Mochisuke, Na-Ga, and Shinory supplemented the computer graphics. Torino provided the background art.[4] The game's music was composed by Maeda, Shinji Orito, and Magome Togoshi.[11]
For Key's second visual novel Air, Maeda admitted he felt he was able to write what he wanted to for the game's scenario, but he later discovered that Air was difficult for players to receive and experience. Due to this, Maeda felt that for Key's next work Clannad, he had a sense of duty to make the game easier to receive for as many users as possible. In any case, he wanted to make it an entertaining game, and started planning on Clannad almost immediately after Air's completion. From the start of Clannad's planning, Maeda did not want to write a story like in Air, but instead wanted to focus on writing a deep connection between the 'people and the town', and 'humanity'.[5] Maeda noted that he exceeded his writing ability when writing most of the scenarios in Clannad, and equates Clannad's writing process as a 'wall that I will never be able to get over again.'[12] While at the beginning Maeda felt he was prepared, the entire game's story started to increase to a level Maeda never predicted, and Suzumoto noted that it approximately doubled in size from the original projected length. Suzumoto attributed the increase due to the lengthening structure of the game's base scenario which caused the 'branch' scenarios to increase as well.[5]
There were more concerns about Clannad being similar to Air. When Nagisa's scenario was being written, there were some disputes concerning the length of her scenario, and thus putting too much focus on the main heroine. Some were concerned that having a single prominent character with a unique storyline would be too much like how Air was structured with the overall focus on Misuzu Kamio. Takahiro Baba, the company president of VisualArt's, is even noted as suggesting to minimize the differences between the other characters' scenarios, but this was ultimately ignored since Maeda thought the game's evaluation by players would not decrease on account of the scenarios being vastly different, and thought the end result was a good one. Maeda was concerned that the After Story arc, mainly a continuation of Nagisa's scenario, would eclipse the entire game's scenario, much like what happened with Air according to Maeda. In order to prevent the same thing happening in Clannad, Maeda focused on making the first half of the story, the School Life arc, just as enjoyable by making it long and heart-breaking.[5]Clannad is Key's second longest work, as reported by Yūto Tonokawa where he stated that Clannad is about 4,000 words fewer than Key's 2008 game Little Busters! Ecstasy.[13]
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Release history[edit]
Key announced in 2001 a release date of 2002[14] for Clannad and, after several postponements, Clannad was released on April 28, 2004 as a limited edition version, playable on a WindowsPC as a DVD.[15][16] The limited edition came bundled with the remix albumMabinogi remixing background music tracks featured in the visual novel.[16] The regular edition was released on August 6, 2004;[15] While Clannad originally had no voice acting, Key released a version for Windows titled Clannad Full Voice on February 29, 2008 with full voice acting (except for Tomoya).[15]Clannad Full Voice contained one new CG,[15] and had updated support for Windows Vista PCs.[17]Clannad Full Voice was re-released by Key under the name Clannad on July 31, 2009 in a box set containing five other Key visual novels called Key 10th Memorial Box.[18] An updated version compatible for Windows 7 PCs titled Clannad Memorial Edition was released on May 28, 2010.[15][19]
Clannad was released for Windows on Steam by Sekai Project in English on November 23, 2015.[20][21] In November 2014, Sekai Project used the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to raise funds to produce the English translation of Clannad.[22] After less than 24 hours, the project reached its goal of US$140,000.[23] When the Kickstarter campaign reached its US$320,000 stretch goal, Sekai Project announced that they would also be translating and releasing the Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de side stories for Windows.[24] Overall, the Kickstarter campaign raised US$541,161, exceeding all of its stretch goals.[25][26]Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de was released on Steam on June 2, 2016.[27]
The first consumer console port of the game was released for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) on February 23, 2006 by Interchannel.[28][29] The PS2 version was re-released as a 'Best' version on July 30, 2009.[30][31] The PS2 version was bundled in a 'Key 3-Part Work Premium Box' package together with the PS2 versions of Kanon and Air released on July 30, 2009.[32] An Xbox 360 version was released on August 28, 2008 also by Prototype.[33] A PlayStation 3 (PS3) version was released by Prototype on April 21, 2011.[34] A downloadable version of the PS3 release via the PlayStation Store was released by Prototype on February 14, 2013.[35]
A version produced by NTT DoCoMo playable on FOMAmobile phones was released by Prototype through VisualArt's Motto in late 2007. Prototype later released a version playable on SoftBank 3G phones in January 2008.[36] A version playable on Android devices was released on September 18, 2012.[37][38] A PlayStation Portable (PSP) version of the game was released in Japan on May 29, 2008 by Prototype, which included the additions from the Windows full voice version.[39][40] The limited edition release of the PSP and Xbox 360 versions came bundled with a 'digest' edition of the drama CD series released by Prototype containing five separate stories each; the CD bundled with the PSP release is different from the CD bundled with the Xbox 360 version.[33][39] Prototype also released a port of the game for the PlayStation Vita on August 14, 2014 to mark the 10-year anniversary of the game.[41][42] Prototype released a PlayStation 4 port on June 14, 2018 with text support for both Japanese and English.[43][44] Prototype released a Nintendo Switch port on July 4, 2019, again with text support for both Japanese and English.[45]
Adaptations[edit]
Books and publications[edit]
A magazine-sized 39-page book called pre-Clannad was published by SoftBank Creative on April 15, 2004.[6] The book contained images from the visual novel, and short explanations of the characters, along with production sketches and concept drawings.[6] A 160-page visual fan book was published by Enterbrain on October 12, 2004 which contained detailed story explanations, computer graphics, sheet music for the opening and ending themes, and interviews from the creators. Near the end of the book contains original illustrations of Clannad characters from various artists, three additional chapters of the Official Another Story, and production sketches.[5]
A set of 14 illustrated short stories which added to Clannad's story were serialized between the September 2004 and October 2005 issues of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine.[46][47] Titled Official Another Story Clannad: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de (Official Another Story Clannad 光見守る坂道でOfficial Another Story Clannad: On the Hillside Path that Light Watches Over), there were 13 regular chapters and one extra bonus chapter. The installments were written by Key's scenario staff and each story was accompanied by illustrations by Japanese artist GotoP. Two more stories were included when they were collected into a 103-page bound volume released on November 25, 2005.[48]
Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de was later re-released via SoftBank 3G and FOMAmobile phones produced by Prototype through VisualArt's Motto starting in January 2008.[49] One chapter was released weekly with the SoftBank 3G releases three weeks behind the version for FOMA phones.[50] Prototype again re-released the short story collection, this time on the PSP in two volumes, each containing eight chapters and including the original art by GotoP. The first volume was released on June 3, 2010 and the second followed on July 15, 2010;[51] the re-release is described by the developers as a 'visual sound novel'.[52] Prototype released the short story collection as downloadable content on July 6, 2011 for the PS3 version of Clannad.[53]Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de was released in two volumes on Android devices: the first volume on November 30, 2011,[54][55] and volume two on April 11, 2012.[56]
Two Clannad anthology character novels were written by several authors and published by Jive in September and December 2004.[57][58] The first volume of a short story anthology compilation series written by Hiro Akizuki and Mutsuki Misaki titled Clannad. (くらなど。) was released in November 2008 published by Harvest;[59] the third volume was released in October 2009.[60] Three volumes of a short story compilation series by several authors titled Clannad SSS were published by Harvest between June and August 2009. Harvest published a novel titled Clannad Mystery File in August 2010 and another novel titled Clannad: Magic Hour in December 2010.[61] Dehleez serial wiki.
Manga[edit]
The first manga illustrated by Juri Misaki titled Clannad Official Comic was serialized in Jive's manga magazineComic Rush between the May 2005 and April 2009 issues.[62][63] Jive published eight tankōbon volumes between November 7, 2005 and March 7, 2009.[64][65]The second manga, titled Official Another Story Clannad: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de and illustrated by Rino Fujii, was serialized between June 21, 2007 and August 21, 2008 in Flex Comix's Comi Digi + magazine,[66][67] and contained 11 chapters. The story for the second manga was adapted from the Clannad short story collection of the same name. The first volume for Official Another Story Clannad was released by Broccoli on February 21, 2008 in a limited and regular edition, each with their own cover.[68] The limited edition comes bundled with a small black notebook with the school emblem of Tomoya's school on the cover.[68] In order to commemorate the sale, an autograph session with the manga's illustrator signing copies was held on March 2, 2008 at Gamers in Nagoya, Japan.[69] The second and final volume, again in limited and regular editions, was released on December 20, 2008.[70]
A third Clannad manga illustrated by Shaa began serialization in the August 2007 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, published on June 30, 2007.[71] The manga ended serialization in Dengeki G's Magazine in the July 2009 issue, and was serialized in Dengeki G's Festival! Comic between October 26, 2009 and April 28, 2014.[72][73][74] ASCII Media Works published five volumes for Shaa's Clannad manga under their Dengeki Comicsimprint between February 27, 2008 and July 26, 2014.[75][76]A fourth manga, titled Clannad: Tomoyo Dearest and illustrated by Yukiko Sumiyoshi, was serialized between February 20 and August 20, 2008 in Fujimi Shobo's Dragon Age Pure magazine.[77][78] The story centers on Tomoyo's arc from the Clannad visual novel.[79] A single volume for Clannad: Tomoyo Dearest was released on October 9, 2008.[80]
There have also been four sets of manga anthologies produced by different companies and drawn by a multitude of different artists. The first volume of the earliest anthology series, released by Ohzora under the title Clannad, was released in June 2004 under their Twin Heart Comics imprint.[81] Volumes for this series continued to be released until April 2005 with the fifth volume.[82] The second anthology was released in a single volume by Jive on January 25, 2005 titled Clannad Comic Anthology: Another Symphony.[83] The third anthology series was released in two volumes by Ichijinsha on June 25, 2004 and July 24, 2004 under their DNA Media Comics;[84][85] a third special volume was released much later on December 25, 2007.[86] The first volume of the last anthology series, a collection of four-panelcomic strips released by Enterbrain under the title Magi-Cu 4-koma Clannad, was released on February 25, 2008 under their MC Comics imprint; the tenth volume in the series was released on August 26, 2009.[87] Each of the anthology series are written and drawn by an average of 20 people per volume.[87]
Drama CDs[edit]
There are two separate sets of drama CDs based on the Clannad series. The first set, produced by Frontier Works, contains five CDs each focusing on a different heroine in Clannad's story ranging from Nagisa, to Kotomi, Fuko, Kyou, and Tomoyo. The first volume was released in Japan on April 25, 2007 as a limited edition with an extra track added. The second through fifth volumes followed in one month increments between May 25, 2007 and August 24, 2007.[88] The second set, produced by Prototype, contains four CDs; the first was released on July 25, 2007. Volumes two through four were released in one month intervals after that, with the last being released on October 24, 2007.[89] Each CD is based on the stories from the Official Another Story Clannad: Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de collection. The artist GotoP, who provided the illustrations for the short stories, also illustrates the drama CD covers.[89] The drama CDs, with text and visuals, are available as downloadable content via Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store when playing the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Clannad, respectively.[33][34]
Film[edit]
Toei Animation (the same team who worked on the original Kanon anime and Air film) announced at the Tokyo Anime Fair on March 23, 2006 that an animated film would be produced.[90] The Clannad film was released on September 15, 2007, directed by the same director of the Air film, Osamu Dezaki, and the screenplay was written by Makoto Nakamura.[91] The film is a reinterpretation of the Clannad storyline which centers on the story arc of the female lead Nagisa Furukawa. The film was released on DVD in three editions: the Collector's Edition, the Special Edition, and the Regular Edition on March 7, 2008.[92] Sentai Filmworks released an English-subbed and dubbed version of the film in March 2011.[93]
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Anime series[edit]
On March 15, 2007, the Japanese television station BS-i announced a Clannad anime series via a short 30-second teaser trailer that was featured at the end of the final episode of the second Kanon anime series. Clannad is produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, and written by Fumihiko Shimo, who also worked on other adaptations of Key's visual novels Air and Kanon. The anime aired between October 4, 2007 and March 27, 2008, containing 23 aired episodes out of a planned 24;[94] the broadcast time was first announced on August 11, 2007 at the TBS festival Anime Festa, which is also when the first episode was showcased. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations released between December 19, 2007 and July 16, 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes.[94] Of the 24 episodes, 23 were aired on television with the first 22 being regular episodes, followed by an additional extra episode. The last episode was released as an original video animation (OVA) on the eighth DVD on July 16, 2008 and is set in an alternate universe from the anime series where Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating, which is based on Tomoyo's scenario in the game.[94] The OVA episode was previewed on May 31, 2008 for an audience of four-hundred people picked via a mail-in postcard campaign.[94] A Blu-ray Disc (BD) box set of Clannad was released on April 30, 2010.[95][96]
After the ending of the 23rd episode of the first Clannad anime series, a 15-second teaser trailer aired promoting a second season titled Clannad After Story. The anime is again animated by Kyoto Animation, and animates the After Story arc from the visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's story, into 24 episodes. The same staff and cast from the first anime were used and the series broadcast in Japan between October 3, 2008 and March 26, 2009.[97][98] Of the 24 episodes, 22 are regular episodes, the 23rd is an extra episode, and the last episode is a summary episode showcasing highlights from the series. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 3, 2008 and July 1, 2009.[99] The eighth DVD volume came with an additional OVA episode set in an alternate universe from the anime series where Tomoya and Kyou are dating. The OVA episode was previewed on May 24, 2009 to a limited number of people.[100] A BD box set of Clannad After Story was released on April 20, 2011 in Japan with English subtitles.[99][101]
In 2008, Sentai Filmworks licensed the Clannad anime series,[102] and ADV Films localized and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released on March 3, 2009.[103] The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released on May 5, 2009.[104] Sentai Filmworks licensed the Clannad After Story anime series;[105]Section23 Films localized and distributed both the television series and OVA starting with the first half season box set with English subtitles released on October 20, 2009. The second half box set was released on December 8, 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released Clannad in a complete collection set on June 15, 2010, which featured an English dub, produced at Seraphim Digital.[106][107] The English dub premiered on March 25, 2010 on the Anime Network.[108] Sentai Filmworks re-released Clannad After Story with an English dub on April 19, 2011,[109] and re-released Clannad on BD in November 2011.[110]
The opening theme for the first season is ''Mag Mell' (cuckool mix 2007)' by Eufonius, a remix of the song ''Mag Mell' (cockool mix)', featured on the third disc of the game's original soundtrack, which is itself a remix of the game's opening theme 'Mag Mell' (メグメルMegu Meru). The first season's ending theme is 'Dango Daikazoku' (だんご大家族The Big Dango Family) by Chata. It carries the same tune as 'Chiisana Tenohira' (小さなてのひらSmall Palms), the ending theme from the After Story arc of the game. The second season's opening theme is 'Toki o Kizamu Uta' (時を刻む唄A Song to Pass the Time) which uses the same tune as the background music track 'Onaji Takami e' (同じ高みへTo the Same Heights) from the game's soundtrack. The ending theme is 'Torch', and both the opening and ending themes are sung by Lia. The rest of the soundtrack for both anime series is sampled from several albums released for the Clannad visual novel including the Clannad Original Soundtrack, Mabinogi, -Memento-, Sorarado, and Sorarado Append. The cover art for Sorarado Append is also visible as the last shot in the ending video animation of the first season.
Internet radio shows[edit]
An Internet radio show to promote the Clannad anime series called Nagisa to Sanae no Omae ni Rainbow (渚と早苗のおまえにレインボー) was broadcast between October 5, 2007 and October 3, 2008, containing 52 episodes.[111] The show, produced by Onsen and Animate TV, was hosted by Mai Nakahara, who played Nagisa Furukawa in the anime, and Kikuko Inoue, who played Sanae Furukawa, and was streamed online every Friday.[111] Several voice actors from the anime adaptation appeared on the show as guests who included Ryō Hirohashi (as Kyou), Atsuko Enomoto (as Yukine), Akemi Kanda (as Ryou), Yuichi Nakamura (as Tomoya), and Daisuke Sakaguchi (as Youhei).[111] A two-disc CD compilation containing the show's first 13 broadcasts was produced on June 18, 2008.[112] The second two-disc CD compilation containing the 14th through 26th broadcasts was released on October 15, 2008,[113] and a third CD volume followed on November 19, 2008.[114] A fourth and final volume was released on February 18, 2009 containing the rest of the broadcasts.[115]
A second Internet radio show to promote the Clannad After Story anime series called Nagisa to Sanae to Akio no Omae ni Hyper Rainbow (渚と早苗と秋生のおまえにハイパーレインボー) was broadcast between October 10, 2008 and April 10, 2009, containing 26 episodes.[111] The show was also produced by Onsen and Animate TV, and was streamed online every Friday.[111] The show had three hosts including the previous two plus Ryōtarō Okiayu who plays Akio Furukawa in the anime series.[111] Two two-disc CD compilations were released containing the second radio shows broadcasts, the first released on February 18, 2009,[116] followed by the second on May 29, 2009.[117]
Music[edit]
The Clannad visual novel has four pieces of theme music: one opening theme, two ending themes, and an insert song. The opening theme is 'Mag Mell' (メグメルMegu Meru) by Eufonius. The two ending themes are '-Kage Futatsu-' (-影二つ--Two Shadows-) and 'Chiisana Tenohira' (小さなてのひらSmall Palms) sung by Riya of Eufonius; the latter is used as the ending theme in the After Story arc. The insert song 'Ana' is sung by Lia. Six of the characters have background musicleitmotifs—the five heroines, and Yukine Miyazawa. Nagisa's theme is the self-titled 'Nagisa' (渚); Kyou's theme is 'Sore wa Kaze no Yōni' (それは風のようにThat's Like the Wind); Kotomi's theme is 'Étude Pour les Petites Supercordes'; Tomoyo's theme is 'Kanojo no Honki' (彼女の本気Her Determination); Fuko's theme is 'Hurry, Starfish' (は〜りぃすたーふぃしゅHa~rī Sutāfisshu); lastly, Yukine's theme is 'Shiryōshitsu no Ochakai' (資料室のお茶会Tea Party in the Reference Room).
An image song album titled Sorarado was released in December 2003 featuring songs sung by Riya.[118] A remix album, Mabinogi, came bundled with the original release of Clannad in April 2004. The game's original soundtrack was released in August 2004 containing three discs containing 56 tracks.[118] A follow-up to Sorarado was released in December 2004 called Sorarado Append; the songs were again sung by Riya.[118] A remix album titled -Memento- was also released in December 2004 and contained two discs.[118] A piano arrangement album was released in December 2005 called Piano no Mori, which contained five tracks from Clannad and five from Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life.[118] Each of the albums released for the visual novel version were released on Key's record labelKey Sounds Label.[118]
A maxi single by Eufonius was released in July 2007 for the Clannad film called 'Mag Mell (frequency⇒e Ver.)'. The single contained a remix version of the game's opening theme, and instrumental track of that remix, and an original track. An image album titled Yakusoku was released in August 2007 featuring a song sung by Lia, an instrumental version of that song, and two background music tracks used in the film. The film's original soundtrack was released in November 2007.[119] The albums released for the film were produced by Frontier Works. A single was released in October 2007 for the first anime series called 'Mag Mell / Dango Daikazoku' which contained the anime's opening and ending themes in original, short, and instrumental versions plus a remix version of 'Shōjo no Gensō' (少女の幻想The Girl's Fantasy), a track featured in Sorarado sung by Riya.[118] A single for the second season anime series was released in November 2008 called 'Toki o Kizamu Uta / Torch', and contains the anime's opening and ending themes sung by Lia.[118] A remix album containing piano arrangement versions of the second anime series' opening and ending themes was released in December 2008 called 'Toki o Kizamu Uta / Torch' Piano Arrange Disc.[120] The anime series' two singles and one album are released on Key Sounds Label.[118]
Reception[edit]
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Across the national ranking of bishōjo games in amount sold in Japan, the Clannad limited edition Windows release premiered at number one twice since its release,[122] and the third ranking brought the Windows release down to 46 out of 50.[123] The first two weeks of June 2004 held the final ranking for the original release at 40 out of 50.[124] The Clannad regular edition Windows release premiered at number 26 in the rankings.[125] The next two rankings for the regular edition were at 37 and 41.[126] According to sales information taken from the Japanese Amazon website, the original Windows version of Clannad sold 100,560 copies in 2004.[127]Clannad Full Voice ranked twice in terms of highest selling PC games nationally in Japan, achieving sales rankings of 7 and 20 in February and March 2008, respectively.[128][129] For the week of April 18, 2011, the PlayStation 3 port of Clannad sold 7,466 units.[130] As of April 18, 2011, the console versions of Clannad had sold over 113,000 copies.[131][132] The two-volume PSP editions of Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de sold 28,984 copies by the end of 2010.[132] The English release of the Windows version debuted on the Steam charts at number three, above Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Grand Theft Auto V, and just below Fallout 4 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[26][133]
In the October 2007 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, poll results for the 50 best bishōjo games were released. Out of 249 titles, Clannad ranked first at 114 votes; in comparison, the second place title, Fate/stay night, got 78 votes.[134] The PlayStation 2 release in 2006 was reviewed by the Japanese video game magazine Famitsu, which gave it an overall score of 26/40 (out of the four individual review scores of 7, 7, 6, and 6).[135] In 2008, Clannad was voted No. 2 in the Dengeki poll of the most emotional games of all time.[136] In 2011, Clannad was voted No. 4 in Famitsu's poll of the most tear-inducing games of all time.[137] In 2014, Sony Computer Entertainment conducted a poll with over 10,000 Japanese fans, where Clannad was voted No. 18 on the 'Most Moving Games Over Books and Movies' list.[138]
Multiplayer.it [it] reviewed the Windows version and scored it 9.2 out of 10. They referred to it as 'one of the best visual novels ever made', praising the 'rich' dialogues and storytelling, 'deep' branching narrative, and 'lifelike' characterization, referring to the cast as some of the best 'characters ever seen' in 'the world of video games.'[139] RPGFan gave it an overall score of 83%, including 88% for story, 86% gameplay, 74% control, 72% graphics, and 82% sound. The review praised the large number of dialogue choices which 'lets you feel involved in how the tale plays out', 'many genuinely funny moments,' and 'emotionally touching' stories, particularly the After Story arc where Clannad 'truly excels' with 'heart-wrenching' and 'emotionally-charged' storytelling, but criticized it for not having enough visuals and for having some 'less interesting' side-story paths in the School Life arc which require completion to unlock the After Story arc.[140]
Anime[edit]
The two anime series and film DVDs have shown consistent high sales figures. The first anime limited edition DVD ranked third for the week of December 19 and December 25, 2007.[141] The second through fifth limited edition DVDs all ranked first during their first week of sales,[142][143][144][145] while the sixth limited edition DVD volume was ranked fourth for the week of May 21 and May 27, 2008.[146] The seventh and eighth limited edition DVD volumes both ranked first during their first week of sales.[147][148] The third limited edition DVD ranked sixth for the most anime DVDs sold between December 2007 and November 2008.[149] A Blu-ray Disc box set of Clannad ranked third for the week of April 26 and May 2, 2010,[150] and ranked again at 13 the following week.[151] The special edition film DVD first ranked at number three during its first week of sales, and dropped down to number 10 the following week.[152][153]
The first limited edition DVD for Clannad After Story ranked second during its first week of sales selling 17,521 units.[154] The second through fourth limited edition DVDs for Clannad After Story ranked first during their first week of sales each selling over 16,000 units each.[155][156][157] The fifth through seventh limited edition DVDs for Clannad After Story ranked first during their first week of sales selling over 14,000 units each.[158][159][160] The eighth limited edition DVD for Clannad After Story ranked second during its first week of sales selling over 19,800 units.[161] The sixth limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of May 11 and May 17, 2009 at number three for anime DVDs.[162] The seventh limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of June 8 and June 14, 2009 at number six for anime DVDs.[163] The eighth limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of July 6 and July 12, 2009 at number five for anime DVDs.[164]
For the anime television adaptation, the first season of Clannad received reviews ranging from positive to mixed, while the second season Clannad After Story received wide critical acclaim. The THEM Anime Reviews website gave the entire series a score of 4 out of 5 stars, with reviewer Tim Jones describing the first season as 'the most fleshed-out and real Key animated adaption to date,'[165] and reviewer Stig Høgset stating that the second season After Story 'will play up the tragedies and the drama considerably, quite possibly tearing out your heart in the process. This is where time truly starts to fly by, lending the show some real weight in the emotional departments.'[166]
Theron Martin of Anime News Network gave the first season a 'B+' rating, criticizing its extensive use of moe elements, but considered it appealing entertainment for a 'fan base who revels in this kind of thing.'[167] His review for the second season After Story was much more positive, giving it an 'A-' rating. He praised the second half of the season as 'the best-written quarter of Clannad,' stating that it 'effectively builds up and delivers its emotional appeal, reinforces the series' central theme (i.e. the importance of family), and peaks visually,' and concluding that 'only the most cynical of souls will avoid shedding at least a few tears at certain points.'[168] On the DVD Talk website, the reviewer Todd Douglass Jr. gave Clannad After Story a 'Highly Recommended' rating, stating that 'the range of emotions Clannad takes you through is quite daunting. It's charming, cute, hilarious, mysterious, and tragic all at the same time. Few shows are as memorable, and few are this good for this long.' He concludes that the storytelling is 'heartfelt' and 'memorable in so many ways,' and that 'few shows rise to the levels this one does.'[169]
Legacy[edit]
Gamania Entertainment hosted a collaboration event with Clannad and their two massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) Hiten Online and Holy Beast Online.[170] Between March 26 and June 26, 2008, the two games offered costumes characters could wear which looked like the winter school uniforms from Clannad, along with offering Kyou's pet boar Botan for players to adopt.[171] Players of either game who had a character over level 20 could enter a lottery where 500 people were chosen to win Clannad-related goods which included virtual and real-world items such as file folders, 'netcash' cards, sports towels, tapestries, and various items used during gameplay.[172]
ASCII Media Works and Vridge produced the PlayStation 2 visual novel Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Cosplay Hajimemashita (乃木坂春香の秘密 こすぷれ、はじめました♥, lit. Haruka Nogizaka's Secret: Cosplaying Has Begun) based on the light novel series Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. Released in September 2008, the game features the series' characters cosplaying in various costumes either depicting characters from five popular light novel series published by ASCII Media Works, or three Clannad heroines. Haruka Nogizaka can cosplay as Kotomi Ichinose, Mika Nogizaka can cosplay as Nagisa Furukawa (albeit with long hair), and Shiina Amamiya can cosplay as Tomoyo Sakagami.[173] The player can also view exclusive CGs in the game if one of the girls is taken out to various places while cosplaying as one of the aforementioned five light novel series characters, or as the Clannad heroines. For example, if Mika is cosplaying as Nagisa, a CG of her eating dango can become viewable.[173] When cosplaying as one of these tie-in characters, the voice of the girl cosplaying changes to the voice actress of the character they are cosplaying; for example, if Shiina cosplays as Tomoyo, she is voiced by Tomoyo's voice actress Houko Kuwashima.[174]
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A 3Dvirtual world called Ai Sp@ce was developed by the video game developer Headlock where users can interact with bishōjo game heroines from Clannad, Shuffle!, and Da Capo II.[175][176] Released in October 2008, the world recreates each game franchise on its own virtual island which are linked with a central Akihabara Island where users can interact, bridging the gap between the separate franchises. Users are able to create a customizable avatar to represent themselves in the game, along with choosing one game heroine to live with, which is referred to as a character doll, or chara-doll for short.[177] The user and chara-doll reside together on one of the three in-game 'islands' depending on which franchise the heroine is from, which includes a house with furniture and clothes that can be purchased. The chara-dolls can also be customizable in that they can develop a unique personality for each user.[175]
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Clannad anime series regular edition DVD compilation volume 1, featuring the heroine Nagisa Furukawa.
The Clannadanimatedtelevision series is based on the visual novelClannad by the Japanese visual novel brand Key. The episodes, produced by the animation studio Kyoto Animation, are directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and features character design by Kazumi Ikeda who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. The story follows the main character Tomoya Okazaki, a discontent high school student whose life changes when he meets a girl one year older than he is, named Nagisa Furukawa.
The Clannad anime series has 24 episodes, 23 of which were originally broadcast between October 2007 and March 2008. The last episode was released as an original video animation (OVA) on the eighth DVD in July 2008. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations in Japan released between December 2007 and July 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes.[1] The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the Clannad anime series,[2] and Section23 Films localized and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released in March 2009.[3] The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released in May 2009. Sentai Filmworks and Section23 Films released the entire first season, including the OVA, in a complete collection set featuring an English dub on June 15, 2010.[4]
A continuation of the first anime series titled Clannad After Story produced by the same staff as with the first series, and containing the same cast of voice actors, adapts the After Story arc from the Clannad visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's scenario. Clannad After Story has 25 episodes, 24 of which aired in Japan between October 2008 and March 2009. The last episode was again released as an OVA on the eighth DVD in July 2009. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 2008 and July 2009. Sentai Filmworks also licensed Clannad After Story and Section23 Films localized and distributed the television series and OVA starting with the first half season box set with English subtitles released in October 2009.[5] The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released in December 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released Clannad After Story with an English dub on April 19, 2011.[6]
Aside from the theme music used for the episodes, the rest of the soundtrack for both anime series is sampled from several albums released for the Clannad visual novel including the Clannad Original Soundtrack, Mabinogi, -Memento-, Sorarado, and Sorarado Append. The cover art for Sorarado Append is also visible as the last shot in the ending video animation of the first season. This includes four insert songs used within the first season's episodes which include: 'Kaze no Shōjo' (風の少女Maiden of the Wind) and 'Ana' used in episode nine, 'Over' (オーバーŌbā) used in episode 18, and '-Kage Futatsu-' (-影二つ--Two Shadows-) used in episode 22 which is also the main ending theme from the visual novel.
Clannad[edit]
Of the 24 episodes planned for release by Kyoto Animation,[1] 23 were aired on television with the first 22 being regular episodes, followed by an additional extra episode. The last episode was released as an original video animation on the eighth DVD on July 16, 2008 and is set in an alternate universe from the anime series in which Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating.[1] The OVA episode was previewed on May 31, 2008 for an audience of four-hundred people picked via a mail-in postcard campaign.[1] The broadcast time was first announced on August 11, 2007 at the TBS festival Anime Festa, which is also when the first episode was showcased. The episodes aired between October 4, 2007 and March 27, 2008 on the TBS Japanese television network in 4:3 aspect ratio.[7] The anime also aired in 16:9 aspect ratio between October 26, 2007 and April 4, 2008 on the BS-i Japanese television network. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations in Japan released between December 19, 2007 and July 16, 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes.[1] A Blu-ray Disc box set of Clannad was released on April 30, 2010 in Japan.[8]
The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the Clannad anime series,[2] and Section23 Films localized and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half-season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released on March 3, 2009.[3] The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released on May 5, 2009. A complete box set of Clannad was released on June 15, 2010, featuring a new English dub of the series.[4]
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is 'Mag Mell (cuckool mix 2007)' (メグメル〜cuckool mix 2007〜) by the Japanese music group Eufonius. This song is a remix of 'Mag Mell' (メグメルMegu Meru), the opening theme used for the original visual novel. The ending theme is 'Dango Daikazoku' (だんご大家族A Big Dango Family) by the Japanese singer Chata. 'Dango Daikazoku' is an adaptation of 'Nagisa' (渚), Nagisa's character theme from the visual novel, which was also adapted into 'Chiisana Tenohira' (小さなてのひらSmall Palms), the ending theme of the After Story arc of the visual novel.
No. | Title[9] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US air date | |
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01 | 'On The Hillside Path Where The Cherry Blossoms Flutter' Transcription: 'Sakura Maichiru Sakamichi de' (Japanese: 桜舞い散る坂道で) | Tatsuya Ishihara | Fumihiko Shimo | October 4, 2007 | March 5, 2009 | |
On the way to Hikarizaka High School, Tomoya Okazaki, a delinquent third-year student wishing a change to occur in his life, meets a strange girl on the hill talking to herself named Nagisa Furukawa. Throughout the day, he is introduced to many of the main female characters; Kyou Fujibayashi and her sister Ryou Fujibayashi, astounded by their personalities. Later in the day, Tomoya has a conversation with Nagisa during lunch and learns that she is repeating her last year of high school, due to being absent too much because of illness, and wants to join the now-disbanded drama club. They watch a female transfer student beat up two guys on motor bikes. After school, Tomoya goes to Nagisa's family bakery and meets her eccentric parents, Akio Furukawa and Sanae Furukawa; he is invited to have dinner with them. | ||||||
02 | 'The First Step' Transcription: 'Saisho no Ippo' (Japanese: 最初の一歩) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | October 11, 2007 | March 12, 2009 | |
Nagisa admits to wanting to restart the drama club, and Tomoya helps Nagisa to create recruiting posters (with the big dango family mascot) which they place around school. At school that day, Tomoya meets two other girls: a strange genius named Kotomi Ichinose who he finds hard to receive attention from, and a first-year named Fuko Ibuki, and he confiscates her carving knife due to her injured hand. Later that day, Nagisa finds out Tomoya used to play basketball, and invites him to play a game the next day. However, it rains the following day and Tomoya, along with his friend Youhei Sunohara who used to play soccer, skip school by staying at the dormitory. Worrying that Nagisa might be out in the rain due to her basketball invitation, Tomoya decides to go out. There, it is revealed that his father Naoyuki Okazaki injured Tomoya's shoulder in a fight; as a result, he is unable to play basketball anymore. As Nagisa regrets asking, she faints in the rain. | ||||||
03 | 'Once Again After Crying' Transcription: 'Namida no Ato ni Mō Ichido' (Japanese: 涙のあとにもう一度) | Yoshiji Kigami | Fumihiko Shimo | October 18, 2007 | March 19, 2009 | |
After the previous night's events, Tomoya goes to see if Nagisa is okay and finds out that she has been physically weak all her life. While walking back from the bakery, Tomoya helps get a strange electrician out of a jam and he gives Tomoya his card, finding his name to be Yusuke Yoshino; Youhei later reveals that Yusuke is a retired professional musician. The next day, Nagisa returns to school and talks with Tomoya, who then gives Fuko her knife back. Tomoya and Youhei discover a baby boar named Botan who turns out to be Kyou's pet. After school, Nagisa and Tomoya meet Yukine Miyazawa, a second-year student who is in charge of the library's reference room. Tomoya helps Nagisa get more self-confidence for the drama club by acting as a new member of the club asking questions. | ||||||
04 | 'Let's Find Friends' Transcription: 'Nakama o Sagasō' (Japanese: 仲間をさがそう) | Tatsuya Ishihara | Fumihiko Shimo | October 25, 2007 | March 26, 2009 | |
Tomoya runs into Fuko again at school, and she tries to invite him to her older sister's upcoming marriage ceremony, but Tomoya is not interested. Tomoya gets Youhei to help reform the drama club by bribing him with bread from Nagisa's family bakery. Nagisa tries to get the help of Kyou and her sister Ryou in reforming the drama club, and Tomoya even tries to ask Tomoyo Sakagami (after Youhei fights her) and Kotomi if they would like to join; Tomoyo is trying to become student council president, and Kotomi does not give an answer. Tomoya and Nagisa later go see Fuko about the club, and he discovers from Nagisa that Fuko, who is supposedly unconscious in a hospital due to a car accident, is the younger sister of Kouko Ibuki who was Nagisa's art teacher. | ||||||
05 | 'The Scenery With A Carving' Transcription: 'Chōkoku no Aru Fūkei' (Japanese: 彫刻のある風景) | Tomoe Aratani | Fumihiko Shimo | November 1, 2007 | April 5, 2009 | |
Tomoya and Nagisa went to meet Kouko. In order to help the astral Fuko out, Tomoya and Nagisa take her to stay at Nagisa's house and hold back on the drama club for the time-being. Nagisa's family helps with carving more starfish out of wood, and at school Tomoya and Nagisa help with passing them out to students, and Fuko's friend Mitsui. Later, Fuko talks about how she has wanted to attend classes, but has never been able to. Tomoya makes arrangements with Youhei, Kyou, and Ryou to act as classmates in Fuko's very first high school class, and even Sanae comes to act as the teacher. | ||||||
06 | 'The Older And Younger Sister's Founder's Festival' Transcription: 'Ane to Imōto no Sōritsushasai' (Japanese: 姉と妹の創立者祭) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | November 8, 2007 | April 12, 2009 | |
After Golden Week, Tomoya and Nagisa invite Kouko to the Founder's Festival, after seeing Kouko's fiancé is none other than Yusuke Yoshino. In the meantime, Fuko hands out more carved starfish to students at the festival, and her fan club helps spread the word about Kouko's wedding as well. Nagisa and Tomoya meet Tomoyo, who is wearing a bear suit to find people who are causing trouble, and manages to knock Youhei out a window for bothering a girl. Kouko finally comes to the festival and sees Tomoya and Nagisa, but she cannot see or hear her sister, who is beside them. | ||||||
07 | 'Star-Shaped Feelings' Transcription: 'Hoshigata no Kimochi' (Japanese: 星形の気持ち) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | November 15, 2007 | April 19, 2009 | |
Tomoya and Nagisa convince Kouko that Fuko would wish for her to get married to Yusuke despite Fuko's condition. They talk to the school's administration after finding out Kouko would like to get married on the school grounds. Later unfortunately, Kouko informs them that Fuko's condition has gotten worse, and she may not awaken from her coma. When Tomoya meets with Youhei at the dormitory, he shares his observation earlier at school that some students cannot see Fuko while others are beginning to forget her existence and the presents she gave them. | ||||||
08 | 'The Wind That Vanishes Into The Twilight' Transcription: 'Tasogare ni Kieru Kaze' (Japanese: 黄昏に消える風) | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | November 22, 2007 | April 26, 2009 | |
More people from school are not able to see Fuko anymore and now even those close to Fuko in the past are beginning to forget about her. First, Youhei forgets after he went to see her in the hospital, followed by Kyou and Ryou. Tomoyo manages to remember with Tomoya's help however. Later, Youhei manages to remember Fuko for a moment, but is unable to remember any more. Tomoya and Nagisa buy Fuko a birthday party set to cheer her up. When they get back to the bakery, they discover that Akio has forgotten Fuko, and while Sanae has not forgotten completely, she cannot see her anymore. Tomoya and Nagisa decide to take Fuko back to school for now. | ||||||
09 | 'Until The End Of The Dream' Transcription: 'Yume no Saigo Made' (Japanese: 夢の最後まで) | Yoshiji Kigami | Fumihiko Shimo | November 29, 2007 | May 3, 2009 | |
Tomoya, Nagisa, and Fuko spend the night at school having a pre-celebration for Kouko's wedding, as the two and Fuko become closer. The next morning, Tomoya and Nagisa have forgotten about Fuko and cannot see her. Both Tomoya and Nagisa later feel that there is something important that they are forgetting, and finally remember about Kouko's wedding, which is also when they are able to see Fuko again. On the wedding day, initially the only students to arrive were Tomoya, Nagisa, and Fuko, but after the ceremony it is shown that everyone who had received a starfish came to the wedding. Kouko and Yusuke walk down the campus as everyone applauds to them. Fuko ultimately disappears after thanking Tomoya and Nagisa for what they have done, and congratulating her older sister. A rumor still persists at the school of Fuko as a cute girl who is constantly running through the school. Tomoya believes Fuko will awaken someday. | ||||||
10 | 'The Girl Genius' Challenge' Transcription: 'Tensai Shōjo no Chōsen' (Japanese: 天才少女の挑戦) | Yasuhiro Takemoto | Fumihiko Shimo | December 6, 2007 | May 10, 2009 | |
Since no new members have joined the drama club, Tomoya goes to talk with Kotomi once again about joining. Tomoya takes her around school and helps her introduce herself to people to make more friends. Tomoya takes Kyou, Ryou, and Kotomi to the drama room after school, and after a round of introductions, Tomoya asks them to join the club. Kyou initially passes on the chance, but ends up giving in after her sister says she wants to join, and Kotomi joins as well. During the meeting, Kotomi suddenly leaves when she hears someone playing the violin at a nearby club room. Yet when she is offered a chance to play it, she is painfully horrible. | ||||||
11 | 'The After School Rhapsody' Transcription: 'Hōkago no Kyōsōkyoku' (Japanese: 放課後の狂想曲) | Tomoe Aratani | Fumihiko Shimo | December 13, 2007 | May 17, 2009 | |
Kotomi is still trying to play the violin, but has not improved at all; in short, her playing is painful to anyone listening. Kyou gets the idea to have Kotomi play at her first violin recital after school in two days, obliging Kotomi to practice in the meantime. The day before the recital, Tomoya visits Kotomi at the school's library and eats her delicious homemade apple pie. Shortly after, Tomoya falls asleep and has a very strange dream. At the recital, the school; including Akio, Sanae, and Misae Sagara; the landlady of Youhei's dorm came to listen. Kyou blackmails several students into coming with her position as a class representative. In the end, Kotomi did not improve at all, and the recital was still very painful to listen to. When Kotomi and her friends are going home, a strange man approaches Kotomi, though leaves shortly after; Kotomi was terrified of him. | ||||||
12 | 'Hidden World' Transcription: 'Kakusareta Sekai' (Japanese: かくされた世界) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | December 20, 2007 | May 24, 2009 | |
Kotomi returns the violin to Rie Nishina and becomes friends with her. Kotomi changes her usual routine and starts attending her classes. Kyou invites Tomoya, Nagisa, Kotomi, and Ryou to go out together as a group and have fun at a local carnival. While they are at a claw crane, Fuko makes an appearance in, but no one seems to remember her. The next day, Nagisa runs up to Kyou thinking Ryou got in a bus accident, though when they rush to the scene, they find no one was hurt; however, when Kotomi sees the accident, she has an emotional episode and collapses while screaming out. Kotomi leaves early that day, but when Tomoya, Nagisa, Kyou, and Ryou go to see her later, there is no answer at her house. After they leave, Tomoya goes back and runs into the strange man from earlier; he finds out the gentleman is an acquaintance of Kotomi's parents. Tomoya ends up going into Kotomi's house and finds her in a room with newspaper clippings on the wall reporting on the death of Kotomi's parents. Tomoya then finally remembers that he met Kotomi years ago when he was a child. | ||||||
13 | 'Garden of Memories' Transcription: 'Omoide no Niwa o' (Japanese: 思い出の庭を) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | January 10, 2008 | May 31, 2009 | |
Tomoya realizes that he met Kotomi as a child, though only she had remembered. Back then, Tomoya had often visited Kotomi, and was her only friend. Around this time on Kotomi's birthday, her parents suddenly leave for college business reasons. Later that day, Kotomi is visited by an acquaintance of her parents (the gentleman) and tells her they were killed in a plane crash. Kotomi ultimately ended up burning her father's important thesis about discovering 'Another World' before anyone could see it. Since then, Tomoya stopped coming to her house, as Kotomi dedicated herself to follow her parents' footsteps. While Kotomi shuts herself in her house, Tomoya comes over and starts cleaning up the garden which is overgrown with grass and weeds. Nagisa, Kyou, and Ryou eventually help out as well. In the end, Kotomi is happy for everyone's generosity. | ||||||
14 | 'Theory of Everything' | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | January 17, 2008 | June 7, 2009 | |
Kotomi finally leaves the house to find that Tomoya worked in the garden all night long and had fallen asleep. When she returns to school, Tomoya, Nagisa, Kyou, and Ryou are all waiting for her. The mysterious gentleman whom she was so frightened of, believing he wanted to take her parents' thesis, is there as well. Kotomi and her friends find out that he is her legal guardian, and that there never were any other copy notes for the thesis after all. The envelope Kotomi burned, and felt so guilty about, was actually a teddy bear catalogue. The gentleman also has a birthday gift for her, which is her parents' suitcase, that survived the plane crash and was passed from hand to hand around the world for years until he found it. Inside is a teddy bear, Kotomi's gift request to her parents before they left, and an affectionate letter. While Kotomi is holding the teddy bear, the room fills with orbs of light, and she at last makes peace with her parents' deaths. | ||||||
15 | 'Stuck Problem' Transcription: 'Komatta Mondai' (Japanese: 困った問題) | Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | January 24, 2008 | June 14, 2009 | |
In order to help Nagisa reform the drama club, her friends offer their names in order to get enough members to qualify, but they still need an advisor with them for the club, which leads them to ask Toshio Koumura. However, he is already meant to be the advisor for the choir club, so Nagisa goes to talk with Rie about which club Koumura should advise. The next day, Nagisa finds a threatening letter in her desk, and Youhei finds out that it was Rie's friend Sugisaka who is behind it. After talking with Nagisa about Rie's past, Nagisa chooses to give up on reforming the drama club, though this does not sit well with Youhei and Kyou. Tomoya and Youhei go to Yukine to kill time during school, and Yukine gives Youhei an idea related to basketball. Later on, two captains of the judo club are pestering Tomoyo to join. Fuko appears but not to much help, yet Tomoya manages to take Tomoyo with him to get away from the captains. The next day, Youhei approaches Tomoya and Nagisa about playing in a basketball match in order to get the choir club to back down, but Tomoya continuously refuses his offer. After school, Tomoya and Nagisa meet Youhei's younger sister Mei Sunohara. | ||||||
16 | '3 on 3' | Yasuhiro Takemoto | Fumihiko Shimo | January 31, 2008 | June 21, 2009 | |
When Mei shows up, she cleans her brother's filthy room, but Misae said she cannot stay at Youhei's all-boys dorm, so Nagisa offers to have her stay at her home while she is in town. Tomoya and Youhei easily get Kyou to help with the basketball game, and she gets pumped up after a comment about pairing up with such loser guys. They bring the choir club over to watch the game. For half the game, Tomoya and the others play against first-year rookies, and manage to lead by eleven points, but then the basketball team switches with their starters and the score evens out. In the very last seconds of the game, Tomoya manages to make the last shot thanks to Nagisa's voice and win the game. Afterwards, Mei goes back to her hometown. | ||||||
17 | 'A Room Without Anyone' Transcription: 'Fuzai no Kūkan' (Japanese: 不在の空間) | Naoko Yamada | Fumihiko Shimo | February 7, 2008 | June 28, 2009 | |
After watching the basketball game, the choir club decide to share Koumura with the drama club, but the student council will not allow it. Nagisa collapses at school and cannot come to school for a few days. Then, Tomoya believes if Tomoyo becomes student council president she can make arrangements and revive the drama club. During this time, Tomoyo starts waking up Tomoya and Youhei before classes start so they will not be late anymore. Kyou continues to set up situations where Tomoya and Ryou are together, such as eating lunch together. Yukine tries to help Tomoya with a grimoire, and he casts a spell to get locked in the gym equipment room with Kyou, which ends up happening. Kyou does not act like her usual self while in the room, and thinks that Tomoya may end up trying to seduce her. Tomoya undoes the spell and the door is opened by one of Kyou's classmates. Tomoya and Tomoyo start to walk home after school, but a bunch of gang members are at the school's entrance looking to fight Tomoyo. Fuko temporarily interrupts the fight. After the fight starts, teachers from the school arrive and break it up; Tomoya takes the blame for it in order to protect Tomoyo, sentenced to suspension as a consequence. | ||||||
18 | 'Counter Measures' Transcription: 'Gyakuten no Hisaku' (Japanese: 逆転の秘策) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | February 14, 2008 | July 5, 2009 | |
During the time that Tomoya is suspended from school, Tomoyo continues to come to his house, wake him up, and make him breakfast, though when she tries to ask him about his relationship with Naoyuki, he does not answer her. On Sunday, when Tomoyo is making him lunch, Kotomi, Kyou, and Ryou arrive each bringing a bunch of food, and even Fuko appears with food; Tomoya ends up eating everything. Once back at school, he finds out how Tomoyo's reputation is dropping due to rumors of her as a gang leader, and arranges for Tomoyo to compete against several school sports clubs to boost her reputation. After school, Tomoyo tells Tomoya about her family situation and how her brother risked his life to keep their parents from divorcing, and desire to protect the cherry blossom trees. Nagisa finally comes back to school and is welcomed by her friends. During a tennis match between Tomoyo and a male tennis club member, a stray ball hits Nagisa on the leg, and Tomoya overprotects her, showing everyone how devoted he is to her. Tomoyo realizes that Tomoya is in love with Nagisa, and both Kyou and Ryou break into tears. Ultimately, Tomoyo becomes the student council president. | ||||||
19 | 'A New Life' Transcription: 'Atarashii Seikatsu' (Japanese: 新しい生活) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | February 28, 2008 | July 12, 2009 | |
The drama club is finally revived and Koumura is shared with the choir club, thanks to Tomoyo! Tomoya's homeroom teacher goes to Tomoya's house to ask Naoyuki about his son's future, but Naoyuki says that is something Tomoya has to decide for himself. Seeing the way Tomoya and Naoyuki are, Nagisa offers to have Tomoya stay over at her house for the time being, which he accepts. After coming home from school, Tomoya finds several small kids in Nagisa's house, and finds out Sanae is instructing them in a cram school. Nagisa confides to Tomoya that she feels she did something really bad to her parents in the past, but she cannot remember what it is, and her parents say that she must be imagining it. | ||||||
20 | 'A Hidden Past' Transcription: 'Himerareta Kako' (Japanese: 秘められた過去) | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | March 6, 2008 | July 19, 2009 | |
After hearing Nagisa talk about the story of the 'Girl in the Illusionary World' for the play she wants to perform, Tomoya tries asking Nagisa's parents and Yukine about it (which seems familiar to him), but they do not know any story like that; Fuko appears unexpectedly. After Akio catches Tomoya and Nagisa in the shed, he tells them to leave, and later brings Tomoya aside to tell him about what happened in the past. Ten years prior, Nagisa was running a high fever one snowy day, and in the midst of this, her parents had to work, so they left her alone for a couple of hours. When Akio returned, he found Nagisa collapsed outside as she had been waiting for them to return. Due to Nagisa nearly dying, both of her parents abandoned their jobs and their dreams in order to protect Nagisa. Akio tells Tomoya not to tell either Sanae or Nagisa about the story since he does not want it coming up again. Tomoya goes on a picnic with Nagisa's family, and during a baseball game with some local young boys, Nagisa accidentally confesses her love to Tomoya indirectly. | ||||||
21 | 'Face Toward The School Festival' Transcription: 'Gakuensai ni Mukete' (Japanese: 学園祭に向けて) | Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | March 13, 2008 | July 26, 2009 | |
Nagisa and her friends continue to practice for the play, such as reciting tongue twisters, choosing which music to use for the play, lighting, and stage direction. Akio rents a play on video, and Nagisa finds it very touching, plus it was the first play she ever saw. Tomoya and Akio try to find the script of the play that Nagisa is going to perform in the shed, but do not find it. The drama club has a practice the day before the school festival is to begin and it goes well. The night before the school festival, Nagisa looks for a flashlight in the shed, but bumps into some boxes and discovers photographs and diaries of her parent's pasts. | ||||||
22 | 'Two Shadows' Transcription: 'Kage Futatsu' (Japanese: 影二つ) | Yasuhiro Takemoto | Fumihiko Shimo | March 20, 2008 | August 2, 2009 | |
After Nagisa finds out about her parents' secret past, she cannot take her mind off how she ruined their dreams, and becomes emotional and depressed. On the day of the school festival, the whole drama club realizes that Nagisa is not herself, and try to cheer her up, but to no success. As the performance starts, Nagisa breaks down, but with encouragement from Akio, who said that his dream as well as that of Sanae was for Nagisa to make her dream come true, Tomoya also assures Nagisa, and the play about the Girl in the Illusionary World was a huge success! Naoyuki came to see the play too. The next day as the sun is setting; Tomoya finally confesses his love to Nagisa in the club room. This comes as a shock for Nagisa, causing her to cry tears of joy. | ||||||
Extra | 'The Events Of Summer Holidays' Transcription: 'Natsuyasumi no Dekigoto' (Japanese: 夏休みの出来事) | Naoko Yamada | Fumihiko Shimo | March 27, 2008 | August 9, 2009 | |
It is now during summer vacation, but despite now having been going out for weeks, both Tomoya and Nagisa are still very nervous about it and have not done much to progress their relationship which comes as a shock to their friends. Mei comes back for another visit and helps out with the bakery. After learning of Tomoya and Nagisa's current stagnant relationship, Mei decides to be their personal cupid of love in order to advance things along. Mei thinks up a whole plan which Nagisa attempts to follow despite it being very embarrassing for her at times. After Tomoya calls Mei out, she runs away, though Nagisa stops Tomoya from chasing after her. With some time left in the day, Tomoya and Nagisa take a walk together while finally holding hands. | ||||||
OVA | 'Another World: Tomoyo Chapter' Transcription: 'Mō Hitotsu no Sekai Tomoyo-hen' (Japanese: もうひとつの世界 智代編) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | July 16, 2008 | August 16, 2009 | |
In an alternative timeline where Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating, Tomoyo becomes student council president, but bad rumors start around the school due to Tomoya's bad reputation. Tomoyo becomes busy during the school festival, and continues to be so while she attempts to save the cherry blossom trees in town. A male student makes Tomoya realize that he is holding Tomoyo back from greater things, and despite both sides being reluctant, they break up. Time passes as Tomoyo's reputation builds and Tomoya and Youhei watch on the side through her many accomplishments, one of them being ultimately saving the cherry blossom trees by the winter. While on the way home after attending his high school graduation ceremony, Tomoya sees Tomoyo waiting for him along the snowy road lined by the cherry trees. They talk for the first time in months. From Tomoya's view, his expectation is that their lives have diverged, never to come together again, but he is surprised when Tomoyo expresses her desire to be with him again. Tomoya tries to dissuade her from making that choice, but her mind is made up; she would rather be with him. Tomoya and Tomoyo become a couple again. |
Clannad After Story[edit]
A continuation of the first anime series titled Clannad After Story produced by the same staff as with the first series, and containing the same cast of voice actors,[10] adapts the After Story arc from the Clannad visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's scenario. The second season aired in Japan between October 3, 2008 and March 26, 2009 on TBS in 4:3 aspect ratio with 24 episodes. Of the 24 episodes, 22 are regular episodes, the 23 is an extra episode, and the last episode is a summary episode showcasing highlights from the series. Clannad After Story also aired in 16:9 aspect ratio starting on October 24, 2008. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 3, 2008 and July 1, 2009. The eighth DVD volume came with an additional original video animation (OVA) episode set in an alternate universe from the anime series where Tomoya and Kyou are dating. The OVA episode was previewed on May 24, 2009 for a limited number of people.[11]
The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the Clannad After Story anime series,[5] and Section23 Films localized and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, released on October 20, 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released on December 8, 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released Clannad After Story with an English dub in April 2011.[12]
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is 'Toki o Kizamu Uta' (時を刻む唄A Song to Pass the Time) which goes by the same tune as the background music track 'Onaji Takami e' (同じ高みへTo the Same Heights). The ending theme is 'Torch', and both the opening and ending themes are sung by Lia.
No. | Title[13] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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01 | 'The Goodbye at the End of Summer' Transcription: 'Natsu no Owari no Sayonara' (Japanese: 夏の終わりのサヨナラ) | Tatsuya Ishihara Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | October 3, 2008 | |
Tomoya Okazaki dreams about his past as he, his girlfriend Nagisa Furukawa and her mother watch Akio Furukawa play baseball. Summer vacation is now over and the second semester has started. Akio asks Tomoya to form a baseball team for a local game against the neighboring shopping district team. Tomoya is able to recruit Kyou Fujibayashi and Kotomi Ichinose from the drama club, Youhei Sunohara and his younger sister Mei Sunohara, as well as Tomoyo Sakagami, Misae Sagara, and Yusuke Yoshino. Tomoya's team manages to get an early lead, but Akio's leg gets injured by a flying bat, and Nagisa fills in for her father as the pitcher. The other team catches up near the end, and it comes down to the final inning when Tomoya scores an RBI, winning the game. | |||||
02 | 'Search for False Love' Transcription: 'Itsuwari no Ai o Sagashite' (Japanese: いつわりの愛をさがして) | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | October 10, 2008 | |
Mei has become worried about her older brother Youhei since he still does not have a plan after high school, and comes to stay at Nagisa's for the time being. Based on a fleeting comment by Youhei, Tomoya gets the idea to ask a girl to pose as his girlfriend so Mei will stop worrying about him. Youhei goes around with Tomoya and Nagisa asking Kotomi, Tomoyo, Ryou Fujibayashi, and Yukine Miyazawa, but no one can help him. Sanae Furukawa overhears Youhei's trouble and decides to be his fake girlfriend if it will help push him in the right direction in life. Youhei, however, still believes her to be the older sister, instead of the mother, of Nagisa. When Mei meets her brother's so-called girlfriend, Sanae is posing as a student from Tomoya's high school. | |||||
03 | 'Disagreeing Hearts' Transcription: 'Surechigau Kokoro' (Japanese: すれちがう心) | Naoko Yamada | Fumihiko Shimo | October 17, 2008 | |
Youhei and Sanae go out on a date, accompanied by Tomoya, Nagisa, and Mei. However, Mei still feels that her brother is hopeless even with a dependable girlfriend, and thus still worries about him. Mei remembers that her brother used to be much nicer and worried about her in the past when Mei would get picked on. In an attempt to provoke a brotherly response out of Youhei, Mei lies about coming to the city to meet a guy she likes, and Tomoya later pretends in front of Youhei that he is that person. Despite being shocked in both instances, Youhei does not say anything to Mei. Since she cannot leave while things are the way they are, Mei continues to stay for the time being. | |||||
04 | 'With the Same Smile as That Day' Transcription: 'Ano Hi to Onaji Egao de' (Japanese: あの日と同じ笑顔で) | Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | October 24, 2008 | |
Youhei has not been coming to class lately, causing worry among his friends as well as his sister. Visiting Yukine in the library, Tomoya tells how Youhei quit soccer because of older teammates' abusing. Tomoya, Nagisa and Mei visit the soccer club, and they try to convince them to let Youhei rejoin. After a grueling task of fetching soccer balls, the club still will not let Youhei back on the team. While the leader of the soccer team makes Mei cry and picks on her, Youhei storms in and starts beating up the entire soccer club with the help of Tomoya. After the soccer club members leave, Tomoya and Youhei have another fight about the protection of Mei. Youhei finally admits he was worried about Mei, and the fight is resolved after Nagisa and Mei interject. The next day; after Mei returns home, Tomoya and Youhei laugh together on the way to school, and Youhei finds out Sanae is Nagisa's mother. Tomoya later recounts to himself how he and Youhei first met. | |||||
05 | 'The Season You Were In' Transcription: 'Kimi no Ita Kisetsu' (Japanese: 君のいた季節) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | October 31, 2008 | |
Tomoya and Nagisa visit Youhei, and spend some time talking with Misae and Tomoyo who comes over after them. Later, when Tomoya and Nagisa are talking with Misae privately about the autumn festival, Tomoya starts falling asleep. It is shown how Misae was a third-year in high school, she met a strange boy named Katsuki Shima who says he can grant her one wish in return for her cheering him up years before when he was in the hospital. Misae has a boy she likes named Igarashi, but whom unknown to her already has a girlfriend. Igarashi asks Katsuki to tell her this, but he cannot tell her directly and starts crying. Misae sees Igarashi with his girlfriend, and realizes the truth; she runs away, leaving Katsuki behind. | |||||
06 | 'Forever By Your Side' Transcription: 'Zutto Anata no Soba ni' (Japanese: ずっとあなたのそばに) | Kazuya Sakamoto | Fumihiko Shimo | November 7, 2008 | |
After getting over Igarashi, Misae starts hanging out with Katsuki more and starts falling in love with him. Katsuki sneaks into the school to see how Misae doing with her duties as student council president. One day, Katsuki realizes after going to his house with two of Misae's friends, Saki and Yuki, that he is in fact not Katsuki Shima, but a cat who was sent by the dying Katsuki Shima to grant Misae's wish. At the autumn festival, Misae confesses she has come to love Katsuki, but that night he disappears shortly after Misae made her wish for him to always be with her. After Tomoya wakes up, he realizes the cat showed him all this. Later, everyone goes to the autumn festival. Tomoya takes Nagisa there as their date when the cat and Misae show up. Tomoya then tells Misae some things Katsuki did not get a chance to tell her. An orb of light, much like the one Katsuki claimed to possess that supposedly grants a single wish, appears in the night sky. | |||||
07 | 'Her Whereabouts' Transcription: 'Kanojo no Ibasho' (Japanese: 彼女の居場所) | Kazuya Sakamoto | Fumihiko Shimo | November 14, 2008 | |
Tomoya, Nagisa, and Youhei discover that Yukine is respected by the two rival gangs in the city since she helps both sides' members after they get hurt. Her older brother Kazuto Miyazawa is the leader of one of the gangs, and a young boy named Yū comes to her to find his older sister who apparently is dating a guy in Kazuto's gang. Youhei pretends to Yū that he is Yukine's brother for the time-being, but the truth is later revealed after Yukine takes Yū, along with Tomoya, Nagisa, and Youhei, to a bar where her brother's gang hangs out. Kazuto has been in the hospital since he got into a car accident when he saved a friend. While heading home, three members of the rival gang mistaken Youhei for Kazuto and try to fight him and Tomoya, but Tomoyo intervenes, stopping them single-handedly. | |||||
08 | 'Valiant Fight' Transcription: 'Yūki Aru Tatakai' (Japanese: 勇気ある戦い) | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | November 21, 2008 | |
Tomoyo speaks to Yukine and the others about hearing the police will start to get involved if the fight between the two gangs gets any worse. Trying to stave off a major brawl due to a misunderstanding, Yukine goes with Tomoya to try to talk the other gang out of a fight, and the leader settles on a fight between him and Yukine's brother Kazuto. Youhei reluctantly goes to stand in for Kazuto, but is incapacitated along with everyone else after eating Sanae's bread. So Tomoya, who did not eat the bread, fights the leader of the opposing gang. Yukine impersonates Kazuto to end the fighting, and finally reveals to everyone that did not already know Kazuto has been dead for some time, and his wish was to end the fighting in the town. At the cemetery, Yukine pays respect to her dead brother and the rival gang joins in. With the rivalry resolved and peace restored, Tomoya witnesses an orb of light rising into the sky. Later, Yukine then tells Tomoya, Nagisa, and Youhei about the city's legend of the orbs of light. | |||||
09 | 'En Route on the Sloped Road' Transcription: 'Sakamichi no Tochū' (Japanese: 坂道の途中) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | November 28, 2008 | |
Tomoya and his friends are nearing graduation, and are discussing what they will be doing after they graduate. Kyou wishes to be a kindergarten teacher, Ryou hopes to go to a nursing school, Kotomi wants to study in America, and Youhei aspires to be a model. Tomoya still has not decided on what to do yet. Nagisa's sickness returns, making her unable to go to school and take exams, and she will have to repeat her last year of high school again unfortunately. Tomoya brought a stuffed dango for Nagisa on her birthday while their friends come over for Christmas Eve. On the day of graduation, as Toshio Koumura decided to retire, Tomoya returns home to Nagisa who wishes to take a walk with him, while holding hands. | |||||
10 | 'Season of Beginnings' Transcription: 'Hajimari no Kisetsu' (Japanese: 始まりの季節) | Naoko Yamada | Fumihiko Shimo | December 5, 2008 | |
Shortly after his graduation, Tomoya decides to be more independent, and works toward this goal by first taking up a job at the bakery. Meanwhile, Nagisa has begun her new school year, although she makes few friends and her attempt to re-establish the drama club ends in failure. Tomoya eventually moves out of Nagisa's home to a small apartment of his own; thanks to Ryou, while taking up a job as an electrician with Yusuke. After his first day of work, Tomoya returns to his new home completely exhausted, barely able to stay awake during his dinner with Nagisa. | |||||
11 | 'The Promised Founder's Festival' Transcription: 'Yakusoku no Sōritsushasai' (Japanese: 約束の創立者祭) | Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | December 12, 2008 | |
Working has its ups and downs for Tomoya. He does not want his boss to find out that he has an injured shoulder, in fear that he will lose his new job. Yusuke keeps Tomoya's physical disability a secret. Tomoya promises Nagisa that he will join her at the Founder's Festival, yet work gets busy and while his fellow co-workers would have covered for him, he wanted to prove his worth. He is late for his date, and is starting to become too busy to sustain a healthy relationship with Nagisa; although she understands him. Resolving his responsibility, Tomoya gains respect with his co-workers and settles into his job. | |||||
12 | 'Sudden Events' Transcription: 'Totsuzen no Dekigoto' (Japanese: 突然の出来事) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | December 19, 2008 | |
Yusuke tells Tomoya a little about his past and how he met Kouko Ibuki in high school. After graduating, Yusuke went on to become a successful singer-songwriter, but ultimately it all came crashing down and he started taking drugs. When he came back to the city and saw Kouko again for the first time in years, he regretted not continuing to sing for her sake. Exciting news is, Tomoya was offered a new position as a manager in a big company, but the deal falls through when his father Naoyuki Okazaki is arrested at a bad timing. Tomoya is enraged that his father is still messing up his life. Nagisa manages to calm him down from hurting himself. Tomoya finally proposes to Nagisa, and she accepts. | |||||
13 | 'Graduation' Transcription: 'Sotsugyō' (Japanese: 卒業) | Kazuya Sakamoto | Fumihiko Shimo | January 8, 2009 | |
Tomoya tries to convince Akio to talk to him about his decision to marry Nagisa. Akio, however, will only talk to him if he can get a decent hit with a baseball match. Tomoya continues to practice hitting the ball, even during the heavy downpour, until he gets good enough to face Akio again. He finally hits a home run, and runs over to Akio to beg him to let Nagisa be with him, to which Akio agrees. Months later, Christmas time arrives, and as Nagisa turns 20, she has her first drink of sake; when she is drunk, she accuses Tomoya of being attracted to Sanae. Nagisa's fever goes up again, causing her to become absent from school, but not enough to repeat another year. Tomoya soon organizes with some of their friends and previous classmates, including Koumura, to gather at the school and celebrate Nagisa's graduation. Nagisa receives her diploma and finally graduates. Later, they notify Naoyuki and he congratulates them. Tomoya and Nagisa get married afterwards while taking a walk on the hill of cherry blossoms. | |||||
14 | 'A New Family' Transcription: 'Atarashii Kazoku' (Japanese: 新しい家族) | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | January 15, 2009 | |
Tomoya and Nagisa Okazaki are now a married couple living together. Nagisa tries to find work and starts as a waitress at a newly opened family restaurant with Rie Nishina and Sugisaka near the school hill. Tomoya and Akio visit Nagisa at work and scare out a couple of customers who were hitting on Nagisa. Back at home, Nagisa tells Tomoya that the old building of the school they went to is going to be torn down. Knowing that the drama club was in the old building, Tomoya freaks out and admits that he is uncomfortable with all the changes happening in their town. Tomoya and Nagisa visit her parents then Sanae tells them Nagisa is most likely pregnant! Akio gets mad at Tomoya at first, but he congratulates him afterwards. | |||||
15 | 'In the Remains of Summer' Transcription: 'Natsu no Nagori ni' (Japanese: 夏の名残に) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | January 22, 2009 | |
Everyone congratulates Tomoya about becoming a father soon. Nagisa becomes increasingly bedridden due to morning sickness. Nagisa wants to give birth at home, so Sanae introduces Yagi, a midwife who is to assist in the delivery. Sanae later tells Tomoya that giving birth will be difficult because of Nagisa's weak physique and may even put Nagisa's life at risk, so they might have to choose abortion. However, Sanae leaves the choice up to Tomoya and Nagisa. Nagisa learns of her mother's worries, but she decides to go through with the birth. Akio takes Tomoya to a meadow and tells him more about the day when Nagisa nearly died. Akio carried Nagisa to the meadow and prayed for her life, and Nagisa miraculously regained consciousness. Akio tells Tomoya that while many painful and difficult things will happen, he and Sanae will always be there for Tomoya and Nagisa since they are family. Tomoya and Nagisa take a walk by the river and decide on the name Ushio for their child. | |||||
16 | 'White Darkness' Transcription: 'Shiroi Yami' (Japanese: 白い闇) | Naoko Yamada | Fumihiko Shimo | January 29, 2009 | |
Winter comes as Nagisa enters the final months of her pregnancy and some friends come over for New Year's Day. When Kotomi tells her research about 'Another World', Tomoya spontaneously remembers Nagisa's play. On a heavy snow day, Nagisa becomes sick again and goes into labor two weeks early. Tomoya and her family, unable to transport her to a hospital in time, is forced to have her give birth at home. After an excruciating process, Nagisa successfully gives birth to their daughter, Ushio, but the delivery and her illness combined take their toll on her and Nagisa dies moments after seeing her newborn baby. Tomoya, who has stayed by her side the entire time, does not take the sudden turn of events well. His dream of raising their daughter together as a family is shattered. | |||||
17 | 'Summer Time' Transcription: 'Natsujikan' (Japanese: 夏時間) | Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | February 5, 2009 | |
Five years later, after Tomoya left Ushio with Akio and Sanae, he spends his days overwork and spending money on smoking and drinking. One day, Tomoya and Sanae go out together into town, and she asks him to go with them on a family trip; after Sanae continues to ask him, he accepts. The day of the trip, he discovers that both Akio and Sanae have left him alone with Ushio. The two spend the next day and night together, but Tomoya finds it difficult to connect with the small child. After Akio and Sanae still do not show up, Tomoya asks Ushio if she would be willing to still go on a trip, even if it was only with a person like him. The two decide to take the trip by themselves and, as they walk, Tomoya wonders where they are headed. | |||||
18 | 'The Ends of the Earth' Transcription: 'Daichi no Hate' (Japanese: 大地の果て) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | February 12, 2009 | |
While on the trip, Tomoya buys a toy robot he picks out for Ushio to play with after they arrive in the countryside. The next day, after staying at an inn the previous night, Tomoya and Ushio take a walk through the area and come across a field of flowers. Ushio plays in the field as Tomoya watches, but Ushio soon loses the robot in the field; they try to look for it, but to no avail. Remembering something from his past, Tomoya goes off to another area and meets his grandmother Shino Okazaki, his father's mother. She tells Tomoya how he came here with his father shortly after his mother Atsuko Okazaki died, and also how his father worked very hard to support him over the years. Tomoya finally comes to terms with Naoyuki that he is not a bad father. When they go back to the field where Ushio is, she still cannot find the robot, and does not want to stop looking because it was the first thing her father ever gave her. Tomoya realizes his previous mistakes and vows to try his best for Ushio from now on, who is very happy at the prospect of being with her father. On the way home, Tomoya starts telling Ushio about Nagisa for the first time, but memories of Nagisa cause him to break down. After being comforted by Ushio, Tomoya realizes how important the two are for each other, and finally embraces his role as Ushio's father. | |||||
19 | 'The Road Home' Transcription: 'Ieji' (Japanese: 家路) | Kazuya Sakamoto | Fumihiko Shimo | February 19, 2009 | |
Tomoya and Ushio came back from their trip together. After spending a night with Nagisa's parents, they leave for Tomoya's apartment, where they will both be living from now on. Some time later, Tomoya takes a day off from work and the two meet up with Kouko Yoshino, whose sister Fuko Ibuki has finally been released from the hospital. Afterward, Tomoya and Ushio visit Naoyuki. Tomoya manages to convince his father into moving back to the countryside with his mother Shino. While Tomoya and Ushio happily say goodbye to Naoyuki now that his role as a father has come to an end, an orb of light appears and gets absorbed by Tomoya, while only being noticed by Ushio. | |||||
20 | 'The Tidal Breeze's Mischief' Transcription: 'Shiokaze no Tawamure' (Japanese: 汐風の戯れ) | Taichi Ishidate | Fumihiko Shimo | February 26, 2009 | |
When Tomoya brings Ushio to school he meets her teacher, who is none other than Kyou after seeing Botan her pet boar, and the two soon reacquaint themselves. After that, Tomoya goes to work and Yusuke asks him for Fuko to play with Ushio, since they have become friends after all, and Tomoya agrees. When it is time to sleep, Tomoya uses the 'Dango Daikazoku' song to lull Ushio to sleep. Fuko arrives at Tomoya's house to play until the evening when she goes back home as she reminds him about Nagisa. The next day, Kyou tells Tomoya about the annual sports day at school where the parents are to participate as well. He is reluctant about it, but Ushio encourages him, which makes him change his mind. One evening, Ushio is taking a stroll to the new hospital by herself and encounters Fuko on her way. When the latter asks why she does this, Ushio says it is for no real reason. The next day, Tomoya is preparing for the meet at the Furukawa bakery, when Ushio is suddenly struck with a fever, much to the others' shock. | |||||
21 | 'The End of the World' Transcription: 'Sekai no Owari' (Japanese: 世界の終わり) | Noriyuki Kitanohara | Fumihiko Shimo | March 5, 2009 | |
Ushio has the same illness as Nagisa's and Tomoya decides to stay home to take care of her. In case he had to leave home, he calls for both Akio and Sanae to take his place. Ushio asks Tomoya that she wants to go on a trip like last time, but he tells her that it will happen once she gets better. After Tomoya resigns from his job, Yusuke wishes him the best of luck. Akio offers Tomoya some money, but he declines his kindness and Akio states that every man has something to protect. Tomoya believes that Nagisa's and Ushio's lives are somehow linked to the 'changing' in the city. After several months, winter arrives and then Christmas. Ushio's fever still does not back down, and Tomoya seems to be getting sick as well and hallucinates the illusionary world. Ushio once again asks Tomoya to go on a trip, and he ultimately accepts thinking that he might not be able to fulfill another promised wish. After they leave the house and it starts snowing (remembering Nagisa's death), Ushio's fever worsens, and dies calm and serene in Tomoya's arms right after telling her father that she loves him. Soon after, Tomoya collapses in grief and supposedly dies of shock, then something strange happens. | |||||
22 | 'Small Palms' Transcription: 'Chiisana Tenohira' (Japanese: 小さな手のひら) | Naoko Yamada | Fumihiko Shimo | March 12, 2009 | |
After failing to create a flying machine to travel to an alternate world, the Girl in the Illusionary World is dying in the snow, and the Junk Robot, created by the girl, regrets having her take the journey. The girl can finally hear the robot, and tells it that they once existed in another world. As she hums the tune of 'Dango Daikazoku', the illusionary world starts to disappear. As the robot is swept away, the girl calls him 'Daddy' and disappears with the world. On the school hill the day Tomoya first met Nagisa, he and the robot become one, he calls after Nagisa, hugs her, and she is glad that he did so. Nagisa brings Tomoya through time, events before Ushio's birth remain the same and together the voices of Tomoya and the robot note the end of his long journey. Tomoya awakens to Ushio's birth, but this time, Nagisa miraculously survives. After Nagisa watches Tomoya give Ushio her first bath, she and Tomoya see countless orbs of light are floating throughout the city outside the window. They both sing to Ushio and from then on, Tomoya and Nagisa experience a happy life raising their daughter together as a family, finally free of their cursed fate. After five years, Fuko and Kouko are walking to the new hospital to get a checkup. Fuko goes into the woods and spots the girl from the Illusionary World sleeping under a tree. When she approaches, it turns out to be Ushio; Fuko says that she would like to be friends, and that the fun is just getting started. | |||||
Extra | 'The Event from One Year Before' Transcription: 'Ichinen Mae no Dekigoto' (Japanese: 一年前の出来事) | Mitsuyoshi Yoneda | Fumihiko Shimo | March 19, 2009 | |
One year before the events of the beginning of the story, Tomoya is beginning his second year in high school, while Nagisa is starting her third year. Nagisa is having trouble making friends as usual, while Tomoya and Youhei are busy being delinquents and carrying out pranks on Kyou, and inadvertently Nagisa's, expense. After Nagisa is knocked out by a falling metal pan that Tomoya and Youhei had set up as a prank for freshmen, a classmate of Nagisa's finally finds the chance to talk with her and they become friends. Nagisa keeps the banner from the prank, one with the message to instill confidence written by Tomoya, because she feels it attributed her to making a new friend. | |||||
Summary | 'Under the Green Tree' Transcription: 'Midori no Ki no Shita de' (Japanese: 緑の樹の下で) | - | - | March 26, 2009 | |
Tomoya tells Ushio of the past events that happened from when he first met Nagisa, until after Ushio is born and Nagisa survives. When Ushio falls asleep during the story, Tomoya begins to quite clearly recall a more tragic set of circumstances, a reality which didn't happen due to efforts of the girl in the illusionary world but of which he has a clear memory of. At the end of this retelling, Tomoya, with Ushio and Fuko who are both asleep, are shown under a tree at the present time having a picnic. Ushio wakes up, just before Nagisa calls the three of them, saying that it is time to head home. | |||||
OVA | 'Another World: Kyou Chapter' Transcription: 'Mō Hitotsu no Sekai Kyou-hen' (Japanese: もうひとつの世界 杏編) | Noriko Takao | Fumihiko Shimo | July 1, 2009 | |
In an alternate timeline, Ryou confesses her love to Tomoya and they both begin dating. However, Tomoya soon notices that Kyou has been acting strange, and confronts her. Kyou admits that she is also in love with him, but never confessed because she was too scared to risk being rejected or hurting Ryou's feelings. This creates an uneasy love triangle among Tomoya, Kyou, and Ryou, leading Tomoya to finally admit that he loves Kyou. Ryou, already knowing that Tomoya loves Kyou more, encourages Kyou to work up the courage to confess. Ryou breaks up with Tomoya with no hard feelings, wanting to cherish both the good and painful memories they had together. Tomoya and Kyou then officially become a couple. |
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External links[edit]
Clannad After Story Reaction
- Official Clannad anime website(in Japanese)
- Official Clannad After Story anime website(in Japanese)
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