There are 2 seasons (24 episodes each season) for the anime series which including 1 OVA episode for each season. An animated film by Toei Animation was released on September 15, 2007 too. I only have watched the Season 1 of the anime series but I would continue to watch the Season 2 and the animated film. I like “Clannad” very much due to its arts are very beautiful and I think the story is romantic, and sometimes touching. I always think that there is a meaning from every of its stories.
Let me briefed about the story of “Clannad”. 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 held frequent fights with his son. One day, Naoyuki, again arguing with his son, slammed Tomoya against the window, dislocating Tomoya's shoulder. 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. Additionally, the injury disables Tomoya from participating in his basketball club, and pushes him to distance himself from his school and other activities. Thus his delinquent life begins. Tomoya's good friend Youhei Sunohara, who got thrown out of the soccer club for a dispute, is also a delinquent and often hangs out in his dorm room with Tomoya doing nothing much.
In the animation series, the story opens on Monday April 14, 2003 at the beginning of the school year. When Tomoya meets by chance Nagisa Furukawa, a soft-spoken girl one year older than he is who 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 starts to help Nagisa in reforming the drama club. During this period, Tomoya meets and hangs out with several other girls who he gets to know well and help with their individual problems.
The girls who are know Tomoya are Kyou Fujibayashi, Kotomo Ichinose, Fuko Ibuki and Tomoyo Sakagami. Kyou Fujibayashi, a girl from another class who can be violent and has a bad attitude most of the time, but is very thoughtful toward her friends and otherwise is a good cook. She has a younger twin sister. The next one is a genius girl named Kotomi Ichinose, who is a very quiet but strange girl. She can be found almost every day in the library alone during school hours reading very complex books. The fourth girl is Fuko Ibuki, a childish but antisocial girl who carves wooden starfish to distribute to others as a present, inviting them to her sister's wedding in return. The last girl is Tomoyo Sakagami, a transfer student who is rumoured to be a former delinquent. She wants to become the student council president in order to preserve the cherry blossom trees on the hill path to school. I like all the girls above as each of them has their own characters. For me, I think the prettiest girl is Kyou as I think she has the shadow of Ayuzawa Misaki of the anime series “Maid-Sama”. Both of them are very good in studies and sports, but the only different is that Misaki does not cook and Kyou is very good in cooking.
Fuko Ibuki is a very cute little girl and among all the stories, I found her story is the most touching. I even was sobbing a bit while watching her story! That is the reason I said this anime series is touching. As for Kotomi and Nagisa, both of them are very gentle and soft girls I think. This is the type of girl that the boys would like to protect them. As for the last girl, Tomoyo, she is a very strong girl I think. She always resolves her own problem. In the OVA of S1, she is in love with the protagonist, Tomoya-kun, and they are a pair.
I think Tomoya Okazaki is a very lucky boy. Although all the people assume he is a delinquent, he is not bad at all. On the other hand, he always helps his friends, therefore all the girls in the anime have fall for him. But he only chosen the one that he loves. Well, I am not going to tell you who he loves; you have to watch it by yourself! :P
Ok, let me give you more information about the some of the characters of the “Clannad”. They are Ryou Fujibayashi and Youhei Sunohara. Ryou is Tomoya's classmate and class representative. She is Kyou's younger twin sister. Unlike her older sister, Ryou is timid and does not cook well (but is otherwise good at chores). Ryou is very keen about fortune telling, but her predictions, while incredibly specific, always manage to be either somewhat skewed or extremely wrong. She has a crush on Tomoya-kun.
Youhei is Tomoya's friend and also a delinquent. He entered the school on an athletic recommendation in soccer, but was kicked out of the soccer club after being involved in a fight. After this incident, he became lazy, becoming the only student with a higher absence rate than Tomoya. He is left handed when it comes to sports and fighting (this is only mentioned in the anime), but he writes with his right hand, hinting that he is ambidextrous. He and Tomoya are known as the "Dirty Pair" in school. His hair is naturally black; he bleaches it blond. He has a sister named Mei. Youhei is a comic relief character; as a recurring gag, he often gets punished or beaten up by various characters due to his behaviour, including Tomoyo.
Satisfied with the introduction of the “Clannad”?! Nope?! Here come some peeks of the anime series below.
So, if you are interested to catch the “Clannad” after my long information (if you don’t mind)! :P You may click the respective links below of the anime or manga series of “Clannad”.
“Clannad” Anime Series/Film
“Clannad” Manga Series
Enjoy watching and/or reading!!! :D
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