![]() My other complaint was the over-use of splitscreens. To me, that cheapened the movie somewhat as I felt it was a cost-saving measure instead of adding other views. There would be times where a pan-up of a character was repeated three times in a row for dialogue purposes. I can’t say if it was my DVD player upscaling the image, but it looked great on my HDTV.Ĭonversely, the constant “re-doing” of pans again and again became tiresome quickly. The rainy scenes always had visible raindrops to enhance the rainy aspects of the film and gave it a realistic view. The different camera angles allowed the movie to feel closer to the characters as they would jump towards the screen at times. Toei did a fantastic job with lighting as well as modeling the city to look fantastic. While I complain about the character models, I can’t complain about the rest of the animation. ![]() ![]() I could never fully adjust for the different models because as soon as I got used to one, someone would get a strange face and throw my judgment off again. I wasn’t prepared for the difference in camera angles as well as background imagery. From what I knew of Toei’s prior adaptations, the character models would be vastly different and the story would be different than what was used by Kyoto Animation. I had never seen the movie before purchasing this set. The disc is in a eco-friendly DVD toll-case. The special features include production sketches and trailers for other works licensed by Sentai. This release by Sentai Filmworks uses the DVD version of the film on one disc. (The author of this post received his copy early thanks to RightStuf) The movie was licensed by Sentai Filmworks in November 2010 and set to be released March 15, 2011. In March 2008 the work was released on three DVD versions (collector’s, special, and regular editions) in Japan. Thus in September 2007 Clannad:The Motion Picture was released. Since Toei Animation had made a TV anime series and a movie of their prior two works ( Kanon and AIR) respectively, they decided to let Toei adapt Clannad into an animated movie. First time watchers, however, should probably stick with the TV version before viewing this.In 2004 Key Visual Arts released their highly anticipated third visual novel entitled Clannad. This is perfect for those who sort of want to rematch Clannad, but want a shorter method of doing so. Though it wasn’t as good as the original, it definitely had its better points (comedy) as well as bringing me back to the time when I watched it. This aspect was something that was done nicely. It wasn’t as catchy but it still worked for its purpose. The dango song, sadly, was different from the TV version. It gave me a sense of nostalgia listening to it. Music wise, I recognized a lot of the background tracks from the VN present in this. However most of the time the animation is smooth and flows nicely. This was a point that I sort of disliked, as I couldn’t get used to it. The animation at times is choppy and has areas where they simply have a still image (Glasslip like). Though it isn’t bad, it was still jarring for me as I expected the same style as the TV version. The art is not as sharp, with more of a olden style feel. Most of these characters are in line with the TV version, but Sunohara and Nagisa’s father, Akio are particularly more exaggerated in their actions.įor the animation and artwork, there is a distinct difference from the TV version. Seriously, I can’t even deal with the amount of derp sometimes. We had a sense of his values and his change from a trouble maker to someone productive. Personally I felt as if they did quite a good job portraying his character in the short amount of time. Tomoya is a person who acts aloof and has a host of problems, but through time with Nagisa he begins to change. With their personalities, problems and how they act, we can often feel a sense of connection to them. ![]() The characters are what makes Clannad so special for a lot of people. For those who already know about Clannad, the differences are mainly the interactions, Sunohara’s character and Ibuki-sensei. I’m not going to say more as this will ruin the experience for you. The main themes that this focuses on is the idea of family and loss. This version of the story is very comedic, as opposed to the more serious tones of the TV one. The story focuses on Okazaki Tomoya and Furukawa Nagisa, about their life in high school and then later beyond that. Yet at the same time it manages to convey the themes in a similar fashion as the TV one.Ĭlannad the Movie is very much Clannad with some slightly different aspects. I have to say, this version feels a lot… derpier than the original. So I decided to hit up Clannad again, this time as a movie.
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