Author Topic: Clannad [Series] (Read 80637 times)

Tatsujin · « **on:** April 08, 2009, 09:28:28 AM »

CLANNAD SERIES

~ Updated on 10.10.10 ~
Clannad Collections
Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories
Tomoyo After ~ It's a Wonderful Life ~ Opening Theme
Clannad Visual Novel Guide
Clannad FV (Visual Novel)
Key's 10th Memorial Edition (3/6)
TokyoTosho: Otakixus Clannad for the full English version

I finished Clannad ~AfterStory~a night ago, I'm impressed on how they sealed up all the loose holes. I got lost for about 5 minutes, then I recalled alot of things from Season 1 and some of Season 2 which flawlessly ties the loose ends together. Yes, I'm happy enough about how they ended ~AfterStory~. I also realized that I did not watch episode 24 in the first season! It seems like that episode is DVD only and its called Tomoyo After ~ Another World. I really, really loved that OVA. Then I did more research on Tomoyo and it seems like they released a game (PC first, PS2/PSP later) and they're going to re-release it again this year on the PS2 with extra features. Yes, they're making big bucks off of this and because Tomoyo is one of the main/supportive characters in the series.

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Who else have seen the anime? What do you guys of the ending in Clannad S1 and S2 and also Tomoyo After (S1, ep. 24)?

I came across this manga, called Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories just yesterday. Chiyachan helped me to find the manga, but of course ... as always, Tatsujin did all the work

This is the first manga I have read and completed ... the story follows after Tomoya graduates from High School. Of course, Tomoyo graduates too (a year after). This manga is also told from Tomoyo's point of view, it follows accordingly to Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life (game). It's four chapters, and this is a very sad manga ... if you're planning on read this, then you better get alot of tissues ready ... I did cry here and there, but the last chapter was too sad to forget. I don't read manga very much, I don't like reading manga. But if it follows an anime I really like, then I'll certainly read it. I also got the songs for Tomoyo After and I've been listening to most of them, I planted most of them as 5/5 stars so I can listen to my 5 stars collection (thats how I do my favorites on WMP). There's couple of sad songs, and I could tell which parts they play in the game (specially the ending). I hope they turn this manga into an OVA, ... they'll make Tatsujin so happy ~

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Does Clannad manga follow the stories in S1 and S2? I know its not complete yet. Gah, I want a TV series rather than some manga to read! What's Key/Kyoko Animation's next big project? I know K-ON! is one of theirs, but is it like Kanon/Clannad/AiR? I want to see more Clannad alternative! Kyou and Ryou!

Southrop edit: Did a quick URL fix

Southrop · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2009, 09:50:01 AM »

I wanted to see some more arcs, like the Kyou arc, Ryou arc, Kappei arc (all three concern Kyou and Ryou, and could work out as the best situation).

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You can tell I'm a real fan of the twins <_<

KEY/Visual Art's next project with KyoAni has not been announced yet, but it is likely to be Little Busters!. I'm really looking forward to it. K-On!, is not a KEY work, by the way.

Also, Rin is mine.

Tatsujin · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2009, 10:09:18 AM »

Quote from: Southrop on April 08, 2009, 09:50:01 AM

I wanted to see some more arcs, like the Kyou arc, Ryou arc, Kappei arc (all three concern Kyou and Ryou, and could work out as the best situation).

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Tomoya rejects Ryou after going out with her, which opens up the Kyou arc. Alternatively, in the Kappei arc, Ryou ends up getting married to Kappei. So, everything can be solved. Tomoya is with Kyou, Ryou is with Kappei.

You can tell I'm a real fan of the twins <_<

KEY/Visual Art's next project with KyoAni has not been announced yet, but it is likely to be Little Busters!. I'm really looking forward to it. K-On!, is not a KEY work, by the way.

Also, Rin is mine.

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Edit -- Btw, KEY, Visual Art and KyoAni are awesome all together. What's Little Busters?! That doesn't sound very unique like Clannad and Kanon.

Arveene · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2009, 10:12:54 AM »

I've also heard a rumor of a Planetarian movie. Would love to see both Little Busters! and Planetarian in KyoAni form. I just finished going through Planetarian a couple of weeks ago and would love to see it animated. It really is a touching story.

Now back to Clannad AS.

I liked it and loved how it ended, but there were a few issues with it. I personally didn't have any, but a friend of mine watched this who didn't played the VN and did not like the ending at all. Now to finish playing through the VN.. I stopped to avoid spoiling too much of the anime and figured there would still be enough stuff not touched upon in the VN to still play it afterwards.

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ray1301 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2009, 11:27:55 AM »

I love all of the clannad series, tomoyo was one of my favourite out of the girls although she never appeared much in the series (also first time watching I could never tell who was Tomoya | Tomoyo...why must they have so similiar names)

In S2 there were many things that I was thinking of that they just easily made up a reason for like

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What I was hoping for in S2 were more story for the other girls but it focused on Tomoya, so in the end you only briefly see the support characters.

SirSkyRider · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2009, 11:33:47 AM »

I don't wish to insult anyone, but why is such a fuss made over that series? Basically, it is okay (esp. the real After Story part), but it really is just like Kanon and Air. And I just couldn't bear watching it more than two times.

At any rate, I'm rather skeptical about the next co-op project between KyoAni and KEY. Hopefully they do not repeat the most fatal flaw Clannad had - the way the arcs are linked. With Clannad, you could go and overjump about 1 or 2 arcs and still know what was going on in the one where you restarted.

Tatsujin · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2009, 11:47:46 AM »

Quote from: ray1301 on April 08, 2009, 11:27:55 AM

I love all of the clannad series, tomoyo was one of my favourite out of the girls although she never appeared much in the series (also first time watching I could never tell who was Tomoya | Tomoyo...why must they have so similiar names)

In S2 there were many things that I was thinking of that they just easily made up a reason for like
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where the hell were Tomoya's friends lol, then later they simply explained, "oh we thought we should leave you alone for a while ...for 5 years... and the whole alternate dimension thingy was alittle weird and confusing
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it turned out that in that dimension tomoya and usio were connected as in one episode she calls the robot thingy dad and then that is when the time warp happens, but when I think about it how in the world does that happen to connect with S1 as usio isn't even born yet, yet both nagisa and tomoya have some connection with the dreams/play
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Tomoya was bad father lol

What I was hoping for in S2 were more story for the other girls but it focused on Tomoya, so in the end you only briefly see the support characters.

It would help if they could make extra OVAs as alternative routes for Tomoya and the other females like Ryou, Kyou, Tomoyo and ... uh, what was her name. That genius girl ... Kotomi? Or Kotori? I forgot.

I think there's more to the story. They did connect season 1 and season 2 really smoothly. Like in season 1's opening, the girl who was running ...

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Duki3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2009, 12:08:33 PM »

Yes but in the movie

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Temuthril · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2009, 06:09:46 PM »

Quote from: Arveene on April 08, 2009, 10:12:54 AM

Now to finish playing through the VN.. I stopped to avoid spoiling too much of the anime and figured there would still be enough stuff not touched upon in the VN to still play it afterwards.

The tv series covered most of it, but the visual novel still has some stuff (spoiler tagged, just in case):

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Tatsujin · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2009, 09:24:10 PM »

Quote from: Temuthril on April 08, 2009, 06:09:46 PM

Quote from: Arveene on April 08, 2009, 10:12:54 AM
Now to finish playing through the VN.. I stopped to avoid spoiling too much of the anime and figured there would still be enough stuff not touched upon in the VN to still play it afterwards.

The tv series covered most of it, but the visual novel still has some stuff (spoiler tagged, just in case):

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Yukine's route is different from the anime
Kyou/Ryou route
Kappei route

Who's Kappei?

I'm just gonna state once again, Tomoyo is so awesome. Is there a Tomoyo route in the game?! The manga, Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories is really sad. I read the last 15 pages of it ... I dunno, I like it alot. Uhm ... is this what you call love?! Hehe.

Southrop · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2009, 01:40:14 AM »

Yes, Of course there is a Tomoyo route in the game. There's a route for every character: Misae, Sunohara Siblings, Yukine; you name it, they have it. Why? Because that's how a Visual Novel is made

Kappei is a random character that is introduced in the visual novel. You don't see him in the anime.

Also, Little Busters! is another KEY/Visual Art's visual novel. Go read the Wikipedia article on it. I think it's really good. But yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing a Planetarian movie either.

Finally, I'm looking forward to Rewrite. Anyone else?

Arveene · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2009, 01:43:03 AM »

Quote from: Southrop on April 09, 2009, 01:40:14 AM

Yes, Of course there is a Tomoyo route in the game. There's a route for every character: Misae, Sunohara Siblings, Yukine; you name it, they have it. Why? Because that's how a Visual Novel is made

Kappei is a random character that is introduced in the visual novel. You don't see him in the anime.

Also, Little Busters! is another KEY/Visual Art's visual novel. Go read the Wikipedia article on it. I think it's really good. But yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing a Planetarian movie either.

Finally, I'm looking forward to Rewrite. Anyone else?

Rewrite? Also, there hasn't been a TL for Little Busters! yet, right?

Southrop · « **Reply #12 on:** April 09, 2009, 01:44:26 AM »

Rewrite. You don't know? It's KEY's latest work. Not out yet, but yeah.

Also, the TL of LB! is not finished yet. See here.

Tatsujin · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2009, 01:53:14 AM »

Quote from: Southrop on April 09, 2009, 01:40:14 AM

Yes, Of course there is a Tomoyo route in the game. There's a route for every character: Misae, Sunohara Siblings, Yukine; you name it, they have it. Why? Because that's how a Visual Novel is made

Kappei is a random character that is introduced in the visual novel. You don't see him in the anime.

Also, Little Busters! is another KEY/Visual Art's visual novel. Go read the Wikipedia article on it. I think it's really good. But yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing a Planetarian movie either.

Finally, I'm looking forward to Rewrite. Anyone else?

Well, I'm having trouble running the game. Is it because I'm on 64-bit?

G:\CLANNAD\CLANNAD\CLANNAD FULL VOICE\[Key]CLANNAD FULL VOICE (iso+rr3)\CLANNAD FULLVOICE\CLANNAD_FV\SETUPDATA\GAMEDATA\manual\index.htm

See the bottom of that page, it mentions something about 64-bit. I bet they didn't do shit for 64-bit users. How can I run this on 64-bit?

Southrop · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:39:40 AM »

Are you using Japanese locale?

dyk · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:42:51 AM »

is this series still watchable after iv seen the movie, or is the movie just a shorter version of the series full of spoilers, so ill end up knowing everything that will happen? i saw the deathnote live actions before the series, and that worked out pretty well, since there is some big diffrences in the two

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Tatsujin · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:44:40 AM »

Quote from: dyk on April 09, 2009, 07:42:51 AM

is this series still watchable after iv seen the movie, or is the movie just a shorter version of the series full of spoilers, so ill end up knowing everything that will happen? i saw the deathnote live actions before the series, and that worked out pretty well, since there is some big diffrences in the two

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similar, but different settings, different events. watch ~afterstory~

Southrop · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2009, 07:45:57 AM »

Quote from: dyk on April 09, 2009, 07:42:51 AM

is this series still watchable after iv seen the movie, or is the movie just a shorter version of the series full of spoilers, so ill end up knowing everything that will happen? i saw the deathnote live actions before the series, and that worked out pretty well, since there is some big diffrences in the two

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IMO, it's a lot better than the movie. It's definitely worth the watch.

Duki3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 09, 2009, 11:07:29 AM »

Don't worry, I watched it in that order too, it didn't ruin anything.

dyk · « **Reply #19 on:** April 09, 2009, 01:53:27 PM »

good to hear, guess that settled what series im starting on tonight couse i really enjoyed the movie

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