Best Anime of its Genre...Ever?

AirStyles said:
Surprises? All I'm seeing is Kagebunshin, Rasengan, Kage Bushin, Rasengan, more kagebunshin, more rasengan, "I gatha use that jutsu" comment over and over and over and over and over and over again in "ONE" fight and none of those hidden technique that they leave us with cliff hanger is going to make a difference in the fight. What's the surprise?

Baman said:

But at least there's one similarity that's easy to spot, both series gets an infraction for suddenly reviving characters or revealing that they weren't dead after all, and both could have been better if they had refrained from such lowly plot devices.

setsuna91 said:

yes, i still confuse with clannad AS' Ending, but i end it up with a thinking that maybe it was the miracle from that lightning ball or something like that ^^
but despite the quite confusing ending, clannad AS is a cool anime

setsuna91 said:
hmmm correct me if im false, i have some feeling that girl from another world is Ushio, is that right?
cuz she said "Good bye, Daddy" in the end of illusionary world, and some fuko's sight before ending

Baman said:
This was my impression too from the Naruto I've seen.

But at least there's one similarity that's easy to spot, both series gets an infraction for suddenly reviving characters or revealing that they weren't dead after all, and both could have been better if they had refrained from such lowly plot devices.

usasoldiern said:
Of course, I have to disagree. I guess your saying the series would have been better if Ushio and Nagisa had died for good. But, to me I thought the ending was wonderful and you give it far to little credit.

Baman said:
I just don't see the point of going all depressive realism only to suddenly make all the hardships and tragedy null and void. Death and tragedy is a powerful tool, but it becomes useless if it's not real and final, and all such tragedies suddenly turned happy endings leaves a bad taste in my mouth. A story ought to follow it's own course properly, whether it leads to tragedy or happiness, but suddenly and inexplicably changing course really doesn't make much sense to me.

setsuna91 said:
if that's the case, why just think that the series was ended right after Ushio dies
and the next chapter is just a addition lol (nevermind, i just defending Clannad AS xD )

usasoldiern said:
If you remember, Tomoya does remember the events during and after Nagisa's death. In a way, it's more tragic because he knows what it feels like to lose the two most important people in his life.

Baman said:
Well, it would have made more sense if the good ending had been a standalone OVA, like they did with some of the other routes.

Mario1-7 said:
No Dude you got this topic wrong. Clannad IS the BEST ANIME EVER. This are FACTS.

Haylias said:

This is where I stopped reading this thread.

:3

Dexterous said:


Well, wait till you meet the real Clannuts. Those that go, THIS BEST ANIME EVER! PEOPLE WHO H8 CLANNAD CAN GO TO HELL!!! FUCK YOU HATERZ! (Puts on raging fanboy face)

Haylias said:

But I like Clannad... :(

Dexterous said:


So do I. But these Clannuts are something different I tell you. Even Clannad fans like me and you will have a hard time reasoning to these people. They are exactly the same as the Geasshats, Gundumbs and TTGL fanboys.

Dexterous said:


So do I. But these Clannuts are something different I tell you. Even Clannad fans like me and you will have a hard time reasoning to these people. They are exactly the same as the Geasshats, Gundumbs and TTGL fanboys.

usasoldiern said:


Yeah, some people get crazy with their unwavering devotion to a certain anime. As much as I love this series I don't think it's the best anime ever, just my personal favorite.

sundeath said:
i thought clannad was actually a movie about women telling the whole world about not giving up?

Dexterous said:


Some people love a happy ending. As you can see with so many people posting in the last episode, this does indeed seem the case.

hardwood198 said:
Hmm....

Well i believe this anime tried something other animes would never dare to try.... they sacrificed so much humor for emotions...

so i guess this anime isn't your typical comedy type... and isn't designed to make you laugh. So it isn't fair if you rate its comedy alone.

Although i have to admit the giant deus ex machina at the end made it bad.... but then again has such an ending been performed before? i mean, 2 deaths plus suffering.... it isn't easy to put a sad ending to that and make the ending beautiful.

In my opinion, too many people passed on to make sad ending. Thats why the script used the giant deus ex machina. I guess to those professional producers, it was the only way to go about that problem.

I mean, their paid cash so i guess they had to have a reason for such an ending.

Change those 9s to 10s! Tell your friends, family, neighbors, pets, ANYBODY.. that Clannad IS the BEST ANIME ever...!

Kurogashi said:
CLANNAD HAS REACHED RANKED #2!!!
Lets get it to numba ONE!
Change those 9s to 10s! Tell your friends, family, neighbors, pets, ANYBODY.. that Clannad IS the BEST ANIME ever...!

Kurogashi said:
Cheat (verb) - "to violate rules or regulations" -dictionary.com

Spreading the word of how GREAT this anime is, is not even CLOSE to cheating. That kind of thinking is what made this anime so UNDERRATED. There are SO many people out there who do not even know the name of this anime.

People have the choice of listening to me of changing their opinions about Clannad, but I am also asking them to reconsider their rating and think about the anime once again. It doesn't ever hurt in life to "check your answers".

Clannad not being the best anime is YOUR opinion and it being the best is MINE, so I don't think the statement is "stretching" anything. Clannad reaching ranked 2 and having the same score as the ranked 1 anime on this site, means that the majority of this site is rating this anime from a wide range of 8-10. So I am probably not alone about this anime being the best, but probably neither are you.

Maybe it isn't the best anime FOREVER and EVER, but it is the best anime (IMO) up to this date.

Kurogashi said:
That kind of thinking is what made this anime so UNDERRATED.

Kurogashi said:
CLANNAD HAS REACHED RANKED #2!!!
Lets get it to numba ONE!
Change those 9s to 10s! Tell your friends, family, neighbors, pets, ANYBODY.. that Clannad IS the BEST ANIME ever...!

AirStyles said:

That's cheating... and besides, Clannad don't need to cheat to reach number1 ^_^

Baman said:
I would wonder how it could be underrated while being number 2 though.

Kaioshin_Sama said:
Lol fanboyism.

Wonder if people realize you can rereg and buff ratings up or down so that you can never really trust these silly rating systems anyway. Saying vote this up or vote this down is mostly just going to result in pushing against an oppositional tide anyway.

"Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi."

For a force there is always an equal and opposite reaction: or the forces of two bodies on each other are always equal and are directed in opposite directions.

Overrated anime is still overrated by the way.

Kurogashi said:
When I say UNDERRATED, I am talking about how the majority of anime viewers are into shonen and that is why I think Clannad and its genre is underrated. This doesn't just apply to the people on "MAL". MAL is a very small group of people. None of my friends evenhave a MAL account. So number 2 here doesn't mean much. (IMO)

Many of my friends also don't even touch animes like Clannad and this goes for both genders (so don't think fanBOYism) and for those who do watch this genre, they never even heard of Clannad. So yeah, AirStyles is right at what I was trying to get at.

Oh and when you say "fanboyism", I find the logic extremely stupid. Doesn't everybody have their own interests? Whether it be.. sports, school, what ever, we all express our ways towards it. Things that make us happy are things that we love.

I'm not sure if you understand what I am trying to get at but think about Lucky Star and Konota. She's a otaku but she is proud of it and to me, that is why I like that type of chracter. People who are proud of what they do will be the most "sucessful" in life. BUT when I see someone TRYING to insult other's interests, they need a reality check and ask themselves, "what do you love?"

AirStyles said:

EDIT: I convinced one of my friend to watch Clannad, currently he loved the show and is now downloading HD ^_^ Success!!!!!

Kurogashi said:
When I say UNDERRATED, I am talking about how the majority of anime viewers are into shonen and that is why I think Clannad and its genre is underrated. This doesn't just apply to the people on "MAL". MAL is a very small group of people. None of my friends evenhave a MAL account. So number 2 here doesn't mean much. (IMO)

Many of my friends also don't even touch animes like Clannad and this goes for both genders (so don't think fanBOYism) and for those who do watch this genre, they never even heard of Clannad. So yeah, AirStyles is right at what I was trying to get at.

Oh and when you say "fanboyism", I find the logic extremely stupid. Doesn't everybody have their own interests? Whether it be.. sports, school, what ever, we all express our ways towards it. Things that make us happy are things that we love.

I'm not sure if you understand what I am trying to get at but think about Lucky Star and Konota. She's a otaku but she is proud of it and to me, that is why I like that type of chracter. People who are proud of what they do will be the most "sucessful" in life. BUT when I see someone TRYING to insult other's interests, they need a reality check and ask themselves, "what do you love?"

Kaioshin_Sama said:


When you say, "This is my top favourite show of all time and nothing I've seen can compare to it" that is fandom.

When you say, "This is the greatest show of all time and it needs to be proven by getting it recognized as #1 on this site" that is fanboyism along with a severe lack of confidence in ones own choice of viewership. If you truly love something you shouldn't have to prove it to anyone unless you're love is warped by a sense that there needs to be a competition in which case....fanboyism.

AirStyles said:


not quite.... He/She is just stating that is the best show he/she ever watched. And he/she just wished that more people watch/knew about it.

I don't really know the definition for fanboyism, but as long as no one say

"OMG THIS IS DA BEST EVER! ALL OTHER SUCK!!! NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO IT!!! NEVER!!!"
that, for me is the true definition of fanboyism.

for me, I still find Clannad ~AS~ to be the best anime I've ever watched. (And deep down, I am really hoping everyone would watch this show, to add to that, I am also this show to get it's place in 1st on MAL) Is that fanboyism?

-Shio said:


Reccing it to others is fine but you don't need to go as far to vote 10s just to raise it up. Also: fanboyism doesn't always mean going to extreme lengths to prove you like the show, to me, it's just someone who's a little more than a fan and they would stick up for what they like.

AirStyles said:


for me, I still find Clannad ~AS~ to be the best anime I've ever watched. (And deep down, I am really hoping everyone would watch this show, to add to that, I am also this show to get it's place in 1st on MAL) Is that fanboyism?