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Finally, after I watched the first season of clannad, I would be rewarded by the highly ranked(#7) and praised second season(after story).

First of all, i didn't enjoy the first season like many others did and was not touched at all. I expected to break down in tears or something, that's why I started to watch this anime.( I felt like I needed to watch something sad for some reason :p)And in contrast to many others I didn't cry at all I though the first season was not that emotional as they say.

The second season on the other hand was more to my liking.Finally the protagonist ... had to deal with real problems and changes in his life, instead of the exaggerated problems in the first season. The character development was more thought through than in the first season, but was less vibrant. They lost their charming personalities, and although this made the anime more realistic, it was less magical than the first season.

I kinda enjoyed this one, this season was in many ways better than the first season and would definately recommend it if you like emotional and romantic animes.

But ranked #7? No, I don't think it deserves to be ranked #7. The story is not that special or outstanding as i hoped .

although alot of people seemed to really enjoy this anime, I thought the story was prettty humdum and faint. The main focus was to touch you emotionaly, but for someone like me (with a lack of emotions) it was just akward to watch the characters struggle with problems nobody really can relate to.

The protagonist (tomoya) was really annoying:due the fact that his father was an alchoholic and lost his job, he didn't have any respect for him. In my opinion, he really exaggerated every problem that came his way. People have to deal with problems like his really often, so he shouldn't act like ... he has the worst problems in the world.

the characters, and I mean all his female friends, were all pictured very immature and pretty vulnerable.I don't mean to say that girls can't be vulnerable, but it just gives a distorted image of girls in general.I had the feeling that they were just all flat characters.

This anime could not really captivate me, although I feel like alot of people did enjoy this anime and felt really emotional as the character dealt with their problems.

This is the first season though and the second was was better made than this one .If you really want to watch an anime that wants to touch you and you enjoy to watch a brainless anime with alot of emotional problems, then this anime is something for you. For me, it was just something to pass time with, nothing more nothing less.

where could I possibly begin to describe this beautiful artwork from studio Ghibli?

As usual,studio Ghibli succeeded to impress me once again. The artwork of this movie was just indescribable. The style changed with the mood of the character, and I really liked how they used different materials to draw this. The vibrant colours, the charcoal, the details really made me feel like I was part of their culture.

As for the characters, I was less impressed.I thought that they could definately give princess Kaguya( the protagonist) a more independent and stronger personality. She seemded pretty vulnerable and fragile,wich of course matches the typical personality of ... a princess, but I would love to see her as a more.....confident person i guess.

The story on the other hand is enchanting, it takes you away to a different culture in a different time. I like how they used little words, but could describe everything so perfectely and minimalisticlly that this movie was easy to follow, yet it contained pretty deep conversations .

And last but not least, the music was also very fitting, with the beautiful songs from traditional instruments and old songs sang by the children of the story.

I would definately recommend this movie, if you look for a more traditional and tranquil movie.

Fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood was one of the best animes I've watched so far.The story was clever en inpredictable, you never knew what was going to happen next!
The characterdevelopement was alse really well made: you get to know every character and their background story, but in a very subtle way.What is so special about this show is that you see the characters growing up,becoming adults,without noticing that.I watched the series twice already and what I noticed was that the personality,looks,attitude of the characters changes.
You will never get bored watching this show, because I found that every episode had the right amount of action to provide that.

I ... wish I could experience this anime for the first time again, I was so intriged while watching this!

The only thing that bothered me was the style they drew the anime in: the colours were pretty dull...

this was a great show to watch:it definetly deserves to be ranked #1