Instead of the usual format of explaining each of the 5 categories (Story, Art, Sound, Character, Enjoyment), i'm just going to tell you what I was feeling right after I watched it.
The first hour or so of the movie was ok, I found a little boring to be honest. I paused it for a second and ended up watching the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou concert, and completely forgot I was watching this movie for a good 30 min until I remembered I hadn't finished it. The animation quality wasn't really up to par on this one. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't amazing either. I think the worst aspect of this movie was that the music didn't fit with the movie AT ALL, unlike the Clannad TV series in which the music flows perfectly. The music wasn't bad, but put together with the Clannad atmosphere, it was horrible.
...and then came the last 30 minutes of the movie. Holy shit that was amazing. The ending of this movie is the closest i've ever been to crying during an anime or a movie. I'm trying not to spoil too much, but the ending was breathtaking.
I'm giving this an 8/10, even though it disagrees with my individual ratings on this review. (They end up to be something like 6.8). I would've rated this a 6 or a 7 like my review numbers said, but along with Sunohara being so damn funny the entire movie, the amazing ending bumped it up to an 8.
Thanks for reading,
Max/Pokedude97
