as a reviewer i have chosen not to review Clannad alone, but together with Clannad: AS as i believe that you can't really judge the two without having watched the other one.
- The Review -
so exactly what makes Clannad such a masterpiece? I don't really know myself, but i sure do know that it just is. It has Slice of Life written all over it and is indeed nicely done intro to a far superior romantic S2. For comedy, it has its moments, and those moments surely are hilarious, yet it still sticks to its everyday life of a high-school student theme(later everyday life of a normal guy). If you decide to watch Clannad, be prepared for anything, don't spoil it for yourself by reading the spoilers of season 2, it will just ruin it for you, however you must watch season 2 in order to receive the true feeling of Clannad, as that is were the climaxes will be and were the feely feels will be present. Clannad S1 is simply the introduction and the follow-up to S2.
- Ratings -
Story: 9
The story of Clannad is simple, yet a little complicated. I won't spoil anything, so i will just leave it at that. At very few times you will be left a little clueless of what was actually going on (the robot and girl part). Yet you will understand or interpret it your own way with time. Which is another reason why the story is so great. Despite the very few flaws, of which you might not even notice, the story is truly great and original yet unique in its own way.
Art: 10
at the beginning i was a little skeptical of the art of Clannad, yet with time i came to accept that it simply could'nt have been illustrated in any better way than it already was. The eyes of the characters are very unique, which they also are with other Key productions.
Sound: 9
The music of Clannad S1 and S2 is simply breathtaking. I still occasionally listen to the OST as it simply is beatiful. The Dango song at the end of S1 is silly at start but a true tearjerker once you have seen both S1 and S2. I also song along with the characters at various times in the anime. However the ending song of S2 was kind of out of context, and should be different.
Characters: 10
The characters is one of the things that really gives this show spirit and soul. It is the characters that will make me rewatch this anime someday, as i simply am too attached to them. They will live on in my heart forever.
Enjoyment: 10
Clannad was something i wasn't prepared for. It touched me in ways nothing else has done before. I have never cried so much in my life before over something so small as an anime. I usually don't cry over tv shows or fictional stories, neither do i cry when i see disasters on the news. But Clannad was different, i was a wreck. Clannad took me somewhere inside myself i thought not existed. And i enjoyed it, i experienced something new, which seems to be rarer and rarer in life.
Overall: 10
I laughed, i cried, i felt feelings i did not know i could feel. And therefore it gets the most well deserved 10 i have ever given in my entire life and probably never will give again.
Review by MrCallaghan
02-08-2012 (no. 01)
