While the story is still being told from Tomoya’s perspective, many aspects of the show depart from the TV series. But nonetheless Clannad TMP is still a movie that a true Clannad fan should not miss out on. that the movie is retelling a story in ~90 minutes that its TV counterpart took ~1100 minutes to tell! Thus some events may seem to occur at an unreasonable pace. *An alternate interpretation of the Clannad story centered around the Nagisa x Tomoya couple.*ĭid you get confused with the ending in Clannad After Story? Did you wish for a more realistic ending? Did you know that Clannad The Motion Picture might just be what you are looking for? Or perhaps you have heard of Clannad and Clannad After Story from all your friends, but you have yet to try it out? Clannad The Motion Picture (TMP for short) provides a great summary of all the major events that took place in the ~46 episodes (excluding OVA/recap) series between the two main protagonists. As the pair face various hardships and afflictions, Tomoya and Nagisa gradually come to terms with the challenges of life. But what starts as a simple friendship may progress into something far more deep, intimate, and life-changing. When he learns that Nagisa's dream is to revive the Drama Club, Tomoya decides to shed his detachment from the ordinary pleasures of life and dedicate himself to helping his new friend achieve her ambition. However, as he soon realizes that he is encountering Nagisa more and more often during school, Tomoya drops his discompassions and befriends the girl. The odd girl offers a gesture of friendship to Tomoya, but he rejects the request, dismissing it as a trivial incident. Yet, meaningful human interaction can be a benediction, as Tomoya learns when he meets the enigmatic Nagisa Furukawa. During his childhood, a tragedy had caused his father to seek solace in alcoholism and neglect his son. Watch the anime series.Tomoya Okazaki is a cynical delinquent who lacks ambition as he apathetically labors through high school. For those who has seen the TV series, I'm sure this movie would feel lacking in comparison, and those who hasn't probably can't keep up with the accelerated story development. Another fatal mistake was changing the "Dango Big Family" song, which was a masterpiece to anyone who has seen the TV series. Kyoto Animation (which produced the TV series) once again impresses me with the animation quality compared with Toei. Lighting seemed too bright as well, though I guess they were trying to illustrate the dreaminess of the story. The animation wasn't as impressive as the TV series, and I thought there were way too many still-pictures, which seemed like laziness. The end result was a rushed plot development, and the movie ended without the audience being able to connect with any of the characters. There was a significant change in character setting and scenarios, which was great, but this story is way too long to be compressed into a 100-minute movie. The animated series is one of my favorite series of all time, but I found the movie to be very weak.
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