Summary:

A few months ago, I checked out an episode of the anime, Clannad. I thought this was going to be yet another overrated anime featuring moé-icious Shoujo, like Kanon. Well, this show does have such girls. While the girls appear attractive to male fans of the series, this show appeals to everyone with a sense of drama and the paranormal.

Warning: This post contains spoilers! Read at your own risk!

Review:

The first episodes starts off with an abstract with a narrative from the main character, Tomoya Okazaki, about how life sucks. After the intro, we see our hero attending his first day of high school. He hangs out with a roommate who gets into a lot of trouble with the school bullies. Enough about the apparent only male characters of the show, let’s talk a bit about the girls.

The girls at the school the main character attends, Tomoya Okazaki are special: one is a peacemaker, the other one likes to pick fights with the boys, one is a bit smart and likes to do fortune telling, and the girl that Tomoya befriends, Nagisa Furukawa, is shy and has a paranoid personality. Tomoya interacts with each one of the girls through the whole episode, a’la an episode of Haruhi. There’s even a moment in the series where one of the girls fight off a bully in a stylized scene out of an Girls-with-Guns anime. However, that thought only appears to the viewer, while spectators only see her kicking the bully up in the air.

My analysis of Clannad: The first episode of Clannad starts off smoothly. Since this anime left me in doubt as I expected the series to start with obvious “money shots”, it didn’t. I must admit the story sticks out more than the girls, but the whole idea of Moé-ish girls in a show like this annoys me.

Normally, I usually do reviews after finishing the whole series. As of this review, Clannad has been licensed by ADV films. I was originally going to do an Impression overview (reviewing a part of the series that has been enjoyable so far), but I thought this was a good time to introduce the series for those looking forward to the series.

It looks like a decent series to get into, but it’s a series that I couldn’t watch in one viewing. Although it might be worth checking out from a library (if they’ll allow a series such as this–you know, with the girls *sweats*), or after a long wait for a Complete Collection release.

Rating:

Details

• Studio: Kyoto Animation
• Episodes: 24
• Year: 2007

Written by: Sanjo-chan (536 Posts)

Posted on: October 27, 2008 18:38 (Anime & Manga)
Tag(s): anime, clannad, reviews, shoujo
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