Clannad (film)

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Anime movie
title Clannad
Original title ク ラ ナ ド
transcription Kuranado
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2007
Studio Tōei animation
length 94 minutes
Rod
Director Osamu Dezaki
script Makoto Nakamura
production Eiichi Takahashi
music Yoshichika Inomata
synchronization

Clannad ( Japanese ク ラ ナ ド , Kuranado ) is an anime filmbasedon the Ren'ai adventure Clannad of the same name, directed by Osamu Dezaki and thus one of several adaptations of the game. First announced at the Tōkyō Kokusai Anime Fair on March 23, 2006, the film producedby Tōei Animation was released on September 15, 2007 in Japanese cinemas. In terms of content, the film is a reinterpretation of the plot of the game, which almost exclusively focuses on the relationship between Tomoya and Nagisa.

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The plot focuses more on the female main character Nagisa Furukawa, who develops a love affair with Tomoya in the course of the plot and manages to make her debut with her play. After graduating from school, they both move into an apartment together and have a happy life. When the couple had their first child, however, Nagisa succumbed to the rigors of childbirth, which, like his father, plunged Tomoya into deep depression. He lives secluded in his apartment and would like to throw even his closest friends, who visit him regularly, out of their apartment. Meanwhile, his daughter is growing up with Nagisa's parents because he is unable to look his child in the eye. A few years later, his father makes one last attempt to turn the situation around for the better. So he gets his friends to force him to go on a trip. At a train station where they change trains, he meets Nagisa's parents and his daughter, who are very similar to Nagisa. When the little one runs up to him and threatens to fall, he catches her and takes her in his arms.

Differences between film, series and game

The game was not only adapted as a film, but also as an anime television series through Kyōto Animation . Both works show various differences due to completely different participants, apart from most of the speakers. While the series offered a lot more time to play back a large part of the game, the film was limited to only a few of the characters originally present and does not go into any more detail. The former main characters Kyō and Tomoyo only have secondary roles, while Kotomi only appeared briefly in the background and Fūko was not seen at all. More serious are the differences in the parallel world that keeps looking through and expresses itself here as dreams. The lonely girl was replaced by Nagisa, while the unknown protagonist in the body of a robot, who keeps the girl company in the game, was replaced by Tomoya in the body of a puppet. Contrary to the original plot, Kōko, Fūko's sister, still teaches at the school and takes on a far more important role than originally intended. But characters and their relationships with each other are also shown slightly different. For example, Tomoya's father is much more enterprising in the movie and Yōhei is portrayed much more seriously.

Origin and publications

With the Toei Animation studio , the same team that produced the anime for Kanon and the film for Air also worked on this film adaptation of a game by Key. The character design was essentially taken from the drawings by Itaru Hinoues , who had taken over the artistic direction of the game. This took Megumi Kadonosono as a model to the characters of the film design. Megumi previously worked on the film Oshare Majo Love and Berry: Shiawase no Mahō as a director and a film series based on Kiddy Grade , where she was also responsible for the character design. The screenplay was written by Makoto Nakamura , who already took on this role in the two previous films. The director was the experienced Osamu Dezaki , who had been with Astro Boy since 1963 and also held this post for the implementation of Air .

As early as March 23, 2006, the production at the Tōkyō Kokusai Anime Fair was announced. Even before the publication, an advertising campaign started on the streets of Akihabara on March 10, 2007 . A group of young women dressed up in school uniforms like the main characters ( cosplay ) passed flyers and thundersticks (a kind of noise maker) out of the windows to attract attention.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Tomoya Okazaki Kenji Nojima
Nagisa Furukawa Mai Nakahara
Kyō Fujibayashi Ryō Hirohashi
Kotomi Ichinose Mamiko Noto
Tomoyo Sakagami Hoko Kuwashima
Fūko Ibuki Ai Nonaka
Yōhei Sunohara Daisuke Sakaguchi

reception

The film version of the game was viewed with mixed feelings. Most critics agreed on one point: The animation by Toei Animation is far behind the quality of the television series implemented by Kyōto Animation , which is said to be primarily due to the different character design . The special effects, however, were quite successful and could almost keep up with the quality of Byosoku 5 centimeters . However, the film was often criticized for the fact that many of the female characters only had supporting roles or were left out completely. On the plot, however, opinions were divided. While some critics described the entire film as boring, others were of the opinion that the film needed the first two thirds to be able to develop its effect with the dramatic end. By concentrating on the few main actors, however, they often left a very sophisticated or even lovely impression.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tokyo Anime Fair: New Kanon and Movies. In: Anime News Network. March 25, 2006, accessed September 14, 2009 .
  2. ↑ 【TAF2006】 神 様 家族 ラ イ ブ！ パ ワ ー パ フ ガ ー ル ズ Z！ CLANNAD 劇場版 も！ 東 映 関 連 イ ベ ン ト . Aniradi Network Project, March 23, 2009, accessed September 14, 2009 (Japanese).
  3. ^ Staff & Cast subpage on the film's official website. Retrieved March 16, 2007 .
  4. ↑ Tokyo Anime Fair: New Kanon and Movies . In: Anime News Network . March 25, 2006, accessed July 22, 2007 .
  5. ↑ 秋葉原 パ ニ ッ ク 寸 前!? コ ス プ レ イ ヤ ー た ち が 「劇場版 CLANNAD」 を ア ピ ー ル！ In: Dengeki Online. March 10, 2007, Retrieved July 20, 2008 (Japanese).
  6. ↑ a b Chiisuki: Film Review - Clannad - The Movie. In: eMagi. March 13, 2008, accessed July 21, 2008 .
  7. ↑ a b FalseDawn: Clannad Movie. (No longer available online.) In: Anime-Planet. April 2, 2008, archived from the original on June 11, 2008 ; accessed on July 21, 2008 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anime-planet.com
  8. ↑ CLANNAD movie review. In: Akihabara Channel. September 23, 2007, accessed July 21, 2008 .
  9. ↑ a b Yamcha: Clannad Movie Review. In: Wolf Hurricane. March 12, 2008, accessed July 21, 2008 .
  10. ↑ CLANNAD movie review. In: Akihabara Channel. September 23, 2007, accessed on July 21, 2008 (English): "But of course Nagisa was the best character in the movie, and she was the cutest Key heroine to be animated that I've seen."

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