Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesJapanese: CLANNAD〜AFTER STORY〜 クラナド アフターストーリー English: Clannad: After Story German: Clannad ~After Story~ Spanish: Clannad ~After Story~ French: Clannad ~After Story~ More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 24 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Oct 3, 2008 to Mar 27, 2009 Premiered: Fall 2008 Broadcast: Fridays at 01:59 (JST) Producers: Pony Canyon, TBS, Rakuonsha, Animation Do Licensors: Sentai Filmworks Studios: Kyoto Animation Source: Visual novel Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural Duration: 24 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsScore: 8.931 (scored by 670,268 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #172 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #120 Members: 1,217,252 Favorites: 70,753 Available AtResourcesStreaming PlatformsMay be unavailable in your region. |
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May 6, 2009 LemonLyme Recommended I laughed... In a nutshell, Clannad ~After Story~ influenced the way I will live for the rest of my life and not just in some half-assed way like any other show would. It legitimately moved me to make certain decisions, for better or for worse. In that sense, no other anime can compare, as no other anime has provided an equivalent reaction on my part. Before you continue, you should know that Clannad ~After Story~ is a continuation of the story from Clannad and an adaptation from the original Visual Novel by KEY. Although knowledge of the first season ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 12, 2011 grungeallaround Recommended Recently I had the absolute pleasure of watching Clannad: After Story. I had previously seen the original Clannad and liked it as a light-hearted slice of life anime, good but not amazing. I went into After Story expecting the same thing, but what I got was something fantastically different. Story- 10/10 As I said before, I started After Story expecting it to have the same light-hearted high school drama feel as the first season and, unfortunately, the first eight episodes did nothing to prove me wrong. The first eight episodes are Clannad at its storytelling worst, more specifically the Sunohara arc. Thankfully, Clannad ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 9, 2014 Fleure Mixed Feelings Emotions are a powerful thing; they have the capability to override any modicum of rationality and force even the ficklest of beings to succumb to their emotional disposition. Due to this, often times, those of us who claim ourselves to be critics of various mediums fall short of our own expectations. “Clannad After Story”, a series described as “life-changing” by many is the perfect suspect; a production that captured the hearts of the majority that viewed it while instantly becoming a classic within its genre. Littered with subpar designed moe characters, irrelevant arcs, contradictory elements, forced plot devices, and a plethora of other obvious issues, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 22, 2009 KaminaKai Recommended *Yet another successful heart warming series produced by Kyoto Animation that surpasses its predecessor.* “… an astounding series with a slightly less astounding conclusion.” Due to the frequent references to Clannad (first season), from here on, the term “Clannad” will be used when referring to season 1 and “After Story” will be used for season 2 and the term “Clannad After Story” will be used when referring to the Clannad series as a whole. A few friendly reminders before we begin. After Story is a direct continuation of Clannad, thus it is not very “new audience-friendly”. Knowledge of certain key events and character relations are expected from ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 17, 2012 kekekeKaj Not Recommended The original series, the highly rated "Clannad", was one painful viewing experience for me - not because it's full of tragic tales, but because of how dire it is. Female characters sugary enough to induce diabetes in a lump of rock, combined with atrociously forced "drama" fast tracked it to a lofty position on my "Overrated Shite" list. And yet its ratings pales in comparison to that of its sequel, "Clannad: After Story". Given my experiences with the first series, I hadn't originally intended to watch "Clannad: After Story", but people kept telling me how much better it was and how different it was compared to ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 5, 2009 Lighto98 Recommended "Do you like this school? I really, really love it. But nothing can stay unchanged. Fun things... Happy things... They can't all possibly stay unchanged. Even so, can you keep on loving this place?" How does one cope in a world that is always changing? And are we ever truly alone? The above questions are foundational to the series of Clannad After Story, a story of love, loss, redemption, happiness, sadness, togetherness, and change. I will start by commending Key, the brains behind this show. Like other works of theirs, (Notably Kanon, Air, and the first season of Clannad), it is beautifully written and incredibly aesthetically ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 8, 2015 techkotomi Recommended After watching many anime and reading many manga, I would recommend Clannad AS to most people just as strongly as when I first finished it. (I cry to it just as much too.) What sets After Story apart for me is the encompassing world it develops in addition to the main story. The completeness of the narrative is beautiful and rare, since many other media products of our time give up on telling a complete story for a variety of reasons. A plethora of stories are all told at once for the imaginative viewer who appreciates all of the series' nuances. Without spoilers, by the ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 26, 2009 Credulous Mixed Feelings Preliminary (23/24 eps) I understand. I do understand. Yet all I can ask is why, why is this anime praised by so many people. Why is this anime given such high ratings that it is ranked 8 on MAL's toplist and in the top 20 on almost all other anime fansite toplists. It's ok, you can click unhelpful now, I won't mind. This anime is ranked higher than Spirited Away. I said I understand two times, yet it is really a mystery to me. Still I understand why people like this sort of thing, there are many fanboys and fangirls out there who wish they found that special no-personality, clumsy, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 31, 2014 Link_of_Hyrule Mixed Feelings **SPOILER FREE REVIEW** Clannad: After Story is one of the highest rated and most beloved anime to ever be created; it's as simple as that. Rarely will you find a more passionate and dedicated group of fans who genuinely believe that an anime "changed their life". If that is the case, I am by no means trying to take that away from you; I would never tell someone that a show is meaningless if it legitimately meant something to them. However, I am going to be very harsh on this anime; I think I am very justified in giving it this rating. There are way, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 12, 2009 -Naami- Recommended To be frank, I despised the first season with a passion. For the life of me I couldn’t understand what was so great about it. Yet I still saw the fandom of Clannad everywhere; from the forums to it being favourited on every other profile. I promised to stay away from ~After Story~ after witnessing the fail or rather mediocrity of Clannad. However, seeing the rage of it rising faster and louder with it being currently ranked #1 on the site I caved. Like a kid being peer pressured into smoking I reluctantly watched it. And I’m glad I did. This is a continuation of ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 28, 2014 AnnoKano Not Recommended If a work of fiction drags its audience into the depths of hell with tragedy, does it retain its artistic merit if the entire experience is nullified by the conclusion? This is the principal question faced when attempting to reach a verdict on Clannad: After Story, a work of fiction which has a compelling power to manipulate the emotions of its audience: to make them laugh, to bring them to tears, and to leave their hearts warm with joy. Exploring themes such as redemption and heartbreak, it does many of these things wonderfully, but in desperation to end with a certain tone, it destroys everything it ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 7, 2024 Ryan_the_Bread Not Recommended Funny What is this? Is this anything? Clannad: After Story is the anime equivalent to watching a YouTube video titled something like “Sad animal videos to make you cry - Part 6”. Is what I’m watching “sad”? In the most basic sense, yes. Does it in any way rely upon a particular connection to the characters/animals involved? No. It relies upon a sense of sympathy/empathy that most people just instinctually have. Clannad: After Story is, to borrow a phrase, all fart and no shit. To accuse a piece of fiction of being “emotionally manipulative” feels strange; most, if not all, art falls under this umbrella. Of course any ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 30, 2010 Dragon422 Recommended ~After Story~ is an anime that touches people's souls. I watched it, and was blown away. This was just less than a year ago. I just spent the last 4 days re-watching Clannad and Clannad ~After Story~. It made me recall that the first season was actually good. The first time I saw it, it just paled in comparison to the ending of After Story, giving me false memories of it being bad when I thought back to it. After Story was still even better. The second time through made me admire the pacing the script writers had to go through to achieve this amount of emotional connection ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 13, 2009 Splitter Recommended Clannad caught me off guard last year being incredibly different from its predecessors, Air and Kanon 2006. There wasn't so much focus on a story as there was just following the school life of main characters Nagisa and Tomoya, as well as all their friends. When Clannad ended, Clannad After Story was announced. After Story not only guarantees its like its predecessors, but does so in a way that almost makes it excessive and, in the end, shameful. Though this may be the case, After Story is still a superior follow-up to the first season, following a more structured storyline, deepening characters, and still portraying ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 9, 2013 wumbmasta Recommended Clannad ~After Story~ Review FIRST: Do NOT watch this show or read my review without first watching season one of Clannad. Although it isn't "necessary," watching season one and experiencing the character development throughout it greatly helps you understand the story and value the characters. Plus, it was a pretty damn good show. Story-10: Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 13, 2011 trzr23 Recommended “He loves her. She loves him. They accept each other. And so they lived happily ever after…” What really happened to them “after”? How long did they stay together? What happened to them when they were together? No movie or show, let alone an anime, has ever answered these questions. Read more Open Gift Report
Sep 11, 2009 asdfrq2dg Recommended So it has finally come to this. As I'd watched this anime I felt compelled to review it, heck I've done it in my head many times over. Every time I had a new thought, realization that made it greater in my mind. The reason for doing this is most likely that Clannad succeeded in amplifying every single story arc, making it feel grand, perfect and complete. It was around halfway into After Story that I'd realized I am in way over my head. This does not deserve to be dissected and reviewed like some faulty piece of garbage. No sir. Clannad has grown on me ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 2, 2015 Inferno792 Recommended Clannad : After Story is said to have changed the lives of so many people according to the reviews I have read on the site. Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 30, 2013 Karhu Not Recommended Magical, one of a kind beauty, executed and told in the most emotional way. Extremely unique and fascinating character development lead through life with its ups and downs. Realistic and tragic tale of love, life and living. A story which has lot to say and even more to offer. Life goes on, people change, but some things always stay the same. Or.. do they? When I first watched Clannad, I thought it was a dull harem which had nothing spectacular to say. When I watched Clannad After Story, I thought it would offer the same dull nothing which Clannad was all about. This actually happened, but ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 1, 2015 Smugdear Recommended Our life is like a cycle, sometimes we are above and sometimes we are under Clannad ~After Story~ is a sequel from Clannad and an adaptation from the original Visual Novel created by KEY. The anime often heard in my ear as one of the best anime. I always ask myself, ''Why? Why Clannad very famous? Is it really that good?". But now, I know something special is exist in this story. If you looked Clannad AS, there is not much to say about the plot. It told us a tale of a man that suffer the difficulties of living, and how he pass through it. ... Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
