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Clannad: The Motion Picture

Clannad: The Motion Picture

Animation · Drama · Romance · 2007

Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and his world begins to change. While helping Nagisa revive the defunct Drama Club at their high school, Tomoya discovers that she has the same dreams. Their story starts beneath the cherry blossoms, but where will fate lead them?

Movie details

Clannad: The Motion Picture

2007 Animation · Drama · Romance 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.2 / 10

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Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and his world begins to change. While helping Nagisa revive the defunct Drama Club at their high school, Tomoya discovers that she has the same dreams. Their story starts beneath the cherry blossoms, but where will fate lead them?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Osamu Dezaki

Written by

Makoto Nakamura

Kenji Nojima

Kenji Nojima

Tomoya Okazaki (voice)

Mai Nakahara

Mai Nakahara

Nagisa Furukawa (voice)

Ryotaro Okiayu

Ryotaro Okiayu

Akio Furukawa (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Sanae Furukawa (voice)

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Youhei Sunohara (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Tomoyo Sakagami (voice)

Ryo Hirohashi

Ryo Hirohashi

Kyou Fujibayashi (voice)

Court is in session

Put Clannad: The Motion Picture on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.