Clannad After Story

Studio: Kyoto Animation

Episodes: 24

Aired: 2008 – 2009

Openings: 1 // Endings : 1

Tags: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

What to say… There are good second seasons out there. I’m pretty sure that many will agree when I say that Clannad After Story it’s not one of them. Ya, I totally think that the first and second seasons are on completely different levels, and I’m going to explain why on the next paragraphs.

Clannad After Story Promo

Clannad After Story Opening – Toki wo Kizamu Uta-

0 [Story 2/5]

I still have a doubt about this seasons plot. Was Kyoto Animation trying to do something “new”, or was it just looking for a way to sell more? Seriously, this anime has one of the weirdest plot I’ve ever seen, and it’s not like the plot its bad or something, but being a sequel of such a good anime such as Clannad, I expected alot more from it.

Summarizing, the plot feels really weird coming from such good harem prequel, but if you really liked Clannad, and you really want to know what happened after it, you should watch it, though it might not fullfill your hopes.

o.o Old faces o.o

[Animation 5/5]
Yup I’ll have to admit it, the animation is flawless. Kyoto Animation has always surprised me with the excellent animations that it provides. There are even some scenes (from the “girl of the other world”) that totally surprise me as the animation looks awesome. If Clannad After Story plot was a deception, at least the animation was as good as ever.

Clannad After Story

[Sound 3/5]

During all the anime, Clannad always had that slow soundtracks that sometimes give me te creeps, but anyways the sound is well applied though in most of the times, it was irrelevant. Pretty much an average soundtrack, not alot to say about it.

[Characters 3/5]

While the original Clannad gave us a very good character development, I felt that CAS destroyed a lot of it, the old characters barely appeared and the plot was mostly controlled by the main ones. It’s not as bad as it sounds, but its definitely not as good as it should.

Nagisa

[Overall 3/5]

Clannad After Story in one phrase? Lost potential.

Was I dissapointed? Yes, alot.

Do we Expect more seasons? For the good of the anime, I hope not.

Is it worth seeing? If you’re a real fan only, or you have enough time to waste.