Notably, Fuuko, Ryo and Kotomi are missing from the movie version, but I felt that getting rid of Kyo and Tomoyo would have been a move in the right direction as well, as their characters are so amazingly undeveloped that they give the idea that they're merely cardboard cutouts with no real reason to be in the movie.This is frustrating in itself, but doubly frustrating when compared to KyoAni's character development. Part of this comes from Toei's unwillingness to lose some of Key's huge cast of characters from the game. I also found the segments where the characters sing to be out of tune and horrible to listen to.CharactersMovies aren't greatly known for their character development admittedly, but I feel that Toei can't even blame the format for the utter lack of realistic development.
That will probably set the tone for this section, I'm afraid.Everything is so flat and lifeless in the Clannad Movie - even the music and sound effects used for Nagisa's play (one of the high points of the movie) is dull and uninspiring, lacking any kind of depth that you'd expect for such an important scene. I've already explained my distaste for this particular song in my Clannad review, but in spite of that, this is the best piece of music in the movie. The motive of Sunohara's change of hair colour can only be guessed at, yet it's never explicitly remarked upon.SoundThe first thing you notice when listening to the soundtrack of this movie (if you've watched the KyoAni series) is that the opening theme is the same.
The characters are inconsistently drawn, and the differences between the high school characters in the first section of the movie and their older counterparts in the second section are noticeable but never explained. While KyoAni have made the school scenery their own, Toei still struggles with amateur-looking classrooms, endless reused corridors and overused settings, such as train crossings and small unidentifiable appartments. The animation, in parts, is stunning, especially the cherry blossoms at the beginning, which are only a few notches lower than Makoto Shinkai's 5cm Per Second.Where it falls down though, is character design and some rather static, unconvincing scenes. When the flashback to the event and the immediate aftermath finally comes, it's too late to save the movie.AnimationCompeting with KyoAni again affects Toei here, though admittedly, they justify their decision to make this into a cinematic release sufficiently. In itself, the scenes are acted out well, but the odd severance of tone from the first section of the movie is a difficult stepping stone for the viewers - especially when the second half takes place five years after the important life-changing event. Without giving too much away, an event that happens offscreen changes the disposition of the main characters altogether and the depression that descends is reminiscent of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. The first half follows Okazaki's integration into a society that has abandoned him, using his growing relationship with Nagisa as the driving point - but after an amazing plot twist, the tone suddenly gets a lot darker. The dream sequences, while being artistically realised in themselves, build up to a somewhat disappointing conclusion, bordering on deus ex machina.However, the most unerring aspect of the Clannad Movie is that it seems to be split into two completely separate halves. One scene in particular jumps into the future without any warning and because of this, makes absolutely no sense with the other scenes before and after it. Though, despite that, it's clear that Toei's version has major flaws in its storytelling.The first thing you notice is how disjointed the movie seems. As it is, I'm acutely aware that even my own experience of this movie is tainted by KyoAni's superior interpretation. If this had aired a year or two before KyoAni decided to release its own version in 23-episode series form, then this would have undoubtedly had more interest than it received.
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StoryThe timing of the Clannad series is a bane for Toei's movie version of the popular Key game.
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