Clannad (anime)

***Clannad*** (**クラナド**, *Kuranado*?, "CLANNAD") animated television series is based on the visual novel *Clannad* by the Japanese visual novel brand Key. The episodes produced by the animation studio Kyoto Animation are directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and features character design by Kazumi Ikeda who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. The story follows the main character Tomoya Okazaki, a discontented high school student whose life changes when he meets a girl one year older than he is, named Nagisa Furukawa.

The *Clannad* anime series has 24 episodes, 23 of which were originally broadcast between October 2007 and March 2008. The last episode was released as an original video animation (OVA) on the eighth DVD in July 2008. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations in Japan released between December 2007 and July 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes. The licence holding company Sentai Filmworks licenced the *Clannad* anime series, and Section23 Films localised and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released in March 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released in May 2009. Sentai Filmworks and Section23 Films released the entire first season, including the OVA, in a complete collection set featuring an English dub on 15 June 2010.

A continuation of the first anime series titled *Clannad ~After Story~* produced by the same staff as with the first series, and containing the same cast of voice actors, adapts the After Story arc from the *Clannad* visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's scenario. *Clannad ~After Story~* has 25 episodes, 24 of which aired in Japan between October 2008 and March 2009. The last episode was again released as an OVA on the eighth DVD in July 2009. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 2008 and July 2009. Sentai Filmworks also licensed *Clannad After Story* and Section23 Films localized and distributed the television series and OVA starting with the first half season box set with English subtitles released in October 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released in December 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released *Clannad After Story* with an English dub on 19 April 2011.

Aside from the theme music used for the episodes, the rest of the soundtrack for both anime series is sampled from several albums released for the *Clannad* visual novel including the *Clannad Original Soundtrack*, *Mabinogi*, *-Memento-*, *Sorarado*, and *Sorarado Append*. The cover art for *Sorarado Append* is also visible as the last shot in the ending video animation of the first season. This includes four insert songs used within the first season's episodes which include: Maiden of the Wind and "Ana" used in episode nine, "Over" used in episode 18, and "-Two Shadows-" used in episode 22 which is also the main ending theme from the visual novel.

## *Clannad*

Of the 24 episodes planned for release by Kyoto Animation, 23 were aired on television with the first 22 being regular episodes, followed by an additional extra episode. The last episode was released as an original video animation on the eighth DVD on 16 July 2008 and is set in an alternate universe from the anime series in which Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating. The broadcast time was first announced on 11 August 2007 at the TBS festival *Anime Festa*, which is also when the first episode was showcased. The episodes aired between 4 October 2007 and 27 March 2008 on the TBS Japanese television network in 4:3 aspect ratio. The anime also aired in 16:9 aspect ratio between 26 October 2007 and 4 April 2008 on the BS-i Japanese television network. The anime series was released in a set of eight DVD compilations in Japan released between 19 December 2007 and 16 July 2008 by Pony Canyon, with each compilation containing three episodes. A Blu-ray Disc box set of *Clannad* was released on 30 April 2010 in Japan.

The licence holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the *Clannad* anime series, and Section23 Films localised and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half-season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released on 3 March 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining episodes was released on 5 May 2009. A complete box set of *Clannad* was released on 15 June 2010, featuring a new English dub of the series.

Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is Mag Mell ~cuckool mix 2007~ by the Japanese music group Eufonius. This song is a remix of Mag Mell, the opening theme used for the original visual novel. The ending theme is Great Dango Family by the Japanese singer Chata. "Dango Daikazoku" is an adaptation of Nagisa, Nagisa's character theme from the visual novel, which was also adapted into Small Palms, the ending theme of the After Story arc of the visual novel.

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