CLANNAD ~After Story~

[Buffalobiian]

Alternative title: クラナド アフターストーリー (Japanese)

Genres: romance, slice of life

Plot Summary: A sequel to the recently wrapped anime based on the Key Clannad franchise. After Story is a path that opens in the original visual novel after all the other paths have been opened.

Clannad (prequel) Plot Sumarry: Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and gambling. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.

-Info provided by ANN.-

Sites: Clannad Homepage, ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, syoboi

Clannad After Story - 01 subbed by Aquastar-Anime & Sprocket Hole Subs & The Waffle House

[animus]

How're the subs? It's a clusterfuck or groups I've hardly ever heard about. Anyone know if the more popular groups like SS or Eclipse are planning to pick this up?

[Buffalobiian]

How're the subs? It's a clusterfuck or groups I've hardly ever heard about. Anyone know if the more popular groups like SS or Eclipse are planning to pick this up?

I'm waiting for SS-Eclipse myself (they're joint-subbing this again), but I couldn't pass up starting this thread )

[David75]

I've only watched the first minute:
It seems like the source raw was widescreen, but it had been croped after to 4:3 (640*480)
The video encoding is awful, like a vhs, with such a heavy file (170+ Mb)

For those who can overcome this or a really to impatient...

[Kraco]

Wasn't Clannad originally aired so that a cropped 4:3 came first and then weeks later the real widescreen? Or do I remember incorrectly? Perhaps this is the same way.

[David75]

Wasn't Clannad originally aired so that a cropped 4:3 came first and then weeks later the real widescreen? Or do I remember incorrectly? Perhaps this is the same way.

I got the hint when a logo appeared cut in half at the right of the screen.
I doubt this logo would be cut in a broadcast. I may be wrong though.

[Buffalobiian]

Eclipse, efficient as always.

[Eclipse] Clannad After Story 01h264
[Eclipse] Clannad After Story 01XviD

[animus]

Man, I was just about to post that haha.

[narutosharingan]

I think the Eclipse version had a typo in there somewhere, but otherwise a good starting episode. I've missed the quirky comedy in this series.

[Buffalobiian]

Well, at first I was a bit worried. Continuing on from what I thought was a pretty rounded up story, I was really wondering if this second season will simply tarnish the good memories Clannad left. Tomoya seems pretty stable with Nagisa, so I won't be expecting any external affairs, as such. Being a Tomoyo fan, that doesn't help. But since Clannad did so well in my books, I'll see what After Story can do.

That changed after the baseball game.

Real-Time Trajectory Analysis.exe FTW!! Yuusuke's speeches were another gold moment. Plot-wise, it did well to introduce the cast again, and the comedy more than made up for any lack of story progression. I'm happy to say, After Story hasn't lost it's touch yet, and it'll be another show I'll be following eagerly each week.

[animus]

I missed Clannad, and for good reason.

I like the new OP, but it just doesn't feel right with a different OP.

[Kraco]

It was Clannad alright, with all its trademark quirks. It wasn't exactly a hilarious episode but consistently good to honour the memory of the original series.

Tomoya still speaks for others as smoothly as ever.

[David75]

ok, I probably was wrong about the widescreen thing. It probably was in the raw... was it cropped then by the recorder? Because it seems strange to crop a broadcast in such a fashion.
I've seen a typo for Okazaki-san towards the end. Not a big deal

Other than that, I had a hard time remembering who's who and in which sub-plot they played a role in Clannad.
Regarding the plot, I guess that being able to bat is a major thing for the main protagonist...

[Buffalobiian]

Regarding the plot, I guess that being able to bat is a major thing for the main protagonist...

It was similar to the basketball game they had to promote Tomoyo's popularity for the Student Council Presidency run. Nagisa was his source of strength that time too I think.

How does not being able to raise your arm above your shoulder prevent you from batting though. It definitely limits you movement and strength, but you can still do it. Better than tapping predictably IMO.

[David75]

It was similar to the basketball game they had to promote Tomoyo's popularity for the Student Council Presidency run. Nagisa was his source of strength that time too I think.

How does not being able to raise your arm above your shoulder prevent you from batting though. It definitely limits you movement and strength, but you can still do it. Better than tapping predictably IMO.

I guess he also has a huge strenght deficit in that arm. I do not know much about swing specifics, but I guess that for him it's a mix beetween reality of his arm and psychology.

[Kraco]

Tomoya is slightly emo (though under those circumstances I can't much blame him) and maybe his damaged shoulder has become as much an excuse for him as a real liability.

[Board of Command]

I think the Eclipse version had a typo in there somewhere, but otherwise a good starting episode. I've missed the quirky comedy in this series.

Eclipse had two typos in this episode. One was using "anchor" instead of "encore" when they first met Yoshino. The second one came near the end but I forgot what word it was. It might have been a misspelling of "Okazaki."

[animus]

Yeah, it was a misspelling of Okazaki, it was just "Okazai"

[MFauli]

Meh, i just cant stop myself from perverted thought whenever i see that Sanae looks exactly like Nagisa, only different hair style. Akio-san might just accidentially....well, whatever.

Nice episode, though...are they going for a full season? If so i wonder what the main theme of this one will be. First season was about Nagisa´s play and Okazaki choosing one of the girls.

I´d like to see the matter with Okazaki´s father solved, he seems to be such a poor dad, whenever he´s shown. And what i´d like to see is, ah, forgot his name, Okazaki´s friend to get together with Tomoyo. To me they look like they have already a nice relationshio (ok, her him beating up whenever they meet, haha), and i´d kina like to see that guy being lucky

[Buffalobiian]

Unless Sunnohara does something really out of character, I don't see Tomoyo giving him a second glance. It would be interesting though.