“Cynical delinquent Tomoya befriends Nagisa, helping revive Drama Club while confronting life's hardships and finding purpose.”
Clannad The Motion Picture
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Synopsis
Cynical delinquent Tomoya befriends Nagisa, helping revive Drama Club while confronting life's hardships and finding purpose.
Tomoya Okazaki is a cynical delinquent who lacks ambition as he apathetically labors through high school. During his childhood, a tragedy had caused his father to seek solace in alcoholism and neglect his son. Yet, meaningful human interaction can be a benediction, as Tomoya learns when he meets the enigmatic Nagisa Furukawa. The odd girl offers a gesture of friendship to Tomoya, but he rejects the request, dismissing it as a trivial incident. However, as he soon realizes that he is encountering Nagisa more and more often during school, Tomoya drops his discompassions and befriends the girl. When he learns that Nagisa's dream is to revive the Drama Club, Tomoya decides to shed his detachment from the ordinary pleasures of life and dedicate himself to helping his new friend achieve her ambition. But what starts as a simple friendship may progress into something far more deep, intimate, and life-changing. As the pair face various hardships and afflictions, Tomoya and Nagisa gradually come to terms with the challenges of life.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 76 sampled reviews
What 76 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.47 · split reception
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.1
↑ 5.22
Running avg · Mar 2008 → Jun 2025
- 10 “A beautiful story with a happy ending. One might say a beautiful drama! I've cried as his daughter Tomoya USHIO has seen at the end! I commend all the romance anime fan to see this movie! It goes...”
- 10 “The movie took a different turn than the original anime, but it's still worth watching. Sunohara, the main character's best friend, plays a bigger part in the movie, and pretty much makes up for...”
- 10 “A masterpiece of sentimental storytelling that delivers powerful emotions without ever feeling cheesy. The film captivates with its realistic portrayal of life's cruelty, following Tomoya's journey...”
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 93′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 33m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2007 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1564 catalog
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor