Clannad (video game)

1210:, where small orbs of light float around. In the first few dreams, he sees a world devoid of all life, except for one girl. Each time he dreams, he finds out more about the world. Tomoya discovers that the girl has a special ability to fuse junk together to create new things, which she uses to create a body for him. Over time, Tomoya comes to the conclusion that only the two of them are "alive". To pass time, Tomoya and the girl try to build another doll with more junk they find, but as it has no soul, it fails to come to life. Remembering the distant world where he came from, Tomoya convinces the girl to build a ship so that the two can escape the approaching winter and continue to live a happy life. Eventually, winter sets in, and the girl becomes cold to the point where she cannot move any more. The girl tells Tomoya that he has another chance to go back and make things right. To do so, he must collect certain "lights" (symbols of happiness) similar to those floating around in the Illusionary World. If all the "lights" are collected throughout both story parts, a chance to save Nagisa from dying will become available, as well as the true ending, where she survives and lives with Tomoya and Ushio. 2458:. The anime is again animated by Kyoto Animation, and animates the After Story arc from the visual novel, which is a continuation of Nagisa's story, into 24 episodes. The same staff and cast from the first anime were used and the series broadcast in Japan between October 3, 2008, and March 26, 2009. Of the 24 episodes, 22 are regular episodes, the 23rd is an extra episode, and the last episode is a summary episode showcasing highlights from the series. The episodes were released on eight DVD compilation volumes between December 3, 2008, and July 1, 2009. The eighth DVD volume came with an additional OVA episode set in an alternate universe from the anime series where Tomoya and Kyou are dating. The OVA episode was previewed on May 24, 2009, to a limited number of people. A BD box set of 1156:, and had frequent fights with his son. One day, Naoyuki, while arguing with his son, slammed Tomoya against the window, dislocating Tomoya's shoulder. This injury prevents Tomoya from playing on the basketball team, and causes him to distance himself from others. Ever since then, his father has treated Tomoya nicely, but distantly, as if Tomoya and he were strangers rather than a family. This hurts Tomoya more than his previous relationship with his father, and the awkwardness of returning home leads Tomoya to constantly stay out all night. Thus his delinquent life begins. Tomoya's good friend Youhei Sunohara, who was thrown out of the soccer club over a dispute with his seniors, is also a delinquent and often hangs out in his dorm room with Tomoya doing nothing much. 1189:, his paternal grandmother. Shino tells Tomoya of his father's traumatic past, which is eerily similar to Tomoya's current situation. Afterwards, Tomoya resolves to raise Ushio and acknowledges Naoyuki as his father. Shortly after Tomoya overcomes his depression, Ushio is stricken with the same disease that Nagisa had. Tomoya, Sanae and Akio struggle to save her—Tomoya even quits his job—but all of their efforts turn out to be in vain. In the coming winter, wanting to do anything for his daughter, Tomoya takes her on a trip, but she dies shortly after. 1332:. Takahiro Baba, the company president of VisualArt's, is even noted as suggesting to minimize the differences between the other characters' scenarios, but this was ultimately ignored since Maeda thought the game's evaluation by players would not decrease on account of the scenarios being vastly different, and thought the result was a good one. Maeda was concerned that the After Story arc, mainly a continuation of Nagisa's scenario, would eclipse the entire game's scenario, much like what happened with 1539:(PSP) version of the game was released in Japan on May 29, 2008, by Prototype, which included the additions from the Windows full voice version. The limited edition release of the PSP and Xbox 360 versions came bundled with a "digest" edition of the drama CD series released by Prototype containing five separate stories each; the CD bundled with the PSP release is different from the CD bundled with the Xbox 360 version. Prototype also released a port of the game for the 11031: 10150: 1860: 1096:, one day in the school library. She is ranked in the top 10 throughout the whole country in standardized exam results of every subject—she always goes to library to read extra materials, especially books in foreign languages. Kotomi is a tacit girl with poor social skills and it is quite difficult to communicate with her; Kotomi can even completely ignore someone when reading, even if they make loud disturbances around her. 2757:(as Youhei). A two-disc CD compilation containing the show's first 13 broadcasts was produced on June 18, 2008. The second two-disc CD compilation containing the 14th through 26th broadcasts was released on October 15, 2008, and a third CD volume followed on November 19, 2008. A fourth and final volume was released on February 18, 2009, containing the rest of the broadcasts. 3258:

video games. RPGFan gave it an overall score of 83%, including 88% for story, 86% gameplay, 74% control, 72% graphics, and 82% sound. The review praised the large number of dialogue choices which "lets you feel involved in how the tale plays out", "many genuinely funny moments," and "emotionally touching" stories, particularly the After Story arc where

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unable to do due to her sickness, but they find that the drama club was disbanded after the few remaining members graduated. Since Tomoya has a lot of time to kill, he helps Nagisa in reforming the drama club. During this period, Tomoya meets and hangs out with several other girls whom he gets to know well and help with their individual problems.

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edition DVD volume was ranked fourth for the week of May 21 and May 27, 2008. The seventh and eighth limited edition DVD volumes both ranked first during their first week of sales. The third limited edition DVD ranked sixth for the most anime DVDs sold between December 2007 and November 2008. A Blu-ray box set of

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takes you through is quite daunting. It's charming, cute, hilarious, mysterious, and tragic all at the same time. Few shows are as memorable, and few are this good for this long." He concludes that the storytelling is "heartfelt" and "memorable in so many ways," and that "few shows rise to the levels

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story ranging from Nagisa, to Kotomi, Fuko, Kyou, and Tomoyo. The first volume was released in Japan on April 25, 2007, as a limited edition with an extra track added. The second through fifth volumes followed in one month increments between May 25, 2007, and August 24, 2007. The second set, produced

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lives. Throughout the story, glimpses into an Illusionary World are shown. This world is devoid of all life except for a young girl, though she later makes a body out of junk pieces through which the player can interact with her. The remaining half of the story takes place in the same city, after the

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There are six main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, five which are initially available. Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. To view all plot lines in their entirety,

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reviewed the Windows version and scored it 9.2 out of 10. They referred to it as "one of the best visual novels ever made", praising the "rich" dialogues and storytelling, "deep" branching narrative, and "lifelike" characterization, referring to the cast as some of the best "characters ever seen" in

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released on August 28, 2008. Prototype again re-released the short story collection, this time on the PSP in two volumes, each containing eight chapters and including the original art by GotoP. The first volume was released on June 3, 2010, and the second followed on July 15, 2010; the re-release is

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The story opens on Monday April 14, 2003 at the beginning of the school year, when Tomoya meets Nagisa Furukawa, a strange girl who is one year older than he is but is repeating her last year in high school due to being sick much of the previous year. Her goal is to join the drama club which she was

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is set. He is very straightforward in his comments to others and will not hesitate to speak his mind, even if he comes off as rude during such times. Despite this, Tomoya is loyal to his friends, and has been known to dedicate himself for those around him in need of help or support. He generally has

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to represent themselves in the game, along with choosing one game heroine to live with, which is referred to as a character doll, or chara-doll for short. The user and chara-doll reside together on one of the three in-game "islands" depending on which franchise the heroine is from, which includes a

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for children) that Nagisa is fond of. Tomoya's and Nagisa's characters were written in a style to exemplify a "growth to adulthood" by the end of the story. Fuko's and Kyou's stories have their sisters playing an integral part, and Tomoyo's story is influenced by her entire family. A minor motif of

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ranked second during its first week of sales selling over 19,800 units. The sixth limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of May 11 and May 17, 2009, at number three for anime DVDs. The seventh limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of June 8 and June 14, 2009, at number six for

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The story follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki, from adolescence to adulthood. As an average high school student, he meets many people in his last year at school, including five girls, whose individual problems he helps resolve, and his life is further detailed after graduating from high school. The

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The two anime series and film DVDs have shown consistent high sales figures. The first anime limited edition DVD ranked third for the week of December 19 and December 25, 2007. The second through fifth limited edition DVDs all ranked first during their first week of sales, while the sixth limited

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In the second part of the story, which starts immediately after the end of the first part but extends into the next seven years, Tomoya and Nagisa start living together, and eventually get married. Tomoya has to endure several hardships that the family has been suffering from, especially Nagisa's

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s writing process as a "wall that I will never be able to get over again." While at the beginning Maeda felt he was prepared, the entire game's story started to increase to a level Maeda never predicted, and Suzumoto noted that it approximately doubled in size from the original projected length.

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localized 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 March 3, 2009. The second half season box set containing the remaining

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heroines, is an aggressive girl well known as a good cook among her friends and family. When angered, she does not hesitate to throw a dictionary at people that she often carries around for such purposes. Despite this attitude, she also has a more subdued side, especially towards her younger

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received wide critical acclaim. The THEM Anime Reviews website gave the entire series a score of 4 out of 5 stars, with reviewer Tim Jones describing the first season as "the most fleshed-out and real Key animated adaption to date," and reviewer Stig Høgset stating that the second season

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who transfers into Tomoya's school. Tomoyo is known to be a strong fighter, preferring to use kicking over punching, and is athletic. Although Tomoya is older than her, Tomoyo does not show him respect as a senior student. Tomoyo appears in Key's fifth game,

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limited edition Windows release premiered at number one twice since its release, and the third ranking brought the Windows release down to 46 out of 50. The first two weeks of June 2004 held the final ranking for the original release at 40 out of 50. The

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localized and distributed both the television series and OVA starting with the first half season box set with English subtitles released on October 20, 2009. The second half box set was released on December 8, 2009. Sentai Filmworks re-released

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ranked third for the week of April 26 and May 2, 2010, and ranked again at 13 the following week. The special edition film DVD first ranked at number three during its first week of sales, and dropped down to number 10 the following week.

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on February 21, 2008, in a limited and regular edition, each with their own cover. The limited edition comes bundled with a small black notebook with the school emblem of Tomoya's school on the cover. In order to commemorate the sale, an

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story revolves around Tomoya Okazaki, a third year high school student who dislikes his life. Tomoya's mother (Atsuko) died when Tomoya was young, leaving his father (Naoyuki) to raise him. After the accident, Tomoya's father turned to

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The first half of the story takes place primarily at Hikarizaka Private High School, a fictional school located in Japan. Outside of the school, frequented locations include the bakery run by Nagisa's parents, and the dormitory where

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was broadcast between October 10, 2008, and April 10, 2009, containing 26 episodes. The show was also produced by Onsen and Animate TV, and was streamed online every Friday. The show had three hosts including the previous two plus

2348:. The film was released on DVD in three editions: the Collector's Edition, the Special Edition, and the Regular Edition on March 7, 2008. Sentai Filmworks released an English-subbed and dubbed version of the film in March 2011. 2266:, contains four CDs; the first was released on July 25, 2007. Volumes two through four were released in one month intervals after that, with the last being released on October 24, 2007. Each CD is based on the stories from the 921:

of light. When eight of these lights are obtained, the game's second story arc, called After Story, is made available. One of the lights disappears during School Life, but reappears in After Story. To view the true ending of

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who plays Akio Furukawa in the anime series. Two two-disc CD compilations were released containing the second radio shows broadcasts, the first released on February 18, 2009, followed by the second on May 29, 2009.

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from the anime series where Tomoya and Tomoyo are dating, which is based on Tomoyo's scenario in the game. The OVA episode was previewed on May 31, 2008, for an audience of four-hundred people picked via a mail-in

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ranked twice in terms of highest selling PC games nationally in Japan, achieving sales rankings of 7 and 20 in February and March 2008, respectively. For the week of April 18, 2011, the PlayStation 3 port of

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on April 15, 2004. The book contained images from the visual novel, and short explanations of the characters, along with production sketches and concept drawings. A 160-page visual fan book was published by

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conclusion of the first half. While the town's name was never directly mentioned, one can infer that the town's name is Hikarizaka based on the many companies and establishments that share this name.

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regular edition Windows release premiered at number 26 in the rankings. The next two rankings for the regular edition were at 37 and 41. According to sales information taken from the Japanese

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There are recurring themes that appear throughout the story. The main theme is the value of having a family, as the title of the series implies because the main scenario writer

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was released in November 2008 published by Harvest; the third volume was released in October 2009. Three volumes of a short story compilation series by several authors titled

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starting in January 2008. One chapter was released weekly with the SoftBank 3G releases three weeks behind the version for FOMA phones. The collection was released as

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produced by different companies and drawn by a multitude of different artists. The first volume of the earliest anthology series, released by Ohzora under the title

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house with furniture and clothes that can be purchased. The chara-dolls can also be customizable in that they can develop a unique personality for each user.

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in the game if one of the girls is taken out to various places while cosplaying as one of the aforementioned five light novel series characters, or as the

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with a small knife to give to others as presents. Fuko is extremely enthralled by starfish, or things that are star-shaped, and will often go into short

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Suzumoto attributed the increase due to the lengthening structure of the game's base scenario which caused the 'branch' scenarios to increase as well.

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was released in August 2007 featuring a song sung by Lia, an instrumental version of that song, and two background music tracks used in the film. The

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and were released in North America in 2009. The animated adaptations have received high sales figures in Japan as well as critical acclaim abroad.

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When first playing the game, the scenarios for all five heroines and additional smaller scenarios are available in what is called the School Life

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in September and December 2004. The first volume of a short story anthology compilation series written by Hiro Akizuki and Mutsuki Misaki titled

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for players to adopt. Players of either game who had a character over level 20 could enter a lottery where 500 people were chosen to win

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album, a short music CD that contained remixed versions of songs in the game, that was bundled with the original game release was titled

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with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.

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elements, but considered it appealing entertainment for a "fan base who revels in this kind of thing." His review for the second season

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on the same day. A physical release of the Switch port will receive a limited physical release in a regular and collector's edition via

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port on July 4, 2019, again with text support for both Japanese and English, and a digital release of the game became available on the

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on July 31, 2009, in a box set containing five other Key visual novels called Key 10th Memorial Box. An updated version compatible for

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ranked first during their first week of sales each selling over 16,000 units each. The fifth through seventh limited edition DVDs for

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sold 28,984 copies by the end of 2010. The English release of the Windows version debuted on the Steam charts at number three, above

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anime DVDs. The eighth limited edition DVD volume ranked again the week of July 6 and July 12, 2009, at number five for anime DVDs.

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for the opening and ending themes, and interviews from the creators. Near the end of the book contains original illustrations of

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in various costumes either depicting characters from five popular light novel series published by ASCII Media Works, or three

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Island where users can interact, bridging the gap between the separate franchises. Users are able to create a customizable

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was much more positive, giving it an 'A−' rating. He praised the second half of the season as "the best-written quarter of

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of the character they are cosplaying; for example, if Shiina cosplays as Tomoyo, she is voiced by Tomoyo's voice actress

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remixing background music tracks featured in the visual novel. The regular edition was released on August 6, 2004; While

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can become viewable. When cosplaying as one of these tie-in characters, the voice of the girl cosplaying changes to the

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ranked second during its first week of sales selling 17,521 units. The second through fourth limited edition DVDs for

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was broadcast between October 5, 2007, and October 3, 2008, containing 52 episodes. The show, produced by Onsen and

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side stories for Windows. Overall, the Kickstarter campaign raised US$ 541,161, exceeding all of its stretch goals.

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who is hyperactive and childish, before she met Tomoya, was generally seen alone by herself making wood carvings of

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anime series via a short 30-second teaser trailer that was featured at the end of the final episode of the second

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ranked first during their first week of sales selling over 14,000 units each. The eighth limited edition DVD for

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had sold over 113,000 copies by April 18, 2011, and 122,393 copies as of 2019. The two-volume PSP editions of

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of Eufonius; the latter is used as the ending theme in the After Story arc. The insert song "Ana" is sung by

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devices: the first volume on November 30, 2011, and volume two on April 11, 2012. Prototype ported it to the

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from the game's soundtrack. The ending theme is "Torch", and both the opening and ending themes are sung by

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the player must replay the game multiple times and make different choices to change the plot progression.

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was difficult for players to receive and experience. Due to this, Maeda felt that for Key's next work

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in November 2005, which expanded on the scenario of Tomoyo Sakagami, one of the five heroines from

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between October 26, 2009, and April 28, 2014. ASCII Media Works published five volumes for Shaa's

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sung by Riya. A single for the second season anime series was released in November 2008 called "

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headed the art direction, and also worked on the character design. Miracle Mikipon, Mochisuke,

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a selfless personality and does not ask much from others in return for what he does for them.

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produced between 2007 and 2009. Both anime series and their accompanying OVAs are licensed by

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port on June 14, 2018, with text support for both Japanese and English. Prototype released a

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Tomoya's psychology is developed in his dreams of a bleak world, called the Illusionary World

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session with the manga's illustrator signing copies was held on March 2, 2008, at Gamers in

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in a complete collection set on June 15, 2010, which featured an English dub, produced at

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magazine, and contained 11 chapters. The story for the second manga was adapted from the

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were published by Harvest between June and August 2009. Harvest published a novel titled

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and wrote the majority of the scenarios. Scenario assistance was provided by Tōya Okano.

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was released in August 2004 containing three discs containing 56 tracks. A follow-up to

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on August 14, 2014, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the game. Prototype released a

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is also visible as the last shot in the ending video animation of the first season.

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is displayed in a dialog box, here depicting the player character talking to Nagisa.

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was developed by the video game developer Headlock where users can interact with

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was released in November 2007. The albums released for the film were produced by

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anime series, a 15-second teaser trailer aired promoting a second season titled

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film was released on September 15, 2007, directed by the same director of the

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volumes between November 7, 2005, and March 7, 2009. The second manga, titled

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Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band

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anthology character novels were written by several authors and published by

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Official Another Story Clannad: On the Hillside Path that Light Watches Over

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story were serialized between the September 2004 and October 2005 issues of

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was released on April 28, 2004, as a limited edition version, playable on a

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heroines. For example, if Mika is cosplaying as Nagisa, a CG of her eating

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manga illustrated by Shaa began serialization in the August 2007 issue of

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in English on November 23, 2015. In November 2014, Sekai Project used the

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originally had no voice acting, Key released a version for Windows titled

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received reviews ranging from positive to mixed, while the second season

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was voted No. 18 on the "Most Moving Games Over Books and Movies" list.

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into different scenarios based on various courses of interaction by the

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compilations released between December 19, 2007, and July 16, 2008, by

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bouts where her awareness of her surroundings is completely overtaken.

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gave the first season a 'B+' rating, criticizing its extensive use of

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from the anime adaptation appeared on the show as guests who included

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between February 27, 2008, and July 26, 2014. A fourth manga, titled

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on November 26, 2007. Prototype later released a version playable on

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was also released in December 2004 and contained two discs. A piano

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episodes was released on May 5, 2009. Sentai Filmworks licensed the

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according to Maeda. In order to prevent the same thing happening in

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in which the player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki. Much of its

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can cosplay as Tomoyo Sakagami. The player can also view exclusive

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a "Highly Recommended" rating, stating that "the range of emotions

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ranked first at 114 votes; in comparison, the second place title,

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on May 20, 2021, with text support for both Japanese and English.

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characters from various artists, three additional chapters of the

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on October 12, 2004, which contained detailed story explanations,

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on February 29, 2008, with full voice acting (except for Tomoya).

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has made several transitions to other media. There have been four

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was released on April 20, 2011, in Japan with English subtitles.

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between the May 2005 and April 2009 issues. Jive published eight

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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved

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was released in December 2003 featuring songs sung by Riya. A

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short story collection of the same name. The first volume for

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for a six-week preorder period from April 14 to May 29, 2020.

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version was released on August 28, 2008, also by Prototype. A

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