Clannad: After Story

What is Clannad: After Story about?

Clannad: After Story is a TV anime series of 24 episodes animated by Kyoto Animation, adapted from a visual novel. It aired from October 3, 2008 to March 27, 2009. AniList classifies it as drama, romance, slice of life and supernatural. It continues from Clannad, which is worth watching first.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Family Life, Coming of Age, Urban Fantasy, Marriage, Philosophy, Heterosexual, Male Protagonist, Gangs, Female Protagonist, Rehabilitation.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Tomoya Okazaki 岡崎朋也

  Main character

  Tomoya Okazaki is the protagonist of Clannad. Due to his habit of always arriving late to school, skipping classes during the day, and staying out all night, he has been labeled as a delinquent.

  Japanese voice: Yuuichi Nakamura

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  Nagisa Furukawa 古河渚

  Main character

  Nagisa is the daughter of Akio and Sanae Furukawa. Though she is in her senior year, Nagisa is one year older than her classmates; she had to repeat her third year again after an illness that lasted nine months. Nagisa meets Tomoya on the first day of this year.

  Japanese voice: Mai Nakahara

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  Ushio Okazaki 岡崎汐

  Main character

  Ushio is Tomoya and Nagisa's daughter. She is a well-behaved, well-loved girl who is very curious about the world around her. Tomoya notes that she does not act like other girls her age.

  Japanese voice: Satomi Koorogi

Supporting characters

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  Fuuko Ibuki 伊吹風子

  Supporting character

  Fuko is a first year student at Tomoya's school (Technically, her age is same as Tomoya's), but she is always alone by herself, making wood carvings of starfish with a small knife to give to others as presents for her sister's upcoming wedding.

  Japanese voice: Ai Nonaka

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  Kotomi Ichinose 一ノ瀬ことみ

  Supporting character

  Kotomi is another schoolmate of Tomoya's in the same year, but, like Kyou, is in a separate class from Tomoya. The "Koto" in Kotomi is derived from the Japanese musical stringed instrument of the same name.

  Japanese voice: Mamiko Noto

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  Tomoyo Sakagami 坂上智代

  Supporting character

  Tomoyo transferred to Tomoya's school as a second year student during spring. Although Tomoya is older than her, Tomoyo does not show him his due respect as a senior student. She has a younger brother named Takafumi. She is rumored to be violent and to have a misconduct record for fighting.

  Japanese voice: Houko Kuwashima

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  Kyou Fujibayashi 藤林杏

  Supporting character

  Kyou is a bad-mouthed and aggressive girl well known as a good cook. She was in Tomoya's class in their second year, and has maintained a steady friendship with Tomoya even though they are put in different classes on their third year. She is currently the class representative of her class.

  Japanese voice: Ryou Hirohashi

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  Yukine Miyazawa 宮沢有紀寧

  Supporting character

  Yukine is a second year student who hangs around in the library's reference room during lunchtime. She takes care of many newcomers from other schools who also happen to be delinquents - in particular, people who knew her brother.

  Japanese voice: Atsuko Enomoto

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  Ryou Fujibayashi 藤林椋

  Supporting character

  Ryou is Tomoya's classmate and class representative. She is the younger of the Fujibayashi twins. Unlike her older sister, she is timid and doesn’t cook well, though she is good with other household chores.

  Japanese voice: Akemi Kanda

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  Misae Sagara 相楽美佐枝

  Supporting character

  Misae Sagara is the resident manager at Youhei's dorm. Misae is 23 years old at the time the story takes place; this is only mentioned in the visual novel. She was Hikarisaka's first female student council president when she was in high school.

  Japanese voice: Satsuki Yukino

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  Youhei Sunohara 春原陽平

  Supporting character

  Youhei is Tomoya's friend and also a delinquent. He entered the school on an athletic recommendation in football (soccer), but was kicked out of the soccer club after being involved in a fight. After this incident, he became lazy, becoming the only student with a higher absence rate than Tomoya.

  Japanese voice: Daisuke Sakaguchi

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  Mei Sunohara 春原芽衣

  Supporting character

  Mei is Youhei's younger sister who loves Youhei as a brother and lives in the countryside. Mei is a smart girl and likes to see new things. She is a fan of Yusuke Yoshino, an older male graduate from Tomoya's school, who is a member of a band.

  Japanese voice: Yukari Tamura

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  Sanae Furukawa 古河早苗

  Supporting character

  Sanae is Nagisa's mother. Normally she's very childish and a cry-baby, but when needed she can be very strong-willed and dependable. She runs the Furukawa Bakery with her husband Akio. She often tries out strange concepts to make breads that are anything but edible and never get sold.

  Japanese voice: Kikuko Inoue

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  Kouko Ibuki 伊吹公子

  Supporting character

  Kouko is Fuko's older sister. She used to be an art teacher at Tomoya's school, and she treats everyone kindly. Kouko is one of the familiar faces in the Furukawa Bakery, and Nagisa admires her very much, being her former art teacher. Currently she is engaged with Yusuke Yoshino.

  Japanese voice: Yuuko Minaguchi

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  Akio Furukawa 古河秋生

  Supporting character

  Akio is Nagisa's father. Although he often talks and plays rough, he is kind and sympathetic. His childish side makes it easy for people to befriend him. He runs the Furukawa Bakery with his wife Sanae.

  Japanese voice: Ryoutarou Okiayu