Clannad (クラナド, Kuranado) is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and released on April 28, 2004 for Windows PCs. While both of Key's first two previous works, Kanon and Air, had been released first as adult games and then censored for the younger market, Clannad was released with a rating for all ages. It was later ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita consoles, and will also be released on Steam. The story follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki, a high school delinquent who meets many people in his last year at school, including five girls, and helps resolve their individual problems. The gameplay of Clannad follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters by the player character. The game was ranked as the best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards. Key went on to produce an adult spin-off titled Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life in November 2005, which expanded on the scenario of Tomoyo Sakagami, one of the five heroines from Clannad.Clannad has made several transitions to other media. There have been four manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works, Flex Comix, Fujimi Shobo and Jive. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books have also been published, as have audio dramas and several albums of music. An animated film by Toei Animation was released in September 2007, followed by two TV anime series including two original video animation (OVA) episodes by Kyoto Animation produced between 2007 and 2009. Both anime series and their accompanying OVAs are licensed by Sentai Filmworks and were released in North America in 2009. The animated adaptations have received high sales figures in Japan as well as critical acclaim abroad.
The anime Clannad (2007) was named after the band, believing their name to be the phonetic spelling of the Gaelic word for "family", though actually it is short for Clann As Dobhar, "the family from Dore".
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Released Album (Live In Concert) [2005]
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Art of Conflict
2012
Documentary performer: "Theme from Harry's Game" written by nm0107267 & Paul Brennan
Intermission
2003
performer: "Newgrange"
Warriors of Virtue
1997
performer: "Forces Of Nature" / producer: "Forces Of Nature"
Bassie en Adriaan en de reis vol verrassingen
1994
TV Mini-Series performer - 7 episodes
Real World
1994
TV Series performer - 1 episode
American Experience
1992
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Into the West
1992
performer: "In a Lifetime"
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
performer: "I WILL FIND YOU"
Patriot Games
1992
performer: "Theme from Harry's Game"
Bassie en Adriaan en de geheimzinnige opdracht
1992
TV Mini-Series performer - 6 episodes
Switch
1991
performer: "Both Sides Now"
Bassie en Adriaan en de verzonken stad
1989
TV Mini-Series performer - 2 episodes
The Angel and the Soldier Boy
1989
TV Movie music: "The Angel And The Soldier Boy" / performer: "A Dream In The Night", "The Spider", "The Angel And The Soldier Boy"
Robin Hood
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1984 writer - 1 episode, 1984