If you loved Candy Candy: The Movie, try Clannad: The Motion Picture
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Candy Candy: The Movie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Clannad: The Motion Picture is
Life looks bleak for Tomoya. He meets Nagisa at school. Fate leads them somewhere predictably sentimental.
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