This is a story of Sawako, often called "Sadako" by her classmates a horror character in The Ring. She has a creepy appearance but actually sweet and timid type of girl. Sawako's appearance made an impression to her classmates as someone that can see ghosts and can make a curse, that made her classmates afraid of her. She longs to make friends, and everything changes when Kazehaya Shota started talking to her. Shota's encouraging words and smile made her do her best in developing her personality. Ayane and Chi become the first two people who talks to her and eventually become friends with her. She was able to make friends, enemies and experienced fun at the first time. As the story progresses, a sweet love is blooming between Shota and Sawako.

Kimi Ni Todoke is based on a shoujo manga made by Karuho Shiina. It won as the Best Shoujo Manga in 2008. Watching Kimi Ni Todoke is really enjoyable, i mean whenever Sawako appears creepy and pops up in the middle of nowhere scaring people around make the scenes really funny. I also like the way it shows the building of relationships such as making new friends and having special feelings to someone. Ayane and Chi has shown their side of being such good friends to Sawako. Ryu is good with people and relationship. He knows how to deal with things despite of being silent all the time. I like Shota for being true, and equally cares for everyone.

Despite of the slow progress of Shota-Sawako love, the series is still worth watching. I love the art coloring and lighting of drawings. They brighten the appearance of characters. I like their OP theme, it reminds me of Honey and Clover's "Waltz".

All in all, i liked this anime.

Thanks to those individuals/groups who subbed this anime.

Rate: 8/10

CLANNAD is a japanese anime, created by Key who also produced Kanon and Air. It is released by Kyoto Animation. This is a drama, comedy, romance and supernatural. CLANNAD Aftertory is the continuation of the first series. The anime has touched the hearts of many and I am one of them.

The male lead role, Tomoya Okazaki is the one narrating in the story. Tomoya grew up with his father, his mother died in an accident while he was a small boy. He has a poor relationship with his father resulting him to skip classes and became an outcast of the school. One day on his way to school, he met a girl, Nagisa Furukawa. Nagisa is a year older but keeps repeating school due to an unknown illness. From then on, they hangout most of the time and helped Nagisa to re-establish the drama club. Along the way, Tomoya and Nagisa found new friends and together they walked through their journey of life.

This is actually one of my favorite anime of all time, well aside from Gundam series of course. The anime evolves in the importance of family. It will make you cry mostly on the sequel, Afterstory. The first season of Clannad is really funny especially with Sunohora scenes and Fuko-chan. However, I found it irrelevant whenever Fuko appears on the later part of the first season... well that is just my opinion. It also has a great musical scores and beautiful opening and ending themes. Everytime I hear To The Same Heights and Roaring Tides, it feels like I'm going to cry again, it brings back the scenes in my mind.

Last March, Sentai Filmworks announced that the hit series will receive an English Dub and it premiered in Anime Network VOD, America's #1 anime channel, on full English dub started on March 25, 2010.