Great video about KyoAni. ...And then you pronounced her Nagisay...multiple times. Please tell me that was an intentional attempt at trolling us :D

Clannad is one of those shows that has been praised and called overrated by many different people and groups. But having watched it about a year ago, it still is one of the greatest shows I’ve ever seen.

I'm in my 60s, and I only started watching anime a little over four years ago, and I can say that in the beginning I was just as cynical as the leads in these shows. But the life of color won me over too. Haruhi reawakened my imagination, and Clannad reconnected me with my emotions. Both were life changing.

Thank you, from someone that's still mourning from that terrible day...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is one of my favourite slice of life animes out there. I love it’s wackiness but also it’s serious tones as well. The loop episodes in particular were bonkers to me and I had no clue it would’ve lasted for 8 episodes. These episodes never frustrated me, as my eyes were glued to the screen trying to figure out how Kyon was going to break the loop. PS The series’ phenomenal movie: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is one of the best anime movies ever produced. I’d watch the series alone purely for the sake of the film.

As infamous as Endless Eight is within the anime community, I will always defend it as one of my favorite arcs of all time. Just the fact that each episode is individually animated and voiced alone is enough to squash the argument that KyoAni was somehow trying to "save money" on it. The way each successive episode feels more and more surreal is honestly astounding.

My eyes started watering just seeing some of the sights and sounds of Clannad in this video. First fictional story to make me cry, and I was already an adult by that point when it first aired.

Babe, wake up! Beyond Ghibli posted! Seriously though, you are, by far, one of my favorite creators on the site. Love the work you do!

Hyouka is a an amazing anime. I wish more people talked about it

I always feel that KyoAni is one of the only studios that consistently creates a better adaption than the source material. *here's hope to see them finish the other 6 volumes of haruhi.*

KyoAni has truly produced masterpieces that I'll never forget at all, they're all so magical and majestical. It's such a tradegy that such a Studio was involved in such an accident, it's truly an unforgiveable crime. Thank you, KyoAni for each anime you've ever made, your shows are truly poetry in motion and have brought life and colour to lives of thousands if not millions.

as a die hard fan of Haruhi, I think you voiced your criticisms in the fairest way I've seen anyone on youtube before. Hope the film gets it's own video someday!

Man... why do you always create such Bangers? Fucking love it! Made me cry with just one fucking sentence.

Haruhi was one of those once in a generation anime. It’s sad that the rest of the novels didn’t get adapted.

It's because KyoAni that I'm still here, I was about to commit suicide if not because I found a show about cute girls doing cute things, I can't but tear up when I remember how depressed I was at the moment. I thank every person who made that show from the bottom of my heart for saving me. Now, 7 years later I can proudly say that KyoAni not only changed my life, but also saved it.

KyoAni maybe the most influential animation studio in my life and i will never regret spending my time watching their amazing shows

For a series as transformative of the industry as _Suzumiya Haruhi_ was, it's interesting that it claimed the world began a year after its debut (and took place four years after it aired.)

Thank you, for talking about these anime. Specially, thank you for talking about "Hyouka", which is my comfort anime till these days.

Watching *that* episode of Clannad 2 became one of my core memories. I had to pause it and sobbed violently for about 15 minutes. I think I was around 14 at the time. it became one of my favourite shows and I rewatched season 1 many many times, played the ending dango song all the time, being simultaneously comforted and emotional. I haven't seen the show in many years, this makes me want to watch it again... kyoani has been my favourite studio ever since clannad. I haven't seen all their shows but every one I have seen has made an impact on me. there's just something about their slice of life stories that hits different.

This was beautiful Haruhi has been one of my favorite animes. It came out when I was in middle school and I remember finding out about it through the dance on youtube. I begged my parents to let me rent the DVD from Netflix and I watched it over and over again even renting it a few times. The anime always reminds me of the happiest moments of my life.

Hearing that beautiful theme song from Clannad made me emotional. Even all these years later, Clannad is still one of the most impactful anime I've ever seen. And KyoAni's other works are often some of my favorites too. Violet Evergarden is a masterpiece, A Silent Voice is pure art, and FMP: Fumoffu will forever be a hilarious comfort show to me.

Quite possibly the best patreon notification I couldve gotten. KyoAni has always been the unparalleled pinnacle of anime for me, and I dare say these 3 in particular have no doubt had by far the most influence on me out of any media I've ever consumed. I've always found it hard to put my finger on it, and seeing you talk about these 3 in the manner Ive tried to so many times is very satisfying. Their stories and characters are so vibrant, so genuine and authentic; theyre slow and laid back, but I unironically have never felt as connected to a series of ficitonal works as is the case with KyoAni's catalogue. You have a really nice way with words I think. Just when we want to give into the grey, KyoAni shows us how we can fill our lifes and worlds with colour, and they do it with industry-leading animation no less (I mean i cant be the only one fanboying over Hyoukas masterful directing and scene layouts right??). Amazing video man. Really, really good work.

I will actually come to Endless Eight's defense in a very specific context. Years ago, I stumbled across an upload of the entirety of Haruhi, in story order, edited together into effectively two 6-hour long movies, with the intros and outros cut out except for the start and finish. If I recall rightly, Endless Eight fell almost exactly on the halfway point of that marathon. Watching that saga play out in a dark living room while house sitting for friends on vacation, watching events repeat with a gradual growing strangeness, that slowly rising inkling of something wrong as each repetition reveals more of the mystery, aided by the slowly increasing melodrama of the English voice cast, was an anime watching experience I have never been able to recreate. No other series has formed such an atmosphere. And I've sometimes dreamed of putting myself in some isolated scenario, like a long ride on an Amtrak train far away from wifi or cell signal, just so that I can have nothing else to do but sit back and watch all of Haruhi again.

Kyoto Animation has made some true masterpieces. Loved K-On, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, A Silent Voice, and Violet Evergarden. Enjoyed Nichijou as well. For a future video I would recommend taking a look at Kino's Journey (the original, not the remake).

Haruhi is (anime) God. I had the bizarre privilege of binge watching the show in dub & in Chronological order when I had Covid in January of 2020. I really went into the show blind. I had heard about the Endless Eight episodes in passing, so I knew it was out there, but, strangely, I didn't know it was in Haruhi, so I didn't realize anything was "wrong" until I'd finished the 3rd or 4th episode of it & Googled it to try & figure out what the heck was going on! I can only imagine the panic & confusion of watching the exact same episode of an anime for TWO FULL MONTHS, having no idea what was going on or any way to find out. It must've been one of the greatest mindf**ks in TV history!! But Haruhi did change the playing field of my anime watching. By the time I discovered the series, everyone had already seen it & knit-picked it to death, but it was new to me. And as an outsider looking in, all the commentary of the show I listened to just left me more confused cuz I had no context to help make sense of everything they were saying about it. And, like you said, this show is freaking crazy! Every aspiring anime fan should be required to watch this show blind, because it's like a distillation of everything good about anime. So if you don't like it or can appreciate it, then hang it up, Sweetie. You might not be a fan of it, but if your plain hate it, go get another hobbie!

I'm so glad you mentioned the happy aspects of Clannad. When I try to sell the show to other people I let them known that, yes, it's famous as a tearjerker and it absolutely delivers in that area. But the reason I love it so much is that despite the lows, or perhaps partly because of them, the highs are incredibly high! No other show makes me feel as much pure joy as Clannad does. There were plenty of times watching it where I felt like my heart would burst from my chest I was so invested! I love those characters.

Must catch up on Klannad. Haruhi Suzumiya is irresistibly appealing. And an irresistible juggernaut. She hearkens back to Little Women's Jo March and Ann Of Green Gables. Hyouka's Eru Chitanda comes from a different mold. Equally insistent but much more demure. Steel sheathed in velvet, as an old poem goes. Chitanda is a muse, after the manner of Dante's Beatrice, or Quixote's Dulcinea. Perhaps Cyrano's Roxanne also.

KyoAni changed my life. I am forever thankful.

I still cry every time thinking about KyoAni and Yasuhiro Takemoto in particular... Hyouka is by far my favourite from KyoAni, considering the studio's exceptional quality on almost all of their work, but everything Takemoto touches turns to something extra special I loved Hyouka so much that I went pilgrimage to old KyoAni shop at their second studio near the Kowata station. And Takayama/Hida, where Kamiyama was based on... Bought the novels, which were good too

To this day, I can still feel 5he effects of KyoAni's magic 9r making life much more vibrant despite the gloominess of reality, even in the most simplest and mundane moments, you know that feeling of wonder and appreciation of what life had to offer. And because if the anime adaptation, I played the original Clannad Visual Novel and it's spinoff sequel Tomoyo After. Clannad was the first anime that shooked to my core and made me realize that life is what we make it. Thank you for taking me into an emotional rollercoaster ride through KyoAni. As someone who was born with weak vision, you still managed to reach out to me with your words, for I was a writer back then, an essayist. Been 5hrough 4 successive eye surgeries in 4 years because of retinopathy.

Everything you make is gold. I would love a full video on Clannad After Story, but keep doing whatever it is that you're doing. Always a great day when I see your next upload!

This is great. And I hope you would cover one of KyoAni’s more recent projects Violet Evergarden. It introduced me to the beauty of KyoAni.

Love the subtitles on the video, really add-up a lot of personality to it.

Always so stoked seeing a new Beyond Ghibli video - and it's about KyoAni shows!

11:14, I just realized now what you did, the attention to details, the work that you put in is never neglected and we can see it every seconds of it

Thank you so much. Beautiful work, as usual

I always eagerly wait for your uploads Joe, the wait is always worth it and thank you for that.

Another work of art, thanks for making these videos :)

Man, I really appreciate your vids.

I honestly needed this today, thanks man.

Kyoto Animation is *the* reason I love anime. The best studio, for now and forever.

Thank you for making this video. It's always a treat to listen to video essays which evoke so much from the audience. I hope to listen to more of you!

beautiful video, thank you so much.

Can't believe Hyouka (anime) is over 10 years now, it is my favorite anime of all time.

Wonderful as always, and I'd like to particularly mention the superb editing.

Thank you for this. Your videos are so eloquent, so well structured, absolutely beautiful. You help manifest the thoughts, feelings and impact that Kyoani and Anime in general has on a lot of us.

Fantastic video. Well written, great script, heartfelt message, and excellent editing.

My first video from yours and just a few seconds in, I knew I was in for a treat. Having watched all the shows, this felt incredibly homey and nostalgic, and the narration is pleasant as well. Thanks for this!

Every time I watch your videos I have to stop myself from hurling an abundance of suggestions at you of things I'd love to hear you speak on. Honestly, this is the most sublime channel on youtube. The eloquence with which you speak about every property you talk about immediately convinces me to seek it out. Thank you for everything you do.

Another masterpiece of a love letter to this iconic studio. Thank you for your work. Remembering the experience of several of these series when you first encounter them was lovely.

the amount of effort put into the closed caption is amazing

Beautiful tribute, Joe ❤

You are beautiful, keep up the great work. And thank you for this amazing piece of art.

Thank you I really love this :'D

another fantastic video Joe. congrats! have a good rest & come back better & stronger... & congrats on the engagement!

This brought me to tears. Wonderful work.

Love love love your videos. Always a joy to watch. I haven't seen any of these series yet but I've wanted to give them a try for a while, probably gonna start Hyouka soon as it seems right up my alley.

Thanks for another excellent trbute to anime work, this time to Kyoto Animation, KyoAni to it's many followers. They take many routes but always to a quality production and a reward to all.

This episode hit me like a ton of bricks, each of these shows are meaningful to me in their own ways and you so brilliantly dissected them that it caused a sense of deep nostalgia in me. You so elegantly worded feelings that I could not and have been trying to for many years and I thank you for that.

I'm absolutely speechless at how good this video is... I subscribed in tears. A video I needed but I wasn't searching for, that appeared on my timeline today of all days. A perfect analysis of a medium I love, that touched me deeply. So I must thank you for this amazing piece, I'll take your wonderful words as valued suggestions and will keep them close to me forever.

The quality of this video is beyond comprehension. Thank you for your effort

This video is wonderful, it’s one of those special ones that feels like it was made specifically for me. After watching well over 100 shows, these three are still my favorites. In the exact order you spoke about them, no less. Thanks for showing these three some love, I was hanging on every word, especially in clannad’s section. I’m glad you talked about how funny it was. I’ve always seen it as a show/game that can make you feel every kind of emotion, not just heartache. I’ve dedicated a lot of time making videos myself that try to highlight these often ignored aspects of it. I hope this one gets all the attention it deserves Oh, also, that transition at 17:10 was so smooth I didn’t even have a chance to laugh lmao

First time I’ve seen your channel and videos. What a treat! I love kyo ani and all the shows you showcased. Great video, the commentary and editing was wonderful. Thanks for the great content and I’ll definitely be watching my way through your other videos.

Don't worry, Joe. It was worth the wait. Excellent video!

I want to thank you in advance for the video. Kyoani's work has always been special to me.

I been waiting for you to talk about Hyouka, u didnt disappoint at all, thank you sir. As always your work is worthy of the wait.

Thank you for talking about Hyouka, great timing for it. Happy 10th anniversary!! It is my favourite😊🖤

Love your channel ever video is so well made.

I'm a simple man, I see Beyond Ghibli, I watch.

Amazing video I hadn’t really realised how much i loved haruhi until you pointed out all the good parts so thanks.

another flawless video

Wow this is so well made. You deserve a lot more subscribers.

this was an amazing watch. i just finished clannad a few days ago, and the other two are personal favorites of mine so i was delighted to see this pop up in my recommended. i really can relate with the fact that every one of these shows leaves you with something to take with you to your personal life. it's always hard to pin it down what it is specifically, but kyoani always has a knack for making the most personally rewarding anime i've watched. great vid, thanks for posting it man

I really do love your videos it really makes anime more than just an entertainment. Anime has best made me understand my feelings in my teen years just by seeing it reflected in art and I still continue to. I love your videos and you are one of the best content creators in the platform. Keep up the good work!

Fantastic video, thank you for putting this together. This was the first video of yours that I've watched and it was so so welcome. I've watched anime since the late 80s then life got in the way, and only in the last 2 or so years has it come back into my life. I've watched 2 of these series, Haruhi about 6 months ago including the film and I loved both despite its idiosyncrasies. Then literally yesterday after years of hearing about it I watched all of Clannad Afterstory in one day, that was something else for sure. I'm still letting Clannad AS sink in, it was amazing and emotional and thought provoking. So thanks for this video, Hyouka has been on my watch list for some months now and will be next in line, I'm so looking forward to it. That's my biggest regret about these amazing series, once you've watched them you can't watch them with fresh eyes again. Oh what I wouldn't give for a memory wipe device (like from Men In Black). And finally Kyoani are such a special studio. I remember the tragedy of 3 years ago on the news but little did I know what impact their amazing work would soon come to have on me and my life. Please keep making great videos like this, it's so good to be reminded of their work.

Absolutely loved it! Clannad is my favorite anime series of all time. Im surprised you liked the first part more than the second. Excellent work as usual!

Wow. I’m very happy to have found this channel. I pretty much only listened to the Haruhi and Clannad parts because the former is my favorite anime but this video has struck a cord with me and motivating me to finish Hyouka finally

I can't help it but when I listen to a song from Clannad have goosebumps all over my body. What a masterpiece. Also, great video!

Kyon and Oreki... At the same time... I'm in heaven!!!!

I really like the font of the subtitles of this video, it looks so aesthetic

I haven't seen the other 2 yet so idk but you talked so beautifully about clannad. Man,i wanna see it again lol. Final words we're beautiful too. Really made my depressing day.

Excellent synopsis! I grew up on all of these anime and cherish them deeply. I'm glad to see someone else does too.

every time that Clannad piano piece plays it just eats at me inside

absolute banger of a video, Kyoani has always been my favorite studio

Wonderful short. Kyoto Anime has made a place in my heart with many series. I have to see Clannad, as you said I've been avoiding it because of the sad anime status, but nonetheless is one of the Jewels of Anime.

Melancholy was actually my own favourite anime for a long time back in the day 😊

Awesome video!

Wow. Just wow. Beautiful video, it really moved me and I havent even watched these animes

you had me crying..thanks

This was amazing. just you talking about clannad made me cry. knowing about what was to happen. Would love you to do a deep Dive into Clannad. Keep up the great work. A***

Yet another banger!

I'll be honest. i don't know what it is about your voice, but holy shit did it break me more than i thought it was possible while listening to you talk about these shows, it's been years since i watched any of them, and the emotion plus your voice, honestly kinda broke me. great video tho man. thanks for the content as a first time watcher.

So first time I've seen one of your videos, it was suggested by the algorithm, but you talked about 3 of the animes close to my heart. Clannad being my favourite as watched in more then 20 times obsessive you could say. But I see it a fresh every time never boring me ... and I was late to the party with this only discovering it 4 years ago. But just like your video it's enjoyable content.. just as a suggestion or even if you haven't watched it I think a video on I want to eat your pancreas is another beautiful piece you should look into..

This may very well be my favourite video from you so far to be honest. The only one out of these 3 I've watched was Haruhi (which I dropped halfway bc I didn't like it that much) but you put the words you used made them all feel like they were gems at the back of my mind I had forgotten about. I'll make sure I rewatch Haruhi then!

Fantastic video! I think it's the push I need to actually watch Clannad, it's been on my to-watch list for years.

Clannad and Haruhi Suzumiya are two of my favorite anime to this day. Clannad really brought me comfort in HS and I loved it so much initially bc it was the first anime I saw that actually showed the couple get together and what happens when they're adults. Its also the first piece of media that made me cry like that. Haruhi Suzumiya impacts me until this day because I essentially wanted to be her. Having adventures with friends and also never repeating a hairstyle which I dont do irl. Upon re-watching it this year it feels like Haruhi is neuro-divergent coded with ADHD perhaps which made me love it even more. Endless 8 is still terrible to go through tho lol. Please give multiple of these shows a chance you wont regret it.

Clannad - I forget that my brother and I watched it a year or so ago - we did not get to finish it - exactly like K-ON! I think we watched and watched it delaying the end sequence and it got removed from Netflix. Haruhi was the first one I came across as a result of watching Linda, Linda, Linda (2005) which a review of, pointed out Haruhi paid homage to it in their Love Alive episode - which got me watching The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (before it was re-released and due to no supply in sight was on KZfaq back then) .. did not know a thing about the show but I was fortunate to spot that whatever they were talking about - you just could feel the quality and care - it was important and I wanted to know why and stayed up all night watching it making mental notes all they way through - "there in lies a story .. find out later".

Great video! You should also make a video about the movie the Girl who leapt through time. It's an underrated film by Mamoru Hosoda, while in some parts slow paced it had a interesting story that explored themes of relantioships and time and also school setting to me seemed really refreshing compared to other anime placed in high school.

how does this only have 37K views?? BURHHHHHH this is peak Anitube

those sparks are increasingly rare as you get older, less and less heart in everyone and yourself. impossible for some who are born into unusual brain patterns perceiving things incorrectly or not at all. I've watched these hollows since I was born, became a companion for some as a young adult and now I'm becoming one too. Few of us get to even witness these sparks at a distance. The countless walking corpses should show you that.