Dango Daikazoku - Clannad ED [Piano]
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Sheet music → mymusic.st/animenzzz/74148
This week's nostalgia Anime piano cover is another true classic with a very familiar melody: Dango Daikazoku from Clannad. Whenever I hear this melody, I can immediately picture the ending animation of Clannad in my mind with all the hand drawn Dangos.
It is hard to believe that Clannad has aired almost 12 years ago in 2008, but the story is still as fresh as ever in my memory. It's a little bit of pity that the first season of Clannad is usually neglected in favor of its second season, Clannad ~ After Story. Granted, the emotional impact of After Story is pretty much legendary, but I actually enjoyed both the "silly" side of Clannad and the "serious" side of After Story equally. (Especially that gym locker room scene with Kyou)
I wonder if people nowadays still watch those decade old Anime series from 2005 - 2010, especially people new to Anime. Since there are so many new Anime series airing every season, newcomers can be quite overwhelmed regarding what to watch next. And some people might be discouraged by the seemingly outdated animations and therefore just watch the more recent Anime Series. Well, I may be mistaken as well and people actually prefer to watch the "good old stuff" instead of currently airing Anime (笑)
A few words about this arrangement. It's probably the piano cover with one the lowest difficulty level I have done far and I applied the "simple is best" rule until the very end. My favorite part of the original song has always been the second chorus, when a choir is joining the singer and more instruments are being added. I used the deep bass notes in 02:45 to give the chorus a grandiose feeling, similar to what I felt when I was listening to Dango Daikazoku.
I was also wondering how to give this arrangement a proper closure at the end. Since I am only playing very high notes at the end, the sound reminds me a little bit of a Music box. The melody is gradually losing its speed, like a music box running out of its wind-up energy, step by step... until it finally stops. And all that's left is the silence afterwards.
Well, that's it for this week's upload! I hope you enjoyed the small nostalgia trip as much as I did. I am already working on next weeks upload and it's going to be a frequently requested song. It's finally happening. (´。• ω •。`)
See you next time!
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Dango Daikazoku / だんご大家族
Anime: CLANNAD (TV Series 2007-2008)
Published by: Key Sounds Label (2007)
Composed by: Jun Maeda / 麻枝 准
Performed by: Chata / 茶太
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All aboard the feels train, everyone (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`)
@mar00_60
4 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭
@yakumo_kei
4 жыл бұрын
The train took me to another world.
@bekahchl1015
4 жыл бұрын
No... Please God, spare me from the feels of this "cutesy" song. 😭
@Lotuswalker
4 жыл бұрын
if i would be ever able to play this slng i would cry my soul out while playing....
@bekahchl1015
4 жыл бұрын
@@Lotuswalker you can find simple versions of this song online. It's really not too hard, but when you add embellishments, then things get tricky.
“If you really are a man, you should grab the girl you love and run” - Akio Furukawa AKA best husband and side character ever.
@ra1lgunz268
4 жыл бұрын
You'd be in prison in real life
@ra1lgunz268
4 жыл бұрын
@leoness I know
@shunnu_u
4 жыл бұрын
You know what Nagisa said to her parents xD
@serban031
4 жыл бұрын
Every character in that show was so well done and so well realized
@mingweizou1267
4 жыл бұрын
Best husband, best dad, best granddad, best person ever
I'm a simple person. I hear dango, I cry
@onlyone8789
7 ай бұрын
Didn’t expect this to happen to me lmao
I watched clannad when im still high school student. Now im a registered nurse. Today is my day off after day after day working in emergency department. What a way to relieved stress.
@bekahchl1015
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your hard work. I respect those in the human medical field.
@vengeance3364
4 жыл бұрын
I already have 9 views of this one
@wonpho2go684
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Da_Canadian_man
4 жыл бұрын
Can you tell us is there a medical way to cure the feels
@nguyenhanh8127
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for late reply but thank you very much, people working in the medical field.
"Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango daikazoku" Imma gonna cry in a corner. Don't look at me.
@YISHIENLAIJENNIE
4 жыл бұрын
Please also listen Thumb piano version of Dango Daikazoku : kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZOew9OfYcTRicY.html
@user-gx3ue2yx4o
2 жыл бұрын
me too
@G-4Bes0nn
Ай бұрын
I'm crying right beside you😢
Nagisa. You told me you’d always be by my side. You said, we’d always be together. You promised me that, remember? Over and over again. We both promised. That was my only dream. Nothing good ever happened to me until I met you. I thought I had a crappy life but even someone useless like me finally found something to live for. Right, Nagisa? Right? Nagisa... NAGISA!!!
@Animenzzz
4 жыл бұрын
Ex-Cadet Perry this almost made me tear up. Clannad is so good 😭
@ex-cadetperry3506
4 жыл бұрын
@@Animenzzz It was not just good... It was one of the best 😭 Anyway love your work. I'm a major fan. I wish all the best.
@RunicFireWolf
4 жыл бұрын
Why’d you have to go and post was was easily the saddest moment....I’m not crying...you’re crying....SHUT UP!!!!!!!
@weewoo7776
4 жыл бұрын
Stop in in da feels
@MarkoPot
4 жыл бұрын
GOD NO STOP......
Them: So has food ever made you cry? Me: *refuses to speak*
@AH-ve5um
4 жыл бұрын
2ha fans: refuses to speak
@luna-en5rr
4 жыл бұрын
Aria Hime DONT REMIND ME 😔
This piece is not easy. 1. You really have to feel the emotions and ofcourse u can't play with those tears in ur eyes
@xE92vD
Жыл бұрын
If someone hasn't watched the anime, or even if they did and did not like it, would not tear up, but of course even unknown music's to you can make you feel nostalgia hence the tears.
People : "No food song can make people sad" Clannad : "HOLD MY DANGO"
@natsusama-_-9195
3 жыл бұрын
First: this is song about happy family Second: hold my VODKA!
@NZD5-p7p
3 жыл бұрын
@@natsusama-_-9195 so trueee😭
@potats4703
2 жыл бұрын
What about the onion
@DoMa320
2 жыл бұрын
😭🤧
Tomoya: “Ushio, we may not be able to find that robot. We can’t do anything about it. So lets buy another from the store” Ushio: “There is only one.” Tomoya: “There’s plenty at the store.” Ushio: “It’s the one you chose and bought for me. The first thing from papa.” Tomoya: “... Were you lonely, Ushio?” Me: *c r i*
@ipann6693
4 жыл бұрын
UwU
@ipann6693
4 жыл бұрын
i cried so hard at that part
@ahmadalradi6931
4 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭
@pathos6611
4 жыл бұрын
bruh dont make me crY
@cygibran
4 жыл бұрын
where men cried
I can do it, I'm a grown man, I won't cry anymore 0:03 **tears*
The ED of Clannad contrasted the inevitable immense sadness that would happen in the series, and I feel like that’s what made the song so beautiful looking back. It shows the light in this dark serious. I maybe looking too deep in a cutesy song, but I just have so much emotions attached to this song.
@nitrix6538
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh, that song us such a ride
@sampt0129
4 жыл бұрын
I felt a little depressed while listening to OST of Clannad ED due to its similar sounds of raining sounding like Di Da, Di Da.
@takethebluepill16
4 жыл бұрын
It feels so nostalgic through all the sadness
@Aeikon
4 жыл бұрын
Better yet, look up the lyrics. The song is all about the importance of family and friendships. Pretty much the whole point of the anime.
@ctrl_x1770
3 жыл бұрын
I have never watched the anime and know nothing about it except that it is sad. but this song still gets to me.
Ushio: "Sanae san told me that the places I can cry are the bathroom and daddy's arms." My heart muscles: "We are blasting off again"..... *ting*
@NeoRIGEL65
3 жыл бұрын
Duuuude...
@jamesramirez0408
3 жыл бұрын
AAAAA why remind me of that scene
"Daddy.....where are we........are we on the train?"
@ipann6693
4 жыл бұрын
WHYYYYY
@ipann6693
4 жыл бұрын
"it is night daddy ?"
@rahmiansa.k8022
4 жыл бұрын
USHIO-CHAANNNNN T^T
@ctrl_x1770
3 жыл бұрын
What happened? I want to get spoiled. Actually, there was this guy in the comment section who spoiled the whole thing. I managed to not get spoiled, but fell into the temptation. So well, just spoil it for me.
@a.g9787
3 жыл бұрын
@@ctrl_x1770 nooooooooooo
"I wonder if people nowadays still watch those decade old Anime series from 2005 - 2010, especially people new to Anime." My (Our) answer: YESSSSSSS
@andres-vb7js
4 жыл бұрын
time doesn't kill the good ones, the good ones stay strong
@Josef_1186
4 жыл бұрын
I literally just finished Clannad for the first time.
@miftahfirdaus7084
4 жыл бұрын
Its so sad that today's anime quality is so far from those days
@Josef_1186
4 жыл бұрын
Miftah Firdaus I have to disagree with that though. There’s so much fantastic anime coming out every season.
@Un1234l
4 жыл бұрын
@@Josef_1186 Rarely. It's just a handful. 2002-2010 ish were the golden years with lots of quality anime.
I would love to see something like "Variations on a Theme of Dango Daikazoku"! Perhaps a future video idea ... _thinking_
@dhyne1103
3 жыл бұрын
wait are you the real one?
@kartikpatel8567
3 жыл бұрын
Dhyne yep 👍🏿
@fhortedakwhil2904
3 жыл бұрын
After Dango Daikazoku and Dango Dango Dango it becomes ‘Variations on Nagisa’
@Cyclically
3 жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqmI3JKRisfNotY.html
@takunee6283
2 жыл бұрын
@@dhyne1103 eu acho que ele é o verdadeiro, porque ele tocou tão lindo. Adoro piano ele é muito bom.
The video isn't even out yet, but that title alone is enough to make me feel so emotional again... Clannad is one of the handful of masterpieces in anime that will forever stay deep in my heart. It genuinely made me think about the joys and hardships of life and family, and has brought out emotions in me like no other series ever has.
@devildog1121
4 жыл бұрын
^^^^ 100% agree
@kanaverum
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this story is incredible
@paradoxity_
3 жыл бұрын
I've watched over 100 anime and clannad is my all time favourite.
@emilyj5973
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it led me to discover parts of myself that I hadn’t thought of before, and I came to really appreciate the little things in life. If you’re looking to watch another like it, I recommend Fruits Basket.
@Emre.55
3 жыл бұрын
@@emilyj5973 Already finished Fruits Basket and loved every second of it, too bad it's over now.
To those who haven't watched or even don't know this anime, this anime CLANNAD is really a masterpiece and one of the must-watch anime before u die. It might be a bit boring at the begging, but you'll feel the heartwarming emotion while u're watching.
@logicalveganlifts9521
4 жыл бұрын
Kensei Honda 100% agree
@Abayas.
4 жыл бұрын
It starts out very comedy and slice-of-life for CLANNAD, to make you really like the characters. Then comes the Afterstory...
@conradomods9573
4 жыл бұрын
There's a problem with this comment, and it's that is not pinned with a warning for spoilers in the comment section
@Cuyite
4 жыл бұрын
but I dont have crunchyroll premium
@rachelc.531
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cuyite it's on Netflix
When ANIMENZ don't smash the piano He does it with your Heart
@sorosoro2690
3 жыл бұрын
@Trevor Ou Apparently people like CDawgVA exist...
@sorosoro2690
3 жыл бұрын
@Trevor Ou Watch this... (kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGaqudqxntqwcbw.html) And I remember he said "That's why I don't listen to clannad ending" on the full video.
@IAmNotYourProblem
3 жыл бұрын
He didn’t smash the piano. He smashed my heart and tear glands
@miafitzhugh756
3 жыл бұрын
@@sorosoro2690 LMAO
Apparently it was necessary to hoard toilet paper because after this and Anohana, I'm out of tissues.
@Halation9209
4 жыл бұрын
That truly makes sense
@YISHIENLAIJENNIE
4 жыл бұрын
Please also listen Thumb piano version of Dango Daikazoku : kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZOew9OfYcTRicY.html
Anohana and now Clannad?? Coronavirus killing us? Nah more like Animenz killing us with all these feels T-T In all seriousness, hope you're staying safe over there in Japan!
@floriangruen6524
4 жыл бұрын
He is from Germany :)
@masterofcorgis4975
4 жыл бұрын
Florian Gruen He’s currently living in Japan right now according to his Twitter posts
@floriangruen6524
4 жыл бұрын
@@masterofcorgis4975 dayum okay I don't have a Twitter Account :D Maybe I should make one soon to stay updated :) But thx for the Info ^^
@sharkshark1812
4 жыл бұрын
The virus ain't goin to kill me not before i finish my anime watch list
@sorranayo9667
4 жыл бұрын
Shark Shark Add One piece, then you will become an immortal
The way he played it like how the anime progressed is making me tear up... Starting from playing the piano like the soft love of nagisa to tomoya, then suddenly transitioned to playing it hard like how tomoya grieved for nagisa and ushio's death to a soft ending like how he accepted their deaths.... He delivered it all in this piece!
今まで見たアニメの中でCLANNADが一番泣いた。 今日のCLANNAD一挙放送が楽しみ
Hey. Just wanted to let you know. Me and my wife used this rendition of Dango Family at our wedding last year. It was absolutely amazing. I wanna thank you for making this version and it was super emotional for me and my wife. Thank you.
@marethyu_primo7638
Жыл бұрын
Holy Crap...This as a first dance? Something that very few would get but only you and your S/O would while still sounding beautiful? Thank you for this fantastic idea
日本アニメの隠れた名曲を弾いてくださりありがとうございます。 泣いてしまいました。
Remember when ushio says there is just two place she can cry? Add another one, this video. 😭
No. Way. I literally started watching Clannad yesterday and finished it today. Literally thirty minutes after I finished episode 22 I got a notification for your premiere. All I can say is coincidence is a scary thing, and once again spectacular arrangement of this heartwarming piece from an even more emotional show.
@zelko123_
3 жыл бұрын
Well...you should watch the after story
@nejihyuga8094
3 жыл бұрын
@@zelko123_ honestly without afterstory it's an average slice of life, but with afterstory it's one of the greatest anime ever made, so I 1up that rec
Oh no... i dont have enough tears stored up
Finished finished After Story today. I've been crying for... a good while now, but do I regret it? No, not at all. Incredible story.
ive never seen an anime as beautiful as clannad. everything just fits together perfectly and it really blew my mind. although i do wish that they wouldve maybe did something to where tomoya and nagisa remembered fuko, its still great. 10/10 would recommend
"Anpan!" "Do you love this school?" "I really love it very very much" "But everything will change, eventually" "Happy things, fun things, they will-they will eventually change." "Would you still love this place?" "Just go and find more." *Gloomy scenery changing into colorful view* "Happy things, fun things-just go and find more." "Come on, we're going to be late."
Oh god, I can't wait to cry.
I'm back. Still crying. This anime is a big part of my childhood.
@edyohyuuri
2 жыл бұрын
I'm back again. I'll probably come back when I'm at my lowest.
@nupipun
8 ай бұрын
im glad you didn't, keep it up @@edyohyuuri
Whenever I hear this song, I still can’t believe how many people don’t know this anime. The joy, anger, sadness, and the in-betweens.
No way. This is five songs in a row. Its official: animenz is playing my playlist.
I cannot describe how I feel right now ...both comfort and deep sadness..probably this is a universal opinion that everybody agrees with ....Clannad is the perfect definition of a slice of life anime everything down to the deep story to the relationships between the characters and their development from high school life to senior life ....literally an anime that changed my perspective on life an absolute masterpiece and thank you for this wholesome masterpiece ❤
im crying
This is going to bring back plenty of memories
Me watching the ED for the first time: "Hmm...it's just a dango song." Me after watching the whole series: "PROTECT....DEM....DANGOs!!!!!!!!! T^T"
@YISHIENLAIJENNIE
4 жыл бұрын
Please also listen Thumb piano version of Dango Daikazoku : kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZOew9OfYcTRicY.html
CLANNAD数回観てるだけあってこの曲に、この優しい音色にやられて泣いた😭
Oof, Anohana, then this? The feels are going to kill us all! Also, I could be wrong, but is this the first time Animenz had a KZread Music License in his video description? I wonder what that says about his current copyright situation...
@rohanchakraborty1076
4 жыл бұрын
I remember one time he had a KZread Music License on his Unravel video for a short amount of time before, but it went away pretty quickly.
The thing about Clannad is you know that those days are going to be the happiest days of your life, and they are.
Playing this song to my newborn baby girl right now. Idk why there’s tear coming out from my eye :’)
@erictheroman5813
Жыл бұрын
God bless you and your family mate. Clannad is real special
I’m already crying.
The first time I watched Clannad, it was during my second year at high school. It was the first anime that I watched in earnest, and it made me cry like a baby. Other series come and gone afterwards, none can compete with Clannad in terms of impression and the emotional turmoil it brought to me.
me: "it has been three years since i watched Clannad, it's not going to be that bad." Me after watching the first 5 seconds "cries like a bitch"
This song triggered such a strong emotional response from me, to the point where I almost had tears in my eyes, something that I have never experienced with any other song, including the original.
I'm already crying...I can already hear singing..dango dango dango
I haven't watched this anime yet, but just listen to this song made me feel like I'm home.
@isaacbullo9679
4 жыл бұрын
You're definitely spot on ;)
@annaairahala9462
4 жыл бұрын
Clannad has an amazing soundtrack, one of the best imo. If you like music like this, I can recommend it just for that
@vaaaaaaliiii
4 жыл бұрын
Same, haven't watched it yet but this song makes me so sad and happy at the same time
@insidiosity
4 жыл бұрын
You don't understand anything until you've watched it. It's music, so I guess you don't really need context to feel emotion from it but you don't truly understand how sad this song is
@addisoncagan9545
4 жыл бұрын
Musfip if you’re not into romance you won’t like it but it’s a beautiful show filled with comedic relief that makes the painful moments hurt worse
It's weird how a song about dango can be so moving..
I cry everytime
Glad to meet Clannad which brings me happy and tears.
the song I love best and I hope Ushio's family always stay together!!! I think the happyness is the thing we can't see but we can feel by heart
"son why are you crying" "IT'S NOTHING MOM, I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING"
Before Clannad came out following the success of Kanon, not a darned one of us fans at the time thought that Clannad would have this kind of an impact on the entire culture as a whole. Yet it's now a touchstone of Anime. It resides at the top of high quality and emotional shows. I'm so proud to have been a part of that ride.
This is the video that you would like before it even start cuz you know it's gonna be good (CLANNAD!!!)
I haven't heard this song in many years, thank you for such a wonderful piano performance.
You should do the full version of the Clannad After Story opening. That would be a good one to do :)
Oh fuck me this arrangement hits me so hard I like how he used the lower bass notes to make it seem like when the song actually includes more instruments and just explodes Jesus I’m already crying
I always rewatch Clannad and Clannad AS at least once a year because of how much it has impacted me as a person. And hell, even without nostalgia KyoAnis animation aged really well and can still hold its own with today’s shows. Cheers to one of my favorite OSTs 🍻
Wait I’m not ready- I’m never going to be ready. My eyes are already crying. Omg
10/10 would cry again, thank you for letting us join on the feels train.
Bro i will never forget clannad
Please, I'm already cried a lot when watching this anime. Don't make me cry again😭😭😭
This rendition took me away, showing my heart all of the joy and sorrow that awaits it in life. It felt as though I were watching my own wedding, and smiling softly as I held my wife’s hand. Thank you sir, this is beauty.
I don’t normally write comments on video’s. Ever. But this time, I have to make an exception. This honestly made me tear up. Thank you for taking me back...back to all those happy and sad feelings and round them up into this beautiful piano play.
Queria poder esquecer tudo e assistir esse anime de novo para sentir todas aquelas emoções uma última vez. Chorei, essa música sempre me faz chorar.
@mateusjacoboski3644
10 ай бұрын
É nois
Clannad is simultaneously both one of the best, and most tear jerking animes ive ever seen
thinking about a disorganized family, hearing the dango daikazoku song in the dark room
I am nostalgic for two reasons - Clannad is one of the first anime I watched and is still my favorite to this day, and the first video of yours I watched was actually your Key Anime Piano Suite! So I'm dying of dehydration right now.
My heart feel at peace here
clannad is the best saddest anime ever it changes your life
After story literally broke me
@Kruemeleistee
3 жыл бұрын
It broke all of us
@unhiddenhistory
2 жыл бұрын
And I as well. Very few shows have made me "ugly cry," but Clannad After Story was one of them. Fruits Basket 2019 was the other.
I waited years for this omg
I completely adopt the illustration of Animenz for the activated mental toward playing music, which is just like a music box screwing up its winder finally ending up in a gradually loosing status.
I always get goose bumps only hearing the name clannad. This anime is in my heart.
This anime made me shed manly tears back then :'DD
Ever since the Air (TV), Kanon (2006), Clannad After Story - Piano Medley, been hoping you would do Dango Daikazoku with the proper love, that it was lacking in that one. Thank you. This is truly beautiful on it's own.
This takes me back....
概要欄見て共感しすぎて涙でます
Day 70 Quarantine: Rewatching the lullaby that makes me cry of nostalgia
Dammit I can’t stop crying. This piece is too beautiful and nostalgic for me to finish practicing it... 😭
My heart is not ready
OMFG
One of the simplest piece I've seen in a long time from animenz but yet still powerfully and emotional. Finally something I can try to play without all the arpeggio killing my fingers
(WARNING: CLANNAD AND CLANNAD: AFTER STORY SPOILERS) So this is a random realization I made about this series, idk if it is something a lot of people already noticed or not. Clannad's soundtrack uses a lot of music boxes and lullabies (like Dango Daikazoku) to foreshadow the baby in After Story
@annaairahala9462
4 жыл бұрын
I think you might be overthinking it. It's based on Nagisa's theme and it wasn't necessarily music box-like. The composer was a psychologist though, which is why every piece can convey feeling so well
@CreativeWeirdName
4 жыл бұрын
Anna Aira Hála just for clarification, I’m saying Dango Daikazoku sounds (at least to me) like a lullaby. I was more just saying in general the soundtrack uses a lot of music boxes and lullabies. But I could easily be wrong about that, as it’s been a bit seen I’ve seen the show or listened to the soundtrack
OH NO!!!! Another song with intense fellings still associated with it! God damnit, I don't wanna cry again.......
I have finally watched Clannad after all the years of hesitation and HOLY GOD, as expected of a legendary series, its quality and story are on another damn level compared to all other series I have ever watched. I'm scared that there would be no other series that can make me feel as good as Clannad.
Thanks for the barrage of arrangements! These premieres add so much hype lol
CLANNAD!! OMG MY HEART KENNOT TAKE THIS KIND OF TORTURE T^T
OMG watch me cry
Watching in 2024, thanks for your dedication. Clannad forever!❤
The wholesome feels trip we all needed, but don't deserve in these troubling times... 😭 Arrangement thoughts: Felt like I was floating on clouds, soaring through the sunny skies at the climax and then resting back onto peaceful pillows of air at the end. I re-listened to your Key Anime Piano Suite right before this, and I must say this Dango feels so much more poignant than the version you ended that medley with, which is already such a great arrangement. As we hit the climax, I was anticipating in my head a half-step up modulation that would've brought a second tier of emotional energy into the final chorus. That would've been an interesting alternate ending. But I am definitely satisfied with this work as is. Thank you as always for sharing! 😁
"All abroad the feels train."
I have always liked this melody and more on piano
i started watching anime only a few years ago. i always loved watching the epic fight scenes and was only ever interested in that sort of show. i gave this a go out of boredom and its still the number one anime on my list. havent found anything better yet.
A classic out of classics. A bliss fo my ears and my heart. Thank you so much for uploading so many quality covers regularly.
Another old anime song, i never skip this clannad ending
Man one after another of all my favorites
this hits hard