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Ano Hana

Anohana:
The Flower We Saw That Day
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Jinta and Meiko on the cover of the first DVD volume for Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day.
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
(Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.)
Genre Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy
Serial novel
Written by Mari Okada
Published by Media Factory
Imprint MF Bunko Da Vinci
Magazine Da Vinci
Original run March 2011July 2011
Volumes 2
Anime television series
Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
Written by Mari Okada
Music by Remedios
Studio A-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Hanabee
Original network Fuji TV (noitamina), BS Fuji, Kansai TV, Tokai TV
Original run April 14, 2011June 23, 2011
Episodes 11 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by Mari Okada
Illustrated by Mitsu Izumi
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Jump Square
Original run April 4, 2012March 2013
Volumes 3
Game
Developer Guyzware
Publisher 5pb.
Genre Visual novel
Platform PlayStation Portable
Released
  • JP: August 30, 2012
Anime film
Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
Music by Remedios
Studio A-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Released August 31, 2013
Manga
Written by Mari Okada
Illustrated by Mitsu Izumi
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Jump Square
Published September 4, 2013
Live-action television film
Directed by Masaki Nishiura
Written by Yoshihiro Izumi
Released September 21, 2015
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai., lit. "We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day.") is an 11-episode 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai. The anime aired in Fuji TV's noitamina block between April and June 2011. The anime is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.

An anime film was released in Japanese theaters on August 31, 2013. A novelization by Mari Okada was serialized in Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine from March to July 2011. A manga adaptation illustrated by Mitsu Izumi began serialization in the May 2012 issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine. A visual novel adaptation for the PlayStation Portable was released by 5pb. in August 2012. A television drama also premiered in August 2015 on Fuji TV.

A group of six sixth-grade-age childhood friends drift apart after one of them, Meiko "Menma" Honma, dies in an accident. Years after the incident, the leader of the group, Jinta Yadomi, has withdrawn from society, does not attend high school, and lives as a recluse. One summer day, the ghost of an older-looking Menma appears beside him and asks to have a wish granted, reasoning that she cannot pass on into the afterlife until it is fulfilled. At first, he only tries to help her minimally because he thinks he is hallucinating. But since Menma does not remember what her wish is, Jinta gathers his estranged friends together once again, believing that they are the key to resolving this problem. All of the group join him, though most of them do so reluctantly. However, things grow increasingly complicated when his friends accuse him of not being able to get over the death of Menma, for Jinta is the only one who can see Menma's ghost and his friends think he is seeing things. But as matters progress, it is realized that Jinta is not the only person in the group who is having trouble letting go of the past. It is revealed that all of the group members blame themselves for Menma's death and long-hidden feelings are rekindled. The group struggles as they grow from trying to help Menma move on and help each other move on as well.


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