Another (novel)
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アナザー (Anazā) |
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| Genre | Horror, Mystery |
| Serial novel | |
| Written by | Yukito Ayatsuji |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
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| Magazine | Yasei Jidai |
| Published | October 29, 2009 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yukito Ayatsuji |
| Illustrated by | Hiro Kiyohara |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Ace |
| Original run | May 2010 – January 2012 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
| Written by | Ryō Higaki |
| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | P.A.Works |
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| Original network | KNB, KBS, Tokyo MX, CTC |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 10, 2012 – March 27, 2012 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| The Other -Karma- | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
| Written by | Ryō Higaki |
| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | P.A.Works |
| Released | May 26, 2012 |
| Novel | |
| Another: Episode S | |
| Written by | Yukito Ayatsuji |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Published | July 31, 2013 |
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Another (アナザー Anazā?) is a Japanese mystery horror novel by Yukito Ayatsuji, published on October 29, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten. The story focuses on a boy named Kōichi Sakakibara who, upon transferring into Yomiyama Middle School and meeting the curious Mei Misaki, finds himself in a mystery revolving around students and people related to his class falling victim to gruesome, senseless deaths.
A manga adaptation by Hiro Kiyohara was serialized between May 2010 and January 2012 in the issues of Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace. Both the novel and the manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. A 12-episode anime TV series produced by P.A.Works aired in Japan between January 10 and March 27, 2012, with an original video animation episode released on May 26, 2012, and a live-action film of the same name was released in Japanese theatres on August 4, 2012.
In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School's class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the loss, the students and teacher behaved like Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence on the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama's class 3-3, where he meets Mei Misaki, a quiet student whom their classmates and teacher seemingly ignore. The class is soon caught up in a strange phenomenon, in which students and their relatives begin to die in often gruesome ways. Realizing that these deaths are related to the "Misaki of 1972", a yearly calamity that has struck most every class 3-3 since 1972, Kōichi and Mei seek to figure out how to stop it before it kills anymore of their classmates or them.
Another is a 677-page novel written by Yukito Ayatsuji. The novel was originally serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's literary magazine Yasai Jidai in intermittent periods between the August 2006 and May 2009 issues. A compiled tankōbon volume was published on October 29, 2009 and a two-volume bunkobon edition was released on September 25, 2011. A re-release of the bunkobon edition featuring illustrations by Noizi Ito was released under the imprint Sneaker Bunko on March 1, 2012. A spin-off novel titled Another: Episode S/0 was released on July 31, 2013. It is two novels in one binding. Another S is a side novel set in the same time period, an adventure of Mei Misaki during summer vacation. Another 0 is set during Aunt Reiko's year in class 3-3, in 1983. A sequel novel with the tentative title Another 2 has been announced.Yen Press has licensed the novel in North America.
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