Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Jinta Yadomi is peacefully living as a recluse, spending his days away from school and playing video games at home instead. One hot summer day, his childhood friend, Meiko "Menma" Honma, appears and pesters him to grant a forgotten wish. He pays her no mind, which annoys her, but he doesn't really care. After all, Menma already died years ago.

At first, Jinta thinks that he is merely hallucinating due to the summer heat, but he is later on convinced that what he sees truly is the ghost of Menma. Jinta and his group of childhood friends grew apart after her untimely death, but they are drawn together once more as they try to lay Menma's spirit to rest. Re-living their pain and guilt, will they be able to find the strength to help not only Menma move on—but themselves as well?

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Honma, Meiko Main

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Yadomi, Jinta Main

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Anjou, Naruko Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Hisakawa, Tetsudou Main

Kondou, Takayuki Japanese

Tsurumi, Chiriko Main

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Matsuyuki, Atsumu Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Yadomi, Atsushi Supporting

Ogata, Mitsuru Japanese

Honma, Satoshi Supporting

Mizuhara, Kaoru Japanese

Aki Supporting

Makino, Yui Japanese

Yadomi, Touko Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Saitou, Shunsuke Producer

Nagai, Tatsuyuki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

Itou, Tomohiko Episode Director, Storyboard

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May 20, 2024

NAGISAAAAA583

Recommended

The premise is amazing, so here's a good synopsis.
Jinta starts tripping because he can see his childhood friend Menma.
However Menma is supposed to had been dead for years, turns out Menma is a ghost.
Jinta and the rest of the gang is going to fulfill a wish of Menma so she can go to heaven.

With that premise you'd think the story is fairly light-earted, but it's actually a tear jerker.
The characters are incredibly flawed and complex, the ending was fucking fire not gonna lie.
And yes, I'm still depressed after the ending.
Menma starts off as kinda annoying but she gets better as time goes on.
All the characters ... are amazing, I can't even choose which is my favorite.
10/10 MASTERPIECE

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 23, 2024

NillyPC

Mixed Feelings

The anime isn't a 10 for me. I have gripes with some things and the story gets a lil wacky for the most part, but still this is a great anime. I watched it because it was by A-1 and seeing that they did Erased I had a little hope. This anime honestly is good. It hits hard. Sure sometimes Jinta is annoying. Sometimes a character does something I don't like, but that final episode. Learning to let go of someone, but knowing that they always live on in your heart. That's really what its all about. And I can't hate that.

The characters are ... honestly good for the most part. The story as I said does get a little wacky, but it still is something nice. If you watched Hyouka, Erased (I'm repeating Erased a lot holy shit), or any anime with some hella emotion this might get a cry out of you as well. Maybe a tear or a sad glance.

I may like Erased more then this, but I won't put it down. Its a solid show if you're looking for something to watch with emotion. The soundtrack was amazing. Animation even more so. It's such consistently good animation. It had me shocked while watching the whole time through.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 12, 2024

Thicc_Ink

Not Recommended

Anohana was incredibly disappointing. About half way through i sat back and went “oh god im going to be a contrarian again” but I can’t for the life of me understand why this show is so beloved. This show was incredibly shallow, having nothing to really say about grief, or loss, or even really something as simple as “friendship.” The characters are sad because their childhood friend died, but their grief or ways of processing it doesn’t really go much deeper than that. Characters might state a way they’ve processed it, but it’s all tell don’t show, the only thing the characters do are thirst ... after each other before going “I’m sad also by the way :(“

I enjoy slow burn stories, honestly I got really excited when I realized if menma existed was going to be the main mystery of the show. It’s a really interesting plot device… that they don’t do anything with for three quarters of the series. The eight episode slow burn is instantly resolved with no actual payoff. The honest to god excuse for why it took eight episodes for anyone to even try and prove menma’s existence is “Menma is stupid and Jinta is selfish” which is such a lame payoff and basically means nothing when all of the characters have gone through their arcs already.

Speaking of characters, everyone is unlikable and poorly written. The women only ever obsess over the men in this show for basically no reason, and the men are just terrible people for no reason. Nobody has deeper motivations they leave unsaid. The one exception is Tetsudou, he was decently fun to watch most of the time. But even Tetsudou basically boils down to “the good hearted spiritual guy” which while kinda lame and generic is at least more interesting than “pretentious dick” and “generic shut in.” There’s no attempt to give characters chemistry or show romance, they just all have crushes on each other because it adds more drama I guess. It’s lame and annoying to watch.

The show isn’t sad. I went in thinking this was a tearjerker but because the plot was lame, characters unlikable, themes non existent, and writing uninspired I ended up not feeling enough of a connection to anything to make me cry. It’s sad because she’s dead, but that’s it. The emotional climaxes have such little impact that I couldn’t force myself to cry at a single moment. This is all to say, I like crying at stuff and cry easily but this show couldn’t get a single tear out of me. Disappointing.

3/10. Disappointing after hearing so many good things. There are a lot better shows worth your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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