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Another
Cover of the novel
アナザー
(Anazā)
GenreHorror
Novel
Written byYukito Ayatsuji
Published byKadokawa Shoten
PublishedOctober 29, 2009
Manga
Written byYukito Ayatsuji
Illustrated byHiro Kiyohara
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineYoung Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 2010 – January 2012
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed byTsutomu Mizushima
Written byRyō Higaki
Music byKow Otani
StudioP.A. Works
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 10, 2012 – present
Live-action film
Directed byTakeshi Furusawa
Written bySachiko Tanaka
ReleasedSummer 2012

Another (アナザー, Anazā) is a Japanese fictional mystery horror novel by Yukito Ayatsuji, published on October 29, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten. A manga adaptation by Hiro Kiyohara was serialized between the May 2010 and January 2012 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace. A TV anime series produced by P.A. Works premiered on January 10, 2012, and a live-action film will be produced in summer 2012.

Plot

In 1972, there was a student named Misaki in Yomiyama Middle School's 3-3 class. An honors student who was also good at sports, Misaki was very popular among her peers, and even the teachers were fond of her. When she suddenly died from an unspecified accident, the shocked class decided to carry on as if Misaki was still alive. However, when class 3-3's graduation photo was taken, they saw someone in the shot who should not have been there—Misaki.[1]

In spring 1998, 15-year-old middle school student Kōichi Sakakibara moves from Tokyo to his late mother's hometown of Yomiyama, due to his father's work in India. There, he transfers to Yomiyama Middle School's 3-3 class. Because of a pneumothorax (a punctured left lung), he has to be hospitalized just before school starts.[2] In the hospital, class delegates Kazami and Sakuragi go to pay him a visit. Before being discharged, Kōichi meets in the elevator a young girl in a school uniform with an eyepatch. She goes to the basement floor (where the morgue is located), saying she had to deliver something to her "other half", and leaves him her name: Mei Misaki.[3]

Kōichi finally attends school and tries to adapt, but can't help but notice the strange behavior of his classmates. Mei, the girl he met at the hospital, is in the same class as his, but her desk looks old and different from the rest. She is always alone, and nobody seems to react to her presence or try to talk to her. Kōichi first thinks that is a case of bullying, but realizes that even the staff are acting the same way. He also notices that his class is also the only one that practices P.E. separately.[4]

Kōichi asks his aunt Reiko and his new friends, Kazami and Teshigawara, about Mei; however, his classmates warn him to "stop hanging out with something that doesn't exist".[5] His aunt also introduces him to the urban legends and "rules" of the school. Suddenly, on a rainy day, Yukari Sakuragi is killed when she falls down the school stairs, her neck getting pierced by the sharp end of her umbrella.[6]

With the mystery growing around him, Kōichi tries to uncover the history of class 3-3. He learns of the "Misaki incident" 26 years ago, in 1972. Kōichi realizes that 26 years ago, his mother was a student in the same class, meaning that she may have died because of her link to that class.[citation needed] He tries to find if there is some kind of connection. In the process, he asks Sanae Mizuno, a nurse at the Yomigaoka hospital, to investigate the reason Mei was there.[7] However, Mizuno dies the next month, when the hospital elevator she was riding falls down the shaft.

Characters

Main characters

Kōichi Sakakibara (榊原恒一, Sakakibara Kōichi)
Voiced by: Atsushi Abe
A 15 year-old boy who transferred to Yomiyama North Middle School into the 3-3 class, but because of a pneumothorax, he had to be hospitalized just before the start of classes.
Mei Misaki (見崎鳴, Misaki Mei)
Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori
3-3 Classmate. She wears an eyepatch over her left eye, which is a green puppet's eye, and sits in a scratched desk different from other students. Kōichi first meets her on the elevator of Yūmigaoka Hospital.

Relatives

Yōsuke Sakakibara (榊原陽介, Sakakibara Yōsuke)
Kōichi's father. A college professor currently doing research in India.
Ritsuko (理津子, Ritsuko)
Kōichi's late mother. She died 15 years ago after giving birth to Kōichi. She was a student in Class 3-3, where the character Misaki died.
Reiko (玲子, Reiko)
Voiced by: Naoko Sakakibara
Kōichi's aunt from Ritsuko's side. She gives her nephew advice on how to make it through Yomiyama.
Ryōhei (亮平, Ryōhei)
Ritsuko's father.
Tamie (民江, Tamie)
Ritsuko's mother.

School

Mr. Kubodera (久保寺, Kubodera)
3-3 homeroom teacher.
Ms. Mikami (三神, Mikami)
Voiced by: Misayo Miyamaki
3-3 deputy homeroom teacher.
Teshigawara (敕使河原, Teshigawara)
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno
3-3 Classmate and Kōichi's friend. He calls him "Sakaki".
Tomohiko Kazami (風見智彦, Kazami Tomohiko)
Voiced by: Mitsuhiro Ichiki
3-3 Classmate and Kōichi's friend. He's one of the class delegates.
Yukari Sakuragi (桜木ゆかり, Sakuragi Yukari)
Voiced by: Ai Nonaka
3-3 Classmate. She's one of the class delegates. Killed when she falls down the stairs in a hurry after being notified her family had an accident, where her neck is impaled by the sharp end of an umbrella. Yukari and her mother were the "Deaths of May". [6]
Izumi Akazawa (赤沢泉美, Akazawa Izumi)
Voiced by: Madoka Yonezawa
3-3 classmate and friend of Yukari Sakuragi.
Yūya Mochizuki (望月優矢, Mochizuki Yūya)
Voiced by: Kazutomi Yamamoto
3-3 Classmate and a member of the Art Club. Informs Kōichi the death of their classmate Ikuo Takabayashi by heart attack, one of the "Deaths of June".
Tatsuji Chibiki (千曳辰治, Chibiki Tatsuji)
Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata
Librarian in charge of the No. 2 library room. Former teacher for class 3-3.
Misaki Yomiyama (夜見山岬, Yomiyama Misaki)
An honors student from Yomiyama Middle School's Class 3-3 in 1972. Died in an unspecified accident, causing his classmates to deny her passing.[1]

Others

Sanae Mizuno (水野沙苗, Mizuno Sanae)
Voiced by: Seiko Yoshida
Nurse at Yūmigaoka Hospital. She tries to assist Kōichi in unravelling the mystery until a certain point. Killed when the elevator she was riding dropped down the shaft, with the ceiling coming down on her. She turned into one of the "Deaths of June". Her younger brother is in class 3-3, making this partly the reason for her death.[citation needed]

Media

Novel

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[8] and a two-volume bunkobon version was released on September 25, 2011.[9][10]

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Hiro Kiyohara was serialized between the May 2010 and January 2012 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine. Four tankōbon volumes were released between October 4, 2010 and December 29, 2011.[11][12]

Anime

An anime TV series adaptation produced by P.A. Works and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima[13] began airing on January 10, 2012. The screenplay was written by Ryō Higaki, and the chief animation director Yuriko Ishii based the character design used in the anime on Noizi Ito's original concept.[13][14] The music was produced by Kow Otani, and the sound director is Yoshikazu Iwanami.[14] The anime has two theme songs: the opening theme "Kyōmu Densen" (凶夢伝染, Nightmare Contagion) by the band Ali Project, and the ending theme "Anemnesis" by Annabel. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime series for digital and home video release in 2012.[15]

Episode list

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Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation directed by Takeshi Furusawa[16] and produced by Kadokawa Pictures will be released in Japanese theaters in summer 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 8-13. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 14. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 32-34. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 72. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 171. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 185. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Ayatsuji, Yukito (2009). Another. Japan. p. 115-118. ISBN 978-4-0487-4003-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ "Another" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  9. ^ "Another (上)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  10. ^ "Another (下)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  11. ^ "Another (1)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  12. ^ "Another (4)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Anime Another with Noizi Ito, P.A. Works Debuts in January". Anime News Network. August 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "Staff & Cast" (in Japanese). P.A. Works. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  15. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Horror TV Anime Another". Anime News Network. January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  16. ^ "Ring Horror Films' Sadako Gets 3D Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. February 15, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
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