Initial Impressions: Another

This review has been updated. For final impressions "Another", click here.


January 31, 2012
Posted by DarrenW

Hi all! Hope everyone had an enjoyable Chinese New Year ?!

Yes, its the first Winter 2011 season review! Let's start with the bone chilling anime by P.A. Works & I.G. Productions, "Another"!

It is 1998 in the small town of Yomiyama, of which a regular student attends highschool. Her name, Misaki, Misaki Mei. Just like your regular high school student, she takes her usual stroll to and from school everyday. Only one problem.

She's already dead.

Sakakibara Koichi

More than 25 years ago, the same girl had passed away in an unspecified accident. However, her lingering presence always remains a 'curse' of class 3-3 of Yomiyama North High School.


Today, a student by the name of Sakakibara Koichi has just started life in Yomiyama, his birthplace and the home to his late mother. Though warmly welcomed by his new classmates at Yomiyama North, there is a weird presence among them. A fear.

Mei. Misaki Mei.

Intrigued by the girl in the eye-patch (Misaki), he decides to know more about her. Apparently only he is able to see the ghost but no one else can. What will happen next?

Class 3-3 Students

Yes, this anime had only developed up till there, because most of the time is taken up by the building up of suspense. Very well done actually, though many of the times in the middle of a suspense filler, I was expecting something to jump out and I'll get a heart attack! XD

The anime revolves around mannequin dolls (I hope thats correct), which is supposedly representing people's lives.

From my impression, it seems like people are going to die in this anime, its just a matter of how many episodes more. Expecting slightly less horror than CCube here!

Art wise, it has been drawn extremely well (Good job P.A. works!) that it complements the eerie mood of the anime

And personally, I find Misaki so cute! OMG why do horror animes have such cute cast?

Another is being fansubbed by Commie, Hadena, Underwater, WhyNot, AniYoshi, Taka and CTSS (WOW) and contains 12 episodes in total.

For now, let's see how the story progresses!



Next Review: OMG who looks like Usui Takumi?

DarrenW
Edited by FayeA