Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない. |
| Romaji: | Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Apr 15, 2011 [14 years 2 weeks ago] |
| Ended: | Jun 24, 2011 [13 years 10 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | ANIDB |
When Yadomi Jinta was a child, he was a central piece in a group of close friends. In time, however, these childhood friends drifted apart, and when they became high school students, they had long ceased to think of each other as friends. One of the friends from that group, Honma Meiko, now has a wish she asks Jinta to fulfil. The problem is, she can't remember what her wish is anymore. As Meiko won't cease to bother Jinta about it, he gives in and decides to try to grant this wish he knows nothing of; for that, however, the help of his other former friends, now all very estranged from himself and from each other, may turn out to be necessary. He hasn't spoken to Anjou Naruko, Matsuyuki Atsumu, Tsurumi Chiriko, or Hisakawa Tetsudou in a long time; as he struggles to grant Meiko's wish and gathers his old friends together in the process, all the old feelings that still exist between them and have long been stashed away are bound to come up again. — written by Hinoe Note: The first episode was scheduled to receive a preview screening as part of an event at Animecontents Expo's Makuhari Messe Red Stage on Saturday, 26th March, 2011. However, the Animecontents Expo was cancelled following the Great Tohoku Earthquake.
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Episode 1: Super Peace Busters
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-04-15
One day, Jintan (Jinta Yadomi), a teenage shut-in, suddenly finds himself face-to-face with his childhood friend, Menma (Meiko Honma). After struggling with Menma's request to have her (unknown) wish granted, Jintan meets with his former friends. Soon, she recalls that the dream was to have their friends all together again.
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Episode 2: Menma the Hero
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-04-22
After running into Poppo (Tetsudo Hisakawa) for the first time in years, Jintan explains how Menma appeared before him and how she has some kind of wish she wants granted. Poppo believes every word he says, and suggests that Jintan has to catch a rare monster from a Nokémon video game.
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Episode 3: The Search for Menma Association
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-04-29
Thinking that Menma's wish may be for him to begin going to school again, Jintan decides to give it a shot. This also happens to fulfill a promise he made to Anaru...
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Episode 4: White Ribbon Dress
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-05-06
Yukiatsu tells Jintan and the others that he has just seen Menma. This puzzles Jintan, since Menma was standing next to him the entire time. Jintan and company head out together to search for "Menma" and get to the bottom of this little mystery.
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Episode 5: Tunnel
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-05-13
The Menma that Yukiatsu "saw" was just him in women's clothing, a revelation that leaves the rest of the group stunned. Yukiatsu lies motionless on the forest floor after taking a spill, where Jintan tries to talk to him about his situation.
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Episode 6: Forget It, Don't Forget
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-05-20
Jintan decides to try going to school one more time, for Menma's sake. When he arrives, he discovers that Anaru is having some serious issues of her own. Unable to stand by while Anaru suffers, Jintan stands up for her, and both leave class right away.
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Episode 7: The Real Plea
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-05-27
Looking through Menma's old diary that they got from her mother, Jintan and the others find Menma's wish. And as they resolve to grant it, the time that had seemed to freeze for all five of them begins moving forward again...
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Episode 8: I Wonder
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-06-03
When the group finds out that Menma's father opposed their plan to launch fireworks for her, they're left in a state of shock. Desperate to grant her wish, they pay a visit to her mother to ask about the fireworks, but she refuses, showing anger and sadness towards them about how they were able to grow up while Menma died years ago.
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Episode 9: Everyone and Menma
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-06-10
Although they're still hesitant, Anaru and the others begin to believe in Menma's existence after she serves them the steamed bread she prepared. Yukiatsu, however, still can't understand why Jintan is the only one who can see Menma, while Anaru is upset that she can't compare to her.
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Episode 10: Fireworks
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-06-17
The time has finally come...the day they can grant Menma's wish. However, Menma discovers that her hand has started to become transparent. Holding on to all their strongest feelings, the Super Peace Busters blast off as true feelings are revealed.
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Episode 11: The Blooming Flower of That Summer
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2011-06-24
Even though the group is able to launch their rocket, Menma doesn't disappear. Jintan and the others are dumbstruck and wonder what might have happened. But finally, Jintan discovers what Menma's wish really was...
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