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anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV)



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©ANOHANA PROJECT 


 
Alternative title:
Ano Hana: Ancora non conosciamo il nome del fiore che abbiamo visto quel giorno (Italian) 
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. (Japanese) 
anohana (Japanese) 
We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day. 
あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。 (Japanese) 
그날 본 꽃의 이름을 우리는 아직 모른다 (Korean) 
아노하나 (Korean) 
Genres: supernatural 
Themes: love triangle 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Five childhood friends grow apart after the death of Meiko Honma, close playmate of them all. Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. She has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid. 
Ratings: 3384 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1372 votes (sub:1237, dub:57, raw:10, ?:5, others:63
27 Spanish subtitled
11 Portuguese subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
3 Korean subtitled
3 Russian dubbed
3 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 +
1 chinese subtitled subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 German edited dub
)
 Excellent: 884 votes (sub:765, dub:53, raw:5, ?:3, others:58
33 Spanish subtitled
6 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Arabic subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Persian subtitled
1 Indonesian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 595 votes (sub:531, dub:28, raw:5, ?:2, others:29
11 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Russian dubbed
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Slovak subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 286 votes (sub:236, dub:25, raw:3, ?:1, others:21
12 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 115 votes (sub:104, dub:7, ?:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 So-so: 55 votes (sub:45, dub:7, raw:2, others:1
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:16, dub:3, others:2
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:14, dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Awful: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Thai subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 5132 s, rank: #149 (of 9997)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.738 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.5918, rank: #102 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 8.668 (Excellent−), rank: #105 (of 10155) (seen all: 8.71 / seen some: 8.17 / won't finish: 4.24)
Bayesian estimate: 8.664 (Excellent−), rank: #24 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 11 
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2011-04-11 to 2011-06-23 
2012-02-05 to 2012-04-15 (Italy - Rai 4) 
2017-12-20 to 2018-01-03 (Philippines, Hero TV) 
Opening Theme:
"Aoi Shiori" (青い栞; "Blue Bookmark") by Galileo Galilei (eps 1-10) 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Secret Base - Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)" (secret base 〜君がくれたもの〜 [10 years after Ver.]) by Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, and Saori Hayami (eps 1-10) 
#2: "Aoi Shiori" (青い栞; "Blue Bookmark") by Galileo Galilei (ep 11) 
Insert song:
"I Left You" by REMEDIOS (ep 11) 
"Secret Base - Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)" (secret base 〜君がくれたもの〜 [10 years after Ver.]) by Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, and Saori Hayami (ep 11) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 15
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - TV Series Complete Blu-ray Box Set (Blu-ray) 2017-10-31 (from $169.00)
    anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - Complete Series [ Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2012-07-03
    anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2013-10-29 (from $149.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai 
Script:
Mari Okada (eps 1-3)  (eps 4-11) 
Storyboard:
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 2)  (ep 10) 
Episode Director:
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 10) 
Unit Director:
Tatsuyuki Nagai (OP)  (ED) 
Music: REMEDIOS 
Original story: Chouheiwa Busters 
Character Design: Masayoshi Tanaka 
Art Director: Takayoshi Fukushima 
Chief Animation Director: Masayoshi Tanaka 
Animation Director:
Tadashi Sakazaki (ep 10) 
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa 
Cgi Director: Shinji Nasu 
Director of Photography: Shinji Nasu 
Producer:
Shunsuke Saito 

2nd Key Animation:
Yūsuke Tanaka (ep 7) 
3D CG:
Shinji Nasu  (eps 1-3, 5, 7-8) 
Advertising: Hiroyuki Seta (Fuji TV) 
Animation producer: Mikihiro Iwata 
Art Advisor: Tsutomu Ishigaki 
Assistant Animation Director:
Yumi Shimizu (ep 7) 
Background Art:
Tomomi Nakajima (Bamboo)  (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 7-8, 11
)
Yuriko Satō (Telecom Animation Film)  (ep 2) 
Chief Producer:
Kōji Yamamoto  (Fuji TV) 
Color design: Kazuko Nakashima 
Color Key:
Taeko Mizuno  (ep 9) 
Compilation: Masato Seino (Fuji TV) 
Design: Tori Hasegawa (Nokemon; ep 2) 
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama 
Editing Assistant: Yūji Kondō 
Finish Check:
Rie Takahashi (eps 3, 8) 
HD Editing:
Motoki Shirai 
In-Between Animation:
Kanako Ueda  (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11
)
Yūko Tani (Artland)  (eps 3, 8) 
In-Between Check:
Kanako Ueda  (OP, ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 11
)
Yukiko Okada  (ep 3) 
Key Animation:
Hironori Tanaka (2 episodes
eps 2 uncredited, 11
)
Jun Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10
)
Yuta Tsuchiya (ep 1) 
Music producer: Hiroaki Sano 
Paint:
Yoriko Matsumori (Artland)  (eps 3, 8) 
Photography:
Yūya Sakuma  (ED; eps 1-11) 
Planning Assistant:
Masuo Ueda 
Plug-In Cooperation: Kengo Watanabe (ep 2) 
Production:
Yatsuho Tomikawa (Fuji TV) 
Production Advancement:
Yukari Manabe (eps 4, 9) 
Production Business: Yoshiko Kitagawa 
Production Business Manager: Keiko Ishikawa 
Production Desk: Narumi Kabe 
Production manager:
Tsuyoshi Hirano (Fuji TV) 
Prop Design: Yukie Hiyamizu 
Publicity:
Kenta Suzuki 
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai 
Recording Assistant:
Shizuka Nagano 
Sales Planning: Wataru Onoki 
Setting Production: Ayano Kikuchi 
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano 
Sound Production: estlabo (ED) 
Sound Production Manager: Rie Tanaka 
Special Effects: Noriko Masuko 
System Management: Masayoshi Yoshioka 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Toku (ED) 
Theme Song Assistance:
Tetsuya Take 
Theme Song Composition:
Yuki Ozaki (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuki Ozaki (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Saori Hayami (ED) 
Title Logo Design: Kaori Kuroki 
Trailer Production:
Takashi Konishi 
Web Production:
Satsuki Maruyama 
Ai Kayano as Meiko "Menma" Honma 
Haruka Tomatsu as Naruko "Anaru" Anjō 
Miyu Irino as Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi 
Saori Hayami as Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi 
Takahiro Sakurai as Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki 
Takayuki Kondō as Tetsudō "Poppo" Hisakawa 

Kaoru Mizuhara as Haruna 
Mitsuru Ogata as Atsushi Yadomi 
Yui Makino as Aki 

Aki Toyosaki as Poppo (child) 
Asami Seto as Yukiatsu (child) 
Ayane Sakura as Store assistant (ep 3) 
Chinatsu Akasaki as Female student (eps 6, 10) 
Fuyuka Oura as Irène Honma (Meiko's mother; eps 1, 6-8, 10) 
Izumi Sawada as Old woman (ep 7) 
Kaoru Mizuhara as Satoshi Honma (Meiko's younger brother; eps 1, 8, 10-11) 
Kazuyoshi Hayashi as Construction worker (ep 7) 
Kazuyuki Okitsu as
Male student (ep 6) 
Man A (ep 5) 
Student (ep 9) 
Kenji Akabane as
Boy B (ep 7) 
Male student (ep 6) 
Kimiko Saitō as Naruko's mother (eps 1-2, 10) 
Makoto Yasumura as Manabu Honma (Meiko's father; eps 1, 9-10) 
Mika Teratani as Female student (eps 6, 10) 
Mutsumi Tamura as Jintan (child) 
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Store manager (eps 2, 8) 
Rina Dendō as Announcer (ep 9) 
Sayaka Ōhara as Tōko Yadomi (eps 3, 8, 10-11) 
Shinobu Matsumoto as Male student (ep 6) 
Shunzō Miyasaka as
Man B (ep 5) 
Teacher (ep 6) 
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Yama-san (eps 7, 9-10) 
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as
Boy A (ep 7) 
Male student (ep 6) 
Student (ep 9) 

Kazuyuki Okitsu (ep 1) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
WHITE FOX  (eps 1, 5-6) 
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures 
Backgrounds:
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production  (OP, ED; eps 1, 3-11) 
Broadcaster:
Tokai Television 
Color Key: D-COLORS (ep 5) 
Finish Check: D-COLORS (ep 5) 
In-Between Animation:
AI  (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9, 11
)
FAI International  (OP, ED; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Jinbun  (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8-10
)
Triple A  (OP, ED; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-11
)
Yuhodo  (ep 4) 
Music Production:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing 
Novelization: Da Vinci Magazine (Media Factory) 
Paint:
A-1 Pictures  (OP, ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 10-11
)
AI  (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 9, 11
)
FAI International  (6 episodes
eps 2, 5-7, 10-11
)
Jinbun  (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8-10
)
Triple A  (OP, ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9, 11
)
xenron  (eps 6, 11) 
Photography:
Artland  (eps 3, 8) 
Production Assistance: Artland (eps 3, 8) 
Recording Studio: Studio Gong 
Setting Cooperation:
Working!! Production Team (eps 2, 7-8, 10) 
Sound: Magic Capsule 
音響: Magic Capsule 
English cast
English staff
Script Adaptation: Patrick Seitz 
Subtitle Translation: Megumi M. Tsuji 
Voice Direction: Patrick Seitz 
Erica Lindbeck as Naruko "Anaru" Anjo 
Erica Mendez as Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi 
Griffin Burns as Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi 
Kaiji Tang as Tetsudo "Poppo" Hisakawa 
Ray Chase as Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki 
Xanthe Huynh as Meiko "Menma" Honma 

Cherami Leigh as Haruna 
Kirk Thornton as Atsushi Yadomi 

Abby Trott as Tetsudo "Peppo" Hisakawa (Young) 
Christopher Smith as Manabu Honma (eps 1, 9-10) 
Karen Strassman as Irene Honma (eps 1, 6-8, 10) 
Laura Post as Toko Yadomi (eps 3, 8, 10-11) 
Marianne Miller as Satoshi Honma (eps 1, 8, 10-11) 
Michelle Ruff as
Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki (Young) 
Minako (eps 6, 10) 
Patrick Seitz as Store Manager (eps 2, 8) 
Tara Sands as Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi (Young) 

English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
Broadcaster: TV Japan (subtitled) 
Distributor: MVM (UK and Ireland) 
Internet Streaming:
Wakanim (Nordic countries) 
Licensed by:
NIS America  (Expired) 
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director:
Amandine Hauguel 

Adaptation: Anne Laure 
Aldric Seveno as Yukiatsu 
Amandine Hauguel as Anaru 
François Chambard as Poppo 
Mayrig Truchot as Tsuruko 
Noémie Delrue as Menma 

Leslie Marchand as Jintan "enfant" 
Tony Cupart as Atsushi 

Marion Cettier as Irene 
Muriel Schild as Madame Anjo 
Nicolas Chernabog as Manabu 
Valentin Schild as Satoshi 

French companies
Broadcaster: Wakanim (Online) 
Dubbing: Team Rainbow 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Subtitle Translation: Aída Martín (Netflix; Spain) 
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Latin America) 
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Luigi Rosa 

Dubbing Assistant:
Carlotta Parisi 
Dubbing Engineer: Michele Cantù 
Mixing: Riccardo Perego 
Andrea Mete as Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi 
Benedetta Ponticelli as Naruko "Anaru" Anjo 
Jolanda Granato as Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi 
Paolo De Santis as Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki 
Renato Novara as Tetsudo "Poppo" Hisakawa 
Serena Clerici as Meiko "Menma" Honma 

sca Tretto as Minako 
Martina Felli as Naruko "Anaru" Anjo (kid) 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Rai 4 (from 5 February 2012) 
Dialogues: Ad Libitum 
Distributor: Dynit 
Dubbing: Studio PV 
Internet Streaming: VVVVID 
German cast
German staff
ADR Director: René Dawn-Claude 
Translation: Diana Hesse 
Jan Makino as Atsumu Matsuyuki 
Jannik Endemann as Jinta Yadomi 
Lina Rabea Mohr as Naruko Anjou 
Linda Fölster as Meiko Honma 
Lydia Morgenstern as Chiriko Tsurumi 
René Dawn-Claude as Tetsudou Hisakawa 

Birte Baumgardt as Haruna (eps 1-6, 11) 
Charlotte Uhlig as Poppo (child) 
Josephine Schmidt as Yukiatsu (child) 
Luisa Wietzorek as Jintan (child) 
Rieke Werner as Aki (eps 1-6, 11) 
Uwe Büschken as Atsushi Yadomi 

Alexander Ziegenbein as Man A (ep 5) 
Alice Bauer as Minako (ep 6) 
Charlotte Uhlig as Minako's Friend (eps 6, 10) 
Christopher Kohn as Man B (ep 5) 
Gundi Eberhard as Irène Honma (eps 1, 6-8, 10) 
Klaus Lochthove as Yama-san (eps 7, 9-10) 
Mareile Moeller as Naruko's mother (eps 1-2, 10) 
Marion Musiol as Touko Yadomi (eps 1, 3, 10-11) 
Sven Brieger as Manabu Honma (eps 1, 9-10) 
Vincent Borko as Satoshi Honma (eps 1, 8, 10-11) 
German companies
Distributor: Peppermint Anime 
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German speaking countries) 
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Alexx Agcaoili 
Irvin Salazar as Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi 

Gerald Nacua as Tetsudō "Poppo" Hisakawa 
Geraldine Pena as Meiko "Menma" Honma 
Unice Grace Dalisay as Naruko "Anaru" Anjō 
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: HERO TV 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Subtitling:
Renata Dantas (eps 3-5) 
(none)
Portuguese companies
Internet Streaming:
Netflix 
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil) 

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