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anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie

anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie

20137.51h 39m

Overview

A year has passed since Menma's ghostly return to the Super Peace Busters. Although the time they spent together during that summer was short, the five members reminisce about what happened as they each write a letter to their lost friend.

Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
Written by Mari Okada, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Masayoshi Tanaka
Produced by Shunsuke Saitou, Noriko Ozaki, Mikihiro Iwata
Box Office0Revenue: $110K

Top Cast

Miyu Irino

Miyu Irino

Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi (voice)

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Meiko "Menma" Honma (voice)

Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu

Naruko "Anaru" Anjo (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki (voice)

Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami

Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi (voice)

Takayuki Kondo

Takayuki Kondo

Tetsudo "Poppo" Hisakawa (voice)

Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura

Young Jintan (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Young Yukiatsu (voice)

Aki Toyosaki

Aki Toyosaki

Young Poppo (voice)

Mitsuru Ogata

Mitsuru Ogata

Atsushi Yadomi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

friendshiplove triangleloss of loved onesupernaturalromancecoming of ageslice of lifegrowing upunrequited lovebased on mangachildhood friendsghostaftercreditsstingerseinenanime

About anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie

anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie is a animation, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of friendship, love triangle, loss of loved one, supernatural, romance, coming of age. Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai, it stars Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu. A year has passed since Menma's ghostly return to the Super Peace Busters. Although the time they spent together during that summer was short, the five members reminisce about what happened as they each write a letter to their lost friend.

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