"This is what kids today find scary, right? Right?"    Watching Another is like listening to a little kid try to tell you about a story that they found really scary. They add in stuff to try and make it creepier and really try to impress on you that "this story is scary, really!" and meanwhile you're just smiling along, trying to give the kid the benefit of the doubt, and you don't want to tell them that they've already spoiled the ending with their excitement. This episode really goes out of its way to emphasize how "creepy" it is; long silences, lack of proper lighting whenever possible, and random shots of dolls (although that might be the show's way of having scene transitions, I don't know). If the twist is that Mei is dead, then we've got a problem. As for the strange behavior of the students, my money's on that they're "acting," a la Blood-C. To be fair, all of this is really a minor annoyance at best (but great to poke fun at on Twitter), but my main problem at the moment is that the Generic Anime Lead™ doesn't seem to notice any of this. I hate to say it, but it reminds me of Ookami Kakushi, which started off with a promising premise but then fell flat on its face in the execution (among other things). While there's no reason to expect that it will get that bad, the fact that some of the "secrets" are plainly obvious from the get-go does not bode well. At the very least, the show looks great; P.A. Works delivers again. Despite my misgivings, I'm going to assume for now that Another has more up its sleeve than it appears to. I would love to be proved wrong. Images from Crunchyroll.com.
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Every single person had a story to tell, not only with their book, but with their life. It happened 26 years ago, a popular girl named misaki who’s smart, pretty and had a great personality from 9th grade, class 3 suddenly died from an accident. Since Misaki was loved by both students and teachers alike, everybody was in [...]
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Anazaa is anything but perfect. It’s less painful to watch than Symphogear but it still bears a number of  flaws that absolutely put me off. Mizushima is clearly trying to create an atmospheric series, but as a horror fan– I … Continue reading →
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Prior to watching this episode, I’d heard incredibly mixed things about it. Some declared it to be far too slow and dull for its own good; others said that the pace worked greatly in its favour and that it was one of the better shows of the season. I’m here to tell you that if [...]
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Prior to watching this episode, I’d heard incredibly mixed things about it. Some declared it to be far too slow and dull for its own good; others said that the pace worked greatly in its favour and that it was one of the better shows of the season. I’m here to tell you that if [...]
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Episode 01- After looking at how the blogosphere has received this show, I almost feel as if I’m one of the only ones out there that wasn’t much of a fan of this premiere. Another has been trying to sell it’s horror credentials, but it’s just doesn’t have a scary premise. If anything, Another would [...]
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Written by: Cholisose at Sea Slugs! Anime BlogSummary: Off-screen, two students discuss the story of Misaki, a ninth-grader from class 3 who died 26 years ago, presumably through an accident of some kind. The class liked her so much though, that everyone decided to pretend she was still alive and there at school everyday, all the way up to graduation. And then… [...]
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Oh boy, it’s Another episode one! You know what that means: Another horror adaptation for people to gripe about. And, as you can very well imagine, I’m one of those people who chooses to gripe about it, for its own good. No matter what, I will justify this decision to myself regardless of what unscrupulous [...]
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「Rough sketch 素描」 (Sobyō) It’s very hard for a show with the kind of expectations I had for Another to live up to them, and after watching the premiere I have to say it didn’t. It surpassed them.
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Snore. I can’t help but feel like I’m going to be the minority opinion on this, but, wow is Another disappointing. Whether it is the fact that the cast is a bunch of fifteen year olds, or that it has … Continue reading →
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Snore. I can’t help but feel like I’m going to be the minority opinion on this, but, wow is Another disappointing. Whether it is the fact that the cast is a bunch of fifteen year olds, or that it has … Continue reading →
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Well this first episode sure satisfied my expectations. I am definitely looking forward to this series with tons of speculations. PA works is generally a studio I like, it was probably the only reason I followed through with Hanasaku Iroha despite hating it. The slight mystery horror element appeals to me, I will definitely be following this through to the end. You are quickly introduced
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This anime season sure is being nice to me. Everything I start has turned out great, that being said I’ve only started the good things. After reading about Another a few months ago I got excited, it sounded just like the kind of anime i’d be into. That subtle kind of Japanese horror mystery I’ve grown [...]
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You know the drill so I don’t need to repeat myself. We begin with a mystery about a girl named Misaki who died 26 years ago under unknown circumstances and the class made a false rumor that her spirit continues to haunt her classroom seat, which was obviously a farce but the pupils still act [...]
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"Another" anime of the season has aired and surely is it spectacular - an atmosphere eerie is ever present, particularly when we encounter a cute one-eyed dead girl who adds to the lingering sense of affliction.
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P.A. Works' outing for the winter, Another, begins with the kind of scary story you might hear at any school as an attempt to spook people - a tale of a popular girl named Misaki who died in a tragic accident, but was never forgotten by her classmates.  In fact, said classmates pretended she was there for the rest of their time in the school, setting a decidedly creepy precedent for such things.
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  …Mondays are not going to be a good day this season, are they? As I mentioned, this doesn’t actually air until tomorrow, so… kudos on the schedule awareness there, Crunchyroll. Well, I guess posting shows before they air is slightly better than posting them four days later and calling them simultaneous. Impressions: Christ, could [...]
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With the broadcast of the first episode of Another right around the corner, it’s time to take one more look at what we learn from the preview. Last time, our main character found out more about Mei than he bargained for. But Mei sure knows how to get even… “You’re Sakakibara Kouichi, right…? Nobody in [...]
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