Another

Orz people!!! long time no hear from me eh.. i have been ''Mia-ing'' for a good few months.. Really have to apologise for it.. Just ended my exams few days ago.. So i have some spare time to update this space again :D well well so please continue to stalk my blog alright! Okay i am coming back with an anime review which is the long awaited anime, ''Another''. It is a fairly new anime that is released early this year.. If you want me to summarise what this anime is like, i will just have to say that it is a animated version of ''final destination''. Yes it is quite similar to shiki where people just keep on dying :D well the genre would be mystery, drama, horror, school and gore. It has a total of 12 episodes and 1 OVA.

Rating: 8.5 / 10

The story starts off with the main character ''Sakakibara Kouichi''being transferred to yomiyama middle school and specifically class 3-3. However, kouichi discovered the whole class is acting very weird and seems to be isolating one of their classmates namely ''Misaki mei''. Despite getting repeated warning from the class to not get close to mei but kouichi still decided to befriend her anyway. Mei then told him the story related to the class strange behaviour..

26 year ago, there was also a girl call ''misaki'' in class 3-3 who was famous and likeable by everyone. However after her sudden death, her classmates and teachers still act as if she still existed till graduation. Ever since then, a very strange phenomena happened every year in class 3-3. There will be an ''extra person'' in class 3-3. This extra person is presumed to be dead and nobody know who this extra person is. Ever since, people in class 3-3 started to die randomly even for unknown reasons.

Because of mei having the same name as misaki, the class believed that she was the extra person. So they presumed that by denying her existence, the strange phenomena will stop.. However, after kouichi has transferred to the class, people just keep dying. Kouichi decided to investigate this and slowly uncovered the bloody truth behind this phenomena.

Despite being such as short anime, this have definitely made it into my ''must watch'' list of anime. This anime is just so unique and plain awesome. like i said, ''Another'' is pretty much similar to the famous movie '' final destination''. Yes so you can actually pretty much guess that people will keep dying even in the most ridiculous way without even knowing why. With people dying, of course there will be gore scenes. Trust me, the gore scenes in ''Another'' is no joke and cannot be rival. Trust me ''Another'' has one of the best gore scenes in the history of anime. At some point of the time, this anime is pretty much overwhelming and mind fking. So the major scoring point of the anime would be pretty much is the bloody scenes that you have no words other than plain awesomeness :D Another magic that this anime can do is that it is dam impactful.. Okay i have to admit this is the first anime that actually scares me to watch it at night... So you can actually imagine how much horror this anime can bring to ur head...

Of course there are still some minus points. The first very obvious one is the length of the anime. It is just way too short.. Come on with so much awesome scenes, how can people not ask for more.. Okay secondly is the ending.. "Another" is a pretty serious anime with so much happening ( people die and etc) through the length of the anime and the ending is just so sudden and insignificant. The entire anime is so mind fking with so many crazy and breath taking scenes.. But the anime just end so abruptly ... The watcher has no time to settle down... So i would say the proportion is not that good.. Lastly, the story kinds get draggy in the middle.. with a little bit too much talking and dull scenes... It will be great if the scenes can be replaced by some epic or more gore scenes...

Sound tracks:

1. Kyoumu Densen by Ali project (OP 1)

2. Anamnesis by Annabel (ED 1)


For a 12 episodes anime, it only has two songs .. Kyoumu Densen is another master piece by Ali project.. Yes it is one of my favourite song even till now... It also suits the theme for the anime completely with a horror and a mystery beats.. Definitely is a must download.. Anamnesis is a rather slow song.. Well kinds of dull at first but is pleasing to hear as a slow song..

Alright please do not forget that this anime also has an additional OVA. It serves as a prequel for the main series... Well it is also kind of a spoiler if you watch it first before the main series... All in all '' Another'' is another great master piece that is definitely worth a high score.. Most importantly it is also appealing to short length anime lovers... The anime may seems complex at the start but actually kinds of easy to digest if you pay enough attention.. Well for fans of final destination and people who just loves to see ppl die with blood spilling everywhere.. No doubt this anime would be the best choice..

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