Another takes place in 1998 focusing on Kouichi Sakakibara whom transfers into Yomiyama North Middle School’s class 3-3 class. Little does Sakakibara know there is a curse lingering in the school that started in 1972, after popular student Misaki died in the school leaving everyone devasted. The class chose to pretend as if nothing had happened to Misaki.
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I really enjoyed Another but I found it lacking on some points to be fair. The horror, supernatural, mystery and creative deaths in the show were definitely not lacking and I will give it that. Like I said I really enjoyed the show and my favorite character was Mei Misaki, her mysterious creepy aspects, oh man! I just couldn’t get enough of it! I felt as if Mei was going to go psycho and kill everyone at any time, but she had way too much self control and her fellow classmates should have been nicer to her for it. I would have liked to see some back story on Mei and what happened to her sister, or more importantly how did she lose her eye!
Also, I would have liked to see a little more back story on 1972 maybe, who knows? Maybe that would have made the show a little more interesting for me, although I did think that the creepy lifelike dolls were a very nice touch. I think that the ending free for all was unique all in it’s own cute and cuddly kind of way, It was well worth the slow build up and definitely put all of the pieces together for me, as well as answered quite a few of questions. I just feel as if Another was missing something, maybe it needed more of a story? I liked the characters, I think that most of them were well put together and thought out, and the school was creepy, run down and really thickened the plot as a whole. I really enjoyed the creepy doll shop that Mei basically lived in. The shop and all of the dolls were a very nice addition to the show, they kind of proved a point all in it’s own. Sometimes you don’t need blood and gore to be creepy, you just need to throw some naked dolls in a dark room that look like they want to murder peoples faces!
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This show does not hold back on the gore and violence, no one is safe and I mean no one, Teachers, students, family members, anyone is a possibility in this horror flick! I guess I should mention that deaths happen so often that everyone especially students, seem to just magically forget that someone died, even if said person died just the day before everyone continues on with their daily life as if nothing had ever happened. Example: Student runs in panic trips and flies down stairway like cute rag doll throws umbrella, umbrella opens up said cute rag doll lands on umbrella piercing her violently through the neck. Result: Not so cute rag doll planking on stairs and umbrella raining crimson red blood all over stairs and umbrella. I guess her mom never told her not to run with umbrella’s or she’s just a hardcore rebel, you go girl!
I almost forgot, another kid gets fried by lightning while running with an umbrella in the rain like an idiot! He resembles fried chicken. Next up we have the teacher that had the balls to spray the entire class and kill himself properly and traumatize an entire class while at it, I mean why not right? If you are going to kill yourself why not stab yourself in the throat in front of a bunch of teenagers and spray the whole class with that bloody goodness, right? I mean this show doesn’t hold back, it is brutal and not for the feint of heart and definitely for 17+.
Do I recommend this show? Umm Yes! Why? Because it is like the horror speaks to your very soul! You gore whores! You know who you are, don’t even try to deny it. Everyone likes a bit of good ol’ fashioned neck snappin’, crimson red showery goodness from time to time, or all the time. I won’t judge, I’ll leave that up to your mom when she looks over your shoulder and catches you watching this kind of stuff you weirdo!
This show is definitely 17+ and I would not recommend watching around the children or letting the children watch this one.
The show Another was based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Yukito Ayatsuji.
Produced by: P.A. Works
Directed by: Tsutomu Mizushima
Novel by: Yukito Ayatsuji
Aired: Jan 10, 2012 to Mar 27, 2012
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense
Setting: School, Gore
Rating: 17+
Episodes: 12
Image is a screenshot from the anime: Another