Genre: Drama, Slice of life, Supernatural, Psychological, Romance, Tragedy
Episodes: 11 (no second season)
Synopsis: Ano Hi Mita Hana, or Ano Hi for short, is about a group of friends who try to get past their feelings of longing of Menma/Honma. Menma died when they were still kids, yet she was still visible as a ghost to the leader of their previous group: Yadomi/Jinta. After she died the group of close knit friends began to drift apart. With an empty hole in their hearts they tried to find something to fill it. Jinta became a neet, Popo traveled around the world, Naruko became friends with slutty girls at school, Chiriko focused on studying and Atsumu relieved his stress through cross dressing as Menma. Jinta wanted to help Menma pass on so he tried to get the group of friends back together to make Menma's wish come true. The first wish of Menma's was not the answer to help her pass on. Though through the effort of helping Menma make her wish come true the group of 5 friends realized that they were all helping Menma pass on with selfish thoughts, through this process Menma finally had her wish come true. Which was something she had promised Jinta's dead mom before she died.
Review:
Intended Audience: With a heart warming story and with slips of comedy scenes this anime is suitable for all age groups, adults will reminisce their childhood, while teenagers and children will realize how valuable friendship is. If you like a heartwarming and sad anime that does not end with a tragedy you will like this. Although some people might think the reason for Menma staying on with Jinta is a bit strange, the overall animation and soundtracks really makes the audience cry for each of the characters. The audience would be sad for their suffering, you really feel sorry and pity them. For without Menma in their lives they live aimlessly not being able to move on. For me the ending was particularly moving, and I will not spoil it for the readers of this blog, but if you are able to sympathize with the characters you would find this anime particularly moving. On a special note this anime has no fan service, so if you want to see this anime for the girls you will be sorely disappointed.
Aesthetics:
This anime was aired on 2011 with decent graphics and very moving sound tracks, but only if you pair it up with the anime. With the soundtrack itself, I start to think of the characters and reminisce about the happy days when Menma stayed with Jinta. For me what stands out most in this anime is how each character is portrayed as having some way to fill the hole in their hearts. It is fused with each character giving them very distinguished personalities. (9/10)
Plot:
The plot is simple and easy to understand, the anime does not show you the characters behavior a lot in an instance, instead it gradually shows with short flashbacks and strange occurrences plus behaviors. The audience will be on the edge of their seats waiting for more, though it is near the very end. Not much "thirst for more" kind of feeling but more of the "I want to see why" feeling. (8/10)
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