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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

★ 8.1 19K votes 2011–2011 1 season · 11 episodes Ended Fuji TV
TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 10/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 9/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Miyu IrinoAi KayanoHaruka TomatsuTakahiro SakuraiSaori HayamiTakayuki Kondô
Written by
Tatsuyuki NagaiMari OkadaMasayoshi Tanaka
Starring
Miyu IrinoAi KayanoHaruka TomatsuTakahiro SakuraiSaori HayamiTakayuki Kondô
Written by
Tatsuyuki NagaiMari OkadaMasayoshi Tanaka
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About

"A quiet grief story that earns every tear"

A group of childhood friends drifted apart after a tragedy years ago, each carrying quiet guilt they never voiced. When the ghost of the girl they lost suddenly reappears to the group's most withdrawn member, he has to gather the old gang to help her move on, forcing everyone to finally face what happened. It's a short, gentle, achingly sincere series that builds slowly through everyday scenes before landing an emotional gut-punch, carried by sensitive character writing rather than spectacle.

Watch it for

the slow-burn reunion of estranged friends finally confronting shared, unspoken grief.

Maybe skip if

you find unabashed sentimentality or melodrama hard to sit with.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

▼
Season 12011
8.26K113h 2m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Chou heiwa basutazu7.7
57524 min
▶2Yuusha menma7.8
52823 min
▶3Menmawo sagasou no kai7.7
50322 min
▶4Shiro no, ribon no wanpisu7.8
500—
▶5Tunnel - Tonneru8.0
49323 min
▶6Forget It, Don't Forget7.8
48223 min
▶7The Real Wish7.8
48622 min
▶8I Wonder8.7
56623 min
▶9Minna to Menma7.7
48222 min
▶10Hanabi8.6
534—
▶11Ano Natsu ni Saku Hana9.4
1K—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Miyu Irino Jinta Yadomi
Ai Kayano Meiko Honma
Haruka Tomatsu Naruko Anjo
Takahiro Sakurai Atsumu Matsuyuki
Saori Hayami Chiriko Tsurumi
Takayuki Kondô Tetsudo Hisakawa
Erica Lindbeck Naruko 'Anaru' Anjou
Ray Chase Atsumu 'Yukiatsu' Matsyuki
Kaiji Tang Tetsudo 'Poppo' Hisakawa
Abby Trott Tetsudo 'Poppo' Hisakawa (Child)

Crew

Tatsuyuki Nagai
Mari Okada
Masayoshi Tanaka

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