One of the anime series is returning with another film, AnoHana (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae…) . The announcement was made by the producers and the entire series team, directly from the annual Anohana Summer Festival in Japan. For now, we don't know the story of this film, or if it will have any connection to the main series.
Tatsuyuki Nagai will once again direct the film, Mari Okada will write the screenplay, and Masayoshi Tanaka will be the character designer. The three will work together again to produce the next film, which will be released in 2015.
More commonly known as Ano Hana, it is a 2011 anime produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai. It aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA block between April and June 2011. The anime is licensed in North America by NIS America, where it received its first film in 2013 titled Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, which retold the anime's story from the point of view of the main character, Menma.
The series' story revolves around a group of six childhood friends who drift apart after one of them, Meiko "Menma" Honma, dies in an accident. Ten years after this tragedy, the group's leader, Jinta Yadomi, isolates himself from society and lives in seclusion. One summer day, however, Menma appears to Jinta, looking older, asking for his help to fulfill her wish. She believes she needs to fulfill it to complete her destiny. But Menma doesn't remember what her wish was, leading Jinta to reunite his childhood friends, believing they hold the key to solving this problem. However, hidden feelings, internal conflicts, and the lingering grief over Menma's parents create complications for the group as they struggle not only to help Menma but also themselves.
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