At first, he only tries to help her minimally because he thinks he is hallucinating. One summer day, the ghost of an older-looking Menma appears beside him and asks to have a wish granted, reasoning that she cannot pass on into the afterlife until it is fulfilled. Five years after the incident, the leader of the group, Jinta Yadomi, has withdrawn from society, does not attend high school, and lives as a recluse. In Chichibu, Saitama, a group of six sixth-grade-age childhood friends drift apart after one of them, Meiko 'Menma' Honma, dies in an accident. A live action television drama film adaptation premiered in September 2015 on Fuji TV. An anime film sequel was released in Japanese theaters in August 2013. A visual novel adaptation for the PlayStation Portable was released by 5pb. A manga adaptation illustrated by Mitsu Izumi was serialized in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine from April 2012 to April 2013. It is currently licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.Ī novelization by Mari Okada was serialized in Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine from March to July 2011. The anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired in Fuji TV's noitamina block between April and June 2011. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day ( Japanese: あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。, Hepburn: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai, 'We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day') is a 2011 Japanese anime television series created by Super Peace Busters ( 超平和バスターズ, Chō Heiwa Basutāzu), an artist collective consisting of director Tatsuyuki Nagai, screenwriter Mari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka.

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