''Another'' is a 2012 Japanese adult animated horror television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by

Tsutomu Mizushima is a Japanese animation and sound director. Career Mizushima was born in Chitose, Hokkaido and raised in Hata, Nagano (now Matsumoto, Nagano). He produced independent films in high school and when he graduated from Nagano Prefectural Matsumoto M ...

that aired twelve episodes from 10 January to 27 March 2012. Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by

Yukito Ayatsuji , who writes under his pen name , is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror. He is one of the founders of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writin ...

, the series is set in 1998 and focuses on a boy named ''Kōichi Sakakibara'' who, upon transferring into Yomiyama Middle School and meeting the curious Mei Misaki, finds himself in a mystery revolving around students and people related to his class facing gruesome and senseless deaths. ''Another'' was directed by

and produced by P.A. Works, with character designs by Yuriko Ishii, the chief animation director of the series, based on

Noizi Ito is a Japanese light novel and video game artist. She is employed by the H-game maker UNiSONSHIFT and is a part of the circle Fujitsubo-Machine. Unlike most romanized Japanese words and names, Noizi Ito's name uses the Kunrei-shiki romanization f ...

's original concepts for the novel. ''Another'' premiered in late-night slots on Kitanihon Broadcasting,

TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting is a television station affiliated with the TX Network, broadcasting in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. History During the time of its establishment, the company was named as "TXN Kyushu" because the name "TV Kyushu", which the owner intended to u ...

, and several independent TV stations, then appeared on

Nippon BS Broadcasting () is a private satellite broadcasting station in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. It is an independent television station and is a subsidiary of Bic Camera. Its channel name is BS11 (''BS Eleven'') and was BS11 Digital until March 31, 2011. It was founde ...

beginning in April.

Sentai Filmworks Sentai Filmworks, LLC or just Sentai, is an American entertainment company owned by AMC Networks. Located in Houston, the company specializes in the dubbing and distribution of Japanese animation and Asian cinema. Its post-production arm is S ...

has licensed the anime series for digital and home video release in 2012. An original video animation episode set before the beginning of the series was released on May 26, 2012 with a "0th" volume of the manga. __TOC__

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