Anime · KNB
Another
Plunge into the heart of terror…
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Atsushi Abe
Koichi Sakakibara (voice)
12 eps
Natsumi Takamori
Mei Misaki (voice)
12 eps
Madoka Yonezawa
Izumi Akazawa (voice)
12 eps
Tomoaki Maeno
Naoya Teshigawara (voice)
12 eps
Kazutomi Yamamoto
Yuya Mochizuki (voice)
12 eps
Ai Nonaka
Yukari Sakuragi (voice)
5 eps
Sho Sakagami
Ikuo Takabayashi (voice)
3 eps
Go Inoue
Makoto Oji (voice)
3 eps
Genki Muro
Noboru Saruta (voice)
3 eps
Mana Hirata
Aya Ayano (voice)
4 eps
Kozo Mito
Kubodera (voice)
6 eps
Seiko Yoshida
Sanae Mizuno (voice)
6 eps
Mizuka Arima
Tamie (voice)
4 eps
Koji Yada
Ryohei (voice)
4 eps
Takurou Kitagawa
Yosuke (voice)
4 eps
Itsuki Takizawa
Young Man (voice)
1 eps
Misuzu Togashi
Young Girl (voice)
1 eps
Hiroaki Hirata
Chibiki (voice)
6 eps
Sayuri Sadaoka
Amane (voice)
3 eps
Mitsuhiro Ichiki
Tomohiko Kazami (voice)
5 eps
Kengo Kawanishi
Junta Nakao (voice)
4 eps
Misato Fukuen
Takako Sugiura (voice)
3 eps
Hiroo Sasaki
Doctor (voice)
1 eps
Naoko Sakakibara
Reiko / Ms. Mikami (voice)
11 eps
Chiharu Kitaoka
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Tetsuya Oka
Oba (voice)
1 eps
Takuya Sato
Takenouchi (voice)
1 eps
Hitomi Harada
Kirika (voice)
1 eps
Shin Sennoza
Art Club Member (voice)
1 eps
Keisuke Komoto
Manabu Maejima (voice)
3 eps
Kosuke Kobayashi
Daisuke Wakui (voice)
2 eps
Shinya Takahashi
Matsunaga (voice)
5 eps
Masahiro Inoue
Tomoka Inose (voice)
1 eps
Iori Nomizu
Yumi Ogura (voice)
2 eps
Satomi Akesaka
San Watanabe (voice)
2 eps
Yu Shimamura
Kazue Sato (voice)
1 eps
Rie Takahashi
Numata (voice)
3 eps
Eri Goda
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Emi Yamamoto
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Tsugumi Iki
Girl (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Another actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Another reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a mysterious and silent girl.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 12 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20122 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 The Other - Inga
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201212 episodes
7.3IMDbKouichi Sakakibara finds himself in a cursed middle school class, Class 3-3, where students mysteriously die in a series of accidents. He becomes close to the mysterious Mei Misaki, who he is the only one to see, and they work together to uncover the secret behind the curse before the body count rises any further. The season explores the origins of the curse and the strange countermeasures Class 3-3 takes, leading to a deadly conclusion.
Best episode · S01E12 Stand by Oneself
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12 · Signature episode
Stand by Oneself
Chaos runs through the lodge hallways as students desperately seek the key to stopping the Class 3 Curse once and for all. Will Kouichi be able to find the answer before another victim is claimed?
- Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E03 · Signature episode
Bone Work
A studio crowded with old dolls is the perfect place for Mei to tell Kouichi the tale of three students' mysterious deaths 26 years ago. Finding out more information from his classmates proves difficult, but his aunt Reiko is willing to tell him more.
- Directed by Yukina Hiiro
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E11 · Signature episode
Makeup
Matsunaga's tape has at last revealed the secrets and measures necessary to stop the curse. Kouichi and his friends try to figure out how to avert more disasters when the tape suddenly disappears.
- Directed by Takebumi Anzai
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E08 · Signature episode
Hair Stand
A resort hotel is the rendezvous destination for Kouichi, Reiko and Matsunaga. As they spend a day sunning at the beach, they run into Mei, who's staying nearby.
- Directed by Toshiya Shinohara
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E09 · Signature episode
Body Paint
An unexpected accident outside Yomiyama once again puts Class 3 on edge. After Matsunaga's vague whispers point to the classroom, Kouichi decides to investigate the old Class 3 homeroom in the former school building.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Hata
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E04
Put Flesh
The rumor of the "Class 3 Curse" gains notoriety with the sudden and accidental death of a student. Kouichi, desperate to know more, turns to Mei who refuses to tell him anything else. Izumi Akazawa, the head of countermeasures, begins the investigation on Class 3.
- Directed by Hideaki Kurakawa
- Written by Ryo Higaki
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
Misaki Mei - Shizukani
S01E12 · Signature episode
Stand by Oneself
- Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E11 · Signature episode
Makeup
- Directed by Takebumi Anzai
- Written by Ryo Higaki
S01E09 · Signature episode
Body Paint
- Directed by Hiroyuki Hata
- Written by Ryo Higaki
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Jun Fujioka
Executive producer
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Motonobu Kajino
Executive producer
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Naoya Uesaka
Executive producer
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Masahiro Kiba
Executive producer
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Takafumi Ishibashi
Executive producer
Takeshi Kikuchi
Executive producer
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Tsuneo Takechi
Executive producer
Shinichirou Inoue
Executive producer
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Naoki Fukuhara
Executive producer
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Nobuhiro Kikuchi
Executive producer
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Hiroyasu Asami
Executive producer
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Ryo Higaki
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jun FujiokaExecutive Producer
- Seiichi KawashimaProducer
- Motonobu KajinoExecutive Producer
- Naoya UesakaExecutive Producer
- Masahiro KibaExecutive Producer
- Ai MatsukiProducer
Writing
- Ryo HigakiWriter
Direction
- Hiroyuki HataDirector
- Tsutomu MizushimaDirector
- Toshiya ShinoharaDirector
- Takebumi AnzaiDirector
- Yukina HiiroDirector
- Hideaki KurakawaDirector
Cinematography
- Satoshi NamikiDirector of Photography
Music
- Kow OtaniOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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