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| genre           = {{ubl|[[Horror fiction|Horror]]<ref name="activeanime">{{cite web |last1=Van Renssen |first1=André |title=Another Complete Collection |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2013/09/08/another-complete-collection/ |website=activeAnime |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215051037/http://activeanime.com/html/2013/09/08/another-complete-collection/ |archive-date=December 15, 2016 |date=September 8, 2013 |quote=A very nice horror/mystery show that makes a point of not explaining what’s going on.}}</ref><ref name="Sentai"/>|[[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]<ref name="activeanime"/><ref name="Sentai">{{cite web|title=Another|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/another|publisher=Sentai Filmworks|access-date=September 5, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020053344/https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/catalog/another|archive-date=October 20, 2020}}</ref>|[[Supernatural thriller]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Mark |title=Another Complete Omnibus Manga Review |url=https://www.fandompost.com/2013/11/29/another-complete-omnibus-manga-review/ |website=The Fandom Post |access-date=June 24, 2020 |date=November 29, 2013}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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| type         = serial novel
| author       = [[Yukito Ayatsuji]]
| publisher    = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
  | NA  = [[Yen Press]]
}}
| magazine     = Yasei Jidai
| imprint      =
| published    = October 29, 2009 
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| author       = Yukito Ayatsuji
| illustrator  = Hiro Kiyohara
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
  | NA  = Yen Press
}}
| magazine     = [[Young Ace]]
| first        = April 3, 2010
| last         = December 3, 2011
| volumes      = 4
| volume_list  = 
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| title        = Another 0
| type         = manga
| author       = Yukito Ayatsuji
| illustrator  = Hiro Kiyohara
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA =Yen Press}}
| magazine     = Young Ace
| first        = December 28, 2011
| last         = February 3, 2012
| volumes      = 1
| volume_list  = 
}}
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| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Tsutomu Mizushima]]
| writer          = Ryō Higaki
| music           = [[Kow Otani]]
| studio          = [[P.A. Works]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|AUS=Hanabee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|UK=[[MVM Films]]}}
| network         = [[Kitanihon Broadcasting|KNB]], [[Kyoto Broadcasting System|KBS]], [[Tokyo MX]], [[Chiba Television Broadcasting|CTC]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network|NA=[[Anime Network]]}}
| first           = January 10, 2012
| last            = March 27, 2012
| episodes        = 12
| episode_list    = List of Another episodes
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| type            = ova
| title           = The Other -Karma-
| director        = Tsutomu Mizushima
| writer          = Ryō Higaki
| music           = Kow Otani
| studio          = P.A. Works
| released        = May 26, 2012
| runtime         =
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = novel
| title        = Another: Episode S
| author       = Yukito Ayatsuji
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA =Yen Press}}
| magazine     =
| imprint      = 
| published    = July 31, 2013 
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| type         = serial novel
| title        = Another 2001
| author       = Yukito Ayatsuji
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Yen Press}}
| magazine     = Yasei Jidai
| imprint      =
| published    = September 30, 2020 
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| content         = 
*''[[Another (film)|Another]]'' (2012 live-action film)
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'''''Another''''' is a Japanese [[mystery fiction|mystery]] [[horror fiction|horror]] novel by [[Yukito Ayatsuji]], published on October 29, 2009, by [[Kadokawa Shoten]]. The story 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 falling victim to gruesome, senseless deaths.

A [[manga]] adaptation by Hiro Kiyohara was serialized between May 2010 and January 2012 in the issues of Kadokawa Shoten's ''[[Young Ace]]''. Both the novel and the manga have been licensed in North America by [[Yen Press]]. A [[Another (TV series)|12-episode anime television series]] produced by [[P.A. Works]] aired in Japan between January 10 and March 27, 2012, with an [[original video animation]] episode released on May 26, 2012, and a live-action film [[Another (film)|of the same name]] was released in Japanese theatres on August 4, 2012.

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==Plot==
In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School's class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the loss, the students and teacher of class 3-3 continued to behave as though Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence shown within the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama's class 3-3, where he meets Mei Misaki, a quiet student whom their classmates as well as the teacher seemingly ignore. The class is soon caught up in a strange phenomenon, in which students and their relatives begin to die in often peculiarly gruesome ways. Realizing that these deaths are related to the long deceased "Misaki of 1972", a yearly calamity that has struck most every class 3-3 since 1972, Kōichi and Mei seek to figure out how to stop it before it kills anymore of their classmates or them.

==Characters==

===Main characters===
<!-- only two main characters in live-action film -->
;{{nihongo|{{va|Kōichi Sakakibara}}|榊原 恒一|Sakakibara Kōichi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Atsushi Abe]]<ref name="ann jp cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-09/tv-anime-another-voice-cast-revealed|title=TV Anime Another's Voice Cast Revealed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>|[[Greg Ayres]]<ref name="ann eng cast">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-18/sentai-filmworks-reveals-tsuritama-another-anime-dub-casts|title=Sentai Filmworks Reveals tsuritama, 'Another' Anime Dub Casts|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 18, 2013|access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>}}
:Played by: [[Kento Yamazaki]]<ref name="live cast">{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa-pictures.jp/official/another/cast.shtml|title=Another|publisher=Kadokawa Pictures|access-date=November 7, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622200157/http://www.kadokawa-pictures.jp/official/another/cast.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> (live-action film)
:A 15-year-old boy who transferred to Yomiyama North Middle's Class 3-3 from Tokyo in 1998, but was hospitalized due to  [[pneumothorax]] before the school year began. Kōichi stays with his grandparents and aunt Reiko, while his father conducts research in India. He befriends Mei Misaki despite warnings against doing so, and works with his classmates to uncover the truth behind the curse of Class 3-3.{{gnr|ch|1}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Mei Misaki}}|見崎 鳴|Misaki Mei}}
:{{voiced by|[[Natsumi Takamori]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Monica Rial]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}
:Played by: [[Ai Hashimoto]]<ref name="live cast" /> (live-action film)
:An unusual girl who wears a white [[eyepatch]] over her left eye,{{gnr|ch|1}} Kōichi first meets her on the elevator of Yūmigaoka Hospital, as she is going to deliver a doll to her "poor other half" in the second basement (it comes out in bits that her other half is deceased, her cousin, and later is revealed to be her twin sister in episode 10).{{gnr|ch|1}} At school, she is completely ignored by her classmates. When Kōichi goes out of his way to try to interact with her, she warns him not to, but relents and gradually opens up to him about her situation after Kōichi is also ignored by the class.{{gnr|ch|8}} She reveals to Kōichi that her left eye is a [[Ocular prosthesis|doll's eye]], and that she has a special ability,{{gnr|ch|3}} noting later in the story that she is able to see the "color of death", that is, identify people who are dead and those close to death.{{gnr|ch|17}}

===Kōichi's relatives===
;{{nihongo|{{va|Yōsuke Sakakibara}}|榊原 陽介|Sakakibara Yōsuke}}
:{{voiced by|[[Takurō Kitagawa]]|[[Christopher Ayres]]}}
:Kōichi's widowed father and Reiko's brother-in-law, is a college professor who is doing [[work abroad|research in India]]. He regularly calls his son to chat, but does not give much detail about their family background, opting instead to complain about the heat.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=17,37}}</ref> The phone connection typically becomes filled with static and drops just as Yōsuke might say something informative.
;{{nihongo|{{va|Ritsuko Sakakibara}}|榊原 理津子|Sakakibara Ritsuko}}
:Kōichi's mother and Reiko's older sister, she died 15 years ago right after giving birth to him. She was a student in Yomiyama Middle School's Class 3-3 back in 1972, and was thus one of Misaki Yomiyama's classmates.{{gnr|ch|1}} It is later revealed that she died while Reiko was in Class 3-3; and was therefore a victim of the curse that year. Her maiden name was {{nihongo|Ritsuko Mikami|三神 理津子|Mikami Ritsuko}}.<ref name="book p648">{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=648}} "十五年前に死んだ母、榊原理津子(旧姓、三神)。その十一歳年下の妹、すなわちぼくの実の
{{ruby|叔母|おば}}である三神怜子――怜子さんが、これから転入する学校の教師で、しかもクラスの副担任であるという偶然はある意味、大いに心強い話ではあった。"</ref>
;{{nihongo|{{va|Reiko Mikami}}|三神 怜子|Mikami Reiko}}<ref name="book p648"/>
:{{voiced by|Naoko Sakakibara (Reiko),<ref name="ann jp cast"/> Misayo Miyamaki (Ms. Mikami)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411000834/http://www.another-anime.jp/character/images/chara-box-11.jpg|url=http://www.another-anime.jp/character/images/chara-box-11.jpg|script-title=ja:三神先生|trans-title=Ms. Mikami|publisher=[[P.A. Works]]|archive-date=April 11, 2015|access-date=August 11, 2015|language=ja}}</ref>{{efn|The voice actor "Misayo Miyamaki" was a pseudonym, with the name being an anagram for Misaki Yomiyama}}|[[Molly Searcy]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}
:Played by: [[Ai Kato]] (live-action film)
:Kōichi's aunt and Ritsuko's younger sister.<ref name="book p648"/> She has been hanging out with Koichi at the grandparents home while Koichi's dad has been away. At the beginning of the story, she gives him advice about Yomiyama Middle School through a series of "rules".{{gnr|ch|1}} She usually returns home exhausted after work.{{gnr|ch|4|,6}} She was in class 3-3 15 years ago when Koichi's mother died.{{gnr|ch|6}} It is later revealed that she is also {{Nihongo|Ms. Mikami|三神先生|Mikami sensei}}, the Class 3-3's assistant homeroom teacher,<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=47}} "私なり、副担任の――」<br>　久保寺先生は、かたわらでやりとりを見守っていた年下の女性教師のほうに視線を流し、<br>　「<ruby><rb>三神</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>みかみ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>先生にでも、もちろん」<br>　(中略)<br>　思いきりしゃちほこばった声で云って、ぼくは副担任の三神先生――担当教科は美術――に向かって頭を下げた。"</ref><ref name="book p648"/> and that the fourth rule she gave Koichi was to separate their home life from their school life; thus, Kōichi addresses her as Reiko at home and Ms. Mikami at school.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|pp=647–648}} "「学校ではあくまでも、わたしは『三神先生』なんだからね。いい？」<br>　新しい中学への初登校日前夜、怜子さんがぼくに語った「夜見北での心構え」――。<br>　(中略)<br>　だからぼくは、わざわざ「夜見北での心構え、その四」として示されたその云いつけを律儀に守って、学校では「三神先生」、家では「怜子さん」と彼女のことを呼び分けながら、あたかも別々の人間と接するかのように彼女と接してきたのだ。"</ref> During the events of Koichi's summer camp trip, Mei discovers and Koichi realizes that Reiko has been the Casualty, that is, the spirit who triggers the deaths of those in class 3-3 or their relatives. Her back story shows that she was Class 3-3's homeroom teacher two years ago,{{gnr|ch|10}} but that she had drowned.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=666}}</ref>{{gnr|ch|19}}

===Mei's relatives===
;{{nihongo|{{va|Kirika|Yukiyo Misaki}}|霧果}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hitomi Harada]]|[[Tiffany Grant]]}} 
:She is an artist and the owner of "Blue Eyes Empty to All, In the Twilight of Yomi", a [[ball-jointed doll]] store and museum.{{gnr|ch|3}} Kōichi later confirms she is Mei Misaki's adoptive mother,{{gnr|ch|8}} but they have a somewhat distant relationship where they talk to each other like strangers.{{gnr|ch|9}} Mei reveals that her mother had a stillbirth 12 years ago, which made her obsessed with dolls; this hobby has led to her and Mei treating each other as strangers.{{gnr|ch|17}} Her real name is {{nihongo|Yukiyo Misaki|見崎 ユキヨ|Misaki Yukiyo}}.{{gnr|ch|17}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Misaki Fujioka}}|藤岡 未咲|Fujioka Misaki}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hiromi Igarashi]]}}
:First introduced as Mei's "other half"{{gnr|ch|1}} and later as her cousin,{{gnr|ch|3}} she was the person whom Mei was delivering a present to at the basement of Yūmigaoka Hospital,{{gnr|ch|1}} where Kōichi learns houses the memorial chapel.{{gnr|ch|2}} In reality, she is Mei's twin sister, raised separately after birth, though they occasionally met each other.  Has a more cheerful personality than Mei. Misaki and Mei's biological mother is named Mitsuyo.{{gnr|ch|17}} Misaki died in the hospital from [[leukemia]] in April.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|pp=584–593}}</ref>
;{{nihongo|{{va|Amane}}|天根|Amane}}
:{{voiced by|[[Sayuri Sadaoka]]|Vicki Barosh}}
:The receptionist at the doll shop and museum.{{gnr|ch|3}} Whenever she sees Kōichi, she offers him a student-discounted admission to their museum.{{gnr|ch|3|,|5}} Mei later reveals that she is her grand-aunt.{{gnr|ch|8}}

===Yomiyama North Middle School===

====Class 3-3 students====
;{{nihongo|{{va|Tomohiko Kazami}}|風見 智彦|Kazami Tomohiko}}
:{{voiced by|[[Mitsuhiro Ichiki]]|[[Jessie James Grelle]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}, Takashi Waka (live-action film)
:He's one of the class delegates and a glasses-wearing honor student.{{gnr|ch|1}} He and Teshigawara are childhood friends.{{gnr|ch|1}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Yukari Sakuragi}}|桜木 ゆかり|Sakuragi Yukari}}
:{{voiced by|[[Ai Nonaka]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Brittney Karbowski]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}, Maya Okano (live-action film)
:The class 3-3 representative for the girls side.{{gnr|ch|1|,|5}} Her appearance is friendly. In May, when she learns that her mother died in a car accident, she ends up falling down the stairs and impaling her neck on the sharp end of her [[umbrella]].<ref name="book p185">{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=185}}</ref>{{gnr|ch|4}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Naoya Teshigawara}}|敕使河原直哉|Teshigawara Naoya}}
:{{voiced by|[[Tomoaki Maeno]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Chris Patton]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}, Kiyotaka Uji (live-action film)
:A classmate who befriends Kōichi, whom he nicknames "Sakaki".{{gnr|ch|1}} His appearance is a little taller than other boys and cheery. A sports lover with a superficial personality, he was asked to explain the situation to Kōichi but has trouble going through with it.{{gnr|vol|1}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Yūya Mochizuki}}|望月 優矢|Mochizuki Yūya}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kazutomi Yamamoto]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Clint Bickham]]}}, Kai Inowaki (live-action film)
:A schoolmate and member of the Art Club.{{gnr|ch|3}} He along with Teshigawara help Kōichi unravel the 3-3 calamity. Kōichi thinks he has a crush on Ms. Mikami, the assistant homeroom teacher, as he often inquires as to her health and whereabouts.{{gnr|ch|3}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Yumi Ogura}}|小椋 由美|Ogura Yumi}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Iori Nomizu]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Tiffany Grant]]}}, Ayana (live-action film)
:One of the students of 9 Grade Class 3 in 1998. She is friends with Takako Sugiura and Izumi Akazawa in her duties as the head of countermeasures, acting as her right and left hands. She is a kind and shy person. The deaths of her brother Atsushi and Aya makes her lose her mind and sanity. In the anime, she tries to kill Mei, believing her to be an extra student, but she falls down from the second floor and breaks her neck. In the manga, she briefly appears talking with Mei; and in the novel, she always stays in the company of Izumi's group. She survives the curse in these adaptions. In the live-action film, she appears in some scenes and doesn't speak a lot, and later she survives the Inn incident.
;{{nihongo|{{va|Izumi Akazawa}}|赤沢 泉美|Akazawa Izumi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Madoka Yonezawa]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Jessica Boone]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}, Mika Akizuki (live-action film)
:A student in charge of countermeasures, she devises and upholds means to deal with the calamity of Class 3-3.{{gnr|ch|3|,|6|,|7}} She replaces her friend Yukari as the class representative on the girls side in June.{{gnr|ch|7}} She resents Mei and Kōichi for breaking the class rule of not interacting with the person who is "not there", feeling that their actions have undermined the countermeasures and have caused the deaths to continue.{{gnr|ch|6|,|11}}<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|pages=434, 562–569}}</ref> In the novel, during the summer trip, she is pursued by Mineko Numata, and dies from falling off a veranda and [[cervical fracture|breaking her neck]].<!-- Don't remove it because of spoilers or differences with the anime. This describes the events in the novel. --><ref name="book p660">{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=660}}</ref> In the manga and anime, her hair is styled in [[bunches]]. In the afterword of the manga series, Ayatsuji wrote that Akazawa was a supporting character in the novels, but that manga artist Kiyohara give her a bigger role, which worked well for the climax and the big twist in the adaptation.{{gnr|vol|Omnibus|:afterword}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Takako Sugiura}}|杉浦 多佳子|Sugiura Takako}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Misato Fukuen]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[Emily Neves]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}, Mana Konno (live-action film)
:A student of 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998. She is friends with Yumi Ogura and Izumi Akazawa as the countermeasures's personal right-arm. She is a young girl and cares deeply about her friends. She has a crush on Junta in the anime. She used to attend the same school with Mei's twin sister, which made her believe that Mei is the extra student. Junta's death makes her lose her mind; she tries to kill Mei, but gets stuck in the cables and dies. In the manga, she dies in the fire; and in the novel, she is killed by Mineko. In the live-action film, she survives these encounters, and is protected by Tomohiko.
;{{nihongo|{{va|Ikuo Takabayashi}}|高林郁夫|Takabayashi Ikuo}}
:{{voiced by|Shou Takano|[[Blake Shepard]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}
:A classmate who is noted to occasionally miss school because of his weak heart condition. His appearance is thin and a bit smaller than other boys. He is usually seen sitting at the sidelines during [[physical education|P.E.]]{{volume needed|date=August 2015}} In June, he suffers a fatal heart attack.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=267}}</ref>{{gnr|ch|7}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Junta Nakao}}|中尾 順太|Nakao Junta}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kengo Kawanishi]]|Houston Hayes}}
:He appears to have a crush on Akazawa, which is what drives his decision to participate in the summer trip, during which he died, making him one of the seven "Deaths of August".<ref name="book p660"/>
;{{nihongo|{{va|Manabu Maejima}}|前島 学|Maejima Manabu}}
:{{voiced by|Keisuke Koumoto}}
:A member of the [[kendo]] club. He died during the summer trip when he was stabbed by Takabayashi's grandmother from the back, he's one of the seven "Deaths of August".<ref name="book p660"/>
;{{nihongo|{{va|Shigeki Yonemura}}|米村 茂樹|Yonemura Shigeki}}
:He is a ranked A student in class. He died during the summer trip, one of the seven "Deaths of August".<ref name="book p660"/>

====Faculty====
;{{nihongo|{{va|Shōji Kubodera}}|久保寺紹二|Kubodera Shōji}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kōzō Mito]]|[[David Matranga]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}
:Class 3-3 homeroom teacher.{{gnr|ch|1}} In July, after realizing that the countermeasures to the Class 3-3 calamity are not working, he kills his bedridden mother by smothering her with a pillow the night before [[suicide|stabbing himself]] in the neck in front of the class.{{gnr|ch|11|,|12}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Tatsuji Chibiki}}|千曳 辰治|Chibiki Tatsuji}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hiroaki Hirata]]<ref name="ann jp cast"/>|[[David Wald]]}}, Yoshihiko Hakamaka (live-action film)
:Reiko describes him as the "ruler" of the secondary library. He typically dresses in all black.{{gnr|ch|3}} He was the teacher for Class 3-3 in 1972, the year Misaki Yomiyama died. Some years later, he resigned as a teacher but stayed on as librarian, claiming that he was "running away [from the curse]" but, staying nearby out of guilt. Since then, he's kept a record of the phenomena, the deceased and their connections; and shares his findings with Kōichi and Mei.{{gnr|ch|10}}

===Others===
;{{nihongo|{{va|Misaki Yomiyama}}|夜見山 岬| Yomiyama Misaki}}
:The honor student from Yomiyama Middle School's Class 3-3 in 1972. He was extremely popular and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He died in a house fire that also claimed the lives of both his brother and his family.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|p=385}}</ref> His classmates were so heartbroken by his untimely death and could not accept it, that at school they pretended as if he was still alive, which led to a mysterious photo with the supposedly dead Misaki in it.<ref name="book p8-13">{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|pp=8–13}}</ref>{{gnr|ch|1|,|15}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Sanae Mizuno}}|水野 沙苗|Mizuno Sanae}}
:{{voiced by|[[Seiko Yoshida]]|[[Carli Mosier]]<ref name="ann eng cast"/>}}, [[Hiroko Sato]] (live-action film)
:A nurse at Yūmigaoka Hospital who befriends Koichi. A running gag is that she is [[Accident-proneness|accident-prone]].{{gnr|ch|1|,|2|,|5}} She has a younger brother named Takeru in Class 3-3.{{gnr|ch|4}} She tries to assist Kōichi in unraveling the mystery of Yomiyama North by giving him information she gleans from discussions with her colleagues and her brother.{{gnr|ch|3|,|5}} In June, she is killed when the elevator she was riding on breaks its cable and falls down the shaft; the impact causes the ceiling beam to fall on her.{{gnr|ch|6|,|7}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Katsumi Matsunaga}}|松永 克己|Matsunaga Katsumi}}
:{{voiced by|Shinya Takahashi|[[Illich Guardiola]]}}
:A former Yomiyama North Middle School student from Class 3-3 of 1983, and one of Reiko's classmates. During their summer trip, when he had killed a classmate, he discovers that the other people in the class suddenly have no knowledge of that classmate. He realizes he had killed the Casualty, making this the only known case of the phenomenon stopping halfway through the year.{{gnr|ch|14|,|15}} He recorded his theories and confession on an [[Compact Cassette|audio cassette]] and hid it in the school for future students to find.{{gnr|ch|15}} After graduation, he moved to Tokyo to pursue his studies. He became a banker, but quit after a few years, returning to Yomiyama to help with the family business.{{volume needed|date=August 2015|reason=not listed in the manga, is it described in the novel?}} He is a regular at Inoya Cafė, where Tomoka Inose works.{{gnr|ch|13}}
;{{nihongo|{{va|Tomoka Inose}}|猪瀬 知香|Inose Tomoka}}
:{{voiced by|Mahiro Inoue|[[Maggie Flecknoe]]}}
:Yūya's older half-sister. A waitress at Inoya Cafė, she attended Yomiyama North Middle School during 1983, though she was not part of Class 3-3. Although aware of the rumors about said class, she did not believe them until Yūya, fearing for his life, explained the situation to her. Katsumi Matsunaga is a regular at the cafe where she works.{{gnr|ch|13}}<!--Source doesn't say that Tomoka talks occasionally to Katsumi--><ref>{{Harvnb|Ayatsuji|2009|pp=486–489}}</ref>
;{{nihongo|{{va|Mineko Numata}}|沼田 峯子|Numata Mineko}}
:{{voiced by|[[Rie Takahashi]]|Vicki Barosh}}
:Ikuo Takabayashi's grandmother. A gentle warm-hearted grandmother, though she proved to be an insane crone murderer due to Ikuo's death. In the novel, she is responsible for the murder of Manabu Maejima, Izumi Akazawa, Takako Sugiura, Junta Nakao, Shigeki Yonemura, and her husband Kensaku during the summer trip. She then proceeded to commit suicide by biting off her tongue, making her along with her husband one of the seven "Deaths of August".{{volume needed|date=August 2015|reason=this detail is in the novel? manga?}}  In the anime, she is not directly responsible for Sugiura's or Akazawa's death, and she was killed with a frying pan by Izumi, saving Yūya Mochizuki and Naoya Teshigawara.

==Media==

===Novels===
''Another'' is a 487-page novel written by [[Yukito Ayatsuji]]. The novel was originally serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's literary magazine ''Yasai Jidai'' in intermittent periods between the August 2006 and May 2009 issues. A compiled ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume was published on October 29, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/book/bk_detail.php?pcd=200905000546|title=Another|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=July 30, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203906/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/book/bk_detail.php?pcd=200905000546|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a two-volume ''[[bunkobon]]'' edition was released on November 25, 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201106000725/ | title=Another (上) | publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]] | access-date=August 18, 2023 | language=ja | archive-date=June 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603140116/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/bunko/bk_detail.php?pcd=201106000725 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201106000724/|title=Another (下)|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=August 18, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603141941/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/bunko/bk_detail.php?pcd=201106000724|url-status=dead}}</ref> A re-release of the ''bunkobon'' edition featuring illustrations by [[Noizi Ito]] was released under the [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] Sneaker Bunko on March 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201109000161 | title=Another (上) | publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]] | access-date=March 9, 2012 | language=ja | archive-date=March 14, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314172336/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201109000161 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201109000160|title=Another (下)|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=March 9, 2012|language=ja|archive-date=March 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314172217/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/lnovel/bk_detail.php?pcd=201109000160|url-status=dead}}</ref> A spin-off novel titled ''Another: Episode S'' was released on July 31, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/book/bk_detail.php?pcd=201205000042|title=Another: Episode S|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=July 20, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616041914/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/book/bk_detail.php?pcd=201205000042|url-status=dead}}</ref>  It is two novels in one binding. ''Another S'' is a side novel set in the same time period, an adventure of Mei Misaki during summer vacation. [[Yen Press]] has licensed the novels in North America,<ref name="yenpress">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-13/yen-press-adds-another-horror-novel-and-manga-junya-inoue-btooom-manga|title=Yen Press Adds {{'}}''Another''{{'}} Horror Novel & Manga, Junya Inoue's ''BTOOOM!'' Manga|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 13, 2012|access-date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> and released ''Another'' in 2013 digitally, and in October 2014 in print. Yen Press's release of ''Another S'' was compiled with the manga ''Another 0'' and titled ''Another: Episode S/0''. It was released in May 2016. The English translation is by Karen McGillicuddy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Library of Congress Catalog |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=12539&recCount=25&recPointer=3&bibId=18234777 |date = 28 October 2014|publisher=Library of Congress |isbn = 978-0-316-33910-0|access-date=November 28, 2019}}</ref>

A sequel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-15/horror-light-novel-another-2-planned-for-fall-launch/.75314|title=Horror Light Novel 'Another 2' Planned for Fall Launch|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 15, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref> titled ''Another 2001'', was serialized in ''Yasei Jidai'' magazine from the November 2014 issue<ref>{{cite book |title=小説 野性時代 第１３２号 |date=2014-10-11 |publisher=Kadokawa |isbn=978-4-04-101823-1 |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321402000239/ |language=ja}}</ref> to the February 2020 issue,<ref>{{cite book |title=小説 野性時代 第１９５号 ２０２０年２月号 |date=2020-01-11 |isbn=978-4-04-108185-3 |url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321901000096/ |language=ja|author1=小説野性時代編集部 |publisher=Kadokawa }}</ref> and as its name implies, takes place in 2001. A compiled volume was released on September 30, 2020. Yen Press also licensed the sequel novel and released it on December 13, 2022, translated by Nicole Wilder.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Yen Press Licenses If You Could See Love, In the Land of Leadale Manga, 4 Novels|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-24/yen-press-licenses-if-you-could-see-love-in-the-land-of-leadale-manga-4-novels/.177771|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 24, 2021|date=September 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Another 2001|url=https://yenpress.com/9781975336011/another-2001/|publisher=[[Yen Press]]|access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref>

===Manga===
A [[manga]] adaptation illustrated by Hiro Kiyohara was serialized between the May 2010 and January 2012 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's ''[[Young Ace]]'' magazine. Four ''tankōbon'' volumes were released between October 4, 2010, and December 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201005000029|title=Another (1)|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=July 30, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213906/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201005000029|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201105000119|title=Another (4)|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=December 5, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211944/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=201105000119|url-status=dead}}</ref> A "0th" volume of the manga was released on May 26, 2012, compiling two extra chapters published in ''Young Ace'' on December 28, 2011, and February 3, 2012. ''Another 0'' is set during Aunt Reiko's year in class 3-3, in 1983. [[Yen Press]] has licensed the original four-volume manga in North America and released it as an omnibus.<ref name="yenpress" /> The license and release of ''Another 0'' was compiled into the novel ''Another: Episode S/0''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ayatsuji |first=Yukito |title=Another: Episode S/0 |date=May 24, 2016 |publisher=[[Yen Press]] |isbn=9780316394154}}</ref>

===Anime===
{{main|List of Another episodes}}
A 12-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation produced by [[P.A. Works]] and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima<ref name="ANN-0811">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-27/anime-another-with-noizi-ito-p.a-works-debuts-in-january|title=Anime ''Another'' with Noizi Ito, P.A. Works Debuts in January|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 27, 2011|access-date=August 27, 2011}}</ref> aired in Japan between January 10 and March 27, 2012. The screenplay was written by Ryō Higaki, and the chief animation director Yuriko Ishii based the character design used in the anime on Noizi Ito's original concept art.<ref name="ANN-0811"/><ref name="official-about">{{cite web|url=http://www.another-anime.jp/about/|title=Staff & Cast|publisher=[[P.A. Works]]|access-date=November 21, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206140548/http://www.another-anime.jp/about/|archive-date=February 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The music was produced by [[Kow Otani]], and the sound director is Yoshikazu Iwanami.<ref name="official-about"/> The anime has two theme songs: the opening theme {{Nihongo|"Kyōmu Densen"|凶夢伝染||"Nightmare Contagion"}} by the band [[Ali Project]], and the ending theme "Anamnesis" by [[Annabel (Japanese singer)|Annabel]]. [[Sentai Filmworks]] licensed the series in North America, releasing it on BD/DVD on July 30, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-16/sentai-filmworks-licenses-horror-tv-anime-another|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses Horror TV Anime ''Another''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 16, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> An [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode set before the beginning of the series was released on May 26, 2012, with a "0th" volume of the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-02/promo-for-episode-0-of-horror-anime-another-streamed|title=Promo for Episode 0 of Horror Anime 'Another' Streamed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 2, 2012|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref> [[MVM Films]] released the series, including the OVA, in the United Kingdom and Ireland in late 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-20/mvm-to-release-another-on-blu-ray-and-dvd|title=MVM to Release Another on Blu-ray and DVD|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 20, 2013|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>

===Live-action film===
{{main|Another (film)}}
A live-action film adaptation [[Another (film)|of the same name]], directed by [[Takeshi Furusawa]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-02-15/ring-horror-films-sadako-gets-3d-live-action-film |title=Ring Horror Films' Sadako Gets 3D Live-Action Film |date=February 15, 2011 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref> and produced by [[Kadokawa Pictures]] was released in Japanese theaters on August 4, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-03-02/live-action-film-teaser-of-horror-novel-another-posted|title=Live-Action Film Teaser of Horror Novel 'Another' Posted|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 2, 2012|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref> The theme song is {{Nihongo|"Rakuen"|楽園||"Paradise"}} by [[Miliyah Kato]].

==Reception==
The novel ranked third in both the ''[[Honkaku Mystery Best 10#2010|2010 Honkaku Mystery Best 10]]'' and the ''[[Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!#2010|Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010]]'' mystery fiction guide books. It was nominated for the 2010 [[Honkaku Mystery Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://honkaku.com/english.html|title= The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|publisher=Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan|access-date=July 18, 2015}}</ref>

On June 12, 2015, the now-defunct [[Chinese Ministry of Culture]] listed ''Another'' among 38 anime and manga titles banned in [[China]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2015/06/12/china-bans-38-japanese-anime-manga-titles-including-attack-titan |title=China bans 38 anime & manga titles including ''Attack on Titan'' |publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]] |date=2015-06-12 |access-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615043024/http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2015/06/12/china-bans-38-japanese-anime-manga-titles-including-attack-titan|archive-date=2015-06-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Editions==
'''Novel'''
* {{cite book |title=Another |last=Ayatsuji |first=Yukito |year=2009 |location=Japan |isbn=978-4-04-874003-6}}

'''''Another'' manga volumes story by Yukito Ayatsuji, art by Hiro Kiyohara.'''
Original Japanese version published by [[Kadokawa Shoten]]. English version by Yen Press.
{{refbegin}}
# {{gnn|ref={{cite book
   | title = Another 1
   | language = ja
   | date = September 30, 2010
   | isbn = 978-4-04-715534-3
| author1 = 綾辻行人
 | publisher = 角川書店
 }} |vol=1|1|2|3|4}}
# {{gnn|ref={{cite book
   | title = Another 2
   | language = ja
   | date = March 2, 2011
   | isbn = 978-4-04-715628-9
| author1 = 綾辻行人
 | publisher = 角川書店
 }} | vol=2|5|6|7|8|9|9.5}}
# {{gnn|ref={{cite book
   | title = Another 3
   | language = ja
   | date =  September 1, 2011
   | isbn = 978-4-04-715772-9
| author1 = 綾辻行人
 | publisher = 角川書店
 }} | vol=3|10|11|12|13|14}}
# {{gnn|ref={{cite book
   | title = Another 4
   | language = ja
   | date =  December 27, 2011
   | isbn = 978-4-04-120044-5
| author1 = 綾辻行人
 | publisher = 角川書店
 }} | vol=4|15|16|17|18|19|20}}
* {{gnn|ref={{cite book
   | title = Another 0
   | language = ja
   | date =  May 26, 2012
   | isbn = 978-4-04-900816-6
| author1 = 清原紘
 | author2 = 綾辻行人
 | publisher = 角川書店
 }} | vol=0}}
* {{gnn|ref={{cite book <!-- this is for any English editor's notes and extras that need to be cited from the English volume. -->
   | title=Another (Omnibus edition)
   | date=October 29, 2013
   | isbn = 978-0-316-24591-3
}} | vol=Omnibus}}
{{refend}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/another/}} at [[Kadokawa Shoten]] {{in lang|ja}}

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{{P.A. Works}}
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