Review of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Truly amazing... This is my first time writing a review, so please bear with me :) I finished this anime just a moment ago, and right now I am drenched in tears. Every episode was simply amazing. This type of anime was quite new to me as I usually don't prefer anime with 'drama' in it since I tend to get frustrated while watching it. However, this story changed my view towards dramatic, slice of life anime. The story revolves around a group of 6 childhood friends who gradually distance their friendship after the tragic death of one of the friends in the group. Years after theaccident, the girl who died, 'Menma' (Honma Meiko) suddenly appears in front of 'Jintan' (Yadomi Jinta) asking for a wish of hers to be granted. No one knows what exactly the wish is, and so, their story begins...

This anime has great graphics and a creative, wonderful story-line that makes you smile, get angry, laugh and cry at times. One thing that made this anime enjoyable was how the story wasn't one of those cheap projects that has a cliche story, or a really predictable story. It was full of originality and the story ran very smoothly; not slow and not too fast. Character development is done extremely well in this anime and allows viewers to sympathize with each character and provoke so many different emotions from the viewers. Also, I am really picky and strict about Seiyuus. This anime didn't really have major, famous Seiyuus but still the voices suited the characters so I was fine with the voices :) I really loved Yukiatsu(Matsuyuki, Atsumu)'s voice, Sakura Takahiro is one of my favorites