AnoHana was certainly popular enough to get a sequel (NoitaminA would have loved that) but the story was wrapped up pretty conclusively. So instead, we get a big-screen film in Summer 2013. Looks like a retelling from Menma’s POV. It’ll be interesting to see if Nagai directs and Okada writes but either way, more AnoHana is a good thing.
Beckett
August 5, 2012 at 5:50 pmShould be interesting although Menma was one of my least favorite characters in the show. Still, I can't complain as long as I get more Anaru.
-blacksheep
August 5, 2012 at 6:01 pmand I just finished re-watching AnoHana last night :3 I'm definitely excited to see the series being told in Menma's POV.
Justinnnnnn
August 5, 2012 at 7:05 pmInteresting news. I certainly didn't love AnoHana as much as some others, I felt its excessive drama dragged the whole thing down. Nonetheless, a movie announcement is still worth a watch.
mtle92
August 6, 2012 at 12:47 pmmore anaru is always good.
PocariSweat
August 6, 2012 at 1:59 pmWhy Menma's point of view? She was clearly the least likable character in the series 🙁
admin
August 6, 2012 at 5:01 pmI don't think that's official yet, but I'm OK with it if that is the premise (though it's not my first choice).
Anonymous
August 8, 2012 at 7:31 pmJapan seems to love her for some unknown reason.
admin
August 9, 2012 at 1:58 amTBH, I've never been quite sure just why all the hostility towards Menma exists. Yes, she's not allowed to have the same arc the others do – because she's a ghost, in a sort of suspended childhood. But for what she was, I think she was a very good character.
It's nothing new for the Japanese and Western fan bases to have differing views on characters, of course. The most famous example is Rei vs. Asuka, where the split is pretty dramatic. I've always been on Team Japan in that case (Rei).
Anonymous
August 23, 2012 at 5:00 amReally? Menma the least likable? What's wrong with Menma? If you haven't noticed yet, the whole anime is mainly about her. So I don't know HOW you don't like her? I'd like to know who your favourite character in Anohana is then. Don't tell me it's Poppo! XD
Donyo
September 1, 2012 at 10:40 amHey, I loved Poppo, back up.
For me, AnoHana was very good in the beginning when Menma was merely a reason for the characters to take action. Being such a static and unchanging character for the whole series, she works better as a background force that motivates the central cast to act. But after her existence was revealed to the others and she took center stage, the story quality kinda dropped, since after we started putting all the focus on Menma, character development moved backwards as the characters regressed back to their most negative traits and we got to see even less of them the more we focused on Menma. Menma is very unchanging in the story, so while we focused on her being pure and flawless and not really in need of any real catharsis, and other characters like Poppo and especially Tsuruko got shafted out of getting deeper development later on in the series since there was barely any focus on them in the beginning.
Also Menma is the most marketable character in the series, and it popular because of being so pure and I guess moe? So it makes sense that they'd try making it in her POV. Not my first choice either but hey.
jacob
September 17, 2013 at 10:45 pmAll I'm gonna say is. Menma was not the least likable character. For she was my favorite, and most people I meet who watched the anime loved her, even if she never changed. But there's a reason she didn't change, explained in an earlier reply (About her being stuck in her child hood personality as ghost with a grown body like the rest of her friends pretty much).
azuredaydreamer
August 6, 2012 at 2:52 pmGood news indeed! I hope this movie answers the question why Menma could touch people but can't reveal herself through that method. It's something I've always been curious about.
Anaru and Jintan forever
February 18, 2013 at 7:56 pmWhy do people think Menma is the least likeable character?
Nikki Samano
September 5, 2013 at 6:18 amI'm so confused as to why people think Menma is the least likeable character. I loved Menma and Jintan! Anaru was my least favorite as well as many people I asked. This site makes me sad 🙁 Anaru is selfish I think. I love Menma! xD
Zeta Zero
September 5, 2013 at 11:35 amSappy series.
sharon le
September 18, 2013 at 1:20 pmanohana is such an beautiful anime,but mostly i felt bad that menma died
what a beautiful friendship. T^T