'Anohana' stage adaptation releases key visual for February 2022

Written by: Nicole Castro

Published on: December 17, 2021 at 19:46 PHT (GMT+8)

The stage adaptation for Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Romaji: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai) has released a key visual (KV) to promote the performance. It will run from Feb. 2 to 6, 2022 at the Owlspot Theatre in Toshima City, Tokyo.

Anohana was considered one of the best anime of the 2010s by American video game website Polygon and is often included by fans in their "Top 10 list of heartbreaking anime that will make you cry." It is a 2011 Japanese anime television series created by Super Peace Busters (Japanese: 超平和バスターズ, Romaji: Chō Heiwa Basutāzu), an artist collective consisting of director Tatsuyuki Nagai, screenwriter Mari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka.

The anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired in Fuji TV's noitamina block between April and June 2011. A manga adaptation illustrated by Mitsu Izumi was serialized from April 2012 to March 2013 in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine.

Cast

• Yuki Torigoe (鳥越裕貴) as Jinta Yadomi

• Miori Ichikawa (市川美織) as Me