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Crunchyroll to Stream Horror TV Anime Series 'Another'
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The media distribution website Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the television anime adaptation of Yukito Ayatsuji's Another horror novel. The series will stream on Mondays at 1:00 p.m. EST, starting on January 9, and it will be available in North America, South America, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
Ayatsuji's 2009 novel centers around a school class that has a curse, and the string of unavoidable deaths that befall the boys and girls in that class. Another will debut on January 9 in Japan with character designs by Noizi Ito (Haruhi Suzumiya, Shakugan no Shana). Tsutomu Mizushima (Blood-C, xxxHOLiC) is directing the anime at the studio P.A. Works. Ryō Higaki (Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit) is in charge of the scripts, and Yuriko Ishii (Persona -trinity soul-) is adapting Ito's designs for animation. ALI PROJECT and Annabel are performing Another's opening and ending theme songs.
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