When Does Another Season 2 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

What is Another about?

Another is a supernatural horror anime about a high school class haunted by an inexplicable curse that kills its members in gruesome ways. When transfer student Kouichi arrives, he finds his classmates trapped in a deadly cycle tied to a silent girl named Mei, and he becomes determined to uncover what happened and break the curse before more of them die. If you want a mystery that actually builds real dread and takes its premise seriously rather than winking at the camera, this is what you're looking for.

The show's strength is in its willingness to commit to genuine horror. This isn't cute or quirky. When students die, it matters and it hurts, and the deaths are often sudden and genuinely disturbing rather than telegraphed. The mystery itself unfolds at a steady pace, with the class gradually revealing pieces of their tragedy while Kouichi investigates Mei's connection to it all. There's a real paranoia here: characters suspect each other, trust breaks down, and the rules of the curse remain unclear until near the end. It builds atmosphere through restraint, letting silence and awkward conversation carry as much weight as jump scares.

Critics and audiences gave it solid marks for doing horror seriously in a medium where the genre often gets played for laughs. The twelve-episode run proved efficient, telling a complete story without overstaying its welcome. What prevents it from being perfect is an ending that, while thematically coherent, feels slightly deflating after the tension preceding it. Some viewers wanted more explanation than the show provides, though that ambiguity is partly what keeps it unsettling.

Among anime mysteries, Another stands out because it actually maintains dread across its runtime rather than dissolving into melodrama or comedy. It has the patience of a thriller and the visual language of proper horror, which remains rare enough in the format to give it a particular value for anyone looking for genre work that respects its audience's intelligence.

Is Another renewed or cancelled?

Why did Another end?

Another ran for exactly one season and concluded its story in the spring of 2012, which was its plan from the start. The show adapted Yukito Tsukumo's horror novel with a complete narrative arc, telling the tale of a cursed classroom where students die under mysterious circumstances. With twelve episodes, it had enough room to introduce the mystery, develop the tension, and reach a resolution without needing to stretch into a second season.

The series found its audience among anime fans who appreciated its darker tone and mystery-box plotting, earning a respectable 7.5 rating on IMDb. But Japanese television animation, especially on terrestrial networks like KNB, typically follows seasonal models where shows are greenlit for a fixed number of episodes rather than renewed based on Western-style ratings. Another was positioned as a complete story, and there was no narrative reason to continue beyond its finale.

The show's ending also reflected the nature of its source material. The novel had a definitive conclusion, and the anime adapted it faithfully within that twelve-episode window. Rather than become a cautionary tale of a series that overstayed its welcome, Another ended while its concept was still fresh and its mystery still had weight. It remains a respected entry in the horror-mystery anime catalog precisely because it knew when to stop.

Another Season 2 Release Date

Best & worst episodes

Another seasons

Another trailer

Where to watch Another

CrunchyrollstreamCrunchyroll Amazon Channelstream

Another latest news