The Amnesia Anime is ranked ninth in the 2013 Shikimori Top Anime List. The manga author is Idea Factory, and the main director is Ohashi Yoshimitsu.
The anime was fully completed in 2013. You will be pleased with 12 episodes and one OVA, which will clarify the ending and, possibly, change the opinion of anime for the better.
Genre: shojo (i.e., the target audience is girls aged 12-18), romance, a harem for girls (in the anime there are a lot of guys in love with the main character), a detective, adventures.
In the manga "Amnesia" 2 volumes. Unfortunately, the translation of the second volume of Amnesia is incomplete. The anime was made according to the visual novel of the same name, by playing which the viewer better understands the intricate plot of the anime. Particularly noteworthy is the opening - an enchanting melody that sets the mood for the entire series. Risovka pleases the eye and heals the soul of otaku.
Plot
On the calendar is the first of August. The main character, whose name we still don’t recognize, woke up in a cafe after losing consciousness. Soon she realizes that all her memories are lost. And after a short passage of time there is a reason - the spirit of Orion. He tried to get to Earth from another world and inadvertently hooked the astral body of the heroine, replacing the structure of her memories with himself. Different people speak to the girl every now and then, who clearly know more about her than she does about them. But the main difficulty of the memory recovery process: no one should understand that she has amnesia, and going to the doctors, according to Orion, will not bring any benefit. When the heroine finds herself in stressful situations, fragments of memories return to her, but it is impossible to compose the whole picture from these fragments.
The second series begins with a meeting in a cafe where the girl, as it turned out, works. The manager organizes a general trip to rally the team. The heroine is doubted whether to participate in it, but Orion convinces the girl that this is a good chance to restore her memory. It's getting dark. All participants of the trip go to see the starfall.
The heroine is a little behind and accidentally left alone with Sheen. He asks her to answer one question, but the heroine is afraid that she will say something wrong. In addition, the only memory of Sheen is not her most pleasant - the guy admits to her that he killed a man. She runs away from him, but does not look at his feet, and falls off a cliff. This time the heroine woke up in the hospital, but on the calendar again the first of August. Shin comes to see her. He kisses the heroine and takes her home. He also has the key to the apartment, Shin is very surprised that she forgot about it. Orion disappeared somewhere, but she remembers everything that was after meeting him. At some point, the heroine doubts whether he was a dream, and whether she is sleeping now, but then convinces herself that everything that happens is a reality. The next day, Shin again comes to her house and after asking a couple of questions, quickly realizes that she does not remember anything. He tells her that they have been friends since childhood and have been dating for 3 months. Then Shin takes her to work. There everyone except her remembers what happened. From the story of one of the girlfriends of the waitresses, the heroine understands that her memories of the trip do not coincide with the memories of the cafe workers. All the most interesting is ahead.
Characters
Unusually, the characters of the secondary characters of Amnesia are revealed much better than the character of the main character. Although the reason is obvious, many viewers did not like it.
Each hero corresponds to one card suit: Shin - hearts, Ikki - peaks, Kent - clubs, Tom - tambourines. The most mysterious character of Amnesia, Uka, got the role of the joker. The same card suits affect plot branches in the game.
Minor Characters in the Amnesia Anime:
- Rika (head of the Ikki fan club);
- Mine (works in a cafe with the main character);
- Sava (fun and active girl, reliable friend);
- Vaka (the manager in the cafe where the girl works, his temperament is different in every world).
Heroine
The name of the girl who lost her memory remains unknown. First of all, this is due to the fact that in the game of the same name, the choice of a name is left to the player.
According to the actions of the heroine in the present tense, we can say that she is kind and submissive. According to the recollections of other characters of Amnesia, we can conclude that she was cheerful, sociable, always trying to understand and support her friends. The heroine is the only one who can see the spirit of Orion.
Many viewers consider her too infantile, even for the current situation, so she takes 5th place in the ranking of “The Most Useless Main Story for the Plot” (according to Shikimori).
Orion
The mystical spirit that came from another world. She is trying her best to help the main character return her memory. Cheerful and naive, he often finds himself in awkward situations, but never fails. Orion himself says that he is still a very inexperienced spirit and must learn a lot. Due to his clumsiness, the main character lost her memory - he accidentally crashed into her astral body. Although, as we learn at the end, their meeting was necessary. For all the characters of Amnesia, except for the heroine, he is invisible.
Shin
Birthday: November 30th.
Age 18 years old.
Height: 179 cm.
Beloved heroine in one of the worlds. Purposefully preparing to enter the university, the third year studying in high school. A childhood friend of the heroine, several years younger than her. He loves dogs very much. Shin treats amnesia with understanding, but it is very difficult for him to accept that his girlfriend does not remember anything.
Ikki
Birthday: June 1st.
Age: 22 years.
Height: 182 cm.
Studying in the fourth year, the idol of all the girls who saw him at least once (with the exception of the main character). Very good in all games, especially in billiards and darts. His best friend is Kent. Ikki likes to solve the math problems that he poses to him. The hamster is his favorite animal.
Kent
Birthday: September 23rd.
Age 25 years old.
Height: 190 cm.
Kent is a graduate student since he has already graduated from a mathematical university. He does not like fuzzy formulations and quickly comes to the right conclusions by logical reasoning. The whole world is watching from the side, judicious and collected. Kent is a close friend of Ikka, they are constantly arguing, but they always agree on a further plan of action. As a researcher, loves all animals. Excluding the option with aliens, he himself concludes that the main character has amnesia. Kent does not know how to behave with girls, because he is trying to calculate everything by mathematical formulas.
Toma
Birthday: April 12th.
Age: 20 years.
Height: 181 cm.
Studying in the second year. Friends of childhood - Shin and the main character. Likes to sit at a computer and ride a bicycle, plays basketball. He cooks well and reads a lot. It can be attributed to a rare category of yandere guys, very caring and jealous. Sociable and carefree, often behaves like a child, but ruthless to those who want to harm his loved ones.
Uke
Birthday: March 3rd.
Age: 24 years.
Height: 185 cm.
A popular photographer, he took his first picture back in elementary school by stealing a camera from his father. Due to the pain he experienced, a second fierce personality appeared. He is very talented, has more than 20 clubs, is good at dancing, art, horseback riding, debate and martial arts. Uke is madly in love with the main character.
Happy viewing!