When They Cry - Higurashi (TV)
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Alternative title:
Cuando las cigarras lloran (Spanish)
Higurashi no Naku Koroni (Japanese)
Higurashi: When They Cry
Hinamizawa, le village maudit (French)
Quando as Cigarras Choram (Portuguese)
When They Cry
When They Cry - Higurashi no Naku Koroni
Когда плачут цикады (Russian)
ひぐらしのなく頃に (Japanese)
쓰르라미 울 적에 (Korean)
Objectionable content:
Intense
Plot Summary:
On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.
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User Ratings:
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Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-04-04 to 2006-09-26
Release dates: We have 17
Opening Theme:
"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" (ひぐらしのなく頃に) by Eiko Shimamiya
Ending Theme:
"why, or why not" by Hiroyuki Oshima feat. Rekka Katakiri
Official website:
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni @ Studio DEEN (Japanese)
テレビアニメ「ひぐらしのなく頃に」公式ホームページ (Japanese)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 14
Comment:
Based on a popular, amateur created murder-mystery computer game.
Reviews:
When They Cry: Rei Blu-Ray (Aug 7, 2016)
When They Cry Blu-Ray (Apr 15, 2016)
When They Cry - Part 2 (Feb 3, 2012)
When They Cry - Part 1 (May 22, 2011)
When They Cry DVD 6 (Feb 14, 2009)
When They Cry DVD 2 (Aug 20, 2007)
When They Cry DVD 1 (Jun 23, 2007)
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Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (5 episodes eps 1, 3, 15, 25-26 ) (OP) Hidetoshi Namura (eps 5, 9, 19) Hiroshi Watanabe (eps 7, 13) Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 17) Masakatsu Iijima (4 episodes eps 6, 10, 20, 24 ) Minefumi Harada (ep 14) Naoyuki Kuzuya (4 episodes eps 2, 8, 12, 18 ) Sōma Ōgami (ep 23) Tomokazu Kōgo (eps 16, 22) Yamato Ban (eps 11, 21) Yuji Hiraki (eps 4, 25)
Episode Director:
Chiaki Kon (eps 1, 11, 26) Daisuke Tsuji (ep 22) Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 19) Hisakazu Ishikawa (eps 4, 10, 16) Isao Takayama (ep 7) Matsuo Asami (eps 12, 18, 24) Mujin Shako (ep 21) Osamu Sekita (ep 6) Seung Hui Son (ep 5) Shigeru Ueda (ep 13) Shunji Yoshida (ep 17) Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 23) Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (eps 3, 9, 15) Yuji Hiraki (5 episodes eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 25 )
Animation Director:
Atsuko Takahashi (4 episodes eps 5, 11, 17, 23 ) Kōichi Motomura (ep 1) Kyuta Sakai (OP) Mariko Aoki (eps 9, 15) Masahisa Koyata (ep 3) Masumi Fujii (ep 23) Michiyuki Nōjō (4 episodes eps 6, 12, 18, 24 ) Mikihiko Ando (eps 6, 12) Minefumi Harada (4 episodes eps 4, 10, 16, 22 ) Nobuyoshi Sōzaki (5 episodes eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 25 ) Seiya Numata (8 episodes eps 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26 )
Director of Photography:
Seiichi Morishita (eps 1-23 odd, 26) Shinichi Fushimi (13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 )
Background Art:
Ai Saito (Baku Production; ep 19) Hirofune Hane (Studio Kanon; ep 13) Junko Matsui (Studio Pinewood; eps 6-24 even) Katsumi Akimoto (Studio Pinewood; eps 2-24 even) Ken Arai (Studio Pinewood; eps 2, 4, 8) Kinichi Okubo (Studio Kanon; eps 1-11 odd) Kōsuke Kanno (Studio Kanon; eps 1-25 odd, 26) Masahiro Akiba (Studio Kanon; eps 1-19 odd) Masako Hata (Baku Production; ep 19) Masako Iida (Baku Production; eps 21, 26) Masaoki Ono (Studio Pinewood; ep 12) Masato Miyake (Baku Production; eps 15, 17) Mayumi Okawa (Studio Kanon; ep 26) Michiko Mae (Baku Production; eps 23, 25-26) Naoto Yoshida (Studio Kanon; 7 episodes eps 7, 9, 13-19 odd, 26 ) Reiko Miki (Studio Pinewood; eps 6-24 even) Riho Asakura (Studio Kanon; eps 1-19 odd) Shinya Yano (Studio Kanon; eps 1-19 odd) Tadashi Kudo (Studio Pinewood; eps 2-24 even) Takao Shimizu (Baku Production; 4 episodes eps 21, 23, 25-26 ) Tomohiro Morishita (Studio Kanon; ep 26) Tomoko Sawada (Studio Kanon; ep 26) Tomoko Sekiya (Studio Pinewood; eps 2-24 even) Tsunetaka Matsunuma (Studio Kanon; eps 1-7 odd, 11) Yasuhiro Okumura (Studio Kanon; eps 1-25 odd, 26) Yoichi Yajima (Baku Production; ep 19) Yōko Nagai (Baku Production; eps 19-25 odd) Yū Tachimoto (Studio Pinewood; eps 6-24 even) Yukiko Takahashi (Studio Kanon; eps 1-11 odd)
Color setting:
Chitose Kimura (eps 1-23 odd, 26) Hiromi Osone (ep 8) Sakiko Ito (ep 2) Shōgo Nishimura (4 episodeseps 4, 6, 12, 14 ) Yukitaka Shishikai (7 episodes eps 10, 16-24 even, 25 )
In-Between Animation:
Ai Kawamura (Studio Deen; eps 1, 3) Ai Wakita (Studio Izena; eps 4, 14, 16) Chieko Matsuda (Studio Deen; eps 1, 3) Chiharu Takahashi (Studio Izena; eps 2, 4, 6, 12) En Song Wang (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Gui Ping She (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Hiroki Tsuji (Studio Izena; ep 22) Hong Yu (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Jue Yu Wu (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Kanako Ono (Studio Deen; ep 5) Ke Zhou Jiu (Phoenix Animation; ep 20) Manami Okumura (Studio Deen; ep 7) Mariko Nakamura (Studio Izena; ep 6) Ping Ping Hua (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Qi Wu (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Shunsuke Honma (Studio Deen; ep 7) Wei Qi (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Wei Hua Wang (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6) Xin Zhong Ju (Phoenix Animation; 12 episodes eps 2-18 even, 22, 24-25 ) Yan Chen (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6) Ying Hua Chen (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6) Yuji Kikuta (Studio Izena; 9 episodes eps 2, 4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24-25 )
In-Between Check:
Hiroki Tsuji (eps 2-12 even) Kumi Kobayashi (eps 1, 3) Ryūichi Akahori (eps 1-23 odd, 26) Tomomi Kasukawa (eps 1-23 odd, 26) Yūsuke Suzuki (13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 )
Key Animation:
Ai Wakita (ep 10) Akihito Asai (ep 13) Akiko Kumada (OP; ep 3) Akiko Matsuo (6 episodeseps 3, 7, 13, 21, 23, 26 ) Akiko Nakano (10 episodeseps 2, 6, 8, 12-20 even, 24-25 ) Akio Watanabe (ep 23) Akira Kasahara (ep 17) An Katsuragi (ep 15) Ayako Nozawa (4 episodeseps 1, 7, 13, 26 ) Chiaki Kon (OP; ep 11) Chie Nishio (eps 15, 17) Chūji Nakajima (OP; 11 episodeseps 1, 5-17 odd, 21, 23, 26 ) Emiko Shimamura (eps 7, 13) Eri Ogawa (eps 13, 19, 26) Etsuro Tokuda (ep 16) Fumiko Kon (ep 15) Genichi Murakami (eps 14, 20, 25) Gorō Taki (ep 3) Hideaki Nakano (5 episodeseps 3, 9, 13, 21, 26 ) Hidemi Yamashita (Nakamura Production) (eps 3, 5, 11) Hideo Nakamura (5 episodeseps 5, 9, 13, 21, 26 ) Hidetoshi Namura (ep 1) Hikaru Yamaguchi (4 episodes eps 4, 10, 16, 22 ) Hirofumi Masuda (OP) Hirokazu Shinohara (ep 13) Hiroki Tsuji (eps 18, 22, 25) Hironobu Kobayashi (4 episodeseps 1, 5, 11, 15 ) Hiroshi Kuruo (ep 23) Hirotaka Nii (ep 5) Hiroya Yoshida (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 15) Hiroyasu Oda (ep 6) Hisatake Hayashi (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 15) Ichirō Kameoka (ep 26) Inosuke Naitō (eps 1, 5, 26) Jun Arai (eps 22, 24-25) Junko Nonaka (ep 9) Kan Ogawa (OP; eps 9, 17, 26) Katsuya Yamamoto (10 episodeseps 2, 6, 10-24 even ) Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 11) Keiko Motoya (eps 12, 23) Keiko Shimizu (OP) Ken Mutou (eps 3, 7, 26) Kenichi Iino (eps 5, 11, 21) Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 23) Kenji Tojo (ep 1) Kenzō Koizumi (10 episodeseps 2, 6, 8, 12-20 even, 24-25 ) Koichi Hoshino (eps 7, 13) Kōichi Motomura (ep 7) Koichi Nakaya (eps 17, 23) Koji Iwaki (Snow Light Staff) (4 episodeseps 2, 8, 20, 25 ) Kōji Yasuda (ep 4) Kumi Hirai (ep 5) Kumi Kobayashi (ep 7) Kyō Tanabe (eps 13, 19, 26) Kyoko Kametani (ep 16) Kyōko Sugiyama (eps 2, 8) Kyouko Yasuda (ep 1) Maki Murakami (4 episodeseps 1, 7, 19, 26 ) Makiko Fujiwara (ep 15) Makoto Iino (4 episodeseps 5, 9, 13, 21 ) Manabu Shioda (eps 9, 17, 26) Megumi Yamada (eps 1, 7) Megumi Yamazaki (ep 13) Michinori Shiga (eps 1, 7, 13) Michiyo Sakurai (4 episodes eps 14, 18, 20, 24 ) Michiyuki Nōjō (6 episodes eps 6, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24 ) Mikihiko Ando (5 episodeseps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12 ) Minami Tokunaga (ep 26) Minefumi Harada (5 episodes eps 4, 10, 16, 22, 25 ) Mitsuru Nakata (eps 5, 11) Miyako Tsuji (OP; 7 episodeseps 1, 7-13 odd, 17, 19 ) Nobuyoshi Sōzaki (eps 6, 12) Noriko Yamashita (ep 1) Nozomu Fujii (ep 23) Osamu Yamamoto (ep 11) Qiang Sun (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes eps 20, 22, 24-25 ) Rondo Mizukami (ep 17) Ryo Haga (ep 25) Ryo Kobayashi (eps 12, 24) Ryosuke Kimiya (4 episodeseps 5, 9, 13, 21 ) Ryota Honma (Nakamura Production) (eps 3, 15) Sakiko Yoshida (4 episodeseps 1, 7, 13, 19 ) Sakura E. Sakazu (ep 23) Sanae Narasaki (OP; ep 11) Satoshi Kubo (ep 16) Seika Saruwatari (4 episodes eps 6, 12, 18, 24 ) Seiya Numata (4 episodes eps 13, 19, 23, 26 ) Semaji Enotsu (4 episodes eps 3, 7, 23, 26 ) Shigeru Ishii (eps 10, 16) Shin Komatsu (eps 4, 8, 10) Shinichi Wada (ep 4) Shinya Uchida (OP; ep 11) Shōichi Funaki (ep 5) Shōji Endō (4 episodeseps 4, 14, 20, 22 ) Shume (ep 23) Shunya Kikuchi (ep 11) Sōji Ninomiya (ep 15) Taeko Oda (eps 2, 8) Taichi Nakaguma (ep 8) Takashi Ajiri (ep 2) Takashi Tezuka (ep 26) Takeo Tominaga (ep 11) Takeshi Morita (ep 7) Takeshi Ōishi (ep 11) Tao Li (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes eps 20, 22, 24-25 ) Tatsuhiko Yoda (eps 4, 8, 10) Tatsuya Shiraishi (eps 15, 19) Tomochi Kosaka (eps 1, 26) Tomoe Sahashi (ep 15) Tomohiko Abe (Nakamura Production) (eps 3, 15) Tomokazu Shimabukuro (eps 5, 11, 15) Tōru Yoshida (ep 26) Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 26) Tsutomu Shibutani (4 episodeseps 5, 9, 13, 26 ) Wataru Hasegawa (ep 5) Wataru Yamamoto (eps 1, 7, 13) Xiao Bo Qiu (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes eps 20, 22, 24-25 ) Xiao Feng Meng (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes eps 20, 22, 24-25 ) Xiao Xin Zhao (eps 8, 10) Yōichi Ishikawa (OP; ep 3) Yoshiaki Tomita (6 episodes eps 6, 14, 18, 20, 24-25 ) Yoshie Kimoto (eps 17, 23) Yoshihiro Tanaka (7 episodes eps 4, 14-20 even, 24-25 ) Yoshinori Miyashita (ep 6) Yoshio Mizumura (eps 17, 21) Yoshio Usuda (6 episodeseps 4, 6, 10-16 even ) Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 15) Yoshito Suzuki (7 episodeseps 10, 14-22 even, 25 ) Yosuke Yabumoto (4 episodes eps 6, 12, 16, 22 ) Yuji Kikuta (ep 25) Yukie Akiya (eps 5, 9, 23) Yumie Wada (ep 5)
Paint:
Chisato Tsumotani (Studio Deen; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Dong Liang Chen (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Feng Wu (Phoenix Animation; 8 episodes eps 8-20 even, 24 ) Hong Juan Huang (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Jin Na Zhu (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes eps 8-24 even, 25 ) Kozue Arai (Studio Deen; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Le Jun Sun (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6) Mariko Mima (Studio Deen; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Min Xia Gu (Phoenix Animation; 12 episodes eps 2-18 even, 22, 24-25 ) Na Lu (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Qian Wei Su (Phoenix Animation; 6 episodes eps 2-10 even, 20 ) Wei Chen (Phoenix Animation; 5 episodes eps 2, 4, 6, 22, 25 ) Yin Na Zhu (Phoenix Animation; 9 episodes eps 8-22 even, 25 ) You Feng Su (Phoenix Animation; 7 episodes eps 12-18 even, 22, 24-25 ) Yukitaka Shishikai (7 episodes eps 12-22 even, 25 )
Paint Check:
Chitose Kimura (eps 1-23 odd, 26) Hiromi Osone (ep 8) Sakiko Ito (ep 2) Shōgo Nishimura (4 episodes eps 4, 6, 12, 14 ) Yukitaka Shishikai (7 episodes eps 10, 16-24 even, 25 )
Photography:
Daisuke Horino (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Katsuaki Kamata (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Kenshin Sato (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Kōji Aoki (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Koshiro Iwamoto (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26) Shigeo Kamiyama (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodeseps 2-24 even, 25 ) Teruo Abe (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Yuji Tanahashi (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Production Advancement:
Daisuke Azuma (eps 14, 20, 25) Hitoshi Fujikawa (ep 15) Keisuke Kitamura (5 episodes eps 3, 9, 17, 21, 23 ) Saiyū Yoshida (4 episodes eps 6, 10, 16, 22 ) Shinichi Fukuda (5 episodes eps 2, 8, 12, 18, 24 ) Wakana Koike (ep 4) Yuka Morino (5 episodes eps 1, 7, 13, 19, 26 ) Yūsuke Shibata (4 episodes eps 5, 11, 17, 23 )
Special Effects:
Akira Yamanaka (Studio Southern Cross; ep 25) Hideaki Murata (office Prion; ep 20) Takehiko Endo (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes eps 2-24 even, 25 ) Takeshi Saitō (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi (Tokyo Laboratory; eps 1-22, 24-26) Ryoji Kishi (Tokyo Laboratory; eps 1-26) Tomohito Imura (Tokyo Laboratory; ep 23) |
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Background Art:
Baku Production (7 episodeseps 15-25 odd, 26 ) Studio Kanon (eps 1-25 odd, 26) Studio Pinewood (eps 2-24 even)
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2006-05-27) Chiba Television (2006-04-05) Kansai Telecasting Corporation (2006-04-04) Television Kanagawa (2006-04-08) Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2006-04-05)
In-Between Animation:
ARP (ep 3) E-cho (eps 1-23 odd, 26) Gonzo Eiga Seisaku-bu (ep 13) Phoenix Animation (13 episodeseps 2-24 even, 25 ) Studio Lagoon (ep 15) Tanto (ep 2)
Key Animation:
E-cho (4 episodeseps 15, 17, 23, 26 ) Nakamura Production (eps 3, 21) Phoenix Animation (7 episodeseps 4, 6, 10, 18, 20, 24-25 ) Seigasha (4 episodeseps 11, 17, 21, 26 ) Snow Light Staff (eps 8, 20, 25) Studio Liberty (5 episodeseps 1, 17-23 odd ) Studio Mark (eps 11, 23)
Production:
Frontier Works Geneon Universal Entertainment (Geneon Entertainment) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Production Committee Sotsu Co., Ltd. |
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Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai release) John Ledford (Sentai release) Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman John Ledford (Sentai release) Kaeko Sakamoto Manabu Kameya Midoriko Omori Satoshi Fujii
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2017 Sentai release) Janice Williams (Sentai release, 2017 Sentai release) Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release) Luke Patterson (Sentai release) Son Phan Le (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2017 Sentai release) Annie Nguyen (Sentai release) Christen Bennett Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release) David Beltier E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release) Emily Nicolas Jose DeArmas (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release) Kathy Li Kim Bui Kjell Doucet (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release) Mark Fujita Natalie Jones (2017 Sentai release) Ned Gayle (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release) Paul Mericle (2017 Sentai release) Shannon Reed (Sentai release) (2017 Sentai release)
Production manager:
Luke Patterson (Sentai release) Megumi Kunisada Son Phan Le (2017 Sentai release) |
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Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment (license expired) (2008) Section23 Films (North America) Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2025) Geneon Entertainment Inc. (expired) Sentai Filmworks (expired) (2015) |
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