Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Higurashi: When They Cry / ひぐらしのなく頃に / When the Cicadas Cry / The Moment the Cicadas Cry

Genres: Gore, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Suspense
Themes: Gore, Psychological
Studios: Studio Deen
Producers: DAX Production, Frontier Works, Sotsu
Licensors: Discotek Media, Geneon Entertainment USA, Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 7.87 / 10
Rank: #922
Popularity: #246
Users Listed: 839,772
Users Scored: 408,769
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 10/04/2024
Aired: April 5, 2006 – September 27, 2006 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: Visual Novel
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 26
Broadcast: Wednesday at 01:30 (JST)

Synopsis:

In the summer of 1983, newcomer Keiichi Maebara finds himself drawn into the close-knit community of Hinamizawa. His burgeoning friendships with Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika are shadowed by an unsettling atmosphere of tradition and unspoken history. As the village prepares for its annual festival, local legends and disturbing rumors begin to surface, hinting at a darker past linked to the town's deity.

Keiichi’s attempts to uncover the truth behind disappearances and unsettling events are met with evasion from his friends, deepening a growing sense of unease. The narrative unfolds through cyclical storytelling, revealing layers of paranoia and psychological tension as Keiichi grapples with the potential for hidden motives and fractured realities within his seemingly idyllic surroundings. The anime explores themes of trust, memory, and the corrosive power of secrets in a small, isolated community.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: The Beginning (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 1) (Aired: 04/05/2006)
Episode 2: The Secret (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 2) (Aired: 04/12/2006)
Episode 3: Suspicion (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 3) (Aired: 04/19/2006)
Episode 4: Disturbance (Chapter: Spirited Away by the Demon, Part 4) (Aired: 04/26/2006)
Episode 5: Jealousy (Chapter: Cotton Drifting, Part 1) (Aired: 05/03/2006)
... and 21 more episodes

Characters:

Furude, Rika (Main) - Voice Actors: Tamura, Yukari, Lee, Yong Sin, Forstadt, Rebecca, Jeru, Gabrielle, Pietermann, Gabrielle, Pietermann, Gabrielle
Houjou, Satoko (Main) - Voice Actors: Kanai, Mika, Kwan, Jennie, Park, Seon Yeong, Bloc, Fanny, Blaschke, Helen
Maebara, Keiichi (Main) - Voice Actors: Hoshi, Souichirou, George, Grant, Guitard, Thomas, Gu, Ja hyeong, Redl, Domenic
Ryuuguu, Rena (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakahara, Mai, Lee, Mela, Mun, Seon hui, Barrier, Jessica, May, Moira
Sonozaki, Mion (Main) - Voice Actors: Yukino, Satsuki, Hollingshead, Megan, Doang, Geneviève, Yun, Mi Na, Dähn, Mayke
Sonozaki, Shion (Main) - Voice Actors: Yukino, Satsuki, Hollingshead, Megan, Doang, Geneviève, Choi, Mun Ja, Dähn, Mayke
Akane's Husband (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirota, Kousei
Akasaka, Mamoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Daisuke, Seitz, Patrick, Hong, Si Ho, Da Silva, Damien
Akasaka, Yukie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Strassman, Karen, Mizuno, Risa
Chie, Rumiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Fumiko, Lee, Hyeon Jin, Bouché De Vitray, Sarah, Grossman, Julianne
Furude, Father (Supporting)
Hondaya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sonobe, Keiichi, Mallow, Dave
Houjou, Satoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuu, Guilbeau, Darrel, Yang, Seok jeong, Nguyen, Alexandre
Houjou, Tamae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kujira
Houjou, Teppei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kramer, Steve, Houki, Katsuhisa, Coadour, Alexandre
Inukai, Toshiki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanada, Aki, Lee, Mela, Bloc, Fanny
Irie, Kyousuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seki, Toshihiko, Mallow, Dave, Laisné, Grégory
Kaieda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akimoto, Yousuke
Kasai, Tatsuyoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachiki, Fumihiko, Kramer, Steve
Kimiyoshi, Kiichirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hebert, Kyle, Tsukada, Masaaki, Guillemot, Yann, Gottschick, Axel
Komiyama (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuruoka, Satoshi, Kramer, Steve, Steinhoff, Ben
Kumagai, Katsuya (Supporting)
Maebara, Ichirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori, Mallow, Dave
Maebara, Aiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsui, Naoko, Goodson, Barbara, Liebing, Katja, Legrand, Sophie
Makino, Takezou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kashii, Shouto, Kramer, Steve
Mamiya, Rina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Misa, Potter, Kirsten
Okamura, Suguru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takimoto, Fujiko, Goodson, Barbara
Okonogi, Tetsuro (Supporting)
Ooishi, Kuraudo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chafurin, Snyder, John, Jang, Gwang, Surugue, Gérard, Peters-Arnolds, Pierre
Ryuuguu, Reiko (Supporting)
Ryuuguu, Yasunori (Supporting)
Sato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Naoya, McFarland, Mike, Béthune, Patrick
Sonozaki, Akane (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inoue, Kikuko, Hollingshead, Megan
Sonozaki, Yoshirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyashita, Eiji
Sonozaki, Oryou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Goodson, Barbara, Okohira, Shizuka, Baron, Lily
Takano, Miyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Miki, Strassman, Karen, Urbschat-mingues, Claudia, Billault, Christèle
Tomita, Daiki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Megumi, Strassman, Karen
Tomitake, Jirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ookawa, Tooru, Hebert, Kyle, Méyère, Bruno, Obermöller, Heiko

Staff:

Hyuuga, Yasutaka (Producer)
Oomori, Hiroyuki (Producer)
Urasaki, Nobumitsu (Producer)
Danno, Yoshito (Assistant Producer)
Okamura, Takema (Assistant Producer)
Kon, Chiaki (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Gouda, Hozumi (Sound Director)
Asami, Matsuo (Episode Director)
Hiramuki, Tomoko (Episode Director)
Son, Seung-Hui (Episode Director)
Tsukushi, Daisuke (Episode Director)
Ueda, Shigeru (Episode Director)
Yoshimoto, Tsuyoshi (Episode Director)
Coadour, Alexandre (Script)
Doang, Geneviève (Script)
Kawase, Toshifumi (Script, Series Composition)
Käser, Daniel (Script, ADR Director)
Laurent, Arnaud (Script)
Nakase, Rika (Script)
Ban, Yamato (Storyboard)
Furuhashi, Kazuhiro (Storyboard)
Harada, Minefumi (Storyboard, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Iijima, Masakatsu (Storyboard)
Kougo, Tomokazu (Storyboard)
Kuzuya, Naoyuki (Storyboard)
Namura, Hidetoshi (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Terahigashi, Katsumi (Storyboard)
Watanabe, Hiroshi (Storyboard)
Katakiri, Rekka (Theme Song Performance)
Nakazawa, Tomoyuki (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Ooshima, Hiroyuki (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
Shimamiya, Eiko (Theme Song Performance)
Takase, Kazuya (Theme Song Arrangement)
Akimoto, Katsumi (Background Art)
Akiya, Yukie (Key Animation)
Andou, Mikihiko (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Arai, Ken (Background Art)
Arai, Jun (Key Animation)
Fujii, Nozomu (Key Animation)
Guitard, Thomas (ADR Director)
Haga, Ryou (Key Animation)
Hasegawa, Takuya (Sound Effects)
Hayashi, Hirotaka (Key Animation)
Iino, Makoto (Key Animation)
Ishikawa, Youichi (Key Animation)
Katsuragi, An (Key Animation)
Kawai, Kenji (Music)
Kawamura, Akihiro (Planning)
Kawasaki, Aika (Key Animation)
Kikuta, Yuuji (Key Animation, In-Between Animation)
... and 46 more staff

News:

Q1 2025 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 3/12] (01/01/2025)
New 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni' Anime Project Announced (01/06/2020)
Q2 2018 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 5/26] (03/26/2018)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for December (12/04/2017)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for March (03/10/2016)
'Legend of the Galactic Heroes' and 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni' Licensed for North America [Update 7/3] (07/02/2015)
Q3 2015 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 9/17] (06/29/2015)
New Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Project Announced (12/15/2012)
Higurashi DS Game in Summer (02/22/2008)

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