Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)
Plot.
After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.
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Cast & Crew.
Soichiro Hoshi
Keiichi Maebara (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Rena Ryuuguu (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Mion Sonozaki / Shion Sonozaki (voice)
Mika Kanai
Satoko Houjou (voice)
Yukari Tamura
Rika Furude (voice)
Chafurin
Kuraudo Ooishi (voice)
Takeshi Saito
Special Effects
Toru Okawa
Jirou Tomitake (voice)
Mela Lee
Rena Ryugu
Megan Hollingshead
Mion Sonozaki
Toshifumi Kawase
Series Composition / Director / Series Composition / Writer
Miki Ito
Miyo Takano (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Kyousuke Irie (voice)
Ryūkishi07
Novel
Grant George
Keiichi Maebara
Yui Horie
Hanyu (voice)
Rebecca Forstadt
Rika Furude
Jennie Kwan
Satoko Hojo
Chiaki Kon
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masakatsu Iijima
Storyboard Artist
Naoyuki Kuzuya
Storyboard Artist
Michio Fukuda
Storyboard Artist
Hidetoshi Namura
Storyboard Artist / Key Animation
Tatsuya Abe
Storyboard Artist
Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist
Yuji Hiraki
Storyboard Artist / Director
Hiroshi Watanabe
Storyboard Artist
Hiroyuki Kakudou
Storyboard Artist
Hideyo Yamamoto
Storyboard Artist
Ryo Yasumura
Storyboard Artist
Yamato Ban
Storyboard Artist
Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Storyboard Artist
Tomokazu Kougo
Storyboard Artist
Minefumi Harada
Storyboard Artist / Animation Director / Key Animation
Tomokazu Kogo
Storyboard Artist
Toshiya Shinohara
Storyboard Artist
Akira Iwanaga
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Storyboard Artist
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Director
Shunji Yoshida
Director
Makoto Sokuza
Director
Daisuke Tsukushi
Director
Hisakazu Ishikawa
Director
Matsuo Asami
Director
Son Seung-hui
Director
Shigeru Ueda
Director
Yoshihisa Matsumoto
Director
Isao Takayama
Director
Yusuke Onoda
Director
Hideki Takayama
Director
Tomoko Hiramuki
Director
Daisuke Tsuji
Director
Akiko Nakano
Key Animation / Animation Director
Akiko Matsuo
Animation Director / Key Animation
Katsuya Yamamoto
Key Animation
Seiya Numata
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yoshio Usuda
Key Animation
Inosuke Naitou
Key Animation
Michiyuki Nojo
Key Animation / Animation Director
Hitomi Tsukui
Key Animation
Atsuko Takahashi
Animation Director / Key Animation
Hirofumi Morimoto
Key Animation / Animation Director
Chigai Okado
Key Animation
Akira Kasahara
Key Animation
Ryousuke Kimiya
Key Animation
Jun Arai
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshiko Nakamura
Key Animation
Kana Hashidate
Key Animation
Miwako Yamamoto
Key Animation
Miyoko Kawamoto
Key Animation
Nobuyoshi Souzaki
Animation Director
Hitoshi Yoshida
Key Animation
Ken Muto
Key Animation
Kouichi Motomura
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kenji Hattori
Animation Director
Yoshiyuki Tomita
Key Animation
Shogo Morishita
Key Animation
Ayako Nozawa
Key Animation
Takako Shimizu
Key Animation / Animation Director
Makiko Uemura
Key Animation
Teru Goto
Key Animation
Manami Hattori
Key Animation
Yumi Shimizu
Key Animation / Animation Director
Kyuta Sakai
Key Animation / Animation Director
Mariko Aoki
Animation Director
Eri Ogawa
Key Animation
Seiji Hagiwara
Key Animation
Misa Kuwahara
Key Animation
Toshio Deguchi
Key Animation
Tomomi Kawamura
Key Animation
Nobuharu Ishido
Key Animation
Chuji Nakajima
Key Animation
Kenichi Iino
Key Animation
Hironobu Kobayashi
Key Animation
Keiko Motoya
Key Animation
Hisayoshi Nagamatsu
Key Animation
Mikihiko Ando
Key Animation / Animation Director
Seika Saruwatari
Key Animation
Emi Sakamoto
Key Animation
Zenjirou Ukulele
Key Animation
Satoshi Kubo
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Tanaka
Key Animation
Taeko Oda
Key Animation
Hiroshi Kuruo
Key Animation
Hideo Nakamura
Key Animation
Kyouko Yasuda
Key Animation
Naotaka Hayashi
Key Animation
Akiko Tanada
Key Animation
Kyō Tanabe
Key Animation
Kumi Kobayashi
Key Animation
Miyuki Nakamura
Key Animation
Tomomi Kimura
Key Animation
Yoshito Suzuki
Key Animation
Michio Sato
Key Animation
Minami Tokunaga
Key Animation
Semaji Enotsu
Key Animation
Takaomi Higashino
Key Animation
Tooru Yoshida
Key Animation
Chie Nishio
Key Animation
Noriko Yamashita
Key Animation
Fumino Fujii
Key Animation
Wataru Yamamoto
Key Animation
Hiroko Kanehara
Key Animation
Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Key Animation
Saori Yamamoto
Key Animation
Tokuyuki Matsutake
Key Animation
Akira Inoue
Key Animation
Yuki Fujii
Key Animation
Keiichi Sugiura
Key Animation
Takashi Tezuka
Key Animation
Megu Otsubo
Key Animation
Aki Kumada
Key Animation
Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Key Animation
Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation
Ayako Suzuki
Animation Director
Keiji Ishihara
Key Animation
Kyoko Sugiyama
Key Animation
Kenzo Koizumi
Key Animation
Ichirō Kameoka
Key Animation
Daisuke Kurose
Key Animation
Takashi Ajiri
Key Animation
Yoshitaka Sato
Key Animation
Keiichi Sano
Key Animation
Kazuya Hayashi
Key Animation
Murakami Motokazu
Key Animation
Maki Murakami
Key Animation
Mayumi Yamamoto
Key Animation
Kenji Tojo
Key Animation
Yuuji Nakao
Key Animation
Yoshie Kimoto
Key Animation
Manabu Shioda
Key Animation
Yusuke Hiroshima
Key Animation
Tsutomu Shibutani
Key Animation
Miyako Tsuji
Key Animation
Hideaki Tsukioka
Key Animation
Kenichiro Yamamoto
Key Animation
Koichi Nakaya
Key Animation
Masahisa Koyata
Animation Director
Shohei Kohara
Key Animation
Toshiharu Matsuno
Key Animation
Taeko Ogi
Key Animation
Maki Murakami
Key Animation
Tamotsu Ogawa
Key Animation
Koji Miura
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation
Hideaki Nakano
Key Animation
Michinori Shiga
Key Animation
Noriko Shimazawa
Key Animation
Tomochi Kosaka
Key Animation
Hiromi Yoshinuma
Key Animation
Youichi Ishikawa
Key Animation
Kyoko Kotani
Animation Director
Asami Imamura
Key Animation
Mayumi Oda
Key Animation
Rika Nakase
Writer
Fumihiko Shimo
Writer
Masato Suzuki
Writer
Naoko Matsui
Aiko Maebara (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto
Ichiro Maebara (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Rumiko Chie (voice)
Eriko Matsushima
Elderly A (voice)
Takuo Kawamura
Katsuya Kumagai (voice)
Megumi Matsumoto
Daiki Tomita (voice)
Fujiko Takimoto
Suguru Okamura (voice)
Kun Fuzuki
Women (voice) / Elderly B (voice)
Atsushi Kakehashi
Delinquent 1 (voice)
Takashi Ohara
Delinquent 2 (voice)
Kentaro Tone
Teppei's friend (voice)
Eisuke Asakura
Newscaster (voice)
Satoshi Tsuruoka
Komiyama (voice) / Investigator (voice) / Detective (voice) / Waiter (voice)
Akane Tomonaga
Receptionist (voice) / Nurse (voice) / Weather Forecaster (voice) / Girl (voice)
Risa Mizuno
Yukie Akasaka (voice)
Aki Kanada
Toshiki Inugai (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Mamoru Akasaka (voice)
Kujira
Landlord (voice) / Tamae Houjou (voice)
Miki Suga
Rena's mother (voice) / Commentator (voice) / Old Lady (voice)
Shizuka Okohira
Oryuu (voice)
Gen Nakano
Rena's father (voice) / Man (voice) / Villager A (voice) / Referee (voice) / Worker (voice)
Keiichi Sonobe
Hondaya (voice)
Shouto Kashii
Makino (voice)
Eiji Miyashita
Delinquent 3 (voice) / Subordinates (voice) / Shop Owner (voice)
Naoya Uchida
Sato (voice)
Suzune Okabe
Doctor (voice) / Shop Owner (voice) / Man A (voice)
Kohsei Hirota
Mion's father (voice)
Satori Ohta
Newscaster (voice)
Masaaki Tsukada
Kiichirou Kimiyoshi (voice) / Passerby (voice)
Shinnosuke Tachibana
Man B (voice) / Villager C (voice) / Villager (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
Tatsuyoshi Kasai (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
Satoshi Houjou (voice)
Nobuyuki Kobushi
Voice on Radio (voice) / Yoshiro (voice) / Chief (voice) / Yoshiro Sonozaki (voice) / Cram School Lecturer (voice)
Riichi Nishimoto
Villager B (voice) / Man B (voice) / Man A (voice) / Man at Office (voice)
Daisuke Kageura
Kimiyoshi's son (voice)
Katsuhisa Houki
Teppei Houjou (voice)
Misa Watanabe
Rina Mamiya (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Akane Sonozaki (voice)
Manabi Mizuno
Child (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 5, 2006
Original Nameひぐらしのなく頃に
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes50
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
based on visual novel
sadism
mass murder
village
trauma
gore
baseball bat
harem
beaten to death
murder
psychic power
rampage
psychological thriller
torture
fear
psychic
rage
witness to murder
dungeon
psycho killer
psycho
folklore
bloodbath
1980s
traumatic experience
anime
Scripted
horror
psychological
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