Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)
Higurashi: When They Cry (2006)
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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)

Toru Okawa
Jirou Tomitake (voice)

Takeshi Saito
Special Effects

Mela Lee
Rena Ryugu

Toshifumi Kawase
Series Composition / Director / Series Composition / Writer

Megan Hollingshead
Mion Sonozaki

Miki Ito
Miyo Takano (voice)

Ryūkishi07
Novel

Toshihiko Seki
Kyousuke Irie (voice)

Yui Horie
Hanyu (voice)

Grant George
Keiichi Maebara

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

Tatsuya Abe
Storyboard Artist

Hidetoshi Namura
Storyboard Artist / Key Animation

Hiroshi Watanabe
Storyboard Artist

Katsumi Terahigashi
Storyboard Artist

Yuji Hiraki
Storyboard Artist / Director

Hideyo Yamamoto
Storyboard Artist

Akira Iwanaga
Storyboard Artist / Director

Tomokazu Kogo
Storyboard Artist

Hiroyuki Kakudou
Storyboard Artist

Yamato Ban
Storyboard Artist

Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Storyboard Artist

Ryo Yasumura
Storyboard Artist

Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Storyboard Artist

Minefumi Harada
Storyboard Artist / Key Animation / Animation Director

Toshiya Shinohara
Storyboard Artist

Tomokazu Kougo
Storyboard Artist

Makoto Sokuza
Director

Daisuke Tsukushi
Director

Hisakazu Ishikawa
Director

Matsuo Asami
Director

Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Director

Shunji Yoshida
Director

Son Seung-hui
Director

Hideki Takayama
Director

Isao Takayama
Director

Tomoko Hiramuki
Director

Yusuke Onoda
Director

Shigeru Ueda
Director

Yoshihisa Matsumoto
Director

Daisuke Tsuji
Director

Akiko Nakano
Animation Director / Key Animation

Akiko Matsuo
Key Animation / Animation Director

Katsuya Yamamoto
Key Animation

Seiya Numata
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yoshio Usuda
Key Animation

Michiyuki Nojo
Key Animation / Animation Director

Inosuke Naitou
Key Animation

Hirofumi Morimoto
Key Animation / Animation Director

Chigai Okado
Key Animation

Hitomi Tsukui
Key Animation

Atsuko Takahashi
Key Animation / Animation Director

Yoshiko Nakamura
Key Animation

Jun Arai
Animation Director / Key Animation

Nobuyoshi Souzaki
Animation Director

Kana Hashidate
Key Animation

Miwako Yamamoto
Key Animation

Ryousuke Kimiya
Key Animation

Akira Kasahara
Key Animation

Hitoshi Yoshida
Key Animation

Miyoko Kawamoto
Key Animation

Teru Goto
Key Animation

Ayako Nozawa
Key Animation

Takako Shimizu
Animation Director / Key Animation

Kenji Hattori
Animation Director

Yoshiyuki Tomita
Key Animation

Ken Muto
Key Animation

Kouichi Motomura
Key Animation / Animation Director

Shogo Morishita
Key Animation

Makiko Uemura
Key Animation

Chuji Nakajima
Key Animation

Kenichi Iino
Key Animation

Yoshihiro Tanaka
Key Animation

Seiji Hagiwara
Key Animation

Kyuta Sakai
Animation Director / Key Animation

Satoshi Kubo
Animation Director

Mariko Aoki
Animation Director

Emi Sakamoto
Key Animation

Hironobu Kobayashi
Key Animation

Zenjirou Ukulele
Key Animation

Yumi Shimizu
Key Animation / Animation Director

Toshio Deguchi
Key Animation

Keiko Motoya
Key Animation

Tomomi Kawamura
Key Animation

Hisayoshi Nagamatsu
Key Animation

Nobuharu Ishido
Key Animation

Seika Saruwatari
Key Animation

Manami Hattori
Key Animation

Mikihiko Ando
Key Animation / Animation Director

Eri Ogawa
Key Animation

Misa Kuwahara
Key Animation

Tomomi Kimura
Key Animation

Tsutomu Shibutani
Key Animation

Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Key Animation

Miyako Tsuji
Key Animation

Tokuyuki Matsutake
Key Animation

Ichirō Kameoka
Key Animation

Kyō Tanabe
Key Animation

Yusuke Hiroshima
Key Animation

Mayumi Oda
Key Animation

Taeko Oda
Key Animation

Taeko Ogi
Key Animation

Manabu Shioda
Key Animation

Hiromi Yoshinuma
Key Animation

Daisuke Kurose
Key Animation

Aki Kumada
Key Animation

Kazuya Hayashi
Key Animation

Keiji Ishihara
Key Animation

Hiroshi Kuruo
Key Animation

Kyoko Kotani
Animation Director

Maki Murakami
Key Animation

Masahisa Koyata
Animation Director

Takashi Tezuka
Key Animation

Tomoe Nishio
Key Animation

Maki Murakami
Key Animation

Yoshitaka Sato
Key Animation

Hideaki Nakano
Key Animation

Kyouko Yasuda
Key Animation

Takaomi Higashino
Key Animation

Yuki Fujii
Key Animation

Mayumi Yamamoto
Key Animation

Semaji Enotsu
Key Animation

Naotaka Hayashi
Key Animation

Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation

Akiko Tanada
Key Animation

Ayako Suzuki
Animation Director

Yoshito Suzuki
Key Animation

Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation

Kenji Tojo
Key Animation

Keiichi Sano
Key Animation

Kumi Kobayashi
Key Animation

Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Key Animation

Yuji Nakao
Key Animation

Michinori Shiga
Key Animation

Koji Miura
Key Animation

Hideaki Tsukioka
Key Animation

Megu Otsubo
Key Animation

Koichi Nakaya
Key Animation

Akira Inoue
Key Animation

Youichi Ishikawa
Key Animation

Miyuki Nakamura
Key Animation

Minami Tokunaga
Key Animation

Hiroko Kanehara
Key Animation

Tamotsu Ogawa
Key Animation

Kenzo Koizumi
Key Animation

Yoshie Kimoto
Key Animation

Saori Yamamoto
Key Animation

Toshiharu Matsuno
Key Animation

Hideo Nakamura
Key Animation

Keiichi Sugiura
Key Animation

Tomochi Kosaka
Key Animation

Wataru Yamamoto
Key Animation

Fumino Fujii
Key Animation

Kyoko Sugiyama
Key Animation

Noriko Yamashita
Key Animation

Takashi Ajiri
Key Animation

Asami Imamura
Key Animation

Murakami Motokazu
Key Animation

Shohei Kohara
Key Animation

Kenichiro Yamamoto
Key Animation

Noriko Shimazawa
Key Animation

Michio Sato
Key Animation

Tooru Yoshida
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
Elderly B (voice) / Women (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) / Detective (voice) / Waiter (voice) / Investigator (voice)

Akane Tomonaga
Nurse (voice) / Weather Forecaster (voice) / Girl (voice) / Receptionist (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)

Keiichi Sonobe
Hondaya (voice)

Gen Nakano
Rena's father (voice) / Worker (voice) / Villager A (voice) / Referee (voice) / Man (voice)

Shouto Kashii
Makino (voice)

Eiji Miyashita
Delinquent 3 (voice) / Shop Owner (voice) / Subordinates (voice)

Naoya Uchida
Sato (voice)

Kohsei Hirota
Mion's father (voice)

Suzune Okabe
Doctor (voice) / Shop Owner (voice) / Man A (voice)

Satori Ohta
Newscaster (voice)

Masaaki Tsukada
Kiichirou Kimiyoshi (voice) / Passerby (voice)

Shinnosuke Tachibana
Villager C (voice) / Villager (voice) / Man B (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki
Tatsuyoshi Kasai (voice)

Yu Kobayashi
Satoshi Houjou (voice)

Nobuyuki Kobushi
Cram School Lecturer (voice) / Voice on Radio (voice) / Yoshiro Sonozaki (voice) / Chief (voice) / Yoshiro (voice)

Riichi Nishimoto
Man at Office (voice) / Villager B (voice) / Man A (voice) / Man B (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)
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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
Last updated:
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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