Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese anime television series based on Ryukishi07's visual novel series. The English titles for the first season are accorded to the titles used by Funimation. English titles in the other seasons are not official.
"When the Cicadas Cry") is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise....Higurashi When They Cry.ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)Live-action filmDirected byAtaru OikawaProduced byTakeshi OikawaWritten byAtaru Oikawa147 more rows
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (“When the Cicadas Cry”) is one of the best horror anime of all time. Instead of cheap jump scares, Higurashi inspires terror in its brilliant plot and abrupt shifts in tone and characters. The story follows Keiichi, a young boy who moves to the remote town of Hinamizawa.
A mature show steeped in mystery, Higurashi tells the story of a group of friends living in Hinamizawa, a rural village held captive by a cruel, bloody legacy. For the past four years, on the night of Watanagashi, the Cotton Drifting festival, a series of mysterious deaths has occurred.
Enjoyment: Simply put, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is the perfect anime for anyone that enjoys to really interact, predict and think with the storyline and it's characters. An unbelievable horror anime, and a decent comedy too.
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There is plenty of violent horror anime. Genocyber, Elfen Lied, Corpse Party, and the infamous visual novel Saya no Uta are all incredibly gory -- far gorier than Higurashi. But Higurashi endures where they fade due not to its gore, but due to its mystery and psychological horror.
Thanks. Its not really jumpscares but more of a gore type of series :P. which is basically a series of events happening to friends yatta yatta yatta not really that much of a jump scare :P.
During the end credits and music, Rika performs her dance. As villagers and the friends place their balls of cotton in the river, Shion arrives with Kasai and reveals she has a ball of cotton. Rika places her ball in the river and all watch a number of balls float by.
Hinamizawa is based on the real world village of Shirakawa-go (白川郷 Shirakawa-go).
Hinamizawa Village Serial Mysterious Deaths Incident), also known as Oyashiro-sama's Curse (オヤシロさまの祟り, Oyashirosama no Tatari), is a phenomenon that has affected Hinamizawa annually, wherein one person dies and another one disappears, the latter of which is referred to as "demoning away" (鬼隠し, onikakushi).
Miyo TakanoType of Villain Miyo Takano is the main antagonist of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series.
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