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Umineko no Naku Koro ni (TV)

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Alternative title:
When the Seagulls Cry
When They Cry 3
うみねこのなく頃に (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in the year 1986, during the time frame of October 4 and October 5 on a secluded island named Rokkenjima (六軒島, Rokkenjima). The head of a wealthy family named Kinzo Ushiromiya, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people start to get mysteriously murdered. 
User Ratings: 110 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 22 votes (sub:20, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 25 votes (sub:24, dub:1)
 Very good: 23 votes (sub:21, Kor.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:11, raw:1)
 Decent: 9 votes (sub:9)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, raw:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 405 users, rank: #1236
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.546 (Very good-.45), std. dev.: 2.3106, rank: #859
Weighted mean: 7.193 (Good+.19), rank: #1203 (seen all: 7.96 / seen some: 7.47 / won't finish: 3.79)
Bayesian estimate: 7.219 (Good+.21), rank: #983
Running time: 23 minutes
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2009-07-01
Releases: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"片翼の鳥 (One-Winged Bird)" by Shikata Akiko
Ending Theme:
"la divina tragedia ~Makyoku~ (la divina tragedia~魔曲~)" by Jimang
Trivia: We have 13
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Chiaki Kon

Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase

Script:
Fumihiko Shimo (7 episodes

eps 3-4, 8-9, 13, 15, 17
)
Toshifumi Kawase (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-12, 14, 16, 18-19
)

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 2, 8)
Hiroyuki Morita (ep 14)
Katsuki Terao (ep 15)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 4)
Kousuke Kobayashi (ep 3)
Mamoru Sakisaka (ep 13)
Marimo Momose (4 episodes

eps 7, 10, 16, 19
)
Nobuhiro Takagi (eps 11, 17)
Ryoji Fujiwara (eps 1, 12)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 9, 18)
Yutaka Hirata (ep 6)

Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (eps 1, 8, 14)
Kousuke Kobayashi (4 episodes

eps 3, 7, 13, 17
)
Masahiko Watanabe (ep 9)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 11)
Takeshi Yoshimoto (ep 16)
Tatsuya Abe (ep 12)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 4, 18)
Yutaka Hirata (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15
)

Original creator: Ryukishi07

Character Design: Yoko Kikuchi

Art director: Junichi Higashi

Chief Animation Director:
Yoko Kikuchi
Yukiko Ban

Animation director:
Akihito Asai (eps 2, 8, 14)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 4)
Dai Imaoka (ep 6)
Hiromi Maezawa (eps 3, 7, 15)
Kumiko Horikoshi (ep 10)
Mayuko Kato (ep 16)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 15)
Shosuke Shimizu (4 episodes

eps 1, 6, 13, 17
)
Takafumi Hino (ep 16)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 9)
Tatsuya Abe (ep 12)
Yasunori Matsumura (ep 12)
Yoshiko Nakajima (eps 1, 10, 17)
Yuuko Yamada (ep 11)

3D Director: Akira Inagaki

Sound director: Hozumi Gôda

Producer:
Hiroyuki Oomori
Mika Nomura
Takema Okamura

3D Backgrounds:
Hidenori Sano
Isao Momouchi
Megumi Endo
Takeshi Sekino
Takuya Matsuo

3DCGI:
Kazuya Koizumi (Subaru)
Kiyono Watanabe (Umidori)
Masatoshi Fukamachi (Subaru)
Megumi Shirai (Subaru)
Tomohiro Muranaka (Subaru)
Toshirō Hamamura (Umidori)
Yūki Himoto (Umidori)

Animation Check:
Ayumi Yamada
Kanako Ono
Ryuuichirou Akahori
Tooru Sawamura

Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki

Assistant Editor: Hiroki Koike

Assistant producer: Yoshito Okano

Background Art:
Akiko Manabe
Asami Saito
Etsuko Abe
Hyun Chul Won
Junko Shimizu
Kayoko Haruhara
Kenta Shimizu
Kim Soon Ja
Miho Sugiura
Minami Usui
Misuzu Noma
Rie Kikuchi
Sachie Endou
Seung Hyeon Lee
Sin Hye Lee
So Young Kim
Sun Hee Ban
Takamasa Honma
Tetsuo Imaizumi
Toshie Honda
Won Suk Choi
Yayoi Okashiwa
Yuka Ohashi
Yuki Maeda

Color design: Eiko Kitazume

Color Key:
Eiko Kitazume
Yui Azumi

Editing: Masahiro Matsumura

Finish Animation:
Chisato Tsumotani
Kozue Arai
Mariko Miba

Finish Check:
Eiko Kitazume
Yui Azumi

In-Between Animation:
Ai Kataoka
Ayu Asari
Emi Saito
Yukari Sueishi
Yuri Tōse

Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (ep 8)
Aki Yamauchi (ep 16)
Akihito Asai (eps 6, 8, 16)
Akiko Kumata (ep 6)
Akiko Toyoda (eps 13, 19)
Anzu Katsuragi (eps 2, 6, 11)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 3)
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 11)
Aya Maeda (ep 11)
Ayako Mori (ep 2)
Ayako Nozawa (13 episodes

eps 1-7, 10, 12-13, 16-17, 19
)
Ayumi Yamada (eps 12, 14, 16)
Chikai Okado (ep 11)
Chuji Nakajima (ep 11)
Daisuke Takemoto (eps 10, 17)
Eiji Kaneda (eps 2, 7, 16)
Emi Tezuka (eps 4-5, 14, 17)
Erina Oshima (ep 2)
Fumiko Kon (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 19
)

Goro Taki (eps 10, 17)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 14)
Hideyoshi Takahashi (ep 9)
Hiroaki Shimizu (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14, 16, 18
)

Hiroki Abe (eps 12, 17-18)
Hiroko Kanehara (eps 7, 12, 18)
Hiromi Maezawa (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 17)
Hiroshi Terao (ep 17)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 16)
Hisao Muramatsu (eps 4, 14)
Hisayoshi Nagamatsu (ep 8)
Hitoshi Suzuki (eps 4, 8, 14)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 17)
Kanae Matsunaga (eps 4, 10, 14)
Kanako Abe (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 19
)

Kaoru Hokiyama (eps 1, 4)
Kaoru Sekiya (eps 2, 18)
Kayo Nomichi (eps 8, 14)
Kazuya Hirata (eps 9, 11)
Kazuya Nakanishi (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 13, 15, 18-19
)

Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 13)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 4)
Keiji Tani (ep 1)
Ken'ichi Hirata (ep 14)
Kiko Hashimoto (ep 15)
Kiyoshi Nohji (eps 1, 5)
Koichi Hoshino (ep 16)
Kumiko Kozawa (ep 13)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 8, 15)
Mariko Aikawa (ep 11)
Mariko Aoki (eps 4, 14)
Masahiro Furihata (ep 9)
Masanori Osawa (ep 16)
Masao Ohashi (ep 17)
Masato Onoda (ep 1)
Masayuki Katou (eps 3, 18)
Mayu Yoshida (ep 15)
Mayuko Kato (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 12, 17
)

Mayumi Hidaka (eps 1, 4)
Mayumi Takeuchi (ep 10)
Mitsushi Kasano (eps 8, 16)
Miyoshi Minami (ep 16)
Motoki Yagi (ep 3)
Naho Kozono (ep 11)
Natsue Chibayama (eps 9, 11)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 15)
Noriko Teshima (eps 8, 16)
Noriyuki Matsutake (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 16
)

Ryo Komori (ep 14)
Sanae Narazaki (ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (eps 2, 8, 16)
Shinya Miki (eps 6, 12)
Shosuke Shimizu (eps 1, 13)
Shuue Kuwahara (5 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 13, 19
)

Takaaki Wada (ep 6)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 9)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 3)
Takayuki Murakami (ep 15)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 6, 9)
Tatsuya Abe (eps 12, 16)
Tatsuya Annoura (ep 9)
Teruko Takejima (ep 10)
Teruo Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 8, 15
)

Teruyo Katō (ep 11)
Tetsu Honda (ep 11)
Tetsu Inoue (eps 8, 14)
Tetsuya Ishii (ep 15)
Tomo Kosaka (ep 15)
Tomoya Takayama (ep 15)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 1, 4, 6, 10)
Toshio Mori (eps 9, 11)
Toshiya Washida (eps 13, 15, 19)
Tsuguo Sakamoto (ep 3)
Tsutomu Shibutani (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 12, 18
)

Tsuyoshi Kandō (ep 14)
Tsuyoshi Konagawa (ep 13)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 11)
Yoshie Matsumoto (ep 11)
Yoshinori Deno (ep 9)
Yoshio Mizumura (12 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10, 13-14, 16-18
)

Yoshio Usuda (eps 17-18)
Youichi Ishikawa (ep 7)
Youko Nomura (ep 17)
Yui Ushio (eps 9, 11)
Yuichi Akimoto (ep 9)
Yuichiro Miyake (eps 7, 13, 19)
Yuki Iwai (eps 8, 10, 13)
Yuko Dangi (ep 11)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 1, 10)
Yumiko Ōmae (ep 11)

Merchandising Director: Yuka Matsumoto

Music producer:
Akira Yoshikawa
Gō Wakabayashi

Original Music Composition:
Masatoshi Moriwaki
Shinichi Sakurai

Photography:
Hisashi Yonezawa
Takako Unate
Yayoi Mutō

Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura
Akihiro Yuasa
Takeshi Oikawa

Production Advancement:
Akinori Katou (ep 15)
Kaori Nishiguchi (4 episodes

eps 1, 5, 10, 16
)
Makoto Yomiya (eps 4, 8)
Miho Enoki (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 17
)

Nobuyasu Nobe (eps 4, 8, 14-15)
Takuma Uematsu (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 19
)

Yukie Kashiwakura (eps 9, 11)
Yūta Fujiwara (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 18
)

Production Desk: Hitoshi Fujikawa

Prop Design:
Tomo Kosaka
Yutaka Miya

Recording: Kohei Oishi

Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara

Setting Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka

Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo

Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata

Special Effects: Masakazu Uehara

Special Thanks To:
Akiko Takei
Hiroshi Satô
Hiroshi Takano
Takahito Ekusa

Texture Design: Emi Akiba

Theme Song Performance:
Akiko Shikata (OP)
Jimang (ED)

Video Editing: Hiromitsu Sega

Voice Direction: Hozumi Gôda

 

Daisuke Ono as Battler Ushiromiya

Sayaka Ohara as Beatrice

Ami Koshimizu as Rosa Ushiromiya

Emi Shinohara as Natsuhi Ushiromiya

Kenichi Suzumura as George Ushiromiya

Marina Inoue as Jessica Ushiromiya

Miki Itou as Eva Ushiromiya

Rie Kugimiya as Shannon

Rina Satou as Ange Ushiromiya

Yu Kobayashi as Kanon

Yui Horie as Maria Ushiromiya

Chafurin as Police officer (ep 21)

Aki Toyosaki as Asmodeus

Akihiko Ishizumi as Nanjo Terumasa

Atsuko Tanaka as
Kasumi Sumadera
Kyrie Ushiromiya

Ayano Niina as Mammon

Eri Kitamura as Siesta 410

Fuyuka Oura as Lambdadelta

Hitoshi Bifu as Toshiro Gohda

Juurouta Kosugi as
Krauss Ushiromiya
Tetsuro Okonogi

Kikuko Inoue as Virgilia

Koji Yusa as Juuza Amakusa

Madoka Yonezawa as Leviathan

Mariko Mizuno as Siesta 45

Masashi Hirose as Hideyoshi Ushiromiya

Masato Funaki as Genji Ronoue

Minori Chihara as Sakutarou

Mugihito as Kinzo Ushiromiya

Rikiya Koyama as Rudolf Ushiromiya

Seiko Yoshida as Belphegor

Shion Hirota as Siesta 00

Tomokazu Sugita as Ronove

Yasuko Hatori as Chiyo Kumasawa

Yōko Hikasa as Satan

Yuka Saitou as Lucifer

Yukari Tamura as Bernkastel

Yuri Yamaoka as Beelzebub

Japanese companies 

3DCGI:
SUBARU
Umidori

Animation Production: Studio DEEN

Animation Tools: Animo

Backgrounds: Studio Easter

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-07-11)
Chiba TV (2009-07-01)
KBS Kyoto (2009-07-02)
Sun TV (2009-07-06)
TV Aichi (2009-07-01)
TV Kanagawa (2009-07)
TV Saitama (2009-07-02)

Finish Animation: Echo

In-Between Animation:
APPP
DCI
Echo
PRA
Satelight
Studio Mark
Studio Mu

Key Animation:
Anime R
Echo (eps 12, 18)
HEBARAKI
Studio Bambino
Studio Create
Studio Liberty
Studio Toy Box

Music Production: Frontier Works

Photography: Megumi

Production: Frontier Works

Recording Studio: Studio T&T

Sound Production: Dax Production

Video Editing: Tokyo Developing Laboratories

 
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