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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: 268 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 38 votes (sub:35, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 57 votes (sub:51, dub:2, Pol.sub:2, Spa.sub:2)
 Very good: 64 votes (sub:59, Spa.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 44 votes (sub:41, raw:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (sub:22, dub:1)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:11, Kor.sub:1)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, raw:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 569 users, rank: #1020
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.455 (Good+.45), std. dev.: 2.1129, rank: #1041
Weighted mean: 7.300 (Good+.29), rank: #1111 (seen all: 7.46 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 3.52)
Bayesian estimate: 7.308 (Good+.30), rank: #870
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
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 15
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Fumihiko Shimo (9 episodes
eps 3-4, 8-9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23
)

Tatsushi Moriya (ep 22)
Toshifumi Kawase (14 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-12, 14, 16, 18-19, 21, 24
)

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 2, 8)
Hiroyuki Morita (eps 14, 23)
Katsuki Terao (ep 15)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 4, 24)
Kousuke Kobayashi (ep 3)
Mamoru Sakisaka (ep 13)
Marimo Momose (6 episodes
eps 7, 10, 16, 19-21
)

Nobuhiro Takagi (eps 11, 17)
Ryoji Fujiwara (eps 1, 12)
Toshifumi Kawase (ep 22)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 9, 18)
Yutaka Hirata (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 22
)

Kousuke Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 17, 23
)

Masahiko Watanabe (ep 9)
Rion Kujo (ep 19)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 11)
Takeshi Yoshimoto (ep 16)
Tatsuya Abe (eps 12, 21)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 4, 18)
Yutaka Hirata (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 24
)

Original creator: Ryukishi07
Character Design: Yoko Kikuchi
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Chief Animation Director:
Yoko Kikuchi
Yukiko Ban
Animation Director:
Akihito Asai (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 23
)

Atsuko Takahashi (eps 4, 20)
Dai Imaoka (ep 6)
Hiromi Maezawa (eps 3, 7, 15)
Kumiko Horikoshi (ep 10)
Mayuko Kato (ep 16)
Mayumi Oda (ep 22)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 24)
Naoko Nakamoto (ep 21)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 15)
Natsumi Hoshino (ep 19)
Shosuke Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 13, 17
)

Takafumi Hino (eps 16, 21)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 9)
Tatsuya Abe (ep 12)
Toshiya Washida (ep 19)
Yasunori Matsumura (eps 12, 21)
Yoshiko Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 17, 24
)

Yuuko Yamada (ep 11)
3D Director: Akira Inagaki
Sound Director: Hozumi Gôda
3D CG:
Kazuya Koizumi (Subaru)
Kiyono Watanabe (Umidori)
Masatoshi Fukamachi (Subaru)
Megumi Shirai (Subaru)
Tomohiro Muranaka (Subaru)
Toshirō Hamamura (Umidori)
Yūki Himoto (Umidori)
Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Color design: Eiko Kitazume
Editing Assistant: Hiroki Koike
Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (eps 8, 20)
Aki Yamauchi (eps 16, 20)
Akihito Asai (4 episodes
eps 6, 8, 16, 24
)

Akiko Kumata (ep 6)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 21)
Akiko Toyoda (eps 13, 19)
Anzu Katsuragi (eps 2, 6, 11)
Asami Moromasa (ep 22)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 3)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 21)
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 11)
Aya Maeda (ep 11)
Ayako Mori (ep 2)
Ayako Nozawa (16 episodes
eps 1-7, 10, 12-13, 16-17, 19, 21-22, 24
)

Ayumi Yamada (6 episodes
eps 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24
)

Chikai Okado (ep 11)
Chuji Nakajima (ep 11)
Daisuke Takemoto (eps 10, 17)
Eiichi Tominaga (ep 21)
Eiji Kaneda (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 22
)

Emi Tezuka (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 14, 17, 23
)

Erina Oshima (ep 2)
Fumiko Kon (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 19, 24
)

Goro Taki (eps 10, 17, 23)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 14)
Hideyoshi Takahashi (ep 9)
Hiroaki Shimizu (15 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22-24
)

Hiroki Abe (4 episodes
eps 12, 17-18, 24
)

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)
Junichi Takaoka (eps 22, 24)
Kanae Matsunaga (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 20, 23
)

Kanako Abe (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 19
)

Kanako Ono (ep 24)
Kaoru Hokiyama (eps 1, 4)
Kaoru Sekiya (eps 2, 18, 24)
Kayo Nomichi (eps 8, 14, 20)
Kazuya Hirata (eps 9, 11, 21)
Kazuya Nakanishi (9 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 13, 15, 18-19, 24
)

Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 13)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 4)
Keiji Tani (ep 1)
Ken'ichi Hirata (ep 14)
Kenji Terao (ep 23)
Kiko Hashimoto (ep 15)
Kiyoshi Nohji (eps 1, 5)
Koichi Hoshino (ep 16)
Kumiko Kitano (ep 20)
Kumiko Kozawa (ep 13)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 8, 15, 20)
Manabu Shioda (ep 21)
Mariko Aikawa (ep 11)
Mariko Aoki (eps 4, 14)
Masahiro Furihata (ep 9)
Masanori Osawa (eps 16, 22)
Masao Ohashi (ep 17)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 21)
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 (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 16, 22
)

Nozomu Fujii (ep 20)
Ryo Komori (eps 14, 21)
Sanae Narazaki (ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 16, 22
)

Shinya Miki (eps 6, 12)
Shosuke Shimizu (eps 1, 13)
Shuue Kuwahara (6 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 13, 19, 24
)

Taeko Ōgi (ep 22)
Takaaki Wada (ep 6)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 9)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 3)
Takayuki Murakami (ep 15)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 6, 9, 21)
Tatsuya Abe (eps 12, 16, 21)
Tatsuya Annoura (ep 9)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (ep 21)
Teruko Takejima (eps 10, 23)
Teruo Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 8, 15, 23
)

Teruyo Katō (ep 11)
Tetsu Honda (ep 11)
Tetsu Inoue (eps 8, 14)
Tetsuya Ishii (ep 15)
Tomo Kosaka (ep 15)
Tomoki Uekado (ep 20)
Tomoya Takayama (ep 15)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 22
)

Toshio Mori (eps 9, 11)
Toshiya Washida (eps 13, 15, 19)
Tsuguo Sakamoto (ep 3)
Tsutomu Shibutani (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 12, 18, 24
)

Tsuyoshi Kandō (ep 14)
Tsuyoshi Konagawa (ep 13)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 11)
Yoshie Matsumoto (ep 11)
Yoshinori Deno (ep 9)
Yoshio Mizumura (14 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10, 13-14, 16-18, 20, 24
)

Yoshio Usuda (4 episodes
eps 17-18, 22-23
)

Youichi Ishikawa (ep 7)
Youko Nomura (ep 17)
Yui Ushio (eps 9, 11)
Yuichi Akimoto (ep 9)
Yuichiro Miyake (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 19, 22
)

Yuki Iwai (eps 8, 10, 13)
Yuko Dangi (ep 11)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 1, 10)
Yumiko Ōmae (ep 11)
Merchandising Director: Yuka Matsumoto
Original Music Composition:
Masatoshi Moriwaki
Shinichi Sakurai
Production Advancement:
Akinori Katou (eps 15, 21)
Kaori Nishiguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 16, 22
)

Makoto Yomiya (eps 4, 8)
Miho Enoki (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 17, 23
)

Nobuyasu Nobe (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14-15, 20
)

Takuma Uematsu (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 19
)

Yukie Kashiwakura (eps 9, 11)
Yūta Fujiwara (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 18, 24
)

Production Assistant: Yoshito Okano
Production Desk: Hitoshi Fujikawa
Recording: Kohei Oishi
Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara
Setting Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Special Effects: Masakazu Uehara
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
Masayuki Nanjo
Nanjo Terumasa
Atsuko Tanaka as
Kasumi Sumadera
Kyrie Ushiromiya
Ayano Niina as Mammon
Daisuke Matsuoka as Kawabata
Eri Kitamura as Siesta 410
Fuyuka Oura as Lambdadelta
Hideyuki Umezu as Sabakichi Kumasawa
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
Miki Itou as Eva-Beatrice
Minori Chihara as Sakutarou
Mugihito as Kinzo Ushiromiya
Rikiya Koyama as Rudolf Ushiromiya
Seiko Yoshida as Belphegor
Shion Hirota as Siesta 00
Takayuki Kondo as Otsuki
Tomokazu Sugita as Ronove
Yasuko Hatori as Chiyo Kumasawa
Yōko Hikasa as Satan
Yuka Saitou as Lucifer
Yukari Tamura as Bernkastel
Yuki Kaida as Gaap
Yuri Yamaoka as Beelzebub
Japanese companies 
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
Music Production: Frontier Works
Photography: Megumi
Production: Frontier Works
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax Production
 
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