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When They Cry - Higurashi (TV)

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[ related to Higurashi no Naku Koroni (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (live-action movie) (alternate retelling)
    Higurashi no Naku Koroni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen (OAV) (spinoff)
    Higurashi no Naku Koroni Kai (TV) (sequel)
      Higurashi no Naku Koroni Rei (OAV) (sequel)
    Higurashi: When They Cry (manga)

Alternative title:
Cuando las cigarras lloran (Spanish)
Higurashi no Naku Koroni (Japanese)
Hinamizawa, le village maudit (French)
The Moment the Cicadas Cry
When Cicadas Cry
ひぐらしのなく頃に (Japanese)
쓰르라미 울 적에 (Korean)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.
User Ratings: 2466 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 779 votes (sub:689, dub:51, Spa.sub:14, raw:10, Por.sub:6, Ita.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, ?:1)
 Excellent: 775 votes (sub:688, dub:56, Spa.sub:14, raw:6, Fre.sub:2, ?:2, Por.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 476 votes (sub:415, dub:39, Spa.sub:10, Kor.sub:3, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Por.sub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 215 votes (sub:187, dub:17, Rus.sub:3, raw:3, ?:2, Spa.sub:2, Rus.dub:1)
 Decent: 85 votes (sub:79, dub:4, Spa.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:34, dub:4, Pol.sub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:15, Spa.sub:2, dub:2, raw:2)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:24, raw:2, dub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:15, Spa.sub:3, dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Awful: 12 votes (sub:9, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 14 votes (sub:14)
Seen in part or in whole by 3950 users, rank: #105
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.520 (Excellent-.47), std. dev.: 1.7327, rank: #124
Weighted mean: 8.425 (Very good+.42), rank: #134 (seen all: 8.61 / seen some: 7.56 / won't finish: 4.31)
Bayesian estimate: 8.421 (Very good+.42), rank: #71
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2006-04-04 to 2006-09-26
Releases: We have 16
Opening Theme:
"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に)" by Eiko Shimamiya
Ending Theme:
"why, or why not" by Hiroyuki Oshima feat. Rekka Katakiri
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 12
Comment:
Based on a popular, amateur created murder-mystery computer game.
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Related reviews:
    When They Cry DVD 6
    When They Cry DVD 2
    When They Cry DVD 1

Related releases:
    When They Cry - Box Set (DVD) 2009-08-25 (from $43.79)
    When They Cry (DVD 1) 2007-06-05 (from $12.00)
    When They Cry (DVD 1) 2008-09-30 (from $17.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 2) 2007-08-07
    When They Cry (DVD 2) 2008-09-30 (from $17.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 3) 2007-10-09 (from $26.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 3) 2008-09-30 (from $17.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 4) 2008-09-30 (from $17.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 5) 2008-02-05
    When They Cry (DVD 5) 2008-11-11 (from $17.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 6) 2008-12-23 (from $16.99)
    When They Cry + Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-06-05 (from $32.94)
    When They Cry + Box (DVD 1) 2008-09-30 (from $23.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Chiaki Kon

Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase

Script:
Rika Nakase
Toshifumi Kawase

Episode Director:
Isamu Takayama (7)
Kyuichi Ishikawa (10)
Matsuo Asami
Osamu Sekita (6)
Takeshi Yoshimoto (9)
Yuji Hiraki (8)

Music: Kenji Kawai

Original creator: Seventh Expansion

Character Design: Kyuuta Sakai

Art director: Chikako Shibata

Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita

Producer: Mika Nomura

Background Art:
Ken Arai
Mahiro Akiba
Nobuhiro Yano
Tadashi Kudo
Yasuhiro Okumura
Yukiko Takahashi

Color design: Shinji Matsumoto

Color setting:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura

Editing: Masahiro Matsumura

Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita

Ending Animation: Hiroshi Watanabe

In-Between Animation:
Chieko Matsuda
Chiharu Takahashi
Ran Kawamura

In-Between Check:
Hiroki Tsuji
Kumi Kobayashi
Ryuichi Akahori
Yuusuke Suzuki

Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano
Ayako Nozawa
Hidetoshi Namura
Inosuke Naitou
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kenji Tojo
Kyoko Sugiyama
Maki Murakami
Megumi Yamada
Miyako Tsuji
Ryo Kobayashi
Taeko Oda

Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa

Opening Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada
Chiaki Ima
Chuji Nakajima
Miyako Tsuji
Shinya Uchida
Youichi Ishikawa

Paint: Kozue Arai

Paint Inspection:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura

Photography:
Akio Abe
Daisuke Horino
Katsuaki Kamada
Kenji Sato
Kojiro Iwamoto
Kouji Aoki
Shigeo Kamiyama

Recording: Yukihira Oishi

Recording Assistant: Tomonari Tokui

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa

Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata

Theme Song Arrangement:
Kazuya Takase (OP)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)

Theme Song Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Rekka Katakiri (ED)

Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Ryoji Kishi

 

Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū

Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō

Satsuki Yukino as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki

Souichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara

Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude

Chafurin as Kuraudo Ōishi

Fumiko Orikasa as Rumiko Chie

Miki Itou as Miyo Takano

Toru Ohkawa as Jiro Tomitake

Toshihiko Seki as Kyōsuke Irie

Yu Kobayashi as Satoshi Hōjō

Akane Tomonaga as
Girl (ep 26)
Nurse (ep 12)
Receptionist (ep 3)

Akiyo Kanada as Toshiki Inukai

Atsushi Kakehashi as Delinquent 1 (eps 5, 16, 18)

Daisuke Ono as Mamoru Akasaka

Daisuke Sasaki as Matsuda's son (ep 20)

Eiji Miyashita as
Delinquent 3 (eps 16, 18)
Store owner (ep 5)
Subordinate (ep 17)

Eriko Matsushima as Old person A (ep 3)

Fujiko Takimoto as Suguru Okamura

Fumihiko Tachiki as Tatsuyoshi Kasai (eps 17, 19)

Fuzuki Kun as
Middle-aged lady (ep 9)
Old person B (ep 3)

Gen Nakano as
Man (ep 24)
Referee (ep 9)
Rena's father

Katsuhiro Oota as News caster (ep 14)

Katsuhisa Houki as Teppei Hōjō

Keiichi Sonobe as Hondaya (ep 14)

Kentarou Tone as Teppei's friend (ep 10)

Kikuko Inoue as Akane Sonozaki (ep 25)

Kousei Hirota as Mion's father (ep 14)

Kujira as
Landlady (ep 9)
Tamae Nanjou (ep 17)

Manabi Mizuno as Child (ep 26)

Masaaki Tsukada as
Kiichirō Kimiyoshi
Passerby (ep 16)

Megumi Matsumoto as Daiki Tomita

Miki Suga as
Commentator (ep 8)
Rena's mother

Misa Watanabe as Rina Mamiya (eps 22-23)

Naoko Matsui as Aiko Maebara

Naoya Uchida as Sato (ep 14)

Nobuyuki Kobushi as
Coach (ep 11)
Wireless voice (ep 26)
Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 22)

Riichi Nishimoto as
Man A (ep 25)
Man B (ep 15)

Risa Mizuno as Yukie Akasaka

Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Investigator (ep 8)
Komiyama (ep 26)
Master (ep 22)
Policeman (ep 4)

Shinnosuke Tachibana as
Man B (ep 25)
Villager (ep 4)

Shizuka Okohira as O-Ryou (ep 14)

Shouto Kashii as Makino (ep 14)

Suzune Okabe as
Man A (ep 15)
Store manager (ep 17)

Takashi Oohara as Delinquent 2 (eps 5, 16, 18)

Takuo Kawamura as Katsuya Kumagai

Yasunori Matsumoto as Ichirō Maebara

Japanese companies 

Animation: Studio DEEN

Background Art:
Baku Production
Studio Kanon
Studio Pinewood

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2006-05-27)
Chiba TV (2006-04-05)
Kansai TV (2006-04-04)
TV Saitama (2006-04-05)
TVK (2006-04-08)

In-Between Animation:
ARP (ep 03)
Echo
Gonzo (ep 13)
Studio Lagoon (ep 15)
Tanto (ep 02)

Key Animation:
Echo
Nakamura Production
Snow Light Staff
Studio Liberty
Studio Mark

Music Production: Frontier Works

Paint:
Echo
J.C. Staff (ep 07)

Photography:
Southern Cross
Studio Twinkle

Production: "When Cicadas Cry" Production Committee

Production Cooperation: Studio Izena

Recording Studio: Studio T&T

Sound Effects: SOUNDBOX

Sound Production: Dax Production

English staff 

ADR Director: Kristi Reed

Translation: Mitsuyo Vicky Umene

ADR Script: Kristi Reed

Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto

Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto
Manabu Kameya
Midoriko Omori
Satoshi Fujii

Assistant Engineer: Jeff Prosser

Assistant Production Coordinator: Christen Bennett

Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada

Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto

Co-Producer: Mami Okada

Dialogue Editing:
Marco Bustos
Ollin Saurez

Post-Production Assistant:
Barry Weir
Chris Tilton
Peter Mullen

Production Assistant:
Christen Bennett
David Beltier
Emily Nicholas
Kathy Li
Kim Bui
Mark Fujita

Production Coordination: Charles Ohta

Production manager: Megumi Kunisada

Re-Recording Mixing: Marco Bustos

Recording engineer:
Alex Gordon
Eddie J. Correa
Marco Bustos
Ollin Saurez

Sound Supervisor: Patrick Rodman

Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita

Subtitling: Clark Cheng

Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto

English cast 

Grant George as Keiichi Maebara

Kelli Kassidi as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki

Mela Lee as Rena Ryugu

Minx Lee as Satoko Hojo

Reba West as Rika Furude

Darrel Guilbeau as Satoshi Hojo

Patrick Seitz as Mamoru Akasaka

Alison James as Rina Mamiya

Barbara Goodson as
Keiichi's Mother
Oryou
Suguru Okamura

Dave Mallow as
Irie Kyosuke
Keiichi's Father

Jason C. Miller as Yoshiro Sonozaki

Joe DiMucci as Detective Oishi

Karen Strassman as
Miyo Takano
Taiki Tomita

Kyle Hebert as
Jiro Tomitake
Katsuya Kumagai
Keichirou Kimiyoshi

Mike McFarland as Sato (ep 14)

Sam Carr as Teacher

Steve Kramer as
Tatsuyoshi Kasai
Teppei Hojo

English companies 

ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment

Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (USA)

French cast 
French staff 

Dubbing Director: Thomas Guitard

Bruno Meyere as Jirô Tomitake

Christèle Billault as Miyo Takano

Fanny Bloc as Satoko Hôjô

Gabrielle Jeru as Rika Furude

Geneviève Doang as Mion / Shion Sonozaki

Gérard Surugue as Commissaire Ôishi

Jessica Barrier as Rena Ryûgû

Matthieu Morel as Kyôsuke Irie

Thomas Guitard as Keiichi Maebara

Alexandre Coadour

Arnaud Laurent

Cécile Lignon

Damien Da Silva

Lily Baron

Sarah Bouché de Vitray

Sophie Legrand

Yann Guillemot

French companies 

Distributor: Anima

Dubbing: WanTake

 
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