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Ani-One Asia Posts Chinese-Subtitled Trailer for Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW Anime

Hong Kong content distributor MediaLink Entertainment Limited's Ani-One Asia YouTube channel began streaming an English-subtitled promotional video on Wednesday for Higurashi: When They Cry - New, the new Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) anime project. Ani-One Asia will begin streaming the anime on October 1 at 11:30 p.m. GMT +8.

The stream will be available in Brunei, Cambodia, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Macau, and Hong Kong.

Tha anime will premiere in Japan on October 1 on Tokyo MX and BS11 after being delayed from its scheduled July premiere due to the effects of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the production schedule. The first 13 episodes will air from October 1 onward and episode 14 will premiere on January 7.

Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion are credited with the original work. Akio Watanabe (Monogatari Series anime franchise) is designing the characters, and Passione (Citrus, Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, High School DxD Hero) is animating the project. Infinite is producing the series. Naoki Hayashi (Black Fox, Citrus) is in charge of the series composition for the anime. Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is returning as the composer for the series.

Returning cast members include Sōichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara, Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū, Satsuki Yukino as Mion Sonozaki, Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō, and Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude.

The other cast members include:

• Chafūrin as Kuraudo Ooishi
• Tōru Ohkawa as Jirō Tomitake
• Miki Itō as Miyo Takano
• Toshihiko Seki as Kyōsuke Irie

The new anime will have a manga adaptation by Tomato Akase.

The first Higurashi: When They Cry television anime series aired for 26 episodes in 2006, and the When They Cry II: Solutions (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai) anime aired for 24 episodes in 2007.

07th Expansion launched the first chapter of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel software in 2002 at Comiket. The story revolves around murders that coincide with an annual festival in a quiet rural village. Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion released Higurashi: When They Cry Hou for PC in Japan in 2014 as a "thank you" to series fans (the kanji used for "Hou" is used in the word "hōnō," "dedication").

MangaGamer released the original visual novel in 2009, and has been releasing Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou as 14 individual chapters.

The software also inspired several video anime projects, two live-action films, and manga adaptations by several artists. The game also inspired a stage play that ran in July 2019.

Source: Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel