 The official website of the new Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Higurashi: When They Cry - New) television anime unveiled supporting cast, staff, the first key visual (pictured), and a second promotional video on Friday. The four additional cast members are also returning from the original anime series.The first 13 episodes will air on Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX and BS11 beginning October 1, followed by Sun TV. The latter episodes will air on Fridays at 12:30 a.m. on the same channels beginning January 8. Hikari TV and d Anime Store will also stream the new anime. The anime was originally scheduled for Summer 2020, but was delayed due to the effects of COVID-19. Cast Kuraudo Ooishi: Chafurin (Baki) Jirou Tomitake: Tooru Ookawa (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka) Miyo Takano: Miki Itou (Fate/stay night) Kyousuke Irie: Toshihiko Seki (Mousou Dairinin) Staff Assistant Director: Takashi Ikehata (Tsuki ga Kirei) Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (Fate/Apocrypha) Art Supervision: Saho Yamane (Shinsekai yori art director) Color Design: Arisa Komatsu (Hitori no Shita: The Outcast) Director of Photography: Yuuichirou Tozawa (Golden Kamuy) Editing: Ayako Tan (Bem) Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita (Fukigen na Mononokean) Sound Effects: Shouta Yaso (Yakusoku no Neverland) Music Production: Frontier Works Keiichirou Kawaguchi (SKET Dance) is directing the new anime at Passione, featuring character designs by Akio Watanabe (Bakemonogatari). Naoki Hayashi (Black Fox, Flip Flappers script) is handling the series composition, and Kenji Kawai (Subete ga F ni Naru) is composing the music. The lead voice cast are reprising their roles from the original 2006 anime. Studio Deen produced the first television anime in Spring 2006, which was followed by a 24-episode sequel in Summer 2007. The five-episode Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (When They Cry: Rei) original video anime ran between February and August 2009. 07th Expansion released the first chapter of the psychological horror visual novel, Onikakushi-hen (Demoned Away Chapter), in August 2002. The eighth and final chapter in the original series, Matsuribayashi-hen (Festival Accompanying Chapter), was published in August 2006. Three extra chapters were released in a fandisc in December that year. The latest installment in the franchise, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou (When They Cry: Gift), was published in August 2014. PV 2 Source: Comic Natalie |
VindstotAug 20, 2020 3:35 PM
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| There will be 26 or so episodes thank god. So it's an adaptation of the first two or so story arcs? @ereman I know right. Don't know how long it will take me to get used to the Monogatari/World God Only Knows/etc. art style. I love Watanabe's work but for Higurashi? Come on now. I guess it's not that bad though. |
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| SO this is remake ??? I only watched few episodes of the original and then dropped cause it is boring. But if this is remake, I might give it another try and watching it weekly will easier for me |
| I loved the old anime but I can't wait to watch this one. I like the visuals. I don't even care if it's a remake or not I will watch it anyway. lol It's going to be interesting to watch it while knowing the story this time. |
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| I am way too worried because the production is done by the same studio that brought you masterpieces like The Island of Giant Insects and Interspecies Reviewers. |
| Sleepless October incoming, lol. Great trailer, definitely got the mood and atmosphere right to the click, and it's great to see that many of the Cast are reprising their roles here! I suppose it's okay to have a little faith in this. Hopefully, my fears of cramming Deen's S1 and S2 into these measly 2-cours will be proven wrong as well. |
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| So they're maintaining the OG voice cast? EPIC!! I'm SO excited for this! |
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| Still doubt I will be pleased by the art, but who knows. This airing for halloween is certainly nice, last year for halloween I thought I would start Higurashi again, then I learned of the remake and abandoned the plan, than it was delayed.. Now we are here I just hope it will be good |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Long WTC fan... lets gooo! |
| I'm a fan of this series and I can't waaaiitttt!!! Btw, what's with the glowing effects on hair etc? Ah screw that I'm still waiting for it <3 |
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| I loved the original, and so do many others, so I'm not really sure why they're remaking this series. I also like the older animation in the original. It adds to the feel for me. I'll still watch this at some point, but I'm setting my expectations low. I did love Rokka no Yuusha, which Passione made, so that's a good sign. |
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| Hoping for this to be decent atleast. |
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| Early 2000s vs Late 2010s (what shorthand is being used for this - the 10s?) animation. I don't think it necessarily looks better, just shinier. New!K1 doesn't sound quite like his old voice, but other than that, the others sound like they used to. Either way, very happy to see the old cast back for all the important characters. Now the real question is will we get the creepy cat eyes again? |
| I was a bit skeptical about the new artstyle but it’s kinda growing on me. Animation looks good. Can’t want to rewatch this one |
| As long as the remake retains the strong staging, pacing, and composition that the Deen series had, I'm good. The new style just grown to me the more scenes I see from it. I just hope that it'll be just as unhinged as the prior adaptations. |
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| I don't care what anyone says, the designs look great and are way better than the old ones. |
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| Good that they split the cours so you already know it is about to get bloody in 2nd part. Yoooooo Ryukishi zero nana. |
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JanPri said: Made by Passione; Studio who made Highschool DxD Hero with that ugly artstyle... Ew Why does Passione feel the need to entirely remake the artstyle and make everything so bright and colorful? Does anybody seriously like that? The old artstyle was good enough. But Passione only adapted to that art style because it reflected the original High School DxD's LN art style. I didn't mind it, but I'm gonna miss TNK studio's sharply detailed style though. I'm pretty sure this is more quite of an upgrade rather than solely "making it so bright and colorful" in an awful way. The old Higurashi art was okay as well, hopefully you don't get it wrong. Not to mention it was adapted from a VN. Anyways, will always be hyped for a Higurashi series! |
RedDesireAug 21, 2020 3:41 AM
Animefan8543477 said: JanPri said: Made by Passione; Studio who made Highschool DxD Hero with that ugly artstyle... Ew Why does Passione feel the need to entirely remake the artstyle and make everything so bright and colorful? Does anybody seriously like that? The old artstyle was good enough. Because the old style was ugly both the backgrounds and the character models Also they changed it to look closer to the manga/LN The higurashi Manga are done by different artists. And its nota manga adaptation, but rather a VN adaptation, which has had 2 different artstyles. none look like this. If you are talking about Highschool DxD, then no, The character designs weren't ugly. |
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RedDesire said: JanPri said: Made by Passione; Studio who made Highschool DxD Hero with that ugly artstyle... Ew Why does Passione feel the need to entirely remake the artstyle and make everything so bright and colorful? Does anybody seriously like that? The old artstyle was good enough. But Passione only adapted to that art style because it reflected the original High School DxD's LN art style. I didn't mind it, but I'm gonna miss TNK studio's sharply detailed style though. I'm pretty sure this is more quite of an upgrade rather than solely "making it so bright and colorful" in an awful way. The old Higurashi art was okay as well, hopefully you don't get it wrong. Anyways, will always be hyped for a Higurashi series! If they are able to execute the horror well, then i think i'd prefer this artstyle. Idk, i like monogatari and grisaia. But at the same time, i think that washed off- sharp artstyle worked perfectly for higurashi. I'm uncertain about this one. Also, I want them to use the old ost(s), maybe after re-making them |
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| The new art looks really unfitting of Higurashi. Well I don't really care for that I can always read the VN... I'm more interested to see if the opening is going to be as iconic as the first anime opening. |
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| I actually prefer this art style. Looks fresh. Moreover, the main selling point along with the story would be the voice actors who have been that one constant in the VN and the anime. I am not surprised that there are a number of shared voice actors with Umineko too! |
KreatorXAug 24, 2020 8:49 PM
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| The only gripe I had with the Deen version was the visuals and animations, it was one of the main reasons I disliked Deen around that time. So as long as they don't mess up any big plot things this looks like its going to be better. I get what others are saying about the art style not really fitting in, but honestly compared to Deen's, I'll take the new design and probably better animations. Now to make it perfect, I just need to find a way to erase my memories so I can have that first time experience lol |
| Well time for me to finally watch the old Higurashi seasons then. |
| I binge-watched Higurashi at the time when Rei came out and it immediately became a favourite of mine. The story, plot, character designs, and music are all perfectly creepy and amazing! To say I'm excited for this reboot is an understatement, however, I'm wondering if this new art style will take away from the charm that the original had. Even if you just compare the PVs, the old version is far creepier than the reboot. Either way, I super happy to be able to watch this series again, especially with all the same voice actors! Let me hear that USODA!! |
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| Let's see if this reboot improves from where Studio Deen started and left off. In all honesty, while Deen's version looks visually wonky, it has strong direction, sound design, and setting. Not to mention that the ugliness of the visuals just added further to the disturbing factor of the material. My only gripe is that the post-Chiaki Kon Higurashi OVAs didn't seem that effective as the earlier series. Since Passione's take on this really looks polished and bright, I really doubt that it'll be just as effective as the first but I do hope that it's not the case. Hopefully they won't be afraid to make things disturbingly ugly when the moment needs it (since Deen managed to but went overkill). |
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| I’m so happy about this I can’t wait for this reboot!! 😍 Cant wait to see all those crazy eyes in HD. 😂 (Ok but 2009 weeb me is still kinda sad I never got a season 2 of Umineko but I’ll take what I can get, I know a lot of people hated umineko lol). |
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