October is about to get really bloody (and exciting!), and Funimation is here to amp up the hype for the upcoming premiere of the new TV anime for Higurashi: When They Cry! Funimation has just revealed an English-subtitled trailer for the new Higurashi series for us all poor souls who don’t know a lick of Japanese. Check out the trailer here!
The series is set for an October 1 premiere in Japan, with Funimation streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
Most of the original cast members will be returning to the series, such as Soichiro Hoshi as main protagonist Keiichi Maebara, Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryugu, as well as Satsuki Yukino (Mion Sonozaki), Mika Kanai (Satoko Hojo), and Yukari Tamura (Rika Furude).
Some staff members also returned to the series, such as Naoki Hayashi (Black Fox, Citrus) who is still in charge of series composition. Music will still be composed by Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell).
Previous announcements also stated that the new anime project will be animated by Passione (High School DxD Hero, Citrus), with character designs to be done by Akio Watanabe (Monogatari series, The World God Only Knows). The new anime project will be produced by Infinite.
Higurashi: When They Cry is a murder mystery doujin visual novel series developed by 07th Expansion and written by Ryukishi07. The first game in the series was released in 2002, with the eighth and final released in 2006. On the same year it was adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Studio Deen, the following year, 24 episodes were released under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (When They Cry II: Solutions).
Anime News Network describes the series’ story as such:
“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.”
Source: Anime News Network
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