When They Cry Kai
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai / 쓰르라미 울 적에 해Summary
Continuing from the first series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai begins to shed some light on the dark mysteries prevalent in the preceding season. The young group of friends in the town of Hinamizawa continue to enter terrible conflicts with one another in their never ending summer of 1983, often ending with the brutal murder of one of their numbers. Furude Rika, with the help of her spiritual friend Hanyuu, tackles challenges over and over, trying her best to keep their lives from coming to a tragic end. With no end to the torture in sight, Rika must call upon the bonds of friendship and trust among her friends to discover the true villain of this eternal June.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 24
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 9 h 36 min (24 × 24 min)
- Season
- Summer 2007
- Start date
- July 6, 2007
- End date
- December 18, 2007
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Visual novel
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio DEEN
- Romaji title
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
- English title
- When They Cry Kai
- Native title
- ひぐらしのなく頃に解
- Other titles
- 쓰르라미 울 적에 해
Characters 25
Main characters
- Shion Sonozaki園崎詩音Main
- Mion Sonozaki園崎魅音Main
- Rika Furude古手梨花Main
- Hanyuu Furude古手羽入Main
- Satoko Houjou北条沙都子Main
- Keiichi Maebara前原圭一Main
- Rena Ryuuguu竜宮レナMain
- Miyo Takano鷹野三四Main
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- Satoshi Houjou北条悟史Supporting
- Nomura野村Supporting
- Kyousuke Irie入江京介Supporting
- Rumiko Chie知恵留美子Supporting
- Akane Sonozaki園崎茜Supporting
- Mamoru Akasaka赤坂衛Supporting
- Rina Mamiya間宮リナSupporting
- Tetsuro Okonogi小此木鉄郎Supporting
- Jirou Tomitake富竹ジロウSupporting
- Tatsuyoshi Kasai葛西辰由Supporting
- Kuraudo Ooishi大石蔵人Supporting
- Oryou Sonozaki園崎お魎Supporting
- Teppei Houjou北条鉄平Supporting
- Kiichirou Kimiyoshi公由喜一郎Supporting
- Hifumi Takano高野一二三Supporting
- Frederica Bernkastelフレデリカ・ベルンカステルSupporting
- Ichirou Maebara前原伊知郎Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Chiaki KonDirector
- Ryukishi07Original creator
- Toshifumi KawaseSeries composition
- Kyuuta SakaiCharacter design
- Kenji KawaiMusic
- Kyuuta SakaiChief animation director
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- Eiko ShimamiyaTheme Song Lyrics (OP)
- Kazuhiro FuruhashiStoryboard (ep 13)
- Toshiya ShinoharaStoryboard (ep. 10)
- Chiaki KonEpisode Director (eps. 2, 19, 24, ED1, OP1)
- Chiaki KonStoryboard (eps. 2, 11, 24, ED, OP)
- Toshifumi KawaseScript (eps. 1, 5, 11, 14, 18, 24)
- Tokuyuki MatsutakeKey Animation
- Fumihiko ShimoScript (eps. 2, 6, 8, 12, 19-20)
- Kumi HoriiKey Animation (OP)
- Toshio DeguchiKey Animation
- Akiko MatsuoKey Animation
- AnnabelTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Mariko OkaAnimation Director (OP)
- Rika NakaseScript (eps. 4, 10, 15-16, 22)
- mebaeKey Animation (eps 1, 8)
- Tomoyuki NakazawaTheme Song Composition (OP)
- Tomoyuki NakazawaTheme Song Arrangement (OP)
- Masashi SuzukiScript (eps 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23)
- Hideyo YamamotoStoryboard (ep 17)