When They Cry Rei
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei / 쓰르라미 울 적에 례Summary
The endless cycle of murders has been broken and Rika is finally able to settle down for a normal life with her friends. However, she is involved in a traffic accident and wakes up in a world where everything is different. A world where no one commited the sins that shaped them into the persons they are. It's up to Rika to discover the truth behind this world and whether or not it truly is perfect.
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Details
- Format
- OVA
- Number of Episodes
- 5
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 2 h 30 min (5 × 30 min)
- Season
- Winter 2009
- Start date
- February 15, 2009
- End date
- August 21, 2009
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Visual novel
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio DEEN
- Romaji title
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei
- English title
- When They Cry Rei
- Native title
- ひぐらしのなく頃に礼
- Other titles
- 쓰르라미 울 적에 례
Characters 17
Main characters
- 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
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- Shion Sonozaki園崎詩音Supporting
- Satoshi Houjou北条悟史Supporting
- Furude no Haha古手母Supporting
- Miyo Takano鷹野三四Supporting
- Kyousuke Irie入江京介Supporting
- Rumiko Chie知恵留美子Supporting
- Mamoru Akasaka赤坂衛Supporting
- Jirou Tomitake富竹ジロウSupporting
- Kuraudo Ooishi大石蔵人Supporting
- Tetsuro Okonogi小此木鉄郎Supporting
- Ouka Furude古手桜花Background
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Toshifumi KawaseDirector
- Ryukishi07Original creator
- Toshifumi KawaseSeries composition
- Kazuya KurodaCharacter design
- Kenji KawaiMusic
- Tomoyuki AbeChief animation director
- Chikako ShibataArt director
- Hozumi GoudaSound director
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- Eiko ShimamiyaTheme Song Performance (OP)
- Toshifumi KawaseScript
- Kazuya TakaseTheme Song Arrangement (OP)
- Kazuya TakaseTheme Song Composition (OP)
- AnnabelTheme Song Performance (ED (collaboration with anNina))
- Yukako OgawaBackground Art
- Eiko ShimamiyaTheme Song Lyrics (OP)
- Masafumi WatanabeSound Effects
- Masahiro MatsumuraEditing
- Seiichi MorishitaDirector of Photography
- Shizuo KurahashiSound Effects
- Yuka ItouSpecial Effects (ep. 4)
- Takeshi SaitouSpecial Effects (eps 1, 3, 5)
- Aika TokeshiIn-Between Animation
- Aika Tokeshi2nd Key Animation
- Kochiyo TakadaIn-Between Animation
- Maki MurakamiAnimation Director