TV series

Higurashi: When They Cry (New TV Animation)

1 season

A deceptively sunny village idyll that keeps slipping into paranoia, ritual dread and sudden violence, demanding you track every clue.

Overview: A new TV anime project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni anime.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Mystery, madness, isolation, friendship
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Full breakdown

Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
madness
isolation
friendship
fate
Places: small town
countryside
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild