Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983. A manga series adapted from the games began with eight different manga artists working separately on one to three of the multiple story arcs. A live-action film adaptation of the series premiered in Japanese theaters in May 2008, with a sequel released in May 2009. A six-episode television series adaptation premiered in Japan in May 2016, and a four-episode sequel premiered in November 2016.
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Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system. A manga series adapted from the games began with eight different manga artists working separately on one to three of the multiple story arcs and were published by Square Enix and Kadokawa Shoten. A live-action film adaptation of the series premiered in Japanese theaters in May 2008, with a sequel released in May 2009. A six-episode television series adaptation premiered in Japan in May 2016, and a four-episode sequel premiered in November 2016. The first anime series was licensed by Geneon Entertainment in English in 2007, but the license expired in 2011. Sentai Filmworks has since licensed both anime seasons and the 2009 OVAs. In addition to the original series, new story arcs were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, in order to expand the story. The original eight PC releases were released in English by MangaGamer between 2009 and 2010. Two sets of drama CDs were produced, one by Wayuta and the other by Frontier Works. A bonus fan disc called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released on December 31, 2006. The game is a variation of visual novel devoid of interactivity.
Gameplay is restricted to reading individual scenes, during which characters are displayed as static two-dimensional sprites. The versions of the game ported to home consoles additionally feature voice acting provided by professional voice actors. After reading a certain amount of text within a chapter, playback ends. At this point, the player is invited to save the game, as well as read \”tips\” that reveal details of thegame’s setting that were not present in the main story. Each chapter is divided into two categories – \”question arcs\” and \”answer arcs\”. Each question arc is a self-contained story taking place in an alternate reality, while each answer arc is based within the same scenario as a certain question arc, and help the player formulate a more accurate vision of the events of the pertaining question arc. The player can access all previously opened scenes of the chapter, in the form of a gallery, from the main menu in the game’s main menu. The main character, Maebi Keebi, moves to the village and learns to be friends with her twin sister Shionaki, Rudei, and Satjō Hōgūi. Shortly before then, then the main character learns about the fourth wall of the village, Hōjō Kejō, and moves to be classmates of Mion Sonozara, the daughter of the town’s mayor. The manga was licensed for release in North America by Yen Press and the first volume was released in November 2008. A new anime television series by Passione premiered in October 2020.
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