From the smiling girl above, you would never suspect that the series was another part of the “When They Cry” series. The third part of the “When they Cry” series titled Umineko no Naku Koro ni has currently been very popular in Japan, thus it has been recently announced that an anime adaptation of it will be released at an unknown date soon.
I have played the two Umineko games currently released and they have great potential at becoming an excellent animes, althrough I don’t believe that it will be on the same level as Higurashi, but then again, Higurashi added a whole new level to anime for me.
With only two of the visual novels and another one set to come out at a future date, it is not like Higurashi with the whole series planned out, alas there will be quite a number of unknown parts of the anime which is always rewarding in animes (So long as they don’t mess it up).
Of course, we also have the three-part Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei OVA coming out soon which shall also be rewarding.
Sources:
- http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-12/umineko-no-naku-koro-ni-tv-anime-officially-announced
- http://www.oyashirosama.com/web/umineko/index.htm
If Higurashi no naku koro ni was the first part what was the second?
Well…
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was the first one
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai was the second one
It actually states that in the title of the Visual Novel where at the side it says “When They Cry 3”
Thanks. I heard Umineko is completely unrelated to Higurashi, so I fought that they wouldn’t give a second number to a part of the same story.
Naming Koro ni Rei ‘4th’ will look strange that way…
Rei is just a fandisc.
Rei is the fandisc but is being remade into an OVA series this Winter/Summer (Whatever is closer to you now).
When Mika Nomura, who was the producer of Higurashi’s anime, E-mailed 07th Expansion, there were only question arcs.
Besides, they(Frontier Works) were planning to make only 13 episodes.
And when Higurashi’s anime was announced, Tsumihoroboshi-hen wasn’t released yet.
No one knows how Umineko will be made.
What is a fandisc?