Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
| Higrashi no Naku Koro ni | |
|---|---|
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| Original Manga | N/A |
| Director/Artist | Chiaki Kon |
| Format | Anime (TV) |
| Made By | Studio DEEN |
| Episode Length | 22 minutes |
| # of Eps/Volumes | 26 (first season), 24 (second season) |
| Great series, could be even greater if the animation wasn't like a roller coaster of decent-to-awful | |
Contents
Genre
Drama, Mystery, Horror, Suspense, Psychological
Sum it up in a Sentence
A boy living in a tiny mountain town befriends a group of girls, UNTIL EVIL COMES.
Main Description
On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.
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Personal Opinions
Mirsha
I watched this without influence from anyone else. After watching the first and second episode I felt kind of lost, the anime style with it's head shapes and colour seemed kind of childish to me. I really couldn't see why this series was any good, then I watched the third episode which is the critical litmus test. It becomes very obvious that the directional style challenges the subject matter in a provoking manner. The distinct presentation of the series, as a sequence of short stories which are not related, become a very unsettling factor as it constantly challenges any assumptions of presentation of the facts which have gone before it. It manages to present many sides of the same argument and keep them all unique in their own way to drag your interest into the new stories. Each short story in the series manages to keep your thoughts to the forefront and judgemental of all the other facts which have gone before it.
Links
- Official Higurshi Homepage (Japanese)
- Wikipedia page
