Higurashi When They Cry new TV anime is officially in production, with studio DEEN in charge of the animation. The reveal came with a teaser PV, featuring the message “Everyone, welcome back,” before confirming that a new TV anime project based on Ryukishi07’s horror franchise is now in production.
Check out the teaser trailer below.
The new anime will once again be based on the original work by Ryukishi07 and produced by Studio DEEN, the studio behind the franchise’s original television adaptations in the 2000s.
The returning cast includes:
- Soichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara
- Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryugu
- Satsuki Yukino as Mion and Shion Sonozaki
- Mika Kanai as Satoko Hojo
- Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude
A teaser visual was also revealed:
Higurashi: When They Cry is a psychological horror franchise that began as a 2002 visual novel by 07th Expansion. Set in the seemingly quiet rural village of Hinamizawa in the early 1980s, it follows a group of friends whose everyday lives slowly unravel into cycles of paranoia, violence, and supernatural mystery tied to a local curse. The story was first adapted into an anime in 2006, later getting numerous sequel seasons and OVAs that concluded the original arc, and then revisited in a newer 2020-2021 series.
Source: Higurashi When They Cry Official Website
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