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When They Cry - Higurashi (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cuando las cigarras lloran (Spanish)
Higurashi no Naku Koroni (Japanese)
Higurashi: When They Cry
Hinamizawa, le village maudit (French)
Quando as Cigarras Choram (Portuguese)
When They Cry
When They Cry - Higurashi no Naku Koroni
Когда плачут цикады (Russian)
ひぐらしのなく頃に (Japanese)
쓰르라미 울 적에 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 4641 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1156 votes (sub:948, dub:143, raw:10, ?:5, edit.dub:1, others:49
26 Spanish subtitled
8 Portuguese subtitled
5 French subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 1328 votes (sub:1066, dub:202, raw:11, ?:5, edit.dub:1, others:43
26 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 897 votes (sub:691, dub:160, raw:8, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:35
18 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 Korean subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Finnish subtitled
)
 Good: 435 votes (sub:330, dub:76, raw:8, ?:3, others:18
7 Spanish subtitled
6 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 317 votes (sub:281, dub:29, ?:1, others:6
2 Italian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 206 votes (sub:184, dub:20, ?:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 124 votes (sub:107, dub:13, raw:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 82 votes (sub:71, dub:7, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 42 votes (sub:34, dub:4, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 30 votes (sub:27, dub:2, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 24 votes (sub:21, dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 7497 users, rank: #76 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.085 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.9709, rank: #504 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.993 (Very good), rank: #632 (of 9919) (seen all: 8.44 / seen some: 6.07 / won't finish: 4.97)
Bayesian estimate: 7.991 (Very good), rank: #396 (of 7496)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2006-04-04 to 2006-09-26
Release dates: We have 17
Opening Theme:
"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" (ひぐらしのなく頃に) by Eiko Shimamiya
Ending Theme:
"why, or why not" by Hiroyuki Oshima feat. Rekka Katakiri
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 14
Comment:
Based on a popular, amateur created murder-mystery computer game.
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    When They Cry - Season 1 Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2016-03-15 (from $384.00)
    When They Cry - Complete Season 1-3 Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-12-12 (from $129.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    When They Cry - Season 1 Complete Collection (DVD) 2016-03-15
    When They Cry (DVD 1) 2007-06-05 (from $29.94)
    When They Cry - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-06-05 (from $105.47)
    When They Cry (DVD 1) 2008-09-30 (from $7.50)
    When They Cry - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2008-09-30 (from $39.98)
    When They Cry (DVD 2) 2007-08-07 (from $5.00)
    When They Cry (DVD 2) 2008-09-30
    When They Cry (DVD 3) 2007-10-09 (from $3.89)
    When They Cry (DVD 3) 2008-09-30 (from $30.00)
    When They Cry (DVD 4) delayed/cancelled (from $111.00)
    When They Cry (DVD 4) 2008-09-30 (from $29.98)
    When They Cry (DVD 5) delayed/cancelled
    When They Cry (DVD 5) 2008-11-11 (from $79.99)
    When They Cry (DVD 6) 2008-12-23 (from $29.98)
    When They Cry - Complete Box Set (DVD 1-6) 2009-08-25 (from $249.99)
    When They Cry - Complete Set (DVD 1-6) 2010-04-13 (from $198.99)
DVD (Region 4)
    When They Cry - Part 2 [Eps 14-26] (DVD)
    When They Cry - Part 1 [Eps 1-13] (DVD) 2011-02-18

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Rika Nakase (eps 5-8, 16-21)
Toshifumi Kawase (16 episodes
eps 1-4, 9-15, 22-26
)

Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 15, 25-26
)

Hidetoshi Namura (eps 5, 9, 19)
Hiroshi Watanabe (eps 7, 13)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 17)
Masakatsu Iijima (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 20, 24
)

Minefumi Harada (ep 14)
Naoyuki Kuzuya (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18
)

Sōma Ōgami (ep 23)
Tomokazu Kōgo (eps 16, 22)
Yamato Ban (eps 11, 21)
Yuji Hiraki (eps 4, 25)
Episode Director:
Chiaki Kon (eps 1, 11, 26)
Daisuke Tsuji (ep 22)
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 19)
Hisakazu Ishikawa (eps 4, 10, 16)
Isao Takayama (ep 7)
Matsuo Asami (eps 12, 18, 24)
Mujin Shako (ep 21)
Osamu Sekita (ep 6)
Seung Hui Son (ep 5)
Shigeru Ueda (ep 13)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 17)
Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 23)
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (eps 3, 9, 15)
Yuji Hiraki (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 25
)

Unit Director: Chiaki Kon (OP)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Seventh Expansion
Character Design: Kyuta Sakai
Art Director: Chikako Shibata
Chief Animation Director: Kyuta Sakai
Animation Director:
Atsuko Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23
)

Kōichi Motomura (ep 1)
Kyuta Sakai (OP)
Mariko Aoki (eps 9, 15)
Masahisa Koyata (ep 3)
Masumi Fujii (ep 23)
Michiyuki Nōjō (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24
)

Mikihiko Ando (eps 6, 12)
Minefumi Harada (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Nobuyoshi Souzaki (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 25
)

Seiya Numata (8 episodes
eps 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26
)

Sound Director: Hozumi Gōda
Director of Photography:
Seiichi Morishita (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Shinichi Fushimi (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Assistant Animation Director: Seiya Numata (ep 17)
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Minefumi Harada (ep 25)
Seiya Numata (eps 12, 15)
Assistant producer:
Takema Okamura
Yoshito Danno
Background Art:
Ai Saito (Baku Production; ep 19)
Hirofune Hane (Studio Kanon; ep 13)
Junko Matsui (Studio Pinewood; eps 6-24 even)
Katsumi Akimoto (Studio Pinewood; eps 2-24 even)
Ken Arai (Studio Pinewood; eps 2, 4, 8)
Kinichi Okubo (Studio Kanon; eps 1-11 odd)
Kōsuke Kanno (Studio Kanon; eps 1-25 odd, 26)
Masahiro Akiba (Studio Kanon; eps 1-19 odd)
Masako Hata (Baku Production; ep 19)
Masako Iida (Baku Production; eps 21, 26)
Masaoki Ono (Studio Pinewood; ep 12)
Masato Miyake (Baku Production; eps 15, 17)
Mayumi Okawa (Studio Kanon; ep 26)
Michiko Mae (Baku Production; eps 23, 25-26)
Naoto Yoshida (Studio Kanon; 7 episodes
eps 7, 9, 13-19 odd, 26
)

Reiko Miki (Studio Pinewood; eps 6-24 even)
Riho Asakura (Studio Kanon; eps 1-19 odd)
Shinya Yano (Studio Kanon; eps 1-19 odd)
Tadashi Kudo (Studio Pinewood; eps 2-24 even)
Takao Shimizu (Baku Production; 4 episodes
eps 21, 23, 25-26
)

Tomohiro Morishita (Studio Kanon; ep 26)
Tomoko Sawada (Studio Kanon; ep 26)
Tomoko Sekiya (Studio Pinewood; eps 2-24 even)
Tsunetaka Matsunuma (Studio Kanon; eps 1-7 odd, 11)
Yasuhiro Okumura (Studio Kanon; eps 1-25 odd, 26)
Yoichi Yajima (Baku Production; ep 19)
Yōko Nagai (Baku Production; eps 19-25 odd)
Yū Tachimoto (Studio Pinewood; eps 6-24 even)
Yukiko Takahashi (Studio Kanon; eps 1-11 odd)
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color setting:
Chitose Kimura (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Hiromi Osone (ep 8)
Sakiko Ito (ep 2)
Shōgo Nishimura (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 12, 14
)

Yukitaka Shishikai (7 episodes
eps 10, 16-24 even, 25
)

Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita
Ending Animation: Hiroshi Watanabe
In-Between Animation:
Ai Kawamura (Studio Deen; eps 1, 3)
Ai Wakita (Studio Izena; eps 4, 14, 16)
Chieko Matsuda (Studio Deen; eps 1, 3)
Chiharu Takahashi (Studio Izena; eps 2, 4, 6, 12)
En Song Wang (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Gui Ping She (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Hiroki Tsuji (Studio Izena; ep 22)
Hong Yu (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Jue Yu Wu (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Kanako Ono (Studio Deen; ep 5)
Ke Zhou Jiu (Phoenix Animation; ep 20)
Manami Okumura (Studio Deen; ep 7)
Mariko Nakamura (Studio Izena; ep 6)
Ping Ping Hua (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Qi Wu (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Shunsuke Honma (Studio Deen; ep 7)
Wei Qi (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Wei Hua Wang (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6)
Xin Zhong Ju (Phoenix Animation; 12 episodes
eps 2-18 even, 22, 24-25
)

Yan Chen (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6)
Ying Hua Chen (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6)
Yuji Kikuta (Studio Izena; 9 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24-25
)

In-Between Check:
Hiroki Tsuji (eps 2-12 even)
Kumi Kobayashi (eps 1, 3)
Ryūichi Akahori (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Tomomi Kasukawa (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Yūsuke Suzuki (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Key Animation:
Ai Wakita (ep 10)
Akihito Asai (ep 13)
Akiko Kumada (OP; ep 3)
Akiko Matsuo (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 21, 23, 26
)

Akiko Nakano (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 12-20 even, 24-25
)

Akio Watanabe (ep 23)
Akira Kasahara (ep 17)
An Katsuragi (ep 15)
Ayako Nozawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 26
)

Chiaki Kon (OP; ep 11)
Chie Nishio (eps 15, 17)
Chūji Nakajima (OP; 11 episodes
eps 1, 5-17 odd, 21, 23, 26
)

Emiko Shimamura (eps 7, 13)
Eri Ogawa (eps 13, 19, 26)
Etsuro Tokuda (ep 16)
Fumiko Kon (ep 15)
Genichi Murakami (eps 14, 20, 25)
Gorō Taki (ep 3)
Hideaki Nakano (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 13, 21, 26
)

Hidemi Yamashita (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 5, 11)
Hideo Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 21, 26
)

Hidetoshi Namura (ep 1)
Hikaru Yamaguchi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Hirofumi Masuda (OP)
Hirokazu Shinohara (ep 13)
Hiroki Tsuji (eps 18, 22, 25)
Hironobu Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 15
)

Hiroshi Kuruo (ep 23)
Hirotaka Nii (ep 5)
Hiroya Yoshida (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 15)
Hiroyasu Oda (ep 6)
Hisatake Hayashi (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 15)
Ichirō Kameoka (ep 26)
Inosuke Naitō (eps 1, 5, 26)
Jun Arai (eps 22, 24-25)
Junko Nonaka (ep 9)
Kan Ogawa (OP; eps 9, 17, 26)
Katsuya Yamamoto (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10-24 even
)

Kazuya Nakanishi (ep 11)
Keiko Motoya (eps 12, 23)
Keiko Shimizu (OP)
Ken Mutou (eps 3, 7, 26)
Kenichi Iino (eps 5, 11, 21)
Kenji Kuroyanagi (ep 23)
Kenji Tojo (ep 1)
Kenzō Koizumi (10 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 12-20 even, 24-25
)

Koichi Hoshino (eps 7, 13)
Kōichi Motomura (ep 7)
Koichi Nakaya (eps 17, 23)
Koji Iwaki (Snow Light Staff; 4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 20, 25
)

Koji Yasuda (ep 4)
Kumi Hirai (ep 5)
Kumi Kobayashi (ep 7)
Kyō Tanabe (eps 13, 19, 26)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 16)
Kyoko Sugiyama (eps 2, 8)
Kyouko Yasuda (ep 1)
Maki Murakami (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 19, 26
)

Makiko Fujiwara (ep 15)
Makoto Iino (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 21
)

Manabu Shioda (eps 9, 17, 26)
Megumi Yamada (eps 1, 7)
Megumi Yamazaki (ep 13)
Michinori Shiga (eps 1, 7, 13)
Michiyo Sakurai (4 episodes
eps 14, 18, 20, 24
)

Michiyuki Nōjō (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24
)

Mikihiko Ando (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12
)

Minami Tokunaga (ep 26)
Minefumi Harada (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22, 25
)

Mitsuru Nakata (eps 5, 11)
Miyako Tsuji (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1, 7-13 odd, 17, 19
)

Nobuyoshi Souzaki (eps 6, 12)
Noriko Yamashita (ep 1)
Nozomu Fujii (ep 23)
Osamu Yamamoto (ep 11)
Qiang Sun (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes
eps 20, 22, 24-25
)

Rondo Mizukami (ep 17)
Ryo Haga (ep 25)
Ryo Kobayashi (eps 12, 24)
Ryosuke Kimiya (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 21
)

Ryota Honma (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 15)
Sakiko Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 19
)

Sakura E. Sakazu (ep 23)
Sanae Narasaki (OP; ep 11)
Satoshi Kubo (ep 16)
Seika Saruwatari (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24
)

Seiya Numata (4 episodes
eps 13, 19, 23, 26
)

Semaji Enotsu (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 23, 26
)

Shigeru Ishii (eps 10, 16)
Shin Komatsu (eps 4, 8, 10)
Shinichi Wada (ep 4)
Shinya Uchida (OP; ep 11)
Shōichi Funaki (ep 5)
Shōji Endō (4 episodes
eps 4, 14, 20, 22
)

Shume (ep 23)
Shunya Kikuchi (ep 11)
Sōji Ninomiya (ep 15)
Taeko Oda (eps 2, 8)
Taichi Nakaguma (ep 8)
Takashi Ajiri (ep 2)
Takashi Tezuka (ep 26)
Takeo Tominaga (ep 11)
Takeshi Morita (ep 7)
Takeshi Ōishi (ep 11)
Tao Li (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes
eps 20, 22, 24-25
)

Tatsuhiko Yoda (eps 4, 8, 10)
Tatsuya Shiraishi (eps 15, 19)
Tomochi Kosaka (eps 1, 26)
Tomoe Sahashi (ep 15)
Tomohiko Abe (Nakamura Production; eps 3, 15)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (eps 5, 11, 15)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 26)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 26)
Tsutomu Shibutani (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 26
)

Wataru Hasegawa (ep 5)
Wataru Yamamoto (eps 1, 7, 13)
Xiao Bo Qiu (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes
eps 20, 22, 24-25
)

Xiao Feng Meng (Phoenix Animation; 4 episodes
eps 20, 22, 24-25
)

Xiao Xin Zhao (eps 8, 10)
Yōichi Ishikawa (OP; ep 3)
Yoshiaki Tomita (6 episodes
eps 6, 14, 18, 20, 24-25
)

Yoshie Kimoto (eps 17, 23)
Yoshihiro Tanaka (7 episodes
eps 4, 14-20 even, 24-25
)

Yoshinori Miyashita (ep 6)
Yoshio Mizumura (eps 17, 21)
Yoshio Usuda (6 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10-16 even
)

Yoshitaka Koyama (ep 15)
Yoshito Suzuki (7 episodes
eps 10, 14-22 even, 25
)

Yosuke Yabumoto (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 16, 22
)

Yuji Kikuta (ep 25)
Yukie Akiya (eps 5, 9, 23)
Yumie Wada (ep 5)
Merchandising Director: Retsu Tamura
Music Performance: Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa
Paint:
Chisato Tsumotani (Studio Deen; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Dong Liang Chen (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Feng Wu (Phoenix Animation; 8 episodes
eps 8-20 even, 24
)

Hong Juan Huang (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Jin Na Zhu (Phoenix Animation; 10 episodes
eps 8-24 even, 25
)

Kozue Arai (Studio Deen; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Le Jun Sun (Phoenix Animation; eps 2, 4, 6)
Mariko Mima (Studio Deen; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Min Xia Gu (Phoenix Animation; 12 episodes
eps 2-18 even, 22, 24-25
)

Na Lu (Phoenix Animation; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Qian Wei Su (Phoenix Animation; 6 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 20
)

Wei Chen (Phoenix Animation; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 22, 25
)

Yin Na Zhu (Phoenix Animation; 9 episodes
eps 8-22 even, 25
)

You Feng Su (Phoenix Animation; 7 episodes
eps 12-18 even, 22, 24-25
)

Yukitaka Shishikai (7 episodes
eps 12-22 even, 25
)

Paint Check:
Chitose Kimura (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Hiromi Osone (ep 8)
Sakiko Ito (ep 2)
Shōgo Nishimura (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 12, 14
)

Yukitaka Shishikai (7 episodes
eps 10, 16-24 even, 25
)

Photography:
Daisuke Horino (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Katsuaki Kamata (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Kenshin Sato (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Koshiro Iwamoto (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Kouji Aoki (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Shigeo Kamiyama (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Teruo Abe (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Yuji Tanahashi (Studio Twinkle; eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Production Advancement:
Daisuke Azuma (eps 14, 20, 25)
Hitoshi Fujikawa (ep 15)
Keisuke Kitamura (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 17, 21, 23
)

Saiyū Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 16, 22
)

Shinichi Fukuda (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 12, 18, 24
)

Wakana Koike (ep 4)
Yuka Morino (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 19, 26
)

Yūsuke Shibata (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23
)

Production Desk: Megumi Nagayama
Prop Design: Tomochi Kosaka
Recording: Kōhei Ōishi
Recording Assistant: Tomonari Tokuhisa
Setting Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka
Sound Effects:
Takuya Hasegawa
Tomokazu Mitsui (eps 5-26)
Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda (Dax Production)
Tetsu Hirata (Dax Production)
Special Effects:
Akira Yamanaka (Studio Southern Cross; ep 25)
Hideaki Murata (office Prion; ep 20)
Takehiko Endo (Studio Southern Cross; 13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Takeshi Saitō (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Kazuya Takase (OP)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
interface (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Rekka Katakiri (ED)
Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi (Tokyo Laboratory; eps 1-22, 24-26)
Ryoji Kishi (Tokyo Laboratory; eps 1-26)
Tomohito Imura (Tokyo Laboratory; ep 23)
Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū
Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō
Satsuki Yukino as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki
Sōichirō Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara
Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude

Chafūrin as Kuraudo Ōishi
Fumiko Orikasa as Rumiko Chie
Miki Itō as Miyo Takano
Tōru Ohkawa as Jiro Tomitake
Toshihiko Seki as Kyōsuke Irie
Yū Kobayashi as Satoshi Hōjō

Akane Tomonaga as
Girl (ep 26)
Nurse (ep 12)
Receptionist (ep 3)
Akiyo Kanada as Toshiki Inukai
Atsushi Kakehashi as Delinquent 1 (eps 5, 16, 18)
Daisuke Ono as Mamoru Akasaka
Daisuke Sasaki as Matsuda's son (ep 20)
Eiji Miyashita as
Delinquent 3 (eps 16, 18)
Store owner (ep 5)
Subordinate (ep 17)
Eriko Matsushima as Old person A (ep 3)
Fujiko Takimoto as Suguru Okamura
Fumihiko Tachiki as Tatsuyoshi Kasai (eps 17, 19)
Gen Nakano as
Man (ep 24)
Referee (ep 9)
Rena's father
Katsuhiro Oota as News caster (ep 14)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Teppei Hōjō
Keiichi Sonobe as Hondaya (ep 14)
Kentarō Tone as Teppei's friend (ep 10)
Kikuko Inoue as Akane Sonozaki (ep 25)
Kousei Hirota as Mion's father (ep 14)
Kujira as
Landlady (ep 9)
Tamae Hōjō (ep 17)
Kun Fuzuki as
Middle-aged lady (ep 9)
Old person B (ep 3)
Manabi Mizuno as Child (ep 26)
Masaaki Tsukada as
Kiichirō Kimiyoshi
Passerby (ep 16)
Megumi Matsumoto as Daiki Tomita
Miki Suga as
Commentator (ep 8)
Rena's mother
Misa Watanabe as Rina Mamiya (eps 22-23)
Naoko Matsui as Aiko Maebara
Naoya Uchida as Sato (ep 14)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as
Coach (ep 11)
Wireless voice (ep 26)
Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 22)
Riichi Nishimoto as
Man A (ep 25)
Man B (ep 15)
Risa Mizuno as Yukie Akasaka
Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Investigator (ep 8)
Komiyama (ep 26)
Master (ep 22)
Policeman (ep 4)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as
Man B (ep 25)
Villager (ep 4)
Shizuka Okohira as O-Ryou (ep 14)
Shouto Kashii as Makino (ep 14)
Suzune Okabe as
Man A (ep 15)
Store manager (ep 17)
Takashi Oohara as Delinquent 2 (eps 5, 16, 18)
Takuo Kawamura as Katsuya Kumagai
Yasunori Matsumoto as Ichirō Maebara
Japanese companies
Animation Direction:
E-cho (eps 3, 7, 9)
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Background Art:
Baku Production (7 episodes
eps 15-25 odd, 26
)

Studio Kanon (eps 1-25 odd, 26)
Studio Pinewood (eps 2-24 even)
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2006-05-27)
Chiba Television (2006-04-05)
Kansai Telecasting Corporation (2006-04-04)
Television Kanagawa (2006-04-08)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2006-04-05)
In-Between Animation:
ARP (ep 3)
E-cho (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Gonzo Eiga Seisaku-bu (ep 13)
Phoenix Animation (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Studio Lagoon (ep 15)
Tanto (ep 2)
Key Animation:
E-cho (4 episodes
eps 15, 17, 23, 26
)

Nakamura Production (eps 3, 21)
Phoenix Animation (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 18, 20, 24-25
)

Seigasha (4 episodes
eps 11, 17, 21, 26
)

Snow Light Staff (eps 8, 20, 25)
Studio Liberty (5 episodes
eps 1, 17-23 odd
)

Studio Mark (eps 11, 23)
Music Production: Frontier Works
Paint:
E-cho (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
J.C. Staff (ep 3)
Phoenix Animation (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Photography:
Southern Cross (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Studio Twinkle (eps 1-23 odd, 26)
Production Assistance: Studio Izena (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Dax Production
special effects:
Office Prion (ep 20)
Southern Cross (13 episodes
eps 2-24 even, 25
)

Special Thanks: Type-Moon (7 episodes
eps 2, 10-12, 24-26
)

Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kristi Reed
Translation: Mitsuyo Vicky Umene
ADR Script:
Alex Von David (eps 2-3)
Kristi Reed
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai release)
John Ledford (Sentai release)
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Assistant Production Coordinator: Christen Bennett
Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing:
Marco Bustos
Ollin Saurez
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai release)
Engineering Assistant: Jeff Prosser
Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Post-Production Assistant:
Barry Weir
Chris Tilton
Peter Mullen
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (2017 Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release, 2017 Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Luke Patterson (Sentai release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (2017 Sentai release)
Annie Nguyen (Sentai release)
Christen Bennett
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
David Beltier
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Emily Nicolas
Jose DeArmas (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Kathy Li
Kim Bui
Kjell Doucet (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Mark Fujita
Natalie Jones (2017 Sentai release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Paul Mericle (2017 Sentai release)
Shannon Reed (Sentai release; 2017 Sentai release)
Production Coordination:
Charles Ohta
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Production manager:
Luke Patterson (Sentai release)
Megumi Kunisada
Son Phan Le (2017 Sentai release)
Re-Recording Mixing: Marco Bustos
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita
Subtitling:
Clark Cheng
Neal Barnes (Sentai release)
Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
Grant George as Keiichi Maebara
Kelli Kassidi as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki
Mela Lee as Rena Ryugu
Minx Le as Satoko Hojo
Reba West as Rika Furude

Darrel Guilbeau as Satoshi Hojo
Patrick Seitz as Mamoru Akasaka

Alison James as Rina Mamiya
Barbara Goodson as
Aiko Maebara
Child (ep 7)
Clothing Store Woman (ep 22)
Keiichi's Mother
Landlady (ep 9)
Old Dog Walker (ep 3)
Old Woman B (ep 3)
Operator (ep 24)
Oryou
Suguru Okamura
Toshiki's Friend (ep 14)
Darrel Guilbeau as Cop (ep 8)
Dave Mallow as
Atsushi's Partner (ep 25)
Hondaya (ep 14)
Ichiro Maebara
Irie Kyosuke
Keiichi's Father
Kimiyoshi Clan Member (ep 20)
Metro Cop (ep 26)
Pitcher (ep 9)
Precinct Caller (ep 4)
Search Team Member (ep 7)
Sonozaki Family Bodyguard (ep 17)
Tetsuro Okonogi (ep 24)
Waiter (ep 22)
Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 5)
Grant George as Teppei's Victim (ep 22)
Jason C. Miller as
Kidnapper (ep 15)
Store Owner (ep 17)
Teppei's Victim (ep 22)
Yamainu (eps 3-4)
Yoshiro Sonozaki
Joe DiMucci as
Delinquent B (eps 5, 16, 18)
Detective Oishi
Karen Strassman as
Angel Mort Waitress (ep 3 and 5)
Child (ep 2)
Girl (ep 16)
Miyo Takano
Mrs. Ryugu (ep 22)
Old Woman A (ep 3)
Taiki Tomita
Waitress (ep 22)
Yukie Akasaka (eps 14-15)
Kelli Kassidi as
Akane Sonozaki (ep 25)
Nurse (ep 12)
Old Lady (ep 9)
Old Woman C (ep 3)
Waitress (ep 13)
Kyle Hebert as
Angel Mort Waiter (ep 22)
Customer (ep 13)
Delinquent A (eps 5, 16, 18)
Doctor (ep 12)
Jiro Tomitake
Katsuya Kumagai
Keichirou Kimiyoshi
Mr. Ryugu
Officer (ep 16)
Riot Squad Member (ep 26)
Search Team Member
Tsubaki (Teppei's Friend; ep 10)
Umpire (ep 9)
Yamainu (ep 4)
Mela Lee as
Child (eps 1, 7)
Little Girl (ep 10)
Toshiki Inukai (eps 14-15)
Mike McFarland as
Akasaka's Informant (ep 14)
Delinquent C (eps 5, 16, 18)
Doctor (eps 12-13)
Sato (ep 14)
Test Procter (ep 11)
Patrick Seitz as Male Reporter (ep 13)
Reba West as Child (eps 1, 7)
Sam Carr as
Girl (ep 16)
News Reporter (ep 8)
Nurse (ep 3)
Rumiko Chie
Teacher
Steve Kramer as
Angel Mort Manager (ep 16)
Atsushi (ep 25)
Cop (ep 8)
Festival Worker (ep 6)
Junior Cop (ep 26)
Kidnapper (eps 14-15)
Komiyama (ep 13)
Makino
Mr. Sonozaki (ep 14)
Old Man (ep 16)
Police Radio (ep 26)
Search Team Member (ep 21)
Tatsuyoshi Kasai
Teppei Hojo
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment (license expired; 2008)
Section23 Films (North America)
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring:
Nightjar, LLC (Vols. 2-6)
SpeeDVD (Vol. 1)
DVD Menu Design:
Nightjar, LLC (Vols. 2-6)
SpeeDVD (Vol. 1)
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment 
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Hulu 
YouTube
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2015)
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Ja-Hyeong Gu as Keiichi Maebara
Mi-Na Yun as Mion Sonozaki
Mun-Ja Choi as Shion Sonozaki
Seon-Hui Mun as Rena Ryūgū
Sun Young Park as Satoko Hōjō
Yong-Sin Lee as Rika Furude

Gwang Jang as Kuraudo Ōishi
Hong Siho as Mamoru Akasaka
Hyeon-Jin Lee as Rumiko Chie
Seok-Jeong Yang as Satoshi Hōjō
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Alexandre Coadour as Teppei Hōjō
Alexandre N'Guyen as Satoshi Hōjō
Bruno Meyere as Jirô Tomitake
Christèle Billault as Miyo Takano
Damien Da Silva as Mamoru Akasaka
Fanny Bloc as
Satoko Hôjô
Toshiki Inukai
Gabrielle Jeru as Rika Furude
Geneviève Doang as Mion / Shion Sonozaki
Gérard Surugue as Commissaire Ôishi
Jessica Barrier as Rena Ryûgû
Lily Baron as Oryō Sonozaki
Matthieu Morel as Kyôsuke Irie
Patrick Bethune as Satô (ep 14)
Sarah Bouché de Vitray as Rumiko Chie
Sophie Legrand as Mère de Keiichi
Thomas Guitard as Keiichi Maebara
Yann Guillemot as
Kiichirou Kimiyoshi
Père de Keiichi

French companies
Broadcaster:
Frissons TV (Canada)
Gong (from 28 October 2010)
Distributor:
Anima
Black Box (DVD & Blu-ray)
Dubbing: WanTake
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Subtitle Translation: Ana R. Pastor (Netflix; Spain)
(none)
Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
Domenic Redl as Keiichi Maebara
Gabrielle Pietermann as Rika Furude
Helen Blaschke as Satoko Houjou
Mayke Dähn as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki
Moira May as Rena Ryugu

Christian Zeiger as Satoshi Houjou
Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as Miyo Takano
Heiko Obermöller as Jirou Tomitake
Milena Karas as Rumiko Chie (2nd vioce)
Nicolas Alexander Boll as Kyousuke Irie
Pierre Peters-Arnolds as Kuraudo Ooishi
Svenja Wasser as Rumiko Chie

Axel Gottschick as Kiichirou Kimiyoshi
Ben Steinhoff as Komiyama
Betül Jülide Gülgec as Akane Sonozaki (ep 25)
Christian Wunderlich as Mamoru Akasaka
Daniel Käser as Delinquent C (eps 16, 18)
Dustin Semmelrogge as Teppei Houjou (4 episodes
eps 10-11, 22-23
)
Esther Brandt as Daiki Tomita (6 episodes
eps 5, 10, 12, 22, 24, 26
)
Holger Schulz as Store Owner (ep 5)
Inga Sibylle Kuhne as Oryou Sonozaki (ep 14)
Jenny Bischoff as Rina Mamiya (eps 22-23)
Jens-Peter Fiedler as Matsuda's Son (ep 20)
Katja Liebing as Aiko Maebara
Katrin Heß as Toshiki Inukai
Kordula Leiße as Rena's Mother
Lars Falinski as Delinquent B (eps 5, 16, 18)
Leyla Trebbien as Suguru Okamura (eps 5, 10)
Markus Klauk as Tatsuyoshi Kasai (eps 17, 19)
Martin Bross as Delinquent A (eps 5, 16, 18)
Matthias Kiel as Katsuya Kumagai
Matthias Lühn as Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 22)
Nika Wanderer as Yukie Akasaka (eps 14-15)
Phil Daub as Satou (ep 14)
Richard Hucke as Ichirou Maebara
Sascha von Zambelly as Rena's Father (ep 7)
Thomas Lang as Makino (ep 14)
Torsten Münchow as Mion's Father (ep 14)
Uwe Thomsen as Teppei's Friend (ep 10)
Vittorio Alfieri as Hondaya (ep 14)

German companies
Distributor: AniMoon Publishing
Dubbing: KÖLNSYNCHRON
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German-speaking countries)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Subtitling: Camila Duque
(none)
Portuguese companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Brazil)

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