Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a Japanese
anime based off of the doujin soft visual novel of the same name.
Set in
June 1983 in the rural
village of Hinamizawa; it has a population of approximately 2000. Keiichi Maebara moves there and makes many friends; Rena Ryuuguu, Mion Sonozaki, Rika Furude and Sotoko Houjou. Hinamizawa
may seem like a peaceful and calm town, but not everything is as it seems. Every year, during the annual Watanagashi Festival, one person disappears, and the other is murdered. Keiichi soon becomes involved in this intricate mystery... and solving it will not be easy. He is constantly dogged by extreme paranoia and illusion. But
even with these obstacles, the mystery slowly reveals itself.
- "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a good but
scary anime!"
- "The characters in Higurashi are so cute!"
- "Man, Higurashi scares the living crap out of me."
- "The
music in Higurashi fits it really well."