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Is the new “Higurashi” something more than a reboot?
Amazon Prime Japan’s listing for the new “Higurashi” anime had titled episode one as “鬼騙し編”, or “Onidamashi-hen” (meaning “Deceived by Demons”), rather than “鬼隠し編” (“Onikakushi-hen”),which hints to the possibility of this new series being more than just a reboot/remake.
Earlier in the day, the characters were removed from both the title ひぐらしのなく頃に業(“Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou”), and the episode, as per a mistake on Amazon’s part. Ano, @in_earthbound on Twitter, has posted the screenshots before said wipe.
Furthermore, in this interview with Ryukishi and series director Kawaguchi from October 4th, Ryukishi had been hyping up this next episode, with “you’ll start to see what the new Higurashi: When They Cry is all about.”
“We’d been casually talking about how great it’d be to see a remake of the anime, and I’d mentioned if that ever became a reality, I’d totally write another script for it immediately. And what I ended up with looked like a phone book,” Ryukishi says, back when the team wasn’t sure if their wishes would come to be.
“With episode one, this is a new Higurashi: When They Cry done with a new staff with a new world view, so I hope you enjoyed that. But starting with episode two, you’ll start to see the little things here and there that I mentioned before. So I hope you all, er… I really can’t say anything right now,” as he laughs with frustration, continuing with “things are finally going to start moving with the next episode, so I hope you watch carefully from episode two on.”
Episode two premieres on the same channels/services from last week. Don’t miss it!
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According to WTK on Twitter, the new “Higurashi” is also available on Hulu!
Next episode airs October 8th!
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“Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou” third PV released!
The next episode airs in one week, on October 15th!
The second Blu-Ray/DVD set will release February 24th, 2021!
Similar to the previous release, the 1/7th scale figure of Angel Mort Rika Furude is available with purchase of the Limited Edition set! Standard and Limited Editions will include the Rena and Rika clear poster upon purchase!
Check out the short commercial!
In a bizarre show of advertising, life-size cut-outs of the “Higurashi” characters have been housed in the Japanese Red Cross Society blood donation center in Akihabara.
They will remain from October 9th to December.
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Hanyuu character art has appeared via website update after the introduction of her character!
Canaria has also added more products featuring Hanyuu. WEB Kuji also continues their series “Maid Bikini Assort”.
In addition, a Twitter icon is available for download!
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”Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou”.
The true title to the series has finally been unveiled!
Check out the newest episode’s synopsis! More delivery options are now available through the website!
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