Higurashi When They Cryis a Japanese anime television series based on Ryukishi07's visual novel series. The English titles for the first season are accorded to the names used by Funimation Entertainment. English titles in the other seasons are not official.

The first season entitledHigurashi no Naku Koro ni(ひぐらしのなく頃に). It was produced by Studio Deen and directed by Chiaki Kon. It was released in English by Geneon and Funimation, under the titleWhen They Cry – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. The first season contains twenty six episodes and aired between April 4 and September 26, 2006 on a number of Japanese television networks, including Chiba TV, Kansai TV and Tokai TV. The story follows a group of five young friends and the strange events that occur in their village of Hinamizawa. A string of unexplained murders have plagued the town for the past three years during the annual Watanagashi Festival in June, and with the next Watanagashi approaching, things start to take a turn for the worse. The series is divided into six chapters which are based on the first six chapters in the original visual novel series. The first chapter isOnikakushi-hen(episodes one to four), followed byWatanagashi-hen(episodes five to eight), andTatarigoroshi-hen(episodes nine to thirteen). Next isHimatsubushi-hen(episodes fourteen and fifteen), the shortest of the story arcs. The last two chapters areMeakashi-hen(episodes sixteen to twenty-one) andTsumihoroboshi-hen(episodes twenty-two through twenty-six).

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