Series

Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW 2020

  • Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
  • 24 min episodes
  • 2 seasons
  • 39 episodes
  • Ended
  • TV-MA

New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that he's right, what dark secrets could this small community be hiding?

AnimationMysterySci-Fi & FantasyDramadementiavillagesupernaturalsequelgoreshrineanimebased on visual novelhorrorTokyo MX, BS11

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  • Body horror
  • Graphic violence
  • Harm to children

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Earnest, grave, overwhelming and bleak.

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