Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni

Hey there! This is the official higurashi no naku koro ni (kai, rei, and live action) thread! For those who don't know, higurashi is a relatively unpopular anime based off a series of japanese games. It's a tale of drama, friendship, trust, and well...murder? The plot involved maebara Keiichi, a teenage boy who moves to the small villiage of hinamizawa. There he meets with some new freinds, mion, satoko, rika, and rena. All seems normal, and good times are had by them all, until keiichi learns of the mysterious chain of deaths known as oyashiro sama's curse. Each year, during the watanagashi festival, one person dies and another is carried away by the demons, so it seems. It's up to Keiichi and his friends to solve the mystery of the curse, and break the chain of fate that threatens them. *Warning, there is blood, and some torture scenes, but the are very scarce, and make sense*. It's one of the most emotionally thrilling animes i've ever watched, bringing me on the verge of tears one second, to fearing for the main characters life the the second. It's got a smart plot on par with the mind games of death note, and will keep you guessing. If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out! It's really worth it. I guarantee you'll be hooked within the first few episodes. So, let's discuss one of my favorite anime series here!

I've seen a lot of Higurashi cosplayers at Anime Detour at least this year I did. This is likely my favorite anime. Is it ok to speak of Umineko no Naku Koro ni here as well?

As far as i've seen it's not quite the most popular, but again i'm just basing it off of mainstream animes. Maybe i'm wrong ^_^ and I forgot about umineko, it's a spin off, so sure, lets talk about that here too. I think Rena and Hanyuu are my favorites in higurashi, and in umemeko I think battler is my favorite. I was sad when higurashi ended, but I picked up on umineko and got back into the spirit.

But I know it's not totally obscure like... Yumeria... lol... Anyways I like Takano, Rika and Shion from Higurashi. As far as Umineko, it'd be Kyrie, Battler and Lambda.

yeah its no way near obscure or else it wouldnt even be in america not that thee arent some unpopular anime her and its actually very popular just because its not mainstream doesn't mean anything

Mmm Higurashi is so amazing! I just finished up Rei. I wasn't so hot on the serious aspect of it, I was much more found of the two humorous episodes. When I first heard of Higurashi I wasn't really into, I thought it was some stereotypical anime with crazy chicks going around killing everyone. But once I started it, the suspense overtook me, I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good thriller ^.^

Mmmm, Soul Brothers represent ^_^ I enjoyed watching the show and have been meaning to get the visual novels now that the first four have been translated. Definitely the first thing that drew me in was how it was done in arcs... "So wait, it's episode four and everyone's dead. How are they going to... OH SNAP." The ending was done pretty well (Akasaka is such a badass) and so far I'd say that I enjoy this more than Umineko.