Sentai Filmworks has since licensed both anime seasons and the Rei OVAs. The first anime series was licensed by Geneon Entertainment in English, but the license expired in 2011. Following the manga's release in Japan, two anime television series were produced by Studio Deen in 20 a third anime adaptation was released as an original video animation (OVA) series in 2009.

The manga was licensed for release in English in North America by Yen Press under the title Higurashi: When They Cry and the first volume was released in November 2008. A manga series adapted from the games began with eight different manga artists working separately on one to three of the multiple story arcs and were published by Square Enix and Kadokawa Shoten. Novelizations of the game series were released by Kodansha Box between August 2007 and March 2009. Two sets of drama CDs were produced, one by Wayuta and the other by Frontier Works. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur in 1983. The original eight PC releases were released in English by MangaGamer between 20. In addition to the original series, new story arcs were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, in order to expand the story. A bonus fan disc called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei was released on December 31, 2006.

While the first four games carried the overall title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, the next four games were produced under the title Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.

The first game in the series, Onikakushi-hen, was released on August 10, 2002, and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-hen, was released on August 13, 2006. The games are built on the NScriptergame engine and the Microsoft Windowsoperating system. When the Evening Cicadas Cry), known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mysterydōjin softvisual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. Higurashi When They Cry ( ひぐらしのなく頃に Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, lit.

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