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Umineko - When They Cry (TV)

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Alternative title:
Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Japanese)
When the Seagulls Cry
うみねこのなく頃に (Japanese)
Themes: tragedy, witches
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: On 4 October 1986, Kinzo Ushiromiya, the head of a wealthy family, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, a secluded island, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people begin to be mysteriously murdered.
User Ratings: 848 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 79 votes (sub:73, dub:1, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 131 votes (sub:115, dub:4, others:12
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 203 votes (sub:184, raw:3, dub:3, ?:1, others:12
8 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 167 votes (sub:155, dub:5, raw:3, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 103 votes (sub:90, dub:6, others:7
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:43, dub:1, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Not really good: 40 votes (sub:38, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 46 votes (sub:41, dub:1, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 18 votes (sub:17, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 1569 users, rank: #786 (of 9581)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.015 (Good), std. dev.: 2.1503, rank: #3611 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 6.893 (Good), rank: #4145 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.06 / seen some: 6.76 / won't finish: 3.95)
Bayesian estimate: 6.902 (Good), rank: #3773 (of 7285)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2009-07-01 to 2009-12-23
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Katayoku no Tori" (片翼の鳥) by Akiko Shikata
Ending Theme:
"la divina tragedia—Makyoku" (la divina tragedia~魔曲~) by Jimang
Trivia: We have 17
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Umineko: When They Cry - Premium Edition (Sub.Blu-ray 1) 2012-12-04
    Umineko: When They Cry - Premium Edition (Sub.Blu-ray 2) 2012-12-04 (from $42.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Fumihiko Shimo (10 episodes
eps 3-4, 8-9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25
)

Tatsushi Moriya (ep 22)
Toshifumi Kawase (15 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-12, 14, 16, 18-19, 21, 24, 26
)

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 2, 8)
Hiroyuki Morita (eps 14, 23)
Katsuki Terao (ep 15)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 4, 24)
Kōsuke Kobayashi (ep 3)
Mamoru Sakisaka (ep 13)
Marimo Momose (7 episodes
eps 7, 10, 16, 19-21, 25
)

Nobuhiro Takagi (eps 11, 17)
Ryōji Fujiwara (eps 1, 12)
Toshifumi Kawase (eps 22, 26)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 9, 18)
Yutaka Hirata (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 14, 22
)

Kōsuke Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 17, 23
)

Masahiko Watanabe (ep 9)
Rion Kujo (ep 19)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 11)
Taro Kubo (eps 5, 26)
Tatsuya Abe (eps 12, 21)
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (ep 16)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 4, 18, 25)
Yutaka Hirata (6 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 24
)

Original creator: Ryukishi07
Character Design: Yoko Kikuchi
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Chief Animation Director:
Yoko Kikuchi
Yukiko Ban
Animation Director:
Akihito Asai (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 23, 26
)

Atsuko Takahashi (eps 4, 20, 25)
Dai Imaoka (ep 6)
Hiromi Maezawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 15, 26
)

Kumiko Horikoshi (ep 10)
Mayuko Kato (ep 16)
Mayumi Oda (ep 22)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 24)
Naoko Nakamoto (ep 21)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 15)
Natsumi Hoshino (ep 19)
Shosuke Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 13, 17
)

Takafumi Hino (eps 16, 21)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 9)
Tatsuya Abe (ep 12)
Toshiya Washida (ep 19)
Yasunori Matsumura (eps 12, 21)
Yoko Kikuchi (ep 26)
Yoshiko Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 1, 10, 17, 24
)

Yukiko Ban (ep 25)
Yūko Yamada (ep 11)
3D Director: Akira Inagaki
Sound Director: Hozumi Gōda
3D CG:
Kazuya Koizumi (Subaru)
Kiyono Watanabe (Umidori)
Masatoshi Fukamachi (Subaru)
Megumi Shirai (Subaru)
Tomohiro Muranaka (Subaru)
Toshirō Hamamura (Umidori)
Yūki Himoto (Umidori)
Animation producer: Nobumitsu Urasaki
Assistant producer: Yoshito Okano
Color design: Eiko Kitazume
Editing Assistant: Yuki Koike
Finish Check:
Eiko Kitazume
Yui Azumi
Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (eps 8, 20)
Aki Yamauchi (eps 16, 20)
Akihito Asai (5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 16, 24, 26
)

Akiko Kumada (ep 6)
Akiko Matsuo (ep 21)
Akiko Toyoda (eps 13, 19, 25)
Akira Inoue (eps 8, 14)
An Katsuragi (eps 2, 6, 11)
Asami Moromasa (ep 22)
Asuka Hayashi (ep 3)
Asuka Shimizu (ep 21)
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 26)
Atsushi Kasano (eps 8, 16)
Atsushi Nikaidō (ep 11)
Aya Maeda (ep 11)
Ayako Mori (ep 2)
Ayako Nozawa (18 episodes
eps 1-7, 10, 12-13, 16-17, 19, 21-22, 24-26
)

Ayumi Yamada (7 episodes
eps 12, 14, 16, 20-26 even
)

Chikae Kuwahara (6 episodes
eps 3, 7-8, 13, 19, 24
)

Chikai Okado (ep 11)
Chūji Nakajima (ep 11)
Daisuke Takemoto (eps 10, 17)
Eiichi Tominaga (ep 21)
Eiji Kaneda (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 16, 22
)

Eikichi Takahashi (ep 9)
Emi Tezuka (5 episodes
eps 4-5, 14, 17, 23
)

Erina Oshima (ep 2)
Fumiko Kon (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 19, 24
)

Goro Taki (eps 10, 17, 23)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 14)
Hiroaki Shimizu (17 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 14-22 even, 23-26
)

Hiroki Abe (4 episodes
eps 12, 17-18, 24
)

Hiroko Kanehara (eps 7, 12, 18)
Hiromi Maezawa (eps 2, 25)
Hiroshi Kawashima (ep 17)
Hiroshi Terao (ep 17)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 16)
Hisao Muramatsu (eps 4, 14, 26)
Hisayoshi Nagamatsu (ep 8)
Hitoshi Suzuki (eps 4, 8, 14)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 17)
Junichi Takaoka (eps 22, 24)
Kanae Matsunaga (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 20, 23, 26
)

Kanako Abe (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 19, 25
)

Kanako Ono (eps 24, 26)
Kaoru Hokiyama (eps 1, 4)
Kaoru Sekiya (eps 2, 18, 24)
Kayo Nomichi (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 26
)

Kazuya Hirata (eps 9, 11, 21)
Kazuya Nakanishi (9 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 13, 15, 18-19, 24
)

Kazuyo Nakamura (ep 13)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 4)
Keiji Tani (ep 1)
Ken'ichi Hirata (ep 14)
Kenji Terao (ep 23)
Kiko Hashimoto (ep 15)
Kiyoshi Nohji (eps 1, 5)
Koichi Hoshino (ep 16)
Kumiko Kitano (ep 20)
Kumiko Ozawa (ep 13)
Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 8, 15, 20)
Manabu Shioda (ep 21)
Mariko Aikawa (ep 11)
Mariko Aoki (eps 4, 14)
Masahiro Furihata (ep 9)
Masahito Onoda (ep 1)
Masanori Osawa (eps 16, 22)
Masao Ōhashi (ep 17)
Masato Nishikawa (ep 21)
Masayuki Katou (eps 3, 18)
Mayu Yoshida (ep 15)
Mayuko Kato (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 12, 17
)

Mayumi Hidaka (eps 1, 4)
Mayumi Takeuchi (ep 10)
Miyoshi Minami (ep 16)
Motoki Yagi (ep 3)
Naho Kozono (ep 11)
Natsue Chibayama (eps 9, 11)
Natsuki Watanabe (ep 15)
Noriko Tejima (eps 8, 16)
Nozomu Fujii (ep 20)
Ryo Komori (eps 14, 21)
Sanae Narazaki (ep 4)
Shinichi Iimura (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 16, 22
)

Shinya Miki (eps 6, 12)
Shosuke Shimizu (eps 1, 13, 25)
Taeko Ōgi (ep 22)
Takaaki Wada (ep 6)
Takafumi Hino (ep 26)
Takahiro Hoshinoo (ep 9)
Takayuki Chiba (ep 3)
Takayuki Murakami (ep 15)
Takehiro Nakayama (eps 6, 9, 21)
Tatsuya Abe (eps 12, 16, 21)
Tatsuya Annoura (ep 9)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (ep 21)
Teruko Takeshima (eps 10, 23)
Teruo Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 15, 23
)

Teruyo Katō (ep 11)
Tetsu Honda (ep 11)
Tetsuya Ishii (ep 15)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 16, 22
)

Tomochi Kosaka (eps 15, 26)
Tomoki Uekado (ep 20)
Tomoya Takayama (ep 15)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 22, 26
)

Toshio Mori (eps 9, 11)
Toshiya Washida (eps 13, 15, 19)
Tsuguo Sakamoto (ep 3)
Tsutomu Shibutani (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 12, 18, 24
)

Tsuyoshi Kandō (ep 14)
Tsuyoshi Konakawa (ep 13)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 11)
Yōichi Ishikawa (ep 7)
Yōko Nomura (ep 17)
Yoshie Matsumoto (ep 11)
Yoshinori Deno (ep 9)
Yoshio Mizumura (16 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10, 13-14, 16-18, 20, 24-26
)

Yoshio Usuda (4 episodes
eps 17-18, 22-23
)

Yui Ushio (eps 9, 11)
Yuichi Akimoto (ep 9)
Yuichiro Miyake (5 episodes
eps 7, 13, 19, 22, 25
)

Yūki Iwai (eps 8, 10, 13)
Yukiko Ban (ep 26)
Yūko Danki (ep 11)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 1, 10)
Yumiko Ōmae (ep 11)
Merchandising Director: Yuka Matsumoto
Original Music Composition:
Masatoshi Moriwaki
Shinichi Sakurai
Production Advancement:
Akinori Katou (eps 15, 21)
Kaori Nishiguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 16, 22
)

Makoto Yomiya (eps 4, 8)
Miho Enoki (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 17, 23
)

Nobuyasu Nobe (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14-15, 20, 26
)

Takuma Uematsu (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 13, 19
)

Yukie Kashiwakura (eps 9, 11)
Yūta Fujiwara (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 18, 24
)

Production Desk: Hitoshi Fujikawa
Recording: Kōhei Ōishi
Recording Assistant: Yumi Yoshihara
Setting Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata
Special Effects: Masakazu Uehara
Texture Design: Emi Akiba
Theme Song Performance:
Akiko Shikata (OP)
Jimang (ED)
Video Editing: Hiromitsu Sega
Daisuke Ono as Battler Ushiromiya
Sayaka Ōhara as Beatrice

Ami Koshimizu as Rosa Ushiromiya
Emi Shinohara as Natsuhi Ushiromiya
Kenichi Suzumura as George Ushiromiya
Marina Inoue as Jessica Ushiromiya
Miki Itō as Eva Ushiromiya
Rie Kugimiya as Shannon
Rina Satō as Ange Ushiromiya
Yū Kobayashi as Kanon
Yui Horie as Maria Ushiromiya

Aki Toyosaki as Asmodeus
Akihiko Ishizumi as
Masayuki Nanjo
Nanjo Terumasa
Atsuko Tanaka as
Kasumi Sumadera
Kyrie Ushiromiya
Ayano Niina as Mammon
Chafūrin as Police officer (ep 21)
Daisuke Matsuoka as Kawabata
Eri Kitamura as Siesta 410
Fuyuka Oura as Lambdadelta
Hideyuki Umezu as Sabakichi Kumasawa
Hitoshi Bifu as Toshiro Gohda
Jūrōta Kosugi as
Krauss Ushiromiya
Tetsuro Okonogi
Kikuko Inoue as Virgilia
Kōji Yusa as Juuza Amakusa
Madoka Yonezawa as Leviathan
Mariko Mizuno as Siesta 45
Masashi Hirose as Hideyoshi Ushiromiya
Masato Funaki as Genji Ronoue
Miki Itō as Eva-Beatrice
Minori Chihara as Sakutarou
Mugihito as Kinzo Ushiromiya
Rikiya Koyama as Rudolf Ushiromiya
Seiko Yoshida as Belphegor
Shion Hirota as Siesta 00
Takayuki Kondō as Otsuki
Tomokazu Sugita as Ronove
Yasuko Hatori as Chiyo Kumasawa
Yōko Hikasa as Satan
Yuka Saitō as Lucifer
Yukari Tamura as Bernkastel
Yuki Kaida as Gaap
Yuri Yamaoka as Beelzebub
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Animation Tools: Animo
Backgrounds: Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2009-07-01)
AT-X (2009-07-11)
Chiba Television (2009-07-01)
KBS Kyoto (2009-07-02)
Sun TV (2009-07-06)
Television Kanagawa (2009-07)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-07-02)
Finish Animation: E-cho
Music Production: Frontier Works
Photography: Megumi
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax Production
Special Thanks:
Alchemist
Square Enix
Video Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: NIS America
English cast
(none)
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Jang Kim as George Ushiromiya
Jeong-Mi Bae as Shannon
Ju-Chang Lee as Kanon
Lee Jamyeong as Jessica Ushiromiya
Mi-Na Yun as Beatrice
Mi-Sook Jeong as Maria Ushiromiya
Yeong-Seon Kim as Battler Ushiromiya

Gi-Hyeon Kim as Kinzo Ushiromiya
Korean companies
(none)

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