Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
English Title: When They Cry - Higurashi; When Cicadas Cry
Japanese Title: ひぐらしのなく頃に
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological
Type: TV Series
Total Episode: 26 episodes
Year: 05.04.2006 till 27.09.2006
Producers: Studio DEEN, Frontier Works
Homepage: http://www.oyashirosama.com

Plot Summary: On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. People will remember that THIS was how playing used to be before the advent of video games. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. Dam contruction project. Violent demonstrations. Kidnapping and extortion. ARM-AND-LEG DISMEMBERMENT MURDER. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.