

Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Considered as the third installment in the highly popular "When They Cry" series by 07th Expansion, Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place on the island of Rokkenjima (六軒島), owned by the immensely wealthy Ushiromiya family. As customary per year, the entire family is gathering on the island for a conference that discusses the current financial situations of each respective person. Because of the family head's poor health, this year involves the topic of the head of the family’s inheritance and how it will be distributed.
However, the family is unaware that the distribution of his wealth is the least of Ushiromiya Kinzo's (family head) concerns for this year's family conference. After being told that his end was approaching by his longtime friend and physician, Kinzo is desperate to meet his life's true love one last time: the Golden Witch, Beatrice. Having immersed himself in black magic for many of the later years in his life, Kinzo instigates a ceremony to revive his beloved upon his family's arrival on Rokkenjima. Soon after, a violent typhoon traps the family on the island and a string of mysterious murders commence, forcing the eighteen people on the island to fight for their lives in a deadly struggle between fantasy and reality.
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Rankings
#82 highest rated of 2009
#23 most popular of 2009
#12 highest rated of SUMMER 2009
#5 most popular of SUMMER 2009
Data
Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
23 minutes
Status
FINISHED
Start Date
Sun Aug 02 2009
End Date
Sun Jan 24 2010
Season
SUMMER 2009
Average Score
63%
Mean Score
63%
Popularity
37385
Favourites
408
Studios
Producers
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Frontier Works
Movic
NIS America Inc.
Source
VISUAL_NOVEL
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, SupernaturalRomaji
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
English
Umineko: When They Cry
Native
うみねこのなく頃に
Synonyms
When They Cry 3
When the Seagulls Cry
When They Cry - Seagulls
Relations
ALTERNATIVE
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
MANGA · FINISHED
ALTERNATIVE
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch
MANGA · FINISHED
ALTERNATIVE
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch
MANGA · FINISHED
ALTERNATIVE
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch
NOVEL · FINISHED
Characters
George Ushiromiya
MAIN
Kenichi Suzumura
JAPANESE
Beatrice
MAIN
Sayaka Oohara
JAPANESE
Battler Ushiromiya
MAIN
Daisuke Ono
JAPANESE
Shannon
MAIN
Rie Kugimiya
JAPANESE
Maria Ushiromiya
MAIN
Yui Horie
JAPANESE
Ange Ushiromiya
MAIN
Rina Satou
JAPANESE
Kanon
MAIN
Yuu Kobayashi
JAPANESE
Jessica Ushiromiya
MAIN
Marina Inoue
JAPANESE
Ronove
SUPPORTING
Tomokazu Sugita
JAPANESE
Rosa Ushiromiya
SUPPORTING
Ami Koshimizu
JAPANESE
Staff
Ryukishi07
Original Creator
Yukiko Ban
Chief Animation Director
Yukiko Ban
Animation Director (ep 25)
Yukiko Ban
Key Animation (ep 26)
Youko Kikuchi
Character Design
Youko Kikuchi
Chief Animation Director
Chiaki Kon
Director
Chiaki Kon
Storyboard (OP, ED)
Akiko Shikata
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Toshifumi Kawase
Series Composition
Status Distribution
- CURRENT
1599 Users
- PLANNING
15421 Users
- COMPLETED
16756 Users
- DROPPED
2114 Users
- PAUSED
1495 Users