Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Umineko no Naku Koro ni

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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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

    Studio DEEN

  • Producers

    NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

    Frontier Works

    Movic

    NIS America Inc.

  • Source

    VISUAL_NOVEL

  • Genres

    Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural
  • Romaji

    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

Tags

  • Tragedy

    96%

  • Death Game

    93%

  • Achronological Order

    90%

  • Witch

    89%

  • Magic

    86%

  • Butler

    85%

  • Ojou-sama

    85%

  • Detective

    85%

  • Alternate Universe

    80%

  • Gore

    78%

  • Primarily Adult Cast

    77%

  • Ensemble Cast

    76%

  • Meta

    73%

  • Maids

    73%

  • Male Protagonist

    67%

  • Dissociative Identities

    62%

  • Guns

    62%

  • Crossover

    60%

  • Bar

    60%

  • Demons

    54%

  • LGBTQ+ Themes

    50%

  • Transgender

    50%

  • Kuudere

    42%

  • Time Skip

    38%

  • Tsundere

    20%

Relations

  • Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

    ALTERNATIVE

    Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch

    ALTERNATIVE

    Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

    ALTERNATIVE

    Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

    ALTERNATIVE

    Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

    NOVEL · FINISHED

Characters

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Staff

1 / 500
  • Ryukishi07

    Ryukishi07

    Original Creator

  • Yukiko Ban

    Yukiko Ban

    Chief Animation Director

  • Yukiko Ban

    Yukiko Ban

    Animation Director (ep 25)

  • Yukiko Ban

    Yukiko Ban

    Key Animation (ep 26)

  • Youko Kikuchi

    Youko Kikuchi

    Character Design

  • Youko Kikuchi

    Youko Kikuchi

    Chief Animation Director

  • Chiaki Kon

    Chiaki Kon

    Director

  • Chiaki Kon

    Chiaki Kon

    Storyboard (OP, ED)

  • Akiko Shikata

    Akiko Shikata

    Theme Song Performance (OP)

  • Toshifumi Kawase

    Toshifumi Kawase

    Series Composition

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    1599 Users

  • PLANNING

    15421 Users

  • COMPLETED

    16756 Users

  • DROPPED

    2114 Users

  • PAUSED

    1495 Users

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