Ether
Feb 2, 2007, 08:15 AM
Alternative title: The Moment the Cicadas Cry
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological
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.
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Rika Nakase
Toshifumi Kawase
Episode Director: Matsuo Asami
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Seventh Expansion
Character Design: Kyuuta Sakai
Art director: Chikako Shibata
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Background Art:
Ken Arai
Mahiro Akiba
Nobuhiro Yano
Tadashi Kudo
Yasuhiro Okumura
Yukiko Takahashi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color setting:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita
In-Between Animation:
Chieko Matsuda
Chiharu Takahashi
Ran Kawamura
In-between Inspection:
Hiroki Tsuji
Kumi Kobayashi
Ryuichi Akahori
Yuusuke Suzuki
Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano
Ayako Nozawa
Hidetoshi Namura
Inosuke Naitou
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kenji Tojo
Kyoko Sugiyama
Maki Murakami
Megumi Yamada
Miyako Tsuji
Ryo Kobayashi
Taeko Oda
Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa
Opening Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada
Chiaki Ima
Chuji Nakajima
Miyako Tsuji
Shinya Uchida
Youichi Ishikawa
Paint: Kozue Arai
Paint Inspection:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Photography:
Akio Abe
Daisuke Horino
Katsuaki Kamada
Kenji Sato
Kojiro Iwamoto
Kouji Aoki
Shigeo Kamiyama
Producer: Mika Nomura
Recording: Yukihira Oishi
Recording Assistant: Tomonari Tokui
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kazuya Takase (OP)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Rekka Katakiri (ED)
Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Ryoji Kishi
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Rika Nakase
Toshifumi Kawase
Episode Director: Matsuo Asami
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Seventh Expansion
Character Design: Kyuuta Sakai
Art director: Chikako Shibata
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Background Art:
Ken Arai
Mahiro Akiba
Nobuhiro Yano
Tadashi Kudo
Yasuhiro Okumura
Yukiko Takahashi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color setting:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita
In-Between Animation:
Chieko Matsuda
Chiharu Takahashi
Ran Kawamura
In-between Inspection:
Hiroki Tsuji
Kumi Kobayashi
Ryuichi Akahori
Yuusuke Suzuki
Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano
Ayako Nozawa
Hidetoshi Namura
Inosuke Naitou
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kenji Tojo
Kyoko Sugiyama
Maki Murakami
Megumi Yamada
Miyako Tsuji
Ryo Kobayashi
Taeko Oda
Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa
Opening Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada
Chiaki Ima
Chuji Nakajima
Miyako Tsuji
Shinya Uchida
Youichi Ishikawa
Paint: Kozue Arai
Paint Inspection:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Photography:
Akio Abe
Daisuke Horino
Katsuaki Kamada
Kenji Sato
Kojiro Iwamoto
Kouji Aoki
Shigeo Kamiyama
Producer: Mika Nomura
Recording: Yukihira Oishi
Recording Assistant: Tomonari Tokui
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kazuya Takase (OP)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Rekka Katakiri (ED)
Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Ryoji Kishi
Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryuuguu
Mika Kanai as Satoko Houjou
Satsuki Yukino as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki
Souichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara
Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude
Chafurin as Kuraudo Oishi
Fumiko Orikasa as Rumiko Chie
Miki Itou as Miyo Takano
Toru Ohkawa as Jiro Tomitake
Toshihiko Seki as Kyousuke Irie
Yu Kobayashi as Satoshi Houjou
Akane Tomonaga as
Girl (ep 26)
Nurse (ep 12)
Receptionist (ep 3)
Akiyo Kanada as Toshiki Inukai
Atsushi Kakehashi as Delinquent 1 (ep 5,16,18)
Daisuke Ono as Mamoru Akasaka
Daisuke Sasaki as Matsuda's son (ep 20)
Eiji Miyashita as
Delinquent 3 (ep 16,18)
Store owner (ep 5)
Subordinate (ep 17)
Eriko Matsushima as Old person A (ep 3)
Fujiko Takimoto as Suguru Okamura
Fumihiko Tachiki as Tatsuyoshi Kasai (ep 17,19)
Fuzuki Kun as
Middle-aged lady (ep 9)
Old person B (ep 3)
Gen Nakano as
Man (ep 24)
Referee (ep 9)
Rena's father
Katsuhiro Oota as News caster (ep 14)
Katsuhisa Houki as Teppei Houjou
Keiichi Sonobe as Hondaya (ep 14)
Kentarou Tone as Teppei's friend (ep 10)
Kikuko Inoue as Akane Sonozaki (ep 25)
Kousei Hirota as Mion's father (ep 14)
Kujira as
Expert (ep 9)
Tamae Nanjou (ep 17)
Manabi Mizuno as Child (ep 26)
Masaaki Tsukada as
Kiichirou Kimiyoshi
Passerby (ep 16)
Masaaki Tsukuda as Kiichirou Matsuda (ep 17,19,20)
Megumi Matsumoto as Daiki Tomita
Miki Suga as
Commentator (ep 8)
Rena's mother
Misa Watanabe as Rina Mamiya (ep 22,23)
Naoko Matsui as Aiko Maebara
Naoya Uchida as Sato (ep 14)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as
Coach (ep 11)
Wireless voice (ep 26)
Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 22)
Riichi Nishimoto as
Man A (ep 25)
Man B (ep 15)
Risa Mizuno as Yukie Akasaka
Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Investigator (ep 8)
Komiyama (ep 26)
Master (ep 22)
Policeman (ep 4)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as
Man B (ep 25)
Villager (ep 4)
Shizuka Okohira as O-Ryou (ep 14)
Shouto Kashii as Makino (ep 14)
Suzune Okabe as
Man A (ep 15)
Store manager (ep 17)
Takashi Oohara as Delinquent 2 (ep 5,16,18)
Takuo Kawamura as Katsuya Kumagai
Yasunori Matsumoto as Ichiro Maebara
Japanese companies
Animation: Studio DEEN
Background Art: Studio Kanon
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2006-05-27)
Chiba TV (2006-04-05)
Kansai TV (2006-04-04)
TV Saitama (2006-04-05)
TVK (2006-04-08)
In-Between Animation: Echo
Key Animation: Studio Liberty
Paint: Echo
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Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological
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.
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Rika Nakase
Toshifumi Kawase
Episode Director: Matsuo Asami
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Seventh Expansion
Character Design: Kyuuta Sakai
Art director: Chikako Shibata
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Background Art:
Ken Arai
Mahiro Akiba
Nobuhiro Yano
Tadashi Kudo
Yasuhiro Okumura
Yukiko Takahashi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color setting:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita
In-Between Animation:
Chieko Matsuda
Chiharu Takahashi
Ran Kawamura
In-between Inspection:
Hiroki Tsuji
Kumi Kobayashi
Ryuichi Akahori
Yuusuke Suzuki
Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano
Ayako Nozawa
Hidetoshi Namura
Inosuke Naitou
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kenji Tojo
Kyoko Sugiyama
Maki Murakami
Megumi Yamada
Miyako Tsuji
Ryo Kobayashi
Taeko Oda
Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa
Opening Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada
Chiaki Ima
Chuji Nakajima
Miyako Tsuji
Shinya Uchida
Youichi Ishikawa
Paint: Kozue Arai
Paint Inspection:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Photography:
Akio Abe
Daisuke Horino
Katsuaki Kamada
Kenji Sato
Kojiro Iwamoto
Kouji Aoki
Shigeo Kamiyama
Producer: Mika Nomura
Recording: Yukihira Oishi
Recording Assistant: Tomonari Tokui
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kazuya Takase (OP)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Rekka Katakiri (ED)
Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Ryoji Kishi
Japanese cast
Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Rika Nakase
Toshifumi Kawase
Episode Director: Matsuo Asami
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Seventh Expansion
Character Design: Kyuuta Sakai
Art director: Chikako Shibata
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Background Art:
Ken Arai
Mahiro Akiba
Nobuhiro Yano
Tadashi Kudo
Yasuhiro Okumura
Yukiko Takahashi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color setting:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Editing Assistant: Sayaka Mita
In-Between Animation:
Chieko Matsuda
Chiharu Takahashi
Ran Kawamura
In-between Inspection:
Hiroki Tsuji
Kumi Kobayashi
Ryuichi Akahori
Yuusuke Suzuki
Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano
Ayako Nozawa
Hidetoshi Namura
Inosuke Naitou
Katsuya Yamamoto
Kenji Tojo
Kyoko Sugiyama
Maki Murakami
Megumi Yamada
Miyako Tsuji
Ryo Kobayashi
Taeko Oda
Music producer: Akira Yoshikawa
Opening Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada
Chiaki Ima
Chuji Nakajima
Miyako Tsuji
Shinya Uchida
Youichi Ishikawa
Paint: Kozue Arai
Paint Inspection:
Chitose Kimura
Shingo Nishimura
Photography:
Akio Abe
Daisuke Horino
Katsuaki Kamada
Kenji Sato
Kojiro Iwamoto
Kouji Aoki
Shigeo Kamiyama
Producer: Mika Nomura
Recording: Yukihira Oishi
Recording Assistant: Tomonari Tokui
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Production:
Natsuki Fukuda
Tetsu Hirata
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kazuya Takase (OP)
Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Eiko Shimamiya (OP)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ED)
Rekka Katakiri (ED)
Video Editing:
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Ryoji Kishi
Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryuuguu
Mika Kanai as Satoko Houjou
Satsuki Yukino as
Mion Sonozaki
Shion Sonozaki
Souichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara
Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude
Chafurin as Kuraudo Oishi
Fumiko Orikasa as Rumiko Chie
Miki Itou as Miyo Takano
Toru Ohkawa as Jiro Tomitake
Toshihiko Seki as Kyousuke Irie
Yu Kobayashi as Satoshi Houjou
Akane Tomonaga as
Girl (ep 26)
Nurse (ep 12)
Receptionist (ep 3)
Akiyo Kanada as Toshiki Inukai
Atsushi Kakehashi as Delinquent 1 (ep 5,16,18)
Daisuke Ono as Mamoru Akasaka
Daisuke Sasaki as Matsuda's son (ep 20)
Eiji Miyashita as
Delinquent 3 (ep 16,18)
Store owner (ep 5)
Subordinate (ep 17)
Eriko Matsushima as Old person A (ep 3)
Fujiko Takimoto as Suguru Okamura
Fumihiko Tachiki as Tatsuyoshi Kasai (ep 17,19)
Fuzuki Kun as
Middle-aged lady (ep 9)
Old person B (ep 3)
Gen Nakano as
Man (ep 24)
Referee (ep 9)
Rena's father
Katsuhiro Oota as News caster (ep 14)
Katsuhisa Houki as Teppei Houjou
Keiichi Sonobe as Hondaya (ep 14)
Kentarou Tone as Teppei's friend (ep 10)
Kikuko Inoue as Akane Sonozaki (ep 25)
Kousei Hirota as Mion's father (ep 14)
Kujira as
Expert (ep 9)
Tamae Nanjou (ep 17)
Manabi Mizuno as Child (ep 26)
Masaaki Tsukada as
Kiichirou Kimiyoshi
Passerby (ep 16)
Masaaki Tsukuda as Kiichirou Matsuda (ep 17,19,20)
Megumi Matsumoto as Daiki Tomita
Miki Suga as
Commentator (ep 8)
Rena's mother
Misa Watanabe as Rina Mamiya (ep 22,23)
Naoko Matsui as Aiko Maebara
Naoya Uchida as Sato (ep 14)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as
Coach (ep 11)
Wireless voice (ep 26)
Yoshiro Sonozaki (ep 22)
Riichi Nishimoto as
Man A (ep 25)
Man B (ep 15)
Risa Mizuno as Yukie Akasaka
Satoshi Tsuruoka as
Investigator (ep 8)
Komiyama (ep 26)
Master (ep 22)
Policeman (ep 4)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as
Man B (ep 25)
Villager (ep 4)
Shizuka Okohira as O-Ryou (ep 14)
Shouto Kashii as Makino (ep 14)
Suzune Okabe as
Man A (ep 15)
Store manager (ep 17)
Takashi Oohara as Delinquent 2 (ep 5,16,18)
Takuo Kawamura as Katsuya Kumagai
Yasunori Matsumoto as Ichiro Maebara
Japanese companies
Animation: Studio DEEN
Background Art: Studio Kanon
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2006-05-27)
Chiba TV (2006-04-05)
Kansai TV (2006-04-04)
TV Saitama (2006-04-05)
TVK (2006-04-08)
In-Between Animation: Echo
Key Animation: Studio Liberty
Paint: Echo
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Ether on 2007-02-02 05:15 ]</font>