Keiichi Maebara has just moved to the quiet little village of Hinamizawa in the summer of 1983, and quickly becomes inseparable friends with schoolmates Rena Ryuuguu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Houjou, and Rika Furude. However, darkness lurks underneath the seemingly idyllic life they lead.

As the village prepares for its annual festival, Keiichi learns about the local legends surrounding it. To his horror, he discovers that there have been several murders and disappearances in the village in the recent years, and that they all seem to be connected to the festival and the village's patron god, Oyashiro. Keiichi tries to ask his new friends about these incidents, but they are suspiciously silent and refuse to give him the answers he needs. As more and more bizarre events occur, he wonders just what else his friends might be keeping from him, and if he can even trust them at all.

When madness and paranoia begin taking root in Keiichi's heart, he will stumble straight into the mysteries at work in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, a story that is told across multiple arcs.

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2006 to Sep 27, 2006
Premiered: Spring 2006
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 01:30 (JST)
Producers: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Frontier Works, Sotsu, DAX Production
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks, Geneon Entertainment USA
Studios: Studio Deen
Source: Visual novel
Genres: Mystery, Dementia, Horror, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Director: Chiaki Kon
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script:
Rika Nakase (eps 5-8, 16-21)
Toshifumi Kawase (16 episodes)
Storyboard:
Chiaki Kon (5 episodes)
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 5, 9, 19)
Hiroshi Watanabe (eps 7, 13)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 17)
Masakatsu Iijima (4 episodes)
Minefumi Harada (ep 14)
Naoyuki Kuzuya (4 episodes)
Sōma Ōgami (ep 23)
Tomokazu Kougo (eps 16, 22)
Yamato Han (eps 11, 21)
Yuji Hiraki (eps 4, 25)
Episode Director:
Chiaki Kon (eps 1, 11, 26)
Daisuke Tsuji (ep 22)
Daisuke Tsukushi (ep 19)
Isamu Takayama (7)
Isao Takayama (ep 7)
Kyuichi Ishikawa (10; eps 4, 10, 16)
Matsuo Asami (eps 12, 18, 24)
Mujin Shako (ep 21)
Osamu Sekita (6; ep 6)
Seung Hui Son (ep 5)
Shigeru Ueda (ep 13)
Shunji Yoshida (ep 17)
Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 23)
Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto (9; eps 3, 9, 15)
Yuji Hiraki (8; 5 episodes)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator: Seventh Expansion
Character Design: Kyuta Sakai
Art Director: Chikako Shibata
Animation Director:
Atsuko Takahashi (4 episodes)
Kouichi Motomura (ep 1)
Masahisa Koyata (ep 3)
Mikihiko Ando (eps 6, 12)
Minefumi Harada (4 episodes)
Nobuyoshi Souzaki (5 episodes)
Seiya Numata (9 episodes)
Sound Director: Hozumi Gōda
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Producer:
Hiroyuki Oomori
Mika Nomura
Yasutaka Hyuuga

Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū
Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō
Satsuki Yukino as Mion Sonozaki & Shion Sonozaki
Sōichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara
Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude
Chafurin as Kuraudo Ōishi
Fumiko Orikasa as Rumiko Chie
Miki Itō as Miyo Takano
Toru Ohkawa as Jiro Tomitake
Toshihiko Seki as Kyōsuke Irie
Yu Kobayashi as Satoshi Hōjō