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Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU Anime Previewed in 2nd Video
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The live-streamed "Watanagashi 2021 Higurashi Channel" event debuted the second promotional video for Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU, the followup to the Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU television anime, on Sunday. The video features the new ending theme song "Missing Promise" by Konomi Suzuki. Funimation is streaming the video as the "official trailer 3" with English subtitles:
The CD single for "Missing Promise" will go on sale on August 25 in two different editions.
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU will premiere on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Sun TV on July 1, and on AT-X on July 2. The debut will air the first two episodes together. Funimation will stream the anime as it airs in Japan. Ayane, who performed two ending theme songs for Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU, will perform the new show's opening theme song "Analogy."
The Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU premiered on October 1, and the 24th and final episode of Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU aired on March 18. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The company is also streaming an English dub. The anime was originally scheduled to premiere in July 2020, but it was delayed due to the effects of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the production schedule.
The anime's second episode revealed the series' true title as Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU on October 9. Funimation reported the title as the series' "true" title "that the creators intentionally did not reveal to the world until Episode 2."
Returning cast members include Sōichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara, Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū, Satsuki Yukino as Mion Sonozaki, Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō, Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude, Chafūrin as Kuraudo Ooishi, Tōru Ohkawa as Jirō Tomitake, Miki Itō as Miyo Takano, and Toshihiko Seki as Kyōsuke Irie. Yui Horie is playing Hanyu.
Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion are credited with the original work. Keiichiro Kawaguchi is directing the series. Akio Watanabe (Monogatari Series anime franchise) is designing the characters, and Passione (Citrus, Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, High School DxD Hero) is animating the project. Infinite is producing the series. Naoki Hayashi (Black Fox, Citrus) is in charge of the series composition for the anime. Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is returning as the composer for the series.
A manga adaptation by Tomato Akase launched on Kadokawa's Young Ace Up service on October 2.
The first Higurashi: When They Cry television anime series aired for 26 episodes in 2006, and the When They Cry II: Solutions (Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai) anime aired for 24 episodes in 2007. Geneon Entertainment Inc. released the first anime on DVD in 2007-2008. Funimation then released the anime on DVD in 2009 and 2010. Sentai Filmworks most recently released both anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2016.
Sources: Live "Watanagashi 2021 Higurashi Channel" stream, Funimation (Nicholas Friedman)
Update: Corrected Funimation's link to new video. Thanks, MCAL and NezumiVA.
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