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Umineko - When They Cry (TV).

Part of the charm for Higurashi was the subdued and/or creepy themes as opposed to some garish Ali Project-sounding crap.

I think DEEN know they have to get to the part that hooks viewers quickly as possible, pity most VN readers can't see that...

Liked all of the seiyuu except Yui Horie

Westlo wrote:

I think DEEN know they have to get to the part that hooks viewers quickly as possible, pity most VN readers can't see that...

Having the shit hit the fan early has the potential to hook more viewers, but the manga took half a year to get to that scene (it was not even included in the first tankoubon), so surely the anime could have survived with a little slower pace.

Fourthly, the way the adults were talking made for confusing watching. First of all they were going after one guy, accusing him of embezzlement. Then instead of using blackmail they started to sweet-talk him into divvying up the fortune with him getting the largest slice. Say what? The embezzlement accusations just disappeared. Also, the way the two women went after one another was over the top, and nonsensical. Real people, especially those with a bad history between them, do get into vicious arguments over very little. But the scene with those two women was farcical.

Fifthly, and with regards to the fourth point, the voice acting for most of the adult characters was excessive. The worst offender was Mugihito (as Kinzo Ushiromiya), who easily outdid Norio Wakamoto (Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass) for sheer zaniness. Many Japanese Voice Actors have often been accused of overacting (especially when compared to their English counterparts), but rarely has such a collective performance undermined a series like this. With the characters yelling and screaming and being overly-dramatic over such minor thing, pray tell what are they going to when it really starts hitting the fan and people die? Oh wait, the noisy ones probably will go first. Still, it will lessen the impact of future scenes.

Shannon is moe? Aren't we trying too hard to fit people into certain archetypes.. oh wait I get it Rie's doing the voice so she must be moe!

and yes Maria acts like a retard which is kinda Rosa's point when she went off at her... "She's nine and she's a forth grader.." etc

Eva and Natsuhi have history... if they took time to explain everything the painting scene halfway through might've been the end of episode 2... lol.

His obsession over Beatrice is a minor thing? Care to repeat that in 4 episodes time? Besides does he look sane at all to you? And no it won't lessen the impact of what's coming.

what site did ya watch the episode on?

I just finished watching the first episode too and I think this show got off to a much better start than Higurashi did. In particular, I like how the main characters are actually normal for once. A ton of characters are introduced in a flash, the supernatural back-story is explained, the stage is set and we are even given a warning that a bloodbath will come. Of course, nothing guarantees it will be as good or better than Higurashi. The show's appeal will depend on how they handle the horror elements and on how the characters interact. I just hope they will spare us from the power-of-friendship crap we got in the second season of Higurashi.

Higurashi (game) and Nitro+ games are getting an official release in english language. I guess Ryuukishi07 got some encouragement from the translation projects. The change of official Umineko translation just rose, if the fans don't pirate Higurashi and actually spend some money for the things they want.

Well, I've just finished episode one, and I'm really disappointed. I was under the impression this would be a serious mystery/horror, but alas, it tries to ruin the well-established formula with bad humour and elements of Moe and Lolicon.