“Wealthy Ushiromiya family trapped on Rokkenjima island during typhoon, facing murders and supernatural Golden Witch Beatrice.”
Umineko: When They Cry
うみねこのなく頃に
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Synopsis
Wealthy Ushiromiya family trapped on Rokkenjima island during typhoon, facing murders and supernatural Golden Witch Beatrice.
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, 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 Kinzou's (family head) concerns for this year's family conference. After being told that his end was approaching by his longtime friend and physician, Kinzou 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, Kinzou 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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 97 sampled reviews
What 97 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.52 · split reception
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.9
↓ 3.78
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Mar 2026
- 8 “I think if more enjoy,you need the game. This animatihon is for parson who done the game. Because, the animathin is too abbreviated. But, This animathion is good.”
- 10 “Im a huge fan Of higurashi and when I learned of Umineko I gave in a chance, one word BRILLIANT. the characters are very likeable, the Villian Beatrice is beyond perfect for the show, much more...”
- 9 “Another bloody, half-sadistic, but still funny and tragic anime. I really enjoyed this one, although the plot seems a bit complicated at first. The art is fine, the story gets really interesting...”
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A Tv Production · Summer 2009
Studio Deen.Geneon Universal Entertainment · Frontier Works
- Format 26 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 58m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2009 – Dec 2009 Summer 2009
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-3862 catalog
Produced by
- Geneon Universal Entertainment Producer
- Frontier Works Producer
- Sotsu Producer
- Movic Producer
Licensed by
- NIS America, Inc. Licensor