Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

Ishbalan · Post by **Ishbalan** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:44 pm

My cousin hangs out some of the Funimation voice actors sometimes, and he said that Funimation is definitely looking into Higurashi as a recovery anime.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:03 am

Oooo, you got unofficial insider info!

Since Anime Expo is coming this week, hopefully we'll see something concrete. For the most part, I believe Bang Zoom's dub has already been done for the first season, and it's now more of the matter of who's going to distribute it.

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:12 am

Ok, first of all, Ishbalan, that's just plain awesome of your cousin. XD

And secondly, I'm quite glad to hear that someone is obviously going to pick up (or already has picked up) this series. At least now I know I can be patient and wait for this to hit American streets, lol.

Thanks much for the info.

godix · Post by **godix** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:12 am

angelx03 wrote:I don't know why people called season 2 shit; they obviously set wrong expectations of the series as it's FAR more than "killer cute girls". Seriously watch season 2 as it does a damn good job explaining the essence of the main characters' motives and resolves as well as the real reason why all of the stuff happened in season 1.

Season 2 is shit because it's half filler to draw the story out to a full season. Seriously, if 2nd went at the same pacing the first season did it would have only been about 10 eps or so. Which kinda makes sense, the first season followed the games fairly closely while the second added in original shit. They're done with the games now so the third season will probably be all original. Which I imagine means A) it'll be at best vaguely related to the first two seasons and B) it will suck.

Although I suppose the second season is worth it just to find out who the real villain is. And a character choosing to stay conscious while being disemboweled was pretty creepy.

Ishbalan · Post by **Ishbalan** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:16 am

godix wrote:I suppose the second season is worth it just to find out who the real villain is.

x2
That part was actually really interesting.

LeapofFate · Post by **LeapofFate** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:00 pm

Higurashi dub is a no no

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:38 pm

I just want it because I don't want a PAL DVD. I don't actually care about the dub itself.

(Though if it were to be good, then that would be a plus.)

Ishbalan · Post by **Ishbalan** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:43 pm

LeapofFate wrote:Higurashi dub is a no no

It's not that bad. Some of the voices are excellent. Ex. Mion/Shion (Perfect)
Keichi's voice is good. Satoko's could use some work. Rika's voice is what is to be expected, high and childlike, same girl as Nunnally from Code Geass.
Ooishi's voice is completely different but still fits the character.
Tomitake is Kyle Hebert.

The DVDs are worth buying just for Rena's voice. I love her line:"It's so cute. I wanna take it home with me!" in her ridiculously high voice. I immitate it at school to creep people out.

Ishbalan · Post by **Ishbalan** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:37 am

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LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:53 am

Hmm, interesting. Hope it turns out as good as Higurashi did.