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Ryukishi07's Higurashi Outbreak Short Story Gets Anime
posted on by Egan Loo
The official confirmed on Saturday that a relaunch of the anime has been green-lit. The announcement of the new anime was made at the 10th anniversary event of the franchise on Saturday, and its planned unveiling will be next spring.
The new Higruashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku anime will adapt the short story "Higurashi Outbreak" by Higurashi no Naku Koro ni creator Ryukishi07 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, is helming the new anime.
"Higurashi Outbreak" is set in the same Hinamizawa village of the previous stories. The village has been completely sealed off due to a mysterious virus in 1983, and Keiichi Maebara and Rena Ryūgū deal with the outbreak. Mai Nakahara, the original voices of these two protagonists, appeared at Saturday's event before an estimated 700 fans.
07th Expansion's original Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel software revolved around murders that coincide with an annual festival in a quiet rural village. The software inspired two television anime adaptations by several artists.
The game publisher Yen Plus anthology magazine and later for compiled book volumes.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
Images © 2006 Ryukishi07/Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Production Committee, Sotsu
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