Umineko: When They Cry

About Umineko: When They Cry

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.

Umineko: When They Cry is an animation, crime, and mystery series that ran on Teletama and Sun TV. It ran for one season of 26 episodes between July 2009 and December 2009.

The series is filed under gore, island, based on visual novel, and supernatural. Marina Inoue leads the cast as Jessica Ushiromiya, Daisuke Ono as Battler Ushiromiya, Emi Shinohara as Natsuhi Ushiromiya, and Akihiko Ishizumi as Terumasa Nanjou.

Boogiepop Phantom, Death Note, and Tokyo Ghoul make useful companions to Umineko: When They Cry, all filed under detective and horror. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 69 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.