Anime like Umineko no Naku Koro ni

also known as Umineko: When They Cry

What is Umineko: When They Cry about?

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished

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 (六軒島), 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 Kinzo's (family head) concerns for this year's family conference. After being told that his end was approaching by his longtime friend and physician, Kinzo 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, Kinzo 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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Tragedy , Achronological Order , Witch , Death Game , Magic , Butler , Ojou-sama , Detective , Alternate Universe , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Maids , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Guns , Crossover , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Bar , Demons , Curses , Kuudere , Time Skip , Tsundere , Kemonomimi , Denpa
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Here is a list of Anime similar to Umineko no Naku Koro ni

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Also known as Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU.

Studio: Passione , infinite , Frontier Works , Creators in Pack , Magic Capsule , TOKYO MX , MAGES. , Kadokawa Shoten , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

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Tags: Denpa , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Torture , Yandere , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Achronological Order , Time Skip , Rural , Gore , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Loop , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Reincarnation , Shrine Maiden , Twins , Primarily Female Cast , Gods , Detective , Historical , School Club , Dissociative Identities , Witch , Drugs , Suicide , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Demons , Yuri
Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -

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Also known as Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -.

Studio: Bushiroad , SANZIGEN , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , Horipro International , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological

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"Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica."

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Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

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Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

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A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



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Status: Finished
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Tags: Detective , Philosophy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Conspiracy , Body Swapping , Maids , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Hikikomori , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Heterosexual , CGI , Kuudere , Gore , Time Skip , Ships
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Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU

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Studio: Passione , infinite , Frontier Works , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

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Tags: Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Denpa , Coming of Age , Gore , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Shrine Maiden , Yandere , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Witch , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Conspiracy , Dissociative Identities , Twins , School Club , Anti-Hero , Gods , Rural , Drugs , Body Horror , Yuri , Guns , Mythology
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

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Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

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Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

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Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

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Also known as Black Butler: Book of Murder.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Asmik Ace , DeNA , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Square Enix , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

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SHADOWS HOUSE

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Also known as SHADOWS HOUSE.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , WOWOW , Shueisha , TOKYO MX , BS Asahi , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

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Also known as When They Cry Kai.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Studio DEEN , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
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Tags: Denpa , Time Loop , Alternate Universe , Time Manipulation , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Rural , Torture , Female Protagonist , Gods , Twins , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Shrine Maiden , Gore , Body Horror , Kuudere , Politics , School , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Historical , Mythology , Military , Crossdressing
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Dies irae

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Also known as Dies irae.

Studio: Genco , A.C.G.T. , DMM pictures , Crunchyroll , My Theater D.D.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

May 1, 1945. Berlin. As the Red Army raises the Soviet flag, a group of Nazi officers conduct a ritual using the slaughter in the city to bring back the LDO, supermen whose coming would bring the world's destruction. Their success remains unknown.

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Includes episode 0.

Tags: Feet , Chuunibyou , Magic , Gods , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Kaiju

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