Higurashi licensed by Geneon (June 2011: license expired)

[EndlessDestiny]

Does anyone know if there was any additional gore in the japanese dvds. There are scenes in the show where someone will be butchered and then a moment later for a full body shot there will be almost no blood. My friends and I are hoping that there will be those 'entry and exit wounds' for the dvds.

[FatPianoBoy]

I know the lighting was brighter in the first episode with Homerun K1, but I don't know about the rest. It's possible they removed the darkened areas they put over some of the juicier bits Teppei's headache and Satoko's crucifixion.

[MrZombie]

Gorehounds, eh? Personally I wouldn't mind if they kept it the same. I'm not the biggest fan of gore in horror. Pretty strange, huh?

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by FatPianoBoy

I know the lighting was brighter in the first episode with Homerun K1, but I don't know about the rest. It's possible they removed the darkened areas they put over some of the juicier bits Teppei's headache and Satoko's crucifixion.

correct : all of the dark layed scenes are bright clear, and frankly, some of them should just be kept darkened... (not that i don't stand gore, but DEEN didn't really do a good job...)

see by yourself :
Warning : NOT SAFE FOR WORK ! you have been warned !

Spoiler for I should assume anyone here has already finished the serie. but better hiding it in spoiler than being sorry:

-Episode 13 uncensored : Rika is feeding some crows
-Episode 21 uncensored : Satoko got her trap backfired
-Episode 23 uncensored : Rina went to the dentist, and Teppei took a powerful painkiller

while uncensorship of episode 23 isn't too bad, 13 and 21 are really too... grotesque (but still gore ~~)

[MrZombie]

Oh god! The thing is, I don't really mind gore all that much. It's just that with characters I like so much, it just makes it that mush more horrible.

[chrno_the_sinner]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

correct : all of the dark layed scenes are bright clear, and frankly, some of them should just be kept darkened... (not that i don't stand gore, but DEEN didn't really do a good job...)

see by yourself :
Warning : NOT SAFE FOR WORK ! you have been warned !

Spoiler for I should assume anyone here has already finished the serie. but better hiding it in spoiler than being sorry:

-Episode 13 uncensored : Rika is feeding some crows
-Episode 21 uncensored : Satoko got her trap backfired
-Episode 23 uncensored : Rina went to the dentist, and Teppei took a powerful painkiller

while uncensorship of episode 23 isn't too bad, 13 and 21 are really too... grotesque (but still gore ~~)

Spoiler for Episode 13:

Well, at least NOW it's obvious that how Rika died in Tatarigoroshi. The original version was never too clear on that.

[EndlessDestiny]

It's not that I'm a gorehound, it just bothers me a little if, say a character's being butchered and then a moment later there's hardly any proof that it's happened.

[grgspunk]

I was just wondering, does anyone know if Geneon going to use the uncensored footage in their R1 dvd's?

[MrZombie]

They are. Check out the description of it on their site.

[grgspunk]

Originally Posted by MrZombie

They are. Check out the description of it on their site.

Do you mean the Geneon website, or the R1 Higurashi site?

[Klashikari]

Their website (i didn't find any mini site for When They Cry though)
you can see the mentions "uncut" and "uncensored"

[MrZombie]

Well there is higurashidvd.com, but its not up yet.

Also, when the hell are they going to release a list of the rest of the voice actors?

[reptar300]

Hey guys im a little late coming in on this and all but does anyone know how much the special edition will cost?

[The Bloodlust Kid]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

correct : all of the dark layed scenes are bright clear, and frankly, some of them should just be kept darkened... (not that i don't stand gore, but DEEN didn't really do a good job...)

see by yourself :
Warning : NOT SAFE FOR WORK ! you have been warned !

Spoiler for I should assume anyone here has already finished the serie. but better hiding it in spoiler than being sorry:

-Episode 13 uncensored : Rika is feeding some crows
-Episode 21 uncensored : Satoko got her trap backfired
-Episode 23 uncensored : Rina went to the dentist, and Teppei took a powerful painkiller

while uncensorship of episode 23 isn't too bad, 13 and 21 are really too... grotesque (but still gore ~~)

Rina's corpse looks cheesy as hell. The original looked more ominous.

[Eleutheria]

Oh jeez.

Spoiler:

Takano

really cut Rika up... At least in this arc Rika was probably unconscious at the time.

[MrZombie]

More than likely not, remember what was said? The goal was to keep the victim awake through the whole ordeal.

[Eleutheria]

Originally Posted by MrZombie

More than likely not, remember what was said? The goal was to keep the victim awake through the whole ordeal.

From what I remember of playing Minagoroshi, Rika never remembered anything in the previous arcs other than being jumped by someone in a dark room. I personally think that the reason why she doesn't remember her killer is because she gets knocked out every time before it happens.

Remember that the goal isn't to keep the victim awake; the goal is merely to ensure the death of the queen to trigger Hinamizawa Syndrome. The whole watanagashi is just Takano wishing to play God.

In Minagoroshi Rika specifically said she wanted to stay aware during the ordeal so she could burn the identity of the torturer into her consciousness.

[Ice Climbers]

Spoiler for what was said:

Originally Posted by Eleutheria

The whole watanagashi is just Takano wishing to play God.

Woo Big Spoiler there, better put it in spoiler tags

[FatPianoBoy]

Indeed, those were major spoilers. I'm glad I'd already figured most of that out

[MarthX]

The cast.