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Based on the visual novel series, the anime takes place in June 1983 in a fictional village of Hinamizawa. Keiichi Maebara moves to the village and shortly afterwards learns of the village's dark secret: he learns that there was a dam project that could've flooded the village and how a construction worker was lynched, murdered, and dismembered.

I had watched the original Higurashi anime whilst also reading some of the manga adaptation. This was one of my favorite horror anime so when I heard that there was to be a remake, I was skeptical at first. With the first episode, looks like it's going in the right direction. The suspense is definitely there with how the girls are suspiciously dodging questions about there being any sort of crime in Hinamizawa. And the ending...good god.

The voice acting is fine. Art style...still don't completely love it because it still looks too slick and polished rather than being more "gritty" like the original anime's animation. But at the same time, it does established the sinister underbelly with the first scene being bloodier than in the original anime's first episode. And the original opening theme is present here. I was convinced that they would use a new opening theme, but I am really glad they used it here. It even sounds like a remastered take on it.