I don’t like to jump to conclusions and start rumors but this just seemed strange to me to not pass along. Everyone probably knows by now that the anime being hinted at in ANN’s current Geneon license contest is Higurashi and the first five clues so far have been pretty straightforward: 26 episodes, Summer of ‘83, based on a PC game, etc. But the sixth one is more “puzzling” than its predecessors.
The words “English Title” seem to indicate Higurashi might get the same treatment that Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien got with “Rumbling Hearts”. Forumites on AoD and ANN are wondering whether the contest runners screwed up the space distribution since the most likely alternate title would be “WHEN THEY CRY”. BUT…that doesn’t fit into a 3-5-3 phrase structure. So it’s probably “THE [blank] CRY” or “WHY [blank] CRY” with the middle word being plural and mysterious. Longshots I thought of include “see lolis die” and “big psych out”. That is, if the wording is in fact 3-5-3 and not 4-4-3.
I guess we’ll all find out the North American marketing name late Monday evening. Whatever the name ends up being, it’s a good thing I finished downloading the series this weekend. Now I have to actually resume watching it – I left off at episode 3…
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Maybe it’s “THE OTAKU CRY”, because the name of the show will be changed ?
The Cicada Cry?
Although surely there’s far better english translations if that is it
oh my mistake, it doesn’t even fit :)
Perhaps they’ve gone really engrish and it’s “BUG OFTEN CRY”?
They probably botched the clue (again). It probably was supposed to be:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Which would roughly match the domain name Geneon registered recently.
Grr… that didn’t work.
It should look like this:
_ _ _ _ : _ _ _ _ : _ _ _
Substitute the “:” with spaces.
Maybe “The lolis cry”?
Casey and Friends, LAWL
On most of the 7th Expansion artwork I think it’s called “When [They] Cry”
Well, it’s not surprising they’d change the name. My guess is the same as yours, “The ___ Cry.” It just better not be “The Doves Cry” :)