I have never seen this anime.. is it good?

Read the first post from this thread..if you want to know the synopsis
btw this anime is just for people who strong enough to see horror ^__^

One of the best animes i ever saw, still one of my favorites.

W00t Higurashi, one of my favorite anime.
Though it's complicated sometimes, it's much fun to watch it.
Truly the work of a prodigy and worth watching.

Great series. A bit confusing at first, but eventually it gets easier to follow the plot.

Watched the first two seasons, unsure when third is coming out. I loved it at the time, but when I think about it the story line is quite lacking. Still, I like seeing the characters develop, and I like the art style (in both seasons). The third season or OVa or whatever looks like it hasn't different characters though, which disappoints me because I quite liked Hanyuu and Rika.
Oh well.

The first season appealed to me because of its senseless violence, and pointless deaths.

The second I liked because it had a bit of story line, though a little over the top, it was still nice. Better animation at times too.

@Picori

25 February
As said at the very end of the Live action
Omg I'm so excited

Well, a few things get answered actually, it's just that people won't notice them immediately or atleast they won't until they'll see the other chapters.

But anyway, as Omnidevil has mentioned, this anime is going to follow the game it derives from, which is divided in 8 chapters (7 chapters released and the 8th last chapter that has to be released this july), each of them 'restarting' from a certain point of the story/plot and showing a different ending. The first chapter, Onikakushi-hen, finished with episode 4. In episode 5 the second chapter, named Watanagashi-hen, will start again from a point of the story we've seen, showing a different ending, and will most likely cover 3-4 episodes as well, and so on. The producers have said that this anime will only cover 6 chapters, leaving out the 7th and the 8th (this last one that as I said still has to be released for the game anyway), but which should provide enough informations to the viewers to uncover the various misteries. A curious fact that I read among this sea of informations (trying not to get spoiled about the plot <_<; ) is that despite the fact that each chapter ends differently, it has been stated by the producers that each character remains the same in terms of overall personality, meaning that what happens in each chapter is due to something external. That's a pretty interesting thing as it makes you speculate of why and what things went that way. :)

I gotta say that I got literally intrigued by this anime and the whole misteries that it covers, and it's probably the best anime of this season (yes, I'm putting it ahead of Haruhi *_*). Oh, in case anyone is interested in joining me in the speculation and analysis of each episode (there are lot of details that I've found out re-watcing the first four episodes), me and a couple of friends created the channel #HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi @ Rizon, on IRC. :)

I watched this anime, I like the episodes because the story was confusing at first, but I understand now.

Is a strange anime.

But I'm interested, should take time to see it.

It was a very strange series and I can appreciate shows where not much appears to happen on surface of each episode. Often for such series, when it’s viewed in its entirety, you get to see the added story development of those episodes. Given that, whose complaint was that the first season was exactly the opposite? If it’s more the manga purist, then (I never thought I’d be saying this, because I was once a manga purist) they need to realize that telling a story via a show is much different than a book. A reader can control his/her own pace to his/her liking simply by reading faster or slower; however, for a show, you watch it at the pace it’s presented. It’s hard to find a good balance on what pace will appeal to most users, so I guess this is entirely up for debate. Personally, I loved the pace of the first season.

I Think Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ist fantasy series Horror Anime ;p

Higuashi is probebly one of my most favorite animes ever, but the first episode of rei was really disappointing. I was expecting a more serious episode, not a funservice one especially since it's just a 5 episode ova and not a full season.
But it looks like the next episode will be a good one, so it'll be fine =]

I don't know if it was mentioned, but the creators of Higurashi have made a new series (only in the game form as of now) Umineko no Naku Koro ni,
Umineko no Naku Koro ni from what i have read is basically, a head of family is gonna die of age, he gathers his relatives to decide his will, things go bad ect, people die, the usual from higurashi.

any way i have a question, when i downloaded a rar i got an episode from season one nekogoroshi, any one know if there is a continuation to it? since i only had one episode, and it seamed like it was going to continue.

Higurashi is one of my favorites series. It really adds a twist to the storyline and also makes you think (especially Shion and Mion). The killing scenes were quite brutal too.
Kai made me feel a little better now that the issue got resolved ^^