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Also known as Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, When the Cicadas Cry, Higurashi: When They Cry

20 anime for fans of When They Cry, ranked by what people who loved it went on to love and by what they share with it, like Time Loop, Shrine Maiden, Achronological Order. Connect your AniList or MyAnimeList account to get picks for your whole taste instead.

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  1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica

    2011, TV, 12 episodes, 83% on AniList

    Recommended by 41 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Urban Fantasy.

    One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a…

  2. Steins;Gate

    2011, TV, 24 episodes, 89% on AniList

    Recommended by 51 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Time Loop.

    Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida…

  3. Shiki

    2010, TV, 22 episodes, 75% on AniList

    Recommended by 209 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Achronological Order, Denpa, Rural.

    During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur.

  4. Made in Abyss

    2017, TV, 13 episodes, 84% on AniList

    Recommended by 43 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Chibi.

    The "Abyss" is the last unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures roam within, and it is full of precious relics that present humans can't recreate.

  5. The Future Diary

    2011, TV, 26 episodes, 69% on AniList

    Recommended by 41 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Gore, Urban Fantasy.

    This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people.

  6. Elfen Lied

    2004, TV, 13 episodes, 68% on AniList

    Recommended by 23 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Gore, Urban Fantasy.

    The Diclonius, a mutated homosapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possess two horns on their heads and have a "sixth sense" which gives…

  7. From the New World

    2012, TV, 25 episodes, 80% on AniList

    Recommended by 87 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Rural.

    Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world.

  8. Spirited Away

    2001, Movie, 86% on AniList

    Both have Mythology, Urban Fantasy.

    On the way to their new home, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino's family stumbles upon a deserted theme park.

  9. SCHOOL-LIVE!

    2015, TV, 12 episodes, 74% on AniList

    Recommended by 122 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Achronological Order, School Club, Gore.

    Why would anyone form a School Living Club? Could four girls, their advisor, and a puppy really love their school so much that they’d want to live in it?

  10. The Promised Neverland

    2019, TV, 12 episodes, 83% on AniList

    Both have Tragedy, Gore.

    Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life.

  11. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

    2006, TV, 14 episodes, 76% on AniList

    Recommended by 16 When They Cry fans on AniList. Both have Achronological Order, School Club, Urban Fantasy.

    Kyon, your typical high school student, has long given up his belief in the supernatural.

  12. Death Note

    2006, TV, 37 episodes, 84% on AniList

    Both have Urban Fantasy.

    Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death.

  13. Parasyte -the maxim-

    2014, TV, 24 episodes, 81% on AniList

    Both have Gore, Urban Fantasy.

    They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere.

  14. Angel Beats!

    2010, TV, 13 episodes, 77% on AniList

    Both have School Club.

    Otonashi wakes up in the afterlife to find out he has no memories of his life before death.

  15. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

    2023, TV, 28 episodes, 91% on AniList

    Both have Rural.

    The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

  16. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

    2017, TV, 13 episodes, 77% on AniList

    Both have Urban Fantasy.

    What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That’s Miss Kobayashi’s new reality when Tohru appears in her life.

  17. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

    2006, TV, 25 episodes, 85% on AniList

    On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan.

  18. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

    2011, TV, 11 episodes, 80% on AniList

    Both have Rural.

    Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart.

  19. Fate/Zero

    2011, TV, 13 episodes, 81% on AniList

    Both have Mythology, Gore, Urban Fantasy.

    With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past, each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor.

  20. Neon Genesis Evangelion

    1995, TV, 26 episodes, 83% on AniList

    Both have Denpa.

    In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time.

Manga for fans of When They Cry

  1. Cover of Neon Genesis Evangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion

    1994, 85%

  2. Cover of Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

    2020, 90%

  3. Cover of Deadman Wonderland Deadman Wonderland

    2007, 74%

  4. Cover of Shadows House Shadows House

    2018, 83%

  5. Cover of Shishunki Bitter Change Shishunki Bitter Change

    2012, 76%

  6. Cover of Doubt Doubt

    2007, 62%

  7. Cover of ib: Instant Bullet ib: Instant Bullet

    2013, 72%

  8. Cover of Ibitsu Ibitsu

    2009, 63%

About When They Cry

2006, 26 episodes, Studio DEEN, 76% on AniList

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.
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