Higurashi: When They Cry - Season 1 Episode 1 The Hidden Demon Chapter - Part 1 - The Beginning
Keiichi Maebara, a student who recently moved into the village of Hinamizawa, is invited by his new friends at school to join their club. But while searching for treasure at a garbage dump with Rena Ryugu, he discovers the village is not as peaceful as it seems.
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Kansai TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, AT-X, BS11
- Keyword: mass murder, trauma, baseball bat, sadism, village, harem, psychic power, murder, rampage, gore, beaten to death, psychological thriller, torture, fear, psychic, rage, witness to murder, dungeon, psycho killer, psycho, folklore, bloodbath, 1980s, traumatic experience, anime, based on visual novel, psychological, horror
- Cast: Soichiro Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Mika Kanai, Yukari Tamura, Yui Horie