Higurashi and the Art of Adaptation

Adaptations come in many forms, and Higurashi has seen them all — namely, drama CDs, a manga, anime, light novels, a live action TV drama, live action movies and a play. But what separates out the successes from the failures? Let's talk about where the anime that brought so many fans to the series fell short, and how its lesser-known counterparts pick up the slack.

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Music used:
Chikai (Instrumental) - Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Eiko Shimamiya
why or why not (Instrumental) - Oshima Hiroyuki, bermei.inazawa, Rekka Katakiri
Futari hitori - dai
Kage - dai
Unmei no Wa (Instrumental) - Kazuya Takase, Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Eiko Shimamiya
??? - Kenji Kawai (the track from the live action movie score, need to check my copy for the name)
Tsukikage (arrange) - dai
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Instrumental) - Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Kazuya Takase, Eiko Shimamiya
Sorayume - dai
Taishou a (Instrumental) - inazawa, anNina

Huge thanks and credit to user LAMBDADELTO for all the visual novel footage.
Traducción al español proporcionada por Rodzacraft

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