I still got mixed feelings about the recently announced Higurashi no Naku Koro ni live-action movie* (to fap or not to fap, that is the question), but others already have a very strong, and very negative opinion. For some reason or another, a group of angry fans desire nothing short of stopping the movie from being made. So, according to Canned Dogs, they did what any hopeless group of angry fans does: they started a petition.
Now, if history has taught us anything (other than a flat chest is fine, too), it's that online petitions never, ever work. So I'm betting my Chika porn collection that neither will this one. Especially since the creator of the original Higurashi game (Ryuukishi07) has stated that production for the movie is already underway.
Sure, it's hard to imagine anything good coming out of it (good luck cramming 26 mind-bending episodes in a movie!). But there's also at least one reason why the Higurashi movie might just be worth watching: see if you can spot it below...
People are signing a petition? Well I'm not so sure how they are gonna pull all the episodes into one movie and not anger the otakus. Honestly, I'm curious on how it will turn out :3 can't wait to see it
Pretty sure the movie's based on only Onikakushi-hen, so only 4 episodes.
anonymouswrote on Jul 26, 2008 at 23:41
and getting them on the "distribution channels" would just be impossible seeing as they've only been shown in theatres thus far. Wait for the raws to get out, then perhaps some English subs.
?wrote on Dec 16, 2008 at 06:43
i noe this out of the question but is there a US release?
Stokkywrote on Dec 17, 2008 at 12:10
Not that we know of. And my bet is there never will be.
anonymous2wrote on Sep 3, 2009 at 06:03
i just watched the movie. it was actually pretty good and faithful to the first story arc. why was there any complaints? in either case i am hoping for sequels.
ashiiyawrote on Jul 10, 2010 at 06:18
I have to say, I give them credit for being able to nicely piece together different parts of the arcs to be able to present the larger story in one go. Perhaps the acting wasn't that great or the characters looked almost nothing like the original, but you can't expect them to have pink and green hair haha I thought it was pretty good