Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei, the newHigurashiRPG on mobile, will be launching in Japan on September 3. Multiple screenshots for the game were published as well, revealing it’s using a battle system with auto-attack and ATB, with skills to trigger once your gauges are full. The kind of battle system often found in gacha games. We knew since the game’s announcement that it’s an RPG, but it’s the first time we’re seeing screenshots of it. Be sure to check our translations of thegame’s story and the new characters' profiles.

As you can see from the screenshots, developing studio D-techno made the typical-est of typical looking gacha RPG. You can get your marks really easily if you’ve already played one. Even if you don’t understand Japanese.

Now with its own gacha game, and a new anime,Higurashiis back in full force in 2020. The only thing left is to turn Rena into a VTuber. Which seems unlikely as the franchise, instead of riding the bland wave of VTubers, went for a traditional, old school radio show with the seiyuu, airing on Niconico. We’ll tell you more about that in a follow-up article soon.

Some of theHigurashi Meicast also shared their impressions on Twitter.

Mayu Sagara, who voicesHigurashi Meiprotagonist Ichiho Kimiyoshi, mentioned she’s been intoHigurashisince she was a kid so she’s pretty happy to be part of the franchise now. Yes,Higurashias a kid sounds pretty scary.

Higurashi Meialso completed its pre-registration campaign, with over 100K players pre-registered for the RPG’s launch:

In related news, theSinoalice Higurashicollabalso revealed all its characters and nice short trailers. We got to see Rika and Hanyuu most notably:

The newHigurashianime adaption will start airing on October 7. A second cour will be coming on July 10, 2025. Meaning the series will be around 26 episodes in total. All the seiyuu from the original anime are back, and it was also confirmed the Watanagashi arc will be adapted. Here’s the anime’s latest trailer:

The Steam English version of the firstHigurashichapter is currently free.As for relatedWhen They Crygames, an ultimate version ofUminekois coming someday in Japan on PS4 and Switch. We’ll get news about it on September 3. The newestWhen They Crygame series,Ciconia,is also ongoing.Lastly, Ryukishi07 and Entergram are also working onKaleidoscope of Phantasm Prison,coming on December 17 in Japan on PS4, PS Vita, and Switch.

HigurashiRPG, Higurashi When They Cry Meiis coming toApp StoreandGoogle Play.Only in Japan needless to say.