When Seagulls Cry (2009) User Reviews

Average adaptation

[gtamaniak-16300 · 5/10 · 20 July 2021]

The first 2-3 episodes were intriguing but then, when the magical elements started appearing I kind of started losing interest. I actually stopped watching the show 5 years earlier and decided recently to binge it. Bad idea. Digesting an entire 26-episode season in one day will leave you scratching your head about who's who and generally what is actually happening. My theory is that what we watched in the first 2-episodes doesn't take place in the real world like much of the majority of the show. One example of The real world scenes are those where Eva Ushiromiya is at the hospital, dying. All of the other events take place in a gameboard much like how it is presumed Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni takes place on a gameboard and there are observers watching over the events in which people such as Butler control their characters. Animation isn't great. The colours look somewhat dull at times. Studio Deen did a better job with higurashi in my opinion. The opening is great though. Finally Sakutaro sucks.

My point of view

[albertmartinez86 · 8/10 · 15 September 2013]

The people who've seen Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, might say that this show stole material. here's a thought everyone does that a lot of people copy dragon ball hello, trust me ill bet there's a lot out there. any who i really liked this show not as much as Higurashi, but still it is quite confusing to understand the whole story of this anime. if you read the manga it makes more sense to it plus. i don't really care what other people say about this show it was good for me and that's what i cared for the most. so please ignore the bad reviews of this show and just go see it for yourself and you decide if its good or bad to you sincerely an opening view of a person.

What A Waste of My Life.

[robinsonbecky-68-210578 · 2/10 · 31 May 2011]

This anime, was terrible.It was a spiritual successor to one of my personally favorite cartoons Higurashi When They Cry.In the story, an elderly man named Kinzo is dying, and his children go to the island to discuss his burial.However, a tsunami later strikes, and they are trapped on the island.Then the murders occur.I would've been perfectly fine with this anime, had it had the relatives psychologically murder each other for the endless sums of gold, but no, they had to add witches and magic.The show is just one huge mind screw, and I could barely watch it without trying to figure out what the heck was going on.I also disagree with all the women (except Maria, and an old woman) have huge breasts.It's supposed to be a horror anime, not a Moe one.I also hated Battler, because he refused to believe in magic, even though he meets the Endless Witch Beatrice, and sees his family murdered in supernatural manners.I give the show credit, however, that it has an amazing opening, and an epic ending theme.But, I do not recommend this show, unless you want to waste nine minutes of your life.