Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Studio	Studio Deen
Director	Chiaki Kon
Character Design	Yoko Kikuchi
Opening Theme Song	"Katayoku no Tori" Shikata Akiko
Ending Theme Song	"La Divina Tragedia: Makyoku" Jimang

An anime adaptation of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni visual novel series was announced by 07th Expansion. The series aired in Japan on Chiba TV from July 2, 2009 to December 24, 2009, and will air on additional stations at later times.

It contains 26 episodes, encompassing the four games of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni series.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 2 List of Episodes 2.1 Legend of the Golden Witch 2.2 Turn of the Golden Witch 2.3 Banquet of the Golden Witch 2.4 Alliance of the Golden Witch 3 External Links

Plot SummaryEdit

Umineko no Naku Koro ni takes place in the year 1986, during the time frame of October 4 and October 5 on a secluded island named Rokkenjima. The head of a wealthy family named Kinzo Ushiromiya, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people start to get mysteriously murdered.

List of EpisodesEdit

All of the episodes are named after moves in chess.

Legend of the Golden WitchEdit

• 1-1 Opening
• 1-2 First Move
• 1-3 Dubious Move
• 1-4 Blunder
• 1-5 Fool's Mate

Turn of the Golden WitchEdit

• 2-1 Middle Game
• 2-2 Early Queen Move
• 2-3 Weak Square
• 2-4 Skewer
• 2-5 Accept
• 2-6 Back Rank Mate

Banquet of the Golden WitchEdit

• 3-1 Castling
• 3-2 Gambit
• 3-3 Positional Play
• 3-4 Isolated Pawn
• 3-5 Queening Square
• 3-6 Promotion
• 3-7 Swindles

Alliance of the Golden WitchEdit

• 4-1 End Game
• 4-2 Zugzwang
• 4-3 Prophylaxis
• 4-4 Problem Child
• 4-5 Breakthrough
• 4-6 Adjourn
• 4-7 Forced Move
• 4-8 Sacrifice

External LinksEdit

• Character designs for the anime