Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou (ひぐらしのなく頃に業 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni– GOU) is a 2020 anime which serves as a sequel of the When They Cry anime.
It premiered in Japan from October 1, 2020 to March 19, 2021, consisting of 24 episodes. FUNimation Entertainment produced an English dub of the series, which premiered on the FUnimationNow streaming service on November 5, 2020.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
 
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Rika Furude | Yukari Tamura | Apphia Yu |
 
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Satoko Hōjō | Mika Kanai | Brittany Lauda |
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Keiichi Maebara | Sōichirō Hoshi | Khoi Dao |
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Rena Ryūgū | Mai Nakahara | Emi Lo |
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Mion Sonozaki | Satsuki Yukino | Michelle Rojas |
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Shion Sonozaki | ||
| Secondary Characters | |||
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Hanyu Furude | Yui Horie | Xanthe Huynh |
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Eua | Noriko Hidaka | Emily Fajardo |
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Kuraudo Ōishi | Chafurin | Mark Stoddard |
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Miyo Takano | Miki Itō | Mallorie Rodak |
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Fuyuka Ono (young; ep. 24) |
Sarah Wiedenheft | |
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Kyōsuke Irie | Toshihiko Seki | Cody Savoie |
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Jiro Tomitake | Tōru Ōkawa | John Burgmeier |
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Rumiko Chie | Fumiko Orikasa | Macy Anne Johnson |
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Teppei Hōjō | Katsuhisa Hōki | Bryan Massey |
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Kiichirou Kimiyoshi | Fubito Yamano | Mike Pollock |
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Oryo Sonozaki | Shizuka Okohira | Pam Dougherty |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Aiko Maebara | Naoko Matsui | Michelle Lee | 1 |
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Ichirō Maebara | Yasunori Matsumoto | Jason Douglas | 3 - 5 |
| Waitress | Yūko Natsuyoshi | Kimberly Grace | 3, 5 - 6 | |
| Nurse | Rie Kawamura | Natalie Van Sistine | 4 | |
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Daiki Tomita | Megumi Matsumoto | Kristen McGuire | 5 |
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Suguru Okamura | Fujiko Takimoto | Leah Clark | |
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Yoshirō Sonozaki | Eiji Miyashita | Mike McFarland | 5, 15 |
| Kōichi Kameda | Katsumi Fukuhara | Howard Wang | 9 | |
| Landlord | Ayaka Shimizu | Jessica Cavanagh | ||
| Moeko | ¿? | Michelle Lee | ||
| Child Welfare Service Worker | Natsuki Miwa | Rebeka Thomas | 11 | |
| Office Woker | Ken Mizukoshi | Aaron Roberts | ||
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Harayama | Satori Ōta | David Wald | 11 - 13 |
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Akane Sonozaki | Kikuko Inoue | Elizabeth Maxwell | 12 - 13, 15 |
| Chief | Junichi Yanagita | Chris Hackney | 13 | |
| Mayor | Yasuhiro Kikuchi | Kent Williams | ||
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Saburō Sonozaki | Kosei Hirota | Kenny Green | |
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Ken Sonozaki | Tetsuro Miyata | Christopher Escalante | |
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Katsuya Kumagai | Takuo Kawamura | Anthony DiMascio | 13, 23 |
| Villager #A | Daichi Hayashi | Sam Haft | 14 | |
| Villager #B | Masashi Nogawa | Brendan Blaber | ||
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Mamoru Akasaka | Daisuke Ono | Aleks Le | 15 |
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Tetsuro Okonogi | Jūrōta Kosugi | Patrick Seitz | 17 |
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Skylark 13 | Koji Yusa | Ricco Fajardo | |
| Bloodhound | Tarō Kiuchi Toshiki Iwasawa |
Alex Mai Austin Tindle Jessie James Grelle Nazeeh Tarsha Y. Chang | ||
| Principal | Kaori Nakamura | Marin M. Miller | 19 | |
| Study Hall Girl | Ayaka Asai | Kayli Mills | ||
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Teacher | Kumiko Watanabe | Anastasia Muñoz | 19 - 20 |
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Nomura | Rie Tanaka | Amber Lee Connors | 24 |
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Hifumi Takano | Motomu Kiyokawa | Charles Campbell |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
Notes[]
- This is Khoi Dao's first Texas-based role.
- Patrick Seitz and Mike McFarland are the only voice actors to be in both this and Bang Zoom's dub for When They Cry.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Content | Country | |
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November 5, 2020 | Anime | Digital | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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External Links[]
- Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou at the Internet Movie Database
- Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou on Behind The Voice Actors.