The newest promo, along with a release date for the newest Higurashi When They Cry anime just dropped and I am hype.

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The art style is very different from the original anime from back in 2006 but I actually really like it? It feels like a melding of that style and the one from the original visual novels. It would've been cool to get this during summer (since it is an extremely summer series) but I watched the original when I was in the midst of a depression isolation ten years ago, so I guess it's only appropriate that this is dropping during quarantine.

I never watched some of the (apparently awful) fanservice OVAs that were released back in, like, 2012, and ever since this new adaption was announced I've been meaning to tackle them, but now I might end up rewatching the entire original anime since I have access to it and it feels like it would be a nice break from the monotony of my other self-imposed binge watches. Feels good feels organic.

Here's hoping that Umineko will get the same treatment eventually too. The anime for that one really beefed it and it would be nice to get it right on a second attempt.