Higurashi When They Cry Kai Opening Parodies

About

Higurashi When They Cry Kai Opening Parodies (Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に解OPパロ) refer to a series of parody video remixes for the opening credit movie of the 2nd TV anime season for Japanese video game When They Cry produced by Ryukishi07. This ending movie had been slightly popular subject for MAD and hand-drawn animated videos on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) from 2007 to 2008.

Origin

The TV anime series Higurashi When They Cry Kai (ひぐらしのなく頃に解, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) aired 24 episodes between July and December of 2007. Its theme song “Naraku no Hana” (奈落の花; lit. “Flower of Hell”)^[1] is sung by a Japanese pop singer Eiko Shimamiya.^[2]

Spread

TV animes aired in that year tended to be set to the themes for parody video remixes on the Japanese brand-new video hub site with no exceptions. And this opening credit movie which didn’t have dynamic renditions had been often reproduced by NND users.^[3] The earliest instance in this series was posted to NND on July 17th, 2007 which is a MAD video featuring Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Niconico 長門有希のなく頃に解

However, this parody video remix meme lost its momentum in the middle of 2009 because Frontier Works^[4], the copyright holder of this anime, started to come down hard on the copyright infringements on the video sharing services as well as many other Japanese media companies.

Various Examples

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Left:Puyo Puyo | Right: Ib
Niconico 【手書きMAD】　奈落の花な遊☆戯☆王Niconico 【手書き】すのはらのなく頃に
Left:Yu-Gi-Oh! | Right: CLANNAD

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