Is Umineko no Naku Koro ni good to watch with a friend?
A quiet night. Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Where the Seagulls Cry) is a TV series from Summer 2009 by Studio Deen Co., Ltd.: 26 episodes, about 10 hours in total, finished, 7.01/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged horror, psychological, thriller, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- TV series
- Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Total time
- about 10 hours — a weekend
- First aired
- Summer 2009
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Studio Deen Co., Ltd.
- Score
- 7.01/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- urban fantasy, crime, demons, detective, drama, gore, fantasy, gaming, horror, magic, mystery, psychological, romance, seinen, supernatural, thriller, tragedy, violence
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.
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Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Umineko no Naku Koro ni?
- About 10 hours for all 26 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 13 evenings.
- How many episodes does Umineko no Naku Koro ni have?
- 26 episodes of 23 min.
- Is Umineko no Naku Koro ni finished?
- Yes, Umineko no Naku Koro ni is finished (26 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Umineko no Naku Koro ni good for a group?
- Better for two than for a crowd. Umineko no Naku Koro ni is tagged drama, psychological, romance, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
- Where is Umineko no Naku Koro ni listed?
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni is on AniList (id 4896) and MyAnimeList (id 4896); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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