"Umineko When They Cry" Overall Main Staff: Original Story: Ryukishi07 / 07th Expansion Director: Chiaki Kon Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase Character Design: Yoko Kikuchi Animation Production: Studio DEEN === Umineko When They Cry Episode 01 "Episode I-I opening" Originally Aired: July 2nd, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Ryoji Fujihara Episode Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Animation Supervisors: Yoshiko Nakajima, Shosuke Shimizu === Umineko When They Cry Episode 02 "Episode I-II first move" Originally Aired: July 9th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Hidetoshi Namura Episode Director: Yutaka Hirata Animation Supervisors: Akito Asai == Umineko When They Cry Episode 03 "Episode I-III dubious move" Originally Aired: July 16th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Kousuke Kobayashi Episode Director: Kousuke Kobayashi Animation Supervisors: Hiromi Maesawa == Umineko When They Cry Episode 04 "Episode I-IV blunder" Originally Aired: July 23rd, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Katsumi Terahigashi Episode Director: Yasuo Ejima Animation Supervisors: Atsuko Takahashi, Soon Yeon Kim == Umineko When They Cry Episode 05 "Episode I-V fool's mate" Originally Aired: July 30th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Yuta Takamura Episode Director: Taro Kubo Animation Supervisors: Yoko Kikuchi == Umineko When They Cry Episode 06 "Episode II-I middle game" Originally Aired: August 6th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Yutaka Hirata Episode Director: Yutaka Hirata Animation Supervisors: Dai Imaoka, Shosuke Shimizu == Umineko When They Cry Episode 07 "Episode II-II early queen move" Originally Aired: August 13th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Kousuke Kobayashi Animation Supervisors: Hiromi Maesawa == Umineko When They Cry Episode 08 "Episode II-III weak square" Originally Aired: August 20th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Hidetoshi Namura Episode Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Animation Supervisors: Akito Asai == Umineko When They Cry Episode 09 "Episode II-IV skewer" Originally Aired: August 27th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Yasuo Ejima Episode Director: Masahiko Watanabe Animation Supervisor: Takahiro Hoshino == Umineko When They Cry Episode 10 "Episode II-V accept" Originally Aired: September 3rd, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Yutaka Hirata Animation Supervisors: Yoshiko Nakajima, Kumihiko Horikoshi == Umineko When They Cry Episode 11 "Episode II-VI back rank mate" Originally Aired: September 10th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Yoshihiro Takamoto Episode Director: Shunji Yoshida Animation Supervisors: Yuko Yamada == Umineko When They Cry Episode 12 "Episode III-I castling" Originally Aired: September 17th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Ryoji Fujihara Episode Director: Tatsuya Abe Animation Supervisors: Tatsuya Abe, Yasunori Matsumura == Umineko When They Cry Episode 13 "Episode III-II gambit" Originally Aired: September 24th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Mamoru Sakisaka Episode Director: Kousuke Kobayashi Animation Supervisors: Shosuke Shimizu, Soon Yeon Kim == Umineko When They Cry Episode 14 "Episode III-III positional play" Originally Aired: October 1st, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Hiroyuki Morita Episode Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Animation Supervisors: Akito Asai == Umineko When They Cry Episode 15 "Episode III-IV isolated pawn" Originally Aired: October 8th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Katsumi Terahigashi Episode Director: Yutaka Hirata Animation Supervisors: Hiromi Maesawa, Natsuki Watanabe == Umineko When They Cry Episode 16 "Episode III-V queening square" Originally Aired: October 15th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto Animation Supervisors: Takafumi Hino, Mayuko Kato == Umineko When They Cry Episode 17 "Episode III-VI promotion" Originally Aired: October 22nd, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Yoshihiro Takamoto Episode Director: Kousuke Kobayashi Animation Supervisors: Shosuke Shimizu, Yoshiko Nakajima == Umineko When They Cry Episode 18 "Episode III-VII swindles" Originally Aired: October 29th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Yasuo Ejima Episode Director: Yasuo Ejima Animation Supervisors: Yoko Kikuchi, Soon Yeon Kim == Umineko When They Cry Episode 19 "Episode IV-I end game" Originally Aired: November 5th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Rion Kujo Animation Supervisors: Toshiya Washida, Natsumi Hoshino == Umineko When They Cry Episode 20 "Episode IV-II zugzwang" Originally Aired: November 12th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Yutaka Hirata Animation Supervisors: Atsuko Takahashi == Umineko When They Cry Episode 21 "Episode IV-III prophylaxis" Originally Aired: November 19th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Tatsuya Abe Animation Supervisors: Takafumi Hino, Naoko Nakamoto, Yasunori Matsumura == Umineko When They Cry Episode 22 "Episode IV-IV problem child" Originally Aired: November 26th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Tatsushi Moriya Storyboards: Toshifumi Kawase Episode Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Animation Supervisors: Mayumi Oda == Umineko When They Cry Episode 23 "Episode IV-V breakthrough" Originally Aired: December 3rd, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Hiroyuki Morita Episode Director: Kousuke Kobayashi Animation Supervisors: Akito Asai == Umineko When They Cry Episode 24 "Episode IV-VI adjourn" Originally Aired: December 10th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Katsumi Terahigashi Episode Director: Yutaka Hirata Animation Supervisors: Moriyasu Taniguchi, Yoshiko Nakajima == Umineko When They Cry Episode 25 "Episode IV-VII forced move" Originally Aired: December 17th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Fumihiko Shimo Storyboards: Marimo Momose Episode Director: Yasuo Ejima Animation Supervisors: Yukiko Ban, Atsuko Takahashi == Umineko When They Cry Episode 26 "Episode IV-VIII sacrifice" Originally Aired: December 24th, 2009 [Staff] Screenplay: Toshifumi Kawase Storyboards: Toshifumi Kawase Episode Director: Taro Kubo Animation Supervisors: Hiromi Maesawa, Akito Asai, Yoko Kikuchi