So, I just finished the Umineko no naku koro ni anime and in my personal opinion, it wasn’t as bad as how some people told me it would be. If I had to pick one major flaw in the anime, nothing and I mean Nothing is revealed until the last episode of the anime (26) and even with some of the things revealed, that last scene after the ending sequence (the one with Lambdadelta and Bernkastel on the bed It’s not what you’re thinking) pretty much brings up more mysteries (and it was supposed to be the last episode…).
Also, it felt like too many new ideas were brought up too fast which instead of making the story interesting, it became a total disaster for my brain in the latter half (Better read the VN I guess ).
But those aside, I pretty much enjoyed everything else :
There’s a good opening song and ending song (two things I really look for in an anime) and it was interesting how the opening animations changed for each arc.
There were also a lot of interesting characters even apart from Battler (too bad his story is not revealed properly) and Beatrice.
For example :
Ronove : Probably the most interesting character I found so far. Is he evil or is he a good guy? His behaviour was calm and collected in contrast to his master, Beatrice making him quite interesting as a character.
Bernkastel : Literally my favourite character in the series (Just look at those emotionless eyes). I was sad she didn’t get much screentime though.
Maria Ushiromiya : Creepy but definitely one of the most important characters to the plot. And that moment when she (Umineko spoilers)killed Rosa hundred times
Also, the graphics were good for a pretty old anime as well.
Those were my thoughts on the anime as a standalone, I plan to complete the VN as well and make another post comparing the two as well as the VN as a standalone