 The third season was released as an original video animation series, titled "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei".It has two arcs taken from the fan disc of the same name and another arc adapted from a light novel released with the PlayStation version.An extra episode, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gaiden Nekogoroshi-hen" (The Cat Killing Chapter), was released in Japan for the first season.