Yami Shibai

(Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories)

Type

TV

Episodes

13

Status

finished

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

PG

Aired

2013-07-15

Season

Winter 2013

Description:

The mysterious, yellow-masked Storyteller is a man whose true name and origin are both unknown. He appears at dusk where children gather and recites sinister tales based on Japanese urban legends, to which his young audience eerily intakes. However, the Storyteller is no ordinary teller of tales. He incorporates a kamishibai, a traditional paper-scrolling device, to add visuals to his already demented narration. A series of short horror stories, Yami Shibai begins with a bachelor who, after moving into a new apartment, immediately starts sensing a malevolent glare being pressed into him. A single talisman rests on his ceiling, but he has no way of knowing it is one of the few safeguards that separate him from a bottomless pit of suffering. Each story is more terrifying, more appalling, and more sickening than the last as the Storyteller's audience find themselves being sucked into the vicious world of his words. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Alternative Titles:

闇芝居, Theater of Darkness

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Description:

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Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

7 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

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5.1

Description:

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Type

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Episodes

13

Ep.Length

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Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

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Aired

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(Junji Ito "Collection")

6.15

Description:

A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Itou.
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Violence, Profanity

Status

finished

Aired

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(The World YAMIZUKAN)

4.67

Description:

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Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

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(Hell Girl)

7.45

Description:

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Type

TV

Episodes

26

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

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