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Release. Episodes. Season 1. Season 2. Season 3. Season 4. Season 5. Season 6. Season 7. Season 8. Season 9. Season 10. Notes and references. External links. Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories also known in Japan as Yami Shibai (闇芝居, Yami Shibai, lit. Dark Play) and Theater of Darkness is a Japanese anime series.
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 3rd Season. The thrilling horror series returns for a third season, and promises even more Japanese ghost stories and urban legends. These stories are framed in each episode by an old man telling these tales to schoolchildren using kamishibai, a traditional Japanese method of storytelling using paper scrolls.
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- Kanji TSUDA
- Takashi TANIGUCHI, Tomohisa ISHIKAWA
- April 4, 2016
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- Season 1, Episode 3: “The Family Rule”
- Season 1, Episode 10: “The Moon”
- Season 1, Episode 13: “Tormentor”
- Season 2, Episode 8: “Farewell Confession”
- Season 3, Episode 2: “Tunnel”
- Season 3, Episode 5: “Museum of Taxidermy”
- Season 3, Episode 7: “Behind”
- Season 3, Episode 10: “Merry-Go-Round”
- Season 5, Episode 1: “Wrong Number”
- Season 5, Episode 4: “Copycat”
“The Family Rule” follows a young boy named Toshiharu whose family has gone to the countryside to participate in a yearly family ritualcalled Calm Through Laughter that is meant to keep an evil spirit away from the family. Toshiharu peeks in while the adults discuss the ritual and is caught by his father, who explains that Toshiharu must sleep on h...
This tale centers on high schooler Daisuke, who is at a training camp with his baseballteam. One night, his teammates mention a traumatic event from his childhood: falling into a pit toilet and being stalked by a strange figure. That night, Daisuke remembers that moment while he uses the bathroom and starts feeling unsettled, as though someone is w...
“Tormentor” is the story of a group of young boys who are spying on a house with a pair of binoculars and hoping to see the infamous Tormentor that supposedly lives there. One of the boys runs away in fear, leaving the other two, Shouta and Taichi, to continue looking. Shouta spots a figure behind a group of blindfolded people, but before he can se...
“Farewell Confession” follows Ken, a man who has returned to his hometown to attend the funeral of one of the residents. However, he notices that the other attendees don’t seem to be sad; they seem almost joyful about the man’s passing. As they all go inside and the service begins, Ken realizes why: The funeral is a farewellconfessional, where each...
This tale explains why sometimes it’s better to take the road mosttraveled by. Two men are driving late at night when they notice the car is nearly out of gas. They reach a fork in the road and decide to go through a tunnel not marked on their map. The car runs out of gas and strands the men in the tunnel for the night. As they try to rest, they se...
“Museum of Taxidermy” follows a young couple trying to find shelter from the bad weather. The man sees a taxidermy museum and suggests they stay there until the rain dies down. His girlfriend is instantly unnerved by the museum; all of the other patrons seem to be obsessively looking at the exhibits, and the stuffed animals look almost alive. After...
“Behind” is concerned with how dreams act as premonitions. It takes place at an inn during a school trip while three boys lie awake. One of them, Osamu, mentions that he can’t sleep because of a terrible nightmare he’s been having: he’s in class when a woman with long red fingernails enters. All the other students don’t pay attention to her, and Os...
This story centers around a young couple, Shinichi and Satomi, as they decide to check out a mall carnival they loved as children. A clown appears behind them and offers Satomi a balloon as an announcement comes over the PA system saying that the mall will be closing soon. The clown offers them a ride on the carousel before they leave, which Satomi...
“Wrong Number” tells the story of the wife of an elite salaryman who is frustrated with him for never being home to spend time with her or their son, Hirofumi. One day, she begins receiving strange calls from a woman apologizing for being late and asking the wife to watch her child for just a while longer. Each time, the wife explains that she has ...
An entry that’s as sad as it is scary, “Copycat” follows two childhood friends, Haru and Yukari. Yukari copies everything Haru does, from the way she dresses to the hobbies she takes up. She even goes to the same college as Haru, and when they meet for lunch, asks Haru to tell her what classes she’s taking so they can take them together. When Haru ...
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Nov 16, 2023 · The staff of the Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories television anime announced on Thursday that the anime is getting a 12th season that will air on the TV Tokyo channel starting in January 2024...
Dec 17, 2021 · TV Tokyo announced on Friday that the Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories television anime will get a 10th season that will premiere in January. Kanji Tsuda reprises his role as the Storyteller.
Kamishibai (paper drama) is a traditional form of Japanese storytelling that uses large color pictures to accompany a dramatic narration. This type of storytelling is enjoying a renaissance in Japan and has recently become available in English for use in schools and at home. The narratives are written in both Japanese (hiragana) and English.
