Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (TV) (2024)

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Alternative title:

Yami Shibai (Japanese)

闇芝居 (Japanese)

Genres: horror,supernatural

Themes: folklore,ghosts,monsters

Objectionable content: Mild

Plot Summary: A series of short horror stories based around Japanese myths and urban legends. The series is framed around an old man telling these tales to schoolchildren on a playground using kamishibai, a traditional Japanese storytelling method using paper scrolls.

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User Ratings: 137 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)

Excellent: 14 votes (sub:13, others:1

1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Very good: 24 votes (sub:20, dub:2, others:2

1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Good: 42 votes (sub:37, raw:1, dub:1, others:3

1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Decent: 36 votes (sub:35, raw:1)

So-so: 11 votes (sub:9, others:2

1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled

)

Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)

Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)

Bad: -

Awful: -

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 239 users, rank: #3488 (of 9756)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.905 (Good), std. dev.: 1.3663, rank: #4368 (of 9902)
Weighted mean: 6.893 (Good), rank: #4237 (of 9902) (seen all: 6.90 / seen some: 7.52 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.943 (Good), rank: #3691 (of 7492)

Running time: 5 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 13

Episode titles: We have 13

Vintage:

2013-07-14

2017-07-08 (Mexico)

Official website:

闇芝居 (Japanese)

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Blu-ray (Region A)
2016-04-19 (from $59.99)
DVD (Region 1)
2016-04-19 (from $26.95)
Japanese staffJapanese cast

Chief Director: Tomoya Takashima

Script: Hiromu Kumamoto (eps 1-7)

Episode Director:
Hirosuke Yanagisawa (ep 3)
Manabu Nakamura (ep 2)
Tact Aoki (ep 6)
Tomoya Takashima (eps 1, 4-5, 7)

Producer:
Naoko Kunisada
Nobuyuki Hosoya (TV Tokyo)

Animation producer: Midori Iwashita

App Producer: Yuichi Ueda

Assistant producer: Kunpei Yanagawa

Associate producer:
Aiko Okamoto
Takahisa Kubota

Image Production:
Keisuke Hasu
Makiko Kosukegawa
Ryosho Hori
Wakana Otake
Yuuji Nakatsuka

Logo Design: Midori Iwashita

Opening Music: nico

Planning:
Norio Yamakawa (TV Tokyo)
Takuya Iwasaki

Production producer: Toshio Akashi

Program Publicity: Kazumi Noguchi (TV Tokyo)

SD Character Design: Chihiro Sai

Theme Song Arrangement: AVTechNO! (ED)

Theme Song Composition: Teniwowa (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Teniwowa (ED)

Kanji Tsuda as

Story teller

Ayaka Ōnishi

Homare Hukami

(Aizenn)

Keisuke Ueda

(eps 1, 6)

Risa Aizawa

(Denpagumi.inc; ep 7)

Ryō Hirano

(ep 7)

Ryota Murai

(eps 1-3, 5-6)

Sakurataro Shiramizu

(Aizenn)

Sara

(eps 1, 3-7)

Sawaki Akimoto

(eps 1, 5-6)

Shōichirō Masumoto

(eps 2-3, 6)

Toshihiko Tanaka

Japanese companies

Animation Production: ILCA

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2013-08-04)
TV Tokyo (2013-07-14)

MA: e-na Studio

Sound Effects: Sōon

English staffEnglish cast

Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Producer: John Ledford

Menu Design: Larry Koteff

Packaging Design: Larry Koteff

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Production manager: Luke Patterson

(none)

English companies

Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
HIDIVE (Subtitled)

Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks

Spanish companies
Spanish staff

(none)

Broadcaster: Pánico (Mexico)

Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Latin America)
Crunchyroll

Licensed by:
Artworks Entertainment (expired)
REMOW (2022)

Subtitles: Bond Productions Mexico (Pánico)

Spanish cast

(none)

Portuguese staffPortuguese companies

(none)

Dubbing Studio:
Astrolábio Studio
Waira Studio

Internet Streaming:
AnimeOnegai (Brazil)
Crunchyroll

Licensed by: REMOW

Portuguese cast

(none)

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