Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales (TV)

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Mononoke (TV)

Alternative title:

Ayakashi ~ Japanese Classic Horror

怪～ayakashi～ Japanese Classic Horror (Japanese)

Themes: historical, revenge, tragedy

Plot Summary: A collection of three classic Japanese horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan," the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death, "Tenshu Monogatari," the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human, and "Bakeneko," the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain family.

User Ratings: 534 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 35 votes (sub:28, dub:4, raw:1, others:2

1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled

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Excellent: 90 votes (sub:75, dub:8, ?:1, others:6

2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled

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Very good: 165 votes (sub:138, dub:18, ?:2, raw:1, others:6

2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub

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Good: 140 votes (sub:114, dub:23, raw:1, others:2

2 Spanish subtitled

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Decent: 51 votes (sub:44, dub:5, others:2

1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled

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So-so: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:2, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

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Not really good: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:2)

Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)

Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)

Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 1095 users, rank: #887 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.453 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5712, rank: #1268 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 7.395 (Good+), rank: #1229 (of 5553) (seen all: 7.55 / seen some: 6.77 / won't finish: 4.74)
Bayesian estimate: 7.398 (Good+), rank: #1011 (of 4225)

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 11

Episode titles: We have 11

Vintage:

2006-01-12 (Fuji TV)

2007-01-18 (Ep. 9-11, Italy - Future Film Festival)

2007-07-31 to 2007-10-09 (USA - ImaginAsian TV)

Opening Theme:

"HEAT ISLAND" by Rhymester

Ending Theme:

"Haru no Katami (Memento of Spring)" by Chitose Hajime

Official website:

Toei Animation's Official AYAKASHI Website (Japanese)

Links: We have 1

Trivia: We have 1

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DVD (Region 1)

Ayakashi - Goddess of the Dark Tower (DVD 1) 2007-04-17 (from $9.00)

Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (DVD 2) 2007-07-10

Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales - Goblin Cat (DVD 3) 2007-09-04 (from $5.43)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director:
Hidehiko Kadota (Tenshu Monogatari - anime)
Kenji Nakamura (Bakeneko)
Kouzou Nagayama (Tenshu Monogatari)
Tetsuo Imazawa (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Script:
Chiaki J. Konaka (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Michiko Yokote (Bakeneko)
Yuuji Sakamoto (Tenshu Monogatari)