Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (TV)

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Alternative title:
Yami Shibai (Japanese)
闇芝居 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, supernatural
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.
User Ratings: 106 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 11 votes (sub:10, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:15, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:29, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 30 votes (sub:30)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 184 users, rank: #3059 (of 6688)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.906 (Good), std. dev.: 1.3284, rank: #2835 (of 6689)
Weighted mean: 6.893 (Good), rank: #2770 (of 6689) (seen all: 6.91 / seen some: 7.32 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.961 (Good), rank: #2348 (of 5067)
Running time: 5 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2013-07-14
Official website:
闇芝居 (Japanese)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 17-23 (Apr 19, 2016)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Yamishibai Horror Anime (Dec 18, 2015)
Yamishibai Horror Anime Shorts Get 3rd Season in January (Nov 2, 2015)
Crunchyroll Adds Yami Shibai 2, Barakamon TV Anime (Jul 4, 2014)
Grudge & Zaborgar Directors Make 2nd Yamishibai Anime Season (Feb 4, 2014)
Anime Expo 2013 - Crunchyroll Panel (Jul 6, 2013)
Crunchyroll to Stream More World God Only Knows, Silver Spoon, Makai Ouji (Jul 6, 2013)
Yami Shibai Horror TV Anime Shorts to Premiere in July (Jul 4, 2013)
Press Release:
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (Jan 2, 2016)
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Blu-Ray (Region A)
    Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories - Complete Collection Seasons One & Two (Sub.Blu-Ray) 2016-04-19 (from $20.42)
DVD (Region 1)
    Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories - Complete Collection Seasons One & Two (Sub.DVD) 2016-04-19 (from $14.39)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Tomoya Takashima
Script: Hiromu Kumamoto (eps 1-7)
Episode Director:
Hirosuke Yanagisawa (ep 3)
Manabu Nakamura (ep 2)
Takuto 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 Yanagikawa
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)
Shoichiro 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 staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
English cast
(none)

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