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Complete13 / 13 episodes aired
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- Premiered
- Summer 2013
- Aired
- Jul 15, 2013 – Sep 30, 2013
- Broadcast
- Duration
- 4 min
- Time to Complete
- 52m
- Rating
- PG - Children
- Studio
- ILCA
Alternative Titles
ja闇芝居
en-x-romajiYami Shibai
enYamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
esYamishibai: Historias japonesas de Fantasmas
thเรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น
Synopsis
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]
Synopsis
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 deme
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.
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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 deme
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]
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Franchise Timeline
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai is entry 1 of 16 in the Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai watch order — the first entry in this franchise's main story.
Franchise Timeline
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Essential·Core entries only — skip filler and side content
- 1Theatre of Darkness: YamishibaiSeason 1
- 2Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2Season 2
- 3Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3Season 3
- 4Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4Season 4
- 5Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5Season 5
- 6Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6Season 6
- 7Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 7Season 7
- 8Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 8Season 8
- 9Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9Season 9
- 10Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 10Season 10
- 11Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11Season 11
- 12Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12Season 12
- 13Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 13Season 13
- 14Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 14Season 14
- 15Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 15Season 15
- 16Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16Season 16
Complete·Everything including OVAs, specials & side stories
- 1Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
- 2The World YAMIZUKANOptional TV
- 3Ninja CollectionOptional TV
- 4Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2
- 5Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3
- 6Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4
- 7Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5
- 8Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6
- 9Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 7
- 10Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 8
- 11Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9
- 12Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai - The Old WellOptional ONA
- 13Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 10
- 14Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11
- 15Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12
- 16Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 13
- 17Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 14
- 18Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 15
- 19Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16
Episode Guide
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Information
- Type
- TV
- Status
- Finished
- Premiered
- Summer 2013
- Aired
- Jul 15, 2013 – Sep 30, 2013
- Broadcast
- Episodes
- 13 / 13
- Duration
- 4 min
- Time to Complete
- 52m
- Rating
- PG - Children
- Studio
- ILCA
Alternative Titles
ja闇芝居
en-x-romajiYami Shibai
enYamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
esYamishibai: Historias japonesas de Fantasmas
thเรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น
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