Yami Shibai

Yami Shibai

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories

Japanese

闇芝居

English

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Jul 15, 2013 to Sep 30, 2013

Episodes

13

Duration

4 min per ep

Broadcast

Unknown

Studios

ILCA

Licensors

Sentai Filmworks

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Original

Rating

PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Themes

Demographics

Statistics

Rank

4360

Score

7

Scored by

49334

Popularity

2024

Members

112581

Favorites

338

External Links

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]

Characters

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Adaptation

Yami Shibai