TV series
Yamishibai is a picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.
Availability
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai premiered July 15, 2013. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Yamishibai is a picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.
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Episode 1
A young man visits a bathhouse. A woman on the other side continually asks him for things, which he finds strange since no one else is in the bathhouse.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Ryouta Murai, Risa Aizawa
Episode 2
Two men are travelling and run out of gas in a tunnel.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode 3
A young couple moves into an apartment infested with rats and the young lady is bitten by one.
Directed by 石川智久Written by 岸野聡子Guest stars Risa Aizawa
Episode 4
A man in a hospital notices strange noises coming from a hospital room.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Ryouta Murai, 岸野聡子
Episode 5
A young couple visits a taxidermy museum.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by 岸野聡子Guest stars 岸野聡子, Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode 6
Two girls attend a festival, but something strange happens.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by 岸野聡子Guest stars Risa Aizawa, Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode 7
At the Kuchiya Inn, during a school field trip, all of the students are asleep, except for three boys. One of them, Osamu, tells his friends he doesn't want to sleep because he's been having a nightmare recently.
Directed by 石川智久Written by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Ryouta Murai
Episode 8
Two teenage couple visit an abandoned house for a test of courage. They find a set of dolls where the Empress doll is missing.
Directed by 石川智久Written by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Ryouta Murai
Episode 9
Two high school students run into the handshake men.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Sara, 岸野聡子, Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode 10
A young couple are at a mall carnival and the young woman is offered a free ride on the carousel.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Ryouta Murai, Nobuyuki Hosoya, Sara, Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode 11
A young girl visits her grandmother and is obsessed with a cuckoo clock on the wall.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by 岸野聡子
Episode 12
A boy sneaks into a closed swimming pool.
Directed by 石川智久Written by 岸野聡子Guest stars Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode 13
A teacher notices a boy drawing pictures of people who end up missing.
Directed by Takashi TaniguchiWritten by Hiromu KumamotoGuest stars Kanji Tsuda, Sara, 岸野聡子, Shoichiro Masumoto
Episode information updated Sep 12, 2026
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Ryouta Muraipolice reporter (voice)
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Ryō HiranoTooru (voice)
Risa AizawaAsako (voice)
白石るりThe Dawn Girl (voice)
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