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| Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories | |
 Promotional poster of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories featuring the Storyteller | |
| 闇芝居 (Yami Shibai) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Folklore, horror, supernatural |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tomoya Takashima ILCA Noboru Iguchi Takashi Shimizu Shoichiro Masumoto Takashi Taniguchi Tomohisa Ishikawa Masaya Kaneko Kunpei Yanagawa Kenichi Sugimoto Akira Funada |
| Produced by | Naoko Kunisada Nobuyuki Hosoya |
| Written by | Hiromu Kumamoto Mitsuhiro Sasaki Kanako Ishigami Satoko Kishino Ayako Yamaguchi Saki Kuniyoshi Brazily Anne Yamada Yuko Ichiki Norikatsu Kodama Nishioka Toniru Choji Yoshikawa Saori Aoki Kunpei Yanagawa Norio Yamakawa Noboru Iguchi Takashi Shimizu Shoichiro Masumoto |
| Music by | nico |
| Studio | ILCA |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, AT-X |
| Original run | July 14, 2013 – present |
| Episodes | 156 |
| Anime television series | |
| Ninja Collection | |
| Directed by | Akira Funada |
| Produced by | Satoshi Umetsu |
| Written by | Hiromu Kumamoto Mitsuhiro Sasaki Rei Tsuruga |
| Studio | ILCA |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, animeteleto |
| Original run | July 13, 2020 – October 26, 2020 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories also known in Japan as Yami Shibai (闇芝居, Yami Shibai, lit. Dark Play) and Theater of Darkness is a Japanese anime series. The first season was directed by Tomoya Takashima, with scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto and produced by ILCA. Each episode was animated to mimic the kamishibai method of story-telling. The series is organized into a collection of shorts with each episode being only a few minutes in length. Each episode features a different tale based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin.
The first season aired on TV Tokyo from July to September 2013, and ran for thirteen episodes, spawning a host of merchandise, a mobile game, while also receiving mixed reactions at the end of its broadcast. A second season aired from July to September 2014, and was directed by both Takashi Shimizu and Noboru Iguchi along with scripts written by Shōichirō Masumoto. The third season aired from January to April 2016. A fourth season aired from January to March 2017. A fifth season aired from July to October of the same year. A sixth season aired from July to September 2018. A seventh season aired from July to September 2019. An eighth season aired from January to April 2021. A ninth season aired from July to October of the same year, with the theme of the episodes being based on the Chinese Zodiac. A tenth season aired from January to April 2022. An eleventh season aired from July to October 2023. A twelfth season premiered in January 2024.
A spin-off titled Ninja Collection aired from July 13 to October 26, 2020. A live-action adaptation later aired.