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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.

14 Seasons
179 Episodes
Returning Series
Animation
episode image The Talisman Woman
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#1 The Talisman Woman

S1:E1

This is the story of a man who had just moved into a particular apartment.

episode image Zanbai
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#2 Zanbai

S1:E2

This is the story of a man who went to a particular village in the country on a business trip...

episode image The Family Rule
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#3 The Family Rule

S1:E3

This is the story of a boy named Toshiharu who moved back to the country with his parents.

episode image Hair
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#4 Hair

S1:E4

This is the story of a teacher at a particular elementary school who had to work a bit late one day...

episode image The Next Floor
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#5 The Next Floor

S1:E5

This is the story of a particular family that went shopping for their young son's birthday present at a department store...

episode image The Overhead Rack
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#6 The Overhead Rack

S1:E6

This is the story of a particular man who did nothing but work, work, work, day in and day out...

episode image Contradiction
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#7 Contradiction

S1:E7

This story begins with a phone call that was received at a particular young woman's home, in the middle of the night...

episode image The Umbrella Goddess
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#8 The Umbrella Goddess

S1:E8

This is the story of a particular boy who went to visit his friend, who had just moved out to the country...

episode image Cursed
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#9 Cursed

S1:E9

This is the story of a particular mother and daughter who were inflicted with a terrible curse...

episode image The Moon
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#10 The Moon

S1:E10

This is a story about the members of a particular high school baseball team staying in a lodge for training camp...

episode image Video
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#11 Video

S1:E11

This is a story that three middle school students experienced on the last day of summer vacation...

episode image Tomonari-kun
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#12 Tomonari-kun

S1:E12

This is the story of a high school girl and some young boys who lived in a particular housing complex...

episode image Tormentor
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#13 Tormentor

S1:E13

This is the story of a particular group of boys attending an elementary school in the country...

episode image Taro-chan
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#14 Taro-chan

S2:E1

This is the story of a particular rookie police officer who displayed his ventriloquism ability at a traffic safety meeting...

episode image The Kitchen
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#15 The Kitchen

S2:E2

This is the story of a female college student who was invited to visit the home of her friend from high school...

episode image Inside
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#16 Inside

S2:E3

This is the story of a particular boy who found a worn-out old doll, and his family...

episode image The Wall Woman
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#17 The Wall Woman

S2:E4

This is the story of a particular college student who fell in love with a woman living in the housing complex across the street...

episode image The Locker
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#18 The Locker

S2:E5

This is the story of a girl in high school who had a crush on a boy...

episode image Nao-chan
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#19 Nao-chan

S2:E6

This is a story that happened to a particular boy and his family...

episode image The Capsule Toy Machine
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#20 The Capsule Toy Machine

S2:E7

This is the story of a businessman who was distressed because his work wasn't going well...

episode image Farewells
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#21 Farewells

S2:E8

This is the story of a particular man who came to visit the village where his relatives lived...

episode image Ominie-san
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#22 Ominie-san

S2:E9

This is the story of a new teacher who moved from Tokyo to teach at a middle school in the countryside...

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#23 Bugged

S2:E10

This is the story of a man who faithfully wrote in his journal every day...

episode image Picking Up
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#24 Picking Up

S2:E11

This is the story of a particular college student who picked up something forgotten on a train's overhead rack...

episode image Netsuke
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#25 Netsuke

S2:E12

This is the story of a particular female college student who came to help at her grandmother's store...

episode image Bringer Drums
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#26 Bringer Drums

S2:E13

This is the story of a particular married couple that moved to a village in the countryside...

episode image Lend It to Me
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#27 Lend It to Me

S3:E1

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.

episode image Tunnel
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#28 Tunnel

S3:E2

Two men are travelling and run out of gas in a tunnel.

episode image Rat
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#29 Rat

S3:E3

A young couple moves into an apartment infested with rats and the young lady is bitten by one.

episode image The Noisy Hospital Room
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#30 The Noisy Hospital Room

S3:E4

A man in a hospital notices strange noises coming from a hospital room.

episode image Museum of Taxidermy
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#31 Museum of Taxidermy

S3:E5

A young couple visits a taxidermy museum.

episode image "That Side" Festival
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#32 "That Side" Festival

S3:E6

Two girls attend a festival, but something strange happens.

episode image Behind
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#33 Behind

S3:E7

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.

episode image The Empress Doll
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#34 The Empress Doll

S3:E8

Two teenage couple visit an abandoned house for a test of courage. They find a set of dolls where the Empress doll is missing.

episode image The Fourth Man
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#35 The Fourth Man

S3:E9

Two high school students run into the handshake men.

episode image Merry-go-round
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#36 Merry-go-round

S3:E10

A young couple are at a mall carnival and the young woman is offered a free ride on the carousel.

episode image Cuckoo Clock
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#37 Cuckoo Clock

S3:E11

A young girl visits her grandmother and is obsessed with a cuckoo clock on the wall.

episode image In the Water
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#38 In the Water

S3:E12

A boy sneaks into a closed swimming pool.

episode image Drawings
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#39 Drawings

S3:E13

A teacher notices a boy drawing pictures of people who end up missing.

episode image Tongue
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#40 Tongue

S4:E1

A business on his way home from work spots a cat lying lifelessly in the road after being hit by a car. He carries it to the sidewalk, but it's clearly beyond help, so he makes a grave for it and heads home. That night, while relaxing at home, he hears what sounds like a kitten's cry.

Cast & Chracters

character image Storyteller (voice)

Storyteller (voice)

Actor: Kanji Tsuda

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