Kowabon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kowabon is an original horror story which examines the possibility of there being a darker side to the digital age. What if someone, or something, was observing us through all our cameras and other digital devices for its own sinister purpose? Are there sinister supernatural elements at play in this age where people can't go one minute without looking at their phone?

The series is animated using a technique called rotoscoping. In other words the animators are tracing live-action footage frame-by-frame to recreate it as animation.

Series details

• Title: Kowabon
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Horror
• Premiere date: 2015-10-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-12-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Kids Station
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 3 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5188

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-10-03; final listed air date 2015-12-26; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kowabon on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.