Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Akin to TV Tokyo's Folktales from Japan, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories takes a narrative format to explore the rich occult history from Japan, moreover, the storytelling techniques in this brand new series will mimic kamishibai – a traditional storytelling technique inspired by the artistic usage of paper figures and scrolls. "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".

Series details

• Title: Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Horror, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2013-07-15
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 13073
• IMDb ID: tt3111906
• TVDB ID: 271591

Cast and credited roles

• Kanji Tsuda — Story teller

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-07-15; final listed air date 2013-09-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-07-07; final listed air date 2014-09-29; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-01-10; final listed air date 2016-04-03; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-01-15; final listed air date 2017-03-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2017-07-02; final listed air date 2017-10-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 6: premiered 2018-07-06; final listed air date 2018-09-28; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2019-07-08; final listed air date 2019-09-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 8: premiered 2021-01-10; final listed air date 2021-04-04.
• Season 9: premiered 2021-07-11; final listed air date 2021-10-03.
• Season 10: premiered 2022-01-09; final listed air date 2022-04-03; episode order: 13.
• Season 11: premiered 2023-07-09; final listed air date 2023-10-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 12: premiered 2024-01-14; final listed air date 2024-04-07.
• Season 13: premiered 2024-07-14; final listed air date 2024-10-06; episode order: 13.
• Season 14: premiered 2025-01-05; final listed air date 2025-04-06; episode order: 13.
• Season 15: premiered 2025-07-13; final listed air date 2025-10-05; episode order: 13.
• Season 16: premiered 2026-01-11; final listed air date 2026-04-05.
• Season 17: premiered 2026-07-12; final listed air date 2026-09-13.

Source and licence

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