Yamishibai: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Yamishibai (2020): Horror. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
It is a live-action version of the popular horror anime "Yamishibai" Every week at 5 p.m. an old man in a yellow mask (the kamishibaiya or kamishibai narrator) shows up at a children's playground and tells them ghost stories based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin. The man tells the stories on the back of his bicycle using a traditional kamishibai. Each episode has 3 stories.
Series details
- Title: Yamishibai
- Format: Scripted
- Language: Japanese
- Genres: Horror
- Premiere date: 2020-09-10
- Final broadcast date listed: 2020-11-25
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
- Web channel listed by TVmaze: TELASA
- Network country: Japan
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 53974
- TVDB ID: 388214
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2020-09-10; final listed air date 2020-11-25; episode order: 12.
Source and licence
Adapted from Yamishibai 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.
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