The BEST episodes of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
Every episode of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories!
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.”
#1 - Hide-and-Seek
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2017
The story of a family visiting the countryside. The grandma tells her grandson Takeshi that he must not go near the house with the mountain behind it. But Takeshi, during a game of hide-and-seek with his cousins, disobeys his grandma and enters the forbidden house. From there, Takeshi is led into a world of darkness...
#2 - The Umbrella Goddess
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/2/2013
This is the story of a particular boy who went to visit his friend, who had just moved out to the country...
#3 - Swamp Offering
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2018
Haruko moves to a village in the countryside to live with her new husband's family, On the way, he tells her about a custom in the village that requires its residents to toss their most prized possessions into a swamp. Shortly after they arrive at his family's home, Haruko is forced to join in this ritual with the rest of the villagers...
#4 - Zanbai
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2013
This is the story of a man who went to a particular village in the country on a business trip...
#5 - Contradiction
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/2013
This story begins with a phone call that was received at a particular young woman's home, in the middle of the night...
#6 - Sewing Shears
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2017
A young woman in college has moved into a certain old apartment building. As she's unpacking her belongings, she sees a spot on the wooden floor where a mismatched board has been added. Curious, she lifts the board to find a dirt surface with a pair of rusty scissors stuck in the earth...
#7 - Tormentor
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2013
This is the story of a particular group of boys attending an elementary school in the country...
#8 - The Empress Doll
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2016
Two teenage couples visit an abandoned house for a test of courage. They find a set of dolls where the Empress doll is missing.
#9 - Public Phone
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2019
Chie suddenly gets a call from her younger sister during work asking for her help. She heads toward the phone booth that her sister directed her to, but an unusual sight awaits her... What could have happened to Chie's sister?
#10 - Refrigerator
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2019
The story of a close-knit family. The children look forward to their mother's cooking, and the parents watch out for their children. They live a happy life... but that happiness begins to change. What will become of this family?
#11 - Wall Woman
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2014
This is the story of a particular college student who fell in love with a woman living in the housing complex across the street...
#12 - Drawings
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/3/2016
A student teacher is on her way to her first day at her new school when she meets a strange boy at the park, sitting by himself drawing in a sketchbook. When she gets to school, she sees that the boy is in her class...
#13 - Locker
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2014
This is the story of a girl in high school who had a crush on a boy...
#14 - Video
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2013
This is a story that three middle school students experienced on the last day of summer vacation...
#15 - Inside
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2014
This is the story of a particular boy who found a worn-out old doll, and his family...
#16 - Capsule Toy Machine
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/2014
This is the story of a businessman who was distressed because his work wasn't going well...
#17 - Tongue
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2017
A salaryman 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...
#18 - Delivery
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2019
Katagiri is housesitting for his friend, who's traveling and needs someone to be there to accept an important package he's expecting. The delivery finally arrives late that evening, but his friend says he's expecting another package the next day and asks him to stay one more night. Katagiri begins to wonder what is in these packages that's so important...
#19 - Tomonari-kun
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/2013
This is the story of a high school girl and some young boys who lived in a particular housing complex...
#20 - Calling Crane
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2017
Some middle school girls are staying over at a classmate's house. At school that day, the girls had agreed to perform a ritual at the sleepover that they believe will let them speak to the dead. They're having a great time as they begin the ritual, but...
#21 - The Next Floor
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2013
This is the story of a particular family that went shopping for their young son's birthday present at a department store...
#22 - Nao-chan
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2014
This is a story that happened to a particular boy and his family...
#23 - Hair
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2013
This is the story of a teacher at a particular elementary school who had to work a bit late one day...
#24 - Lend It to Me
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2016
A young man is visiting a public bath house on his way home from work, when a mysterious, sweet voice from the women's bath asks him to lend her one thing after another...
#25 - Manga Café
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2019
Matsudera works at a certain manga café. One day, a guest asks if he has found a misplaced earring, and that's where the terror begins...