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.”
#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 - 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...
#9 - 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...
#11 - 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...
#12 - 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...
#14 - 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...
#19 - 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?
#20 - The Talisman Woman
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2013
This is the story of a man who had just moved into a particular apartment...
#22 - 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...
#23 - 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...
#24 - 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...