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.”
#6 - 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...
#10 - 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...
#12 - 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...
#13 - 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 - 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...
#20 - 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...
#22 - 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...
#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...
