屍鬼

Shiki

During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After supposedly visiting this strange family, the fashionable Shimizu Megumi goes missing and the entire village goes out in search for her.

Names

Original	屍鬼 (han)
Romaji	Shiki
English	Shiki
Chinese	尸鬼 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Corpse Demon

Facts

Format	TV series · 22 ep · 23 min · 8h total
Aired	2010-07-09 → 2010-12-31 (Summer 2010)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Daume
Source	Novel
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Horror Mystery Supernatural Thriller
Themes	Survival Rural Ensemble Cast Philosophy Gore Denpa Urban Fantasy Pandemic Medicine Male Protagonist Achronological Order
Streaming	Crunchyroll

Reception

Community score	7.57 / 10
Bayesian score	7.57 / 10
Composite	60.2
On lists	129,980
Favourited	3,350 (2.6%)
Completion	81.3%
Drop rate	5.5%
In backlog	46.1%
Score spread σ	1.65

Score distribution

127822143553497252,02763,82578,827811,49098,001103,658

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Daume	—	1 of 19
Broadcast season	Summer 2010	A	3 of 58
Year	2010	A	26 of 253
Source material	Novel	B	32 of 170
Genre	Horror	B	33 of 272
Genre	Thriller	C	62 of 188
Era	Early 2010s	A	162 of 1,627
Length	Two-cour	C	176 of 699
Genre	Mystery	C	178 of 652
Season (all years)	Summer	B	219 of 1,662
Genre	Supernatural	B	266 of 1,234
Format	TV series	B	611 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	957 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Tetsurou Amino, Ichirou Tatsuda, Masanori Sasaki
Series composition	Kenji Sugihara
Character design	Ryu Fujisaki, Shinji Ochi
Original creator	Fuyumi Ono, Ryu Fujisaki

Franchise — 屍鬼

屍鬼特別

Shiki Specials

2011Special56.4

Relation	Year	Title
side story	2011	Shiki Specials

AniList id 7724 · MAL id 7724 · Bangumi 5653 · record updated 2026-08-27

屍鬼