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6.62Community score
from 10,729 ratings

DMediocre ยท #5,183

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Names

Original้—‡่Šๅฑ… (han)
RomajiYami Shibai
EnglishTheatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Chineseๆš—่Šๅฑ…็ฌฌไธ€ๅญฃ (unknown ยท via wikidata)
Also known asYamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories ยท เน€เธฃเธทเนˆเธญเธ‡เน€เธฅเนˆเธฒเธœเธตเธเธตเนˆเธ›เธธเนˆเธ™

Facts

FormatTV short ยท 13 ep ยท 5 min ยท 1h total
Aired2013-07-15 โ†’ 2013-09-30 (Summer 2013)
StatusFINISHED
StudioILCA
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresHorrorSupernatural
ThemesEpisodicDemonsGhostAnthology
StreamingCrunchyroll

Reception

Community score6.62 / 10
Bayesian score6.74 / 10
Composite45.3
On lists27,998
Favourited256 (0.9%)
Completion83.4%
Drop rate5.4%
In backlog36.9%
Score spread ฯƒ1.73

Score distribution

114521263301447251,24662,21973,19981,736985310432

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioILCAโ€”1 of 20
Broadcast seasonSummer 2013D59 of 89
FormatTV shortC126 of 417
GenreHorrorD155 of 272
Year2013D207 of 330
LengthShort-formC593 of 1,250
GenreSupernaturalD923 of 1,234
EraEarly 2010sD1,036 of 1,627
Season (all years)SummerD1,139 of 1,662
Source materialOriginal workD1,156 of 1,732
OriginJapanD4,958 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorTomoya Takashima , Manabu Nakamura
Series compositionHiromu Kumamoto

Franchise โ€” ้—‡่Šๅฑ…

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2
2014TV short39.8
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3
2016TV short38.6
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5
2017TV short39.2
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4
2017TV short34.5
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The World YAMIZUKAN
2017TV short25.7
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6
2018TV short39.0
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 7
2019TV short37.9
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Ninja Collection
2020TV short20.8
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้—‡่Šๅฑ… 9
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9
2021TV short38.7
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้—‡่Šๅฑ… 8
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 8
2021TV short37.7
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9 Special
2021Special
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 10
2022TV short42.3
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11
2023TV short43.4
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 13
2024TV short44.1
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12
2024TV short43.1
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 15
2025TV short45.0
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 14
2025TV short44.9
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16
2026TV short
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 17
2026TV short

Related

RelationYearTitle
sequel2014Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2
spin off2020Ninja Collection
spin off2017The World YAMIZUKAN

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