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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

2013 · 17 seasons

Short, stylized folk-horror vignettes that creep under your skin with simple paper-cutout imagery and a lingering sense of dread.

Created by: Akira Funeda, Tomoya Takashima
Genres: Animation
Starring: Kanji Tsuda, Yūto Ikeda, 桃ノ井理子

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and bleak. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Death, fate, madness, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Created by: Akira Funeda, Tomoya Takashima
Genres: Animation
Starring: Kanji Tsuda, Yūto Ikeda, 桃ノ井理子

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Full breakdown

Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
fate
madness
guilt
isolation
Places: small town
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
animated
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

Cast

Kanji TsudaStoryteller (voice)
Yūto IkedaThe Boy (voice)
桃ノ井理子Audience (voice) / (voice) / Yumi (voice)
Hukami Homare(voice)
Tomoya TakashimaUmbrella Goddess (voice) (uncredited) / Taichi (uncredited)
Ryouta Murai(voice) / Shinichi (voice) / Husband (voice)
小泉ようAudience (voice) / (voice) / Akie (voice)
Emi Okamoto(voice)
柳川薰平(voice) (uncredited)
Ryō Hirano(voice) / Taro-chan (voice) / Hatanaka (voice)
佐佐木充郭(voice)
Risa AizawaAsako (voice) / Kanako Katagiri (voice) / Elevator Girl (voice)
白石るりAudience (voice) / The Dawn Girl (voice) / (voice)
Moemi KatayamaWife (voice) / Speaker (voice) / Housewife (voice)
星野勇太Kouki (voice) / (voice) / Ohara (voice)

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Genres: animation
Created by: Akira Funeda, Tomoya Takashima, 兼子昌也, 杉本健一
Written by: Hiromu Kumamoto, 佐佐木充郭, 岸野聡子, 石上加奈子
Starring: Kanji Tsuda, Yūto Ikeda, 桃ノ井理子, Hukami Homare, Tomoya Takashima, Ryouta Murai, 小泉よう, Emi Okamoto
Length: 17 seasons, 221 episodes, 4 min each
Network: AT-X, TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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