Where to Watch Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
17 Seasons
- KyotoBeatzMay 1, 2026Such a good anime, it’s a shame how obscure it is and how no one talks about it.
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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai has 17 seasons.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai has 221 episodes.
The key characters in Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai are Storyteller (voice) (Kanji Tsuda), Kouki (voice) (星野勇太), (voice) (Yutaka Shimizu).
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai was directed by Akira Funeda, 杉本健一, 兼子昌也, 柳川薰平, Tomoya Takashima, Takashi Taniguchi, 石川智久, Shoichiro Masumoto, Takashi Shimizu, Noboru Iguchi.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai was produced by Akira Funeda, Norio Yamakawa, Takuya Iwasaki, Nobuyuki Hosoya, Satoshi Umetsu.
Every week at 5 p.m. an old man in a yellow mask shows up at a children's playground and tells them ghost stories based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin. The man tells the stories on the back of his bicycle using a traditional kamishibai (Paper Drama) method and features a new tale each week.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai is rated TV-MA.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai is an Animation, Horror, Anime show.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai has an audience rating of 7 out of 10.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai episodes are 4m long.
There is no information yet from the studio on if there will be another season.