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.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai (Season 3)
Lend It to Me (Episode 1)
Air date: 2016-01-10
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A young man visits a bathhouse. A woman on the other side continually asks him for things, which he finds strange since no one else is in the bathhouse.
Tunnel (Episode 2)
Air date: 2016-01-17
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Two men are travelling and run out of gas in a tunnel.
Rat (Episode 3)
Air date: 2016-01-24
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A young couple moves into an apartment infested with rats and the young lady is bitten by one.
The Noisy Hospital Room (Episode 4)
Air date: 2016-01-31
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A man in a hospital notices strange noises coming from a hospital room.
Museum of Taxidermy (Episode 5)
Air date: 2016-02-07
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A young couple visits a taxidermy museum.
"That Side" Festival (Episode 6)
Air date: 2016-02-14
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Two girls attend a festival, but something strange happens.
Behind (Episode 7)
Air date: 2016-02-21
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: At the Kuchiya Inn, during a school field trip, all of the students are asleep, except for three boys. One of them, Osamu, tells his friends he doesn't want to sleep because he's been having a nightmare recently.
The Empress Doll (Episode 8)
Air date: 2016-02-28
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Two teenage couple visit an abandoned house for a test of courage. They find a set of dolls where the Empress doll is missing.
The Fourth Man (Episode 9)
Air date: 2016-03-06
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Two high school students run into the handshake men.
Merry-go-round (Episode 10)
Air date: 2016-03-13
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A young couple are at a mall carnival and the young woman is offered a free ride on the carousel.
Cuckoo Clock (Episode 11)
Air date: 2016-03-20
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A young girl visits her grandmother and is obsessed with a cuckoo clock on the wall.
In the Water (Episode 12)
Air date: 2016-03-27
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A boy sneaks into a closed swimming pool.
Drawings (Episode 13)
Air date: 2016-04-03
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A teacher notices a boy drawing pictures of people who end up missing.
