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The Best Episodes of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

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The Best Episodes of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

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.
  1. Background image for Zanbai
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Zanbai

    S1:E2

    This is the story of a man who went to a particular village in the country on a business trip...

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Family Rule
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Family Rule

    S1:E3

    This is the story of a boy named Toshiharu who moved back to the country with his parents.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for Flower Reading
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #3 - Flower Reading

    S5:E10

    The story of a company employee waiting at a bus stop. On a rainy night, a young girl with an ethereal feel about her begins the child's game of flower reading with a bloom held in her small hand. Is she a dream, or an illusion? Her readings toy with his mind more and more. As he watches the petals fall, the man learns of his own fate...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Hide-and-Seek
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #4 - Hide-and-Seek

    S5:E7

    The story of a family visiting the countryside. The grandma tells her grandson Takeshi that he must not go near the house with the mountain behind it. But Takeshi, during a game of hide-and-seek with his cousins, disobeys his grandma and enters the forbidden house. From there, Takeshi is led into a world of darkness...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Death Day
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #5 - Death Day

    S8:E2

    This is the tale of a certain family's tradition...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Delivery
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #6 - Delivery

    S7:E1

    Katagiri is housesitting for his friend, who's traveling and needs someone to be there to accept an important package he's expecting. The delivery finally arrives late that evening, but his friend says he's expecting another package the next day and asks him to stay one more night. Katagiri begins to wonder what is in these packages that's so important...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Public Phone
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Public Phone

    S7:E7

    Chie suddenly gets a call from her younger sister during work asking for her help. She heads toward the phone booth that her sister directed her to, but an unusual sight awaits her... What could have happened to Chie's sister?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Copycat
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #8 - Copycat

    S5:E4

    The story of two girls who have been together in all things since they were children. Yukari has always been the type who wanted to do everything her best friend Haru did. It's unclear whether she acts out of envy, love, or madness, but her feelings become a darkness that leads to a tragic fate...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Talisman Woman
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Talisman Woman

    S1:E1

    This is the story of a man who had just moved into a particular apartment.

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  11. Background image for The Woman in the Elevator
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #10 - The Woman in the Elevator

    S7:E9

    The residents of a certain apartment complex are taking the elevator early one morning. The day starts out like any other, but is soon warped by terror...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Refrigerator
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #11 - Refrigerator

    S7:E13

    The story of a close-knit family. The children look forward to their mother's cooking, and the parents watch out for their children. They live a happy life... but that happiness begins to change. What will become of this family?

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Elevator Attendent
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Elevator Attendent

    S13:E1

    This is the story of a girl who dreams of being an elevator attendant.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Capsule Toy Machine
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    #13 - The Capsule Toy Machine

    S2:E7

    This is the story of a businessman who was distressed because his work wasn't going well...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Wrong Number
    6.9/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Wrong Number

    S5:E1

    The story of a family leading a rather affluent lifestyle. A young woman realized her dream and married an elite businessman. However, contrary to her ideal, her new husband works so much that he has no time for his family, and things aren't going as smoothly as she'd imagined with her new stepchild. One day, as she's beginning to feel he exhaustion of this new life wearing on her, she receives a phone call. It sounds like someone's tried to call the nursery school and reached her by mistake...

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Footprints in the Snow
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Footprints in the Snow

    S8:E10

    This is the story of what happened to a certain pair of siblings on a snowy day...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Sleepless Child
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #16 - The Sleepless Child

    S7:E2

    Sawako and her young son wait alone at their home in the suburbs for her husband to come home. As the night drags on, Sawako's uneasy feeling begins to turn into fear...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for String Telephone
    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #17 - String Telephone

    S8:E12

    This is the story of a certain high school student...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Locker
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    #18 - The Locker

    S2:E5

    This is the story of a girl in high school who had a crush on a boy...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Paintings
    6.7/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Paintings

    S7:E4

    A certain young man visits an art exhibit after receiving a free entry ticket. The lady at the reception desk seems creepy enough, but all the paintings in this bizarre exhibit are like nothing he's seen before. When the young man does something he was advised not to do, an unexpected fate awaits him...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Curse
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #20 - Curse

    S8:E11

    This is the story of a certain high school student...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Sound of Laughter
    6.6/10(22 votes)

    #21 - The Sound of Laughter

    S8:E5

    This is the story of a certain high school student who was studying for his entrance exams, late at night...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Inside
    6.5/10(49 votes)

    #22 - Inside

    S2:E3

    This is the story of a particular boy who found a worn-out old doll, and his family...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Netsuke
    6.5/10(45 votes)

    #23 - Netsuke

    S2:E12

    This is the story of a particular female college student who came to help at her grandmother's store...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Give It to Me
    6.5/10(35 votes)

    #24 - Give It to Me

    S5:E2

    The story of a certain office lady. On her way home from work, she meets a young girl in the park who persistently asks her to give her things. The moment she begins to see her past self in this young girl, things take a frightening turn. Can she escape the darkness of material desire?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Reception Room
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    #25 - The Reception Room

    S7:E3

    The expedition crew finally make their way inside of Banagawa castle, where they confront the tyrannical machine shogun.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Zanbai" is the best rated episode of "Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Hiromu Kumamoto, it aired on 7/22/2013. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Family Rule".