
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- 闇芝居
- Release
- July 15, 2013
- Screen Time
- 17 seasons · 4min/ep
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Production Status
- Ongoing
Personas & Cast

Kanji Tsuda
Storyteller (voice)
197 eps.

星野勇太
Villager (voice) / Indistinct sound (voice) / Ancestor (voice) / Naomichi (voice) / Photographer (voice) / Kouki (voice) / Kimihiko (voice) / Takashi (voice) / Satoda (voice) / Tsukasa (voice) / Resident of Room 204 (voice) / Shimizu (voice) / Ohara (voice) / Tateno (voice) / Boyfriend (voice) / Announcer (voice) / (voice) / Takaya (voice) / Akie's Classmate (voice)
48 eps.

Yutaka Shimizu
Shigenobu Kunitake (voice) / Natsukawa (voice) / (voice) / Audience (voice) / Akio (voice) / Nobuo (voice) / Kaori's Husband (voice) / Takeuchi (voice) / Shibasaki (voice) / Kotaro Higashimura (voice) / Park ranger (voice) / Kyusaku (voice) / Mr. Shiono (voice) / Taxi Driver (voice) / Kameda (voice) / Psychiatrist (voice) / Eita's Father (voice) / Naoya's Father (voice) / Elderly Husband (voice)
45 eps.

Ponzu
Syugo (voice) / Nunokawa (voice) / Audience (voice) / Villager (voice) / Husband (voice) / Mr. Murata / Cat Owner (voice) / (voice) / Tomohisa's Father (voice) / Nobuhito's Father (voice) / Watanabe (voice) / Naoto (voice) / Lottery Man (voice) / Mr. Sugita (voice) / Osamu Sakakibara (voice)
43 eps.

土屋咲登子
Mio (voice) / Tae (voice) / Nurse (voice) / (voice) / Mrs. Murata / Kimiyo (voice) / Megumi (voice) / Hiroshi's Mother (voice) / Rie (voice) / Yoko (voice) / Villager (voice) / Passenger (voice) / The Lady in the Ending Theme / Keita's Mother (voice) / Kaoru (voice) / Mrs. Sugita (voice) / The Boy's Mother (voice) / ex-wife (voice) / Eiko (voice)
41 eps.

Tomoko Oishi
Mysterious Woman (voice) / Yuri (voice) / Audience (voice) / Yoshiaki's Wife (voice) / Old Woman (voice) / Eriko (voice) / Old Woman (voice) / Naoto's Wife (voice) / Housewife (voice) / Elderly Wife (voice) / Yuta's Grandmother (voice) / Yukako's Grandmother (voice) / Tomohisa's Mother (voice) / Shunsuke's Mother (voice) / (voice)
35 eps.

Ryo Shinoda
Kyosuke (voice) / Kawaguchi (voice) / Tomoharu (voice) / Hamano (voice) / Miyama (voice) / Yuichi (voice) / Hiroki Ohta (voice) / Michio (voice) / Yukako's Grandfather (voice) / Masataka Yamagishi (voice) / Takuya (voice) / Dam repair worker (voice) / Mitsuki (voice) / Koichi (voice) / Sagawa (voice) / Ryuichi (voice) / (voice) / Station Announcement (voice) / Yuuichirou (voice) / Man (voice)
34 eps.

吉田晴雄
Child (voice) / Thief (voice) / (voice) (uncredited) / (voice) / Toma (voice) / Nobuhiko Kimoto (voice) / Onsen Visitor (voice) / Yoshihiko (voice) / Audience (voice) / Shoya (voice) / Tomoyuki (voice)
33 eps.

Toshimasa Niiro
Hieda (voice) / Narration (voice) / Tomohisa's Grandfather (voice) / Kuriyama (voice) / Mr. Kunitake (voice) / Shogo's Grandfather (voice) / Shinya's Father (voice) / Doctor (voice) / Takiko's Grandfather (voice) / Koichiro Ishii (voice) / Sugiura (voice) / Takagi (voice) / Old Man (voice) / Owner (voice) / Tooru's Father (voice) / Goro (voice) / (voice)
32 eps.

岸野聡子
Wife (voice) / Nurse (voice) / Shadows of Women (voice) (uncredited) / Youta Sanada (voice) / (voice) / Miyako (voice) / Hide's Aunt (voice)
29 eps.

Ryouta Murai
Husband (voice) / Nobuaki (voice) / Mr. Masuda (voice) / Takayuki (voice) / Ito (voice) / Sekiguchi (voice) / Inoue (voice) / Annoyed Man (voice) / police reporter (voice) / (voice) / Kondo (voice) / Hide (voice) / Shiro (voice) / Yurika's Friend (voice) / Keita Haga (voice) / Kenji Endo (voice) / Shinichi (voice) / Widowed Man (voice) / Exhibit Visitor (voice) / Hayashi (voice)
28 eps.

小泉よう
(voice) / Eita (voice) / Audience (voice) / Girlfriend (voice) / Indistinct sound (voice) / Akie (voice)
28 eps.











