[slober]

Yami Shibai

Intro first season
Spoiler (Click to View)



Synopsis by myanimelist.com

The mysterious, yellow-masked Storyteller is a man whose true name and origin are both unknown. He appears at dusk where children gather and recites sinister tales based on Japanese urban legends, to which his young audience eerily intakes. However, the Storyteller is no ordinary teller of tales. He incorporates a kamishibai, a traditional paper-scrolling device, to add visuals to his already demented narration.

A series of short horror stories, Yami Shibai begins with a bachelor who, after moving into a new apartment, immediately starts sensing a malevolent glare being pressed into him. A single talisman rests on his ceiling, but he has no way of knowing it is one of the few safeguards that separate him from a bottomless pit of suffering. Each story is more terrifying, more appalling, and more sickening than the last as the Storyteller's audience find themselves being sucked into the vicious world of his words.

For who?
Anime fans who would love to try something new
Horror
Jump scares are possible
No time
Bored in class

If you liked this anime you may like
The mushishi series
Sekai no Yami Zukan


The review

Yami Shibai translates to Darkness (Yami) and Play (Shibai) and that is exactly
what this anime provides small 4-5 minute long (stand alone) episodes centered
around a (well known often Japanese) horror story or creepy-pasta.

Yami Shibai just released the first (2) episodes of their 5th season.
It's an anime I personally love watching
This is something everyone can watch on the go in the bus or the train.
The first few seasons where the best and I'm getting the feeling that some of the newer episodes are lacking a certain depth in their story.

It's certainly not easy to pack a deep story inside a five minute animation but you can see a clear difference between a first season episode and an episode from the 4th or the fifth season.

Overall I'm still enjoy watching them and this show is one of my favorites due to the stand alone episodes and their duration.

If I would need to give this show a grade including all the previous season it would be a B-
The first 2 episodes of the 5th seasons aren't exactly promising and would get a D

Although you shouldn't base your decision to watch this one of a kind anime by this review I'm still enjoying this show very very much and I would recommend it to anyone.🤝

[ankitkhosya]

yami shibai is quite a rare anime standing on its own cause kaganui with similar animation was quite disliked by people, its like producers are trying to experiment in the horror with the "Out of BOX" animation and yami shibai is pretty decent to kill 3 mins. at 1 AM .

I like season 1 and season 3 the most. Season 5 is also keeping me hungry for more.