Anime like Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4

What is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 about?

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished

Excited children gather around the enigmatic masked Storyteller once more. His unique kamishibai storytelling draws them into tales of fear and dread. These are dark and foreboding stories, which could happen to anyone...

This season has tales of a salaryman who buries a dead cat, only to be haunted soon after; a college student and her cheap new apartment that hides a ghastly secret; boys exploring an abandoned haunted house before coming across a strange fish tank; a man who finds himself on the wrong bus, and in more danger than he thought possible; and a young couple's visit to an amusement park, which suddenly takes a dark turn. All these stories and more await in Yami Shibai 4.

Tags: Stop Motion , Mixed Media , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Youkai , Anthology , Ghost

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

Kowabon

Also known as KOWABON.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

In today's world full of wondrous technological innovation, the unnatural and mysterious sometimes appear even more horrifying than usual. But despite how far society has advanced, the fear of the unknown always remains. The unfortunate participants in Kowabon find themselves in such a predicament, experiencing the supernatural through their everyday technology. From a frightening sight caught on a parking garage camera to a video chat that takes an unexpected turn, the victims struggle to escape that which haunts them. However, what awaits these doomed souls may be a fate even worse than death.

Tags: Ghost , Rotoscoping , Anthology , Episodic , POV , Urban , Cosmic Horror , Photography , Dancing , Office Lady

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

Amazon Prime Video

Tubi TV

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Kyoufu Shinbun (2014)

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Rei Kigata is a boy, a first year middle schooler at Ishido Middle School. He is not a believer of any paranormal phenomena such as existence of ghosts or spirits in any kind, but one day at midnight, while he is in sleep, a mysterious newspaper called “Horror News” is delivered to his room. The newspaper tells a story in which one of his teachers at the school will get killed in a car accident the following morning and Kigata will be a witness of the accident. The story turns into a fact in the following day and since then, the mysterious newspaper is delivered everyday.

Tags: Ghost , School , Philosophy , Aliens , Vampire , Gore

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