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.
Ghost stories are a summer tradition in Japan, and short form horror anime series Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories has been confirmed to return to TV Tokyo for a seventh season in July of 2019. Voice actor Kanji Tsuda reprises his role as the narrator, and the new season is directed by Kenichi Sugimoto (DRAWIZ) and features animation production by ILCA and production cooperation by IANDA and DRAWIZ.
The seventh season of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories features scripts by Hiromu Kumamoto, Sasaki Mitsuhiro, Ayako Yamaguchi, and Saki Kuniyoshi, and the series also features the voice talents of Ryouta Murai, Shunsaku Yoshimura, Ryō Shinoda, Nobuhiko Ōakami (Nanafushigi), Masaki Sawai, Rimo Hasegawa, Sena Horikoshi, Hikaru Kotama, Yuki Nishinoya, Ayaka Ota, Taku Nanase, Kumi Nakamura, Sae Izumi, Sachiko Nakagomi, Kazuo Andô, and others.
