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YamiShibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Anime Announces 13th Season For July

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On Friday, the staff for the Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories anime announced that it is getting a 13th season airing from July 15th. This season’s theme is “reminiscence.”

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The cast members for the new season include:

  • Kanji Tsuda
  • Kotomi Takahata
  • Toshimasa Niiro
  • Shinji Matsubayashi
  • Yutaka Shimizu
  • Takaya Yamaguchi
  • Yūta Hoshino
  • Risa Aizawa
  • Coisio Ringo

The staff includes: 

  • Director: Akira Funada
    Scriptwriters: Hiromu Kumamoto, Mitsuhi Sasagi, Choji Yoshikawa, Saori Aoki, and Dan Osano
  • Storyboarders: Shōma Mutō, Choji Yoshikawa, and Takashi Iitsuka
  • Animators: jimmy, Momoka Higurashi,  “nishiyama&rie,” Yū Ebihara, Shino Hongō, Makoto Okada, and Norio Yamakawa.

More about Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories: 

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories features six-minute horror stories, based on urban legends in the modern day. These shorts are inspired by kamishibai, i.e. Showa-era illustrated paper theater productions.

The anime’s first season aired in July 2013.

Crunchyroll streams the anime, and a live-action adaptation of the series premiered in 2020.

Source: ANN