Original Short TV Anime 'Sekai no Yami Zukan' Announced for Spring 2017

by Vindstot
Mar 10, 2017 11:16 PM | 13 Comments

An official website opened by TV Tokyo has announced an original series of horror anime shorts titled Sekai no Yami Zukan (Dark Picture Book of the World) on Friday. The anime is scheduled to air in April 2017.

Sekai no Yami Zukan will follow an omnibus short format and depict stories that revolve around UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, mysterious cases, different dimensions, and urban legends through picture-story style. The anime aims to reproduce the retro atmosphere of occult stories that were prevalent in magazines during the '60s and '70s.

Cast
Storyteller: Takumi Saitou (Shin Godzilla live action)

Cast (Miscellaneous)
Kasumi Toi (Bakemono no Ko)
Asana Mamoru (Scoop! live action)
Yukihiro Takiguchi (Tsuki to Uso to Satsujin live action)
Aoi Imagawa (Sengoku Choujuu Giga: Kou)
Nomakes (Idol unit)
Tetsu Watanabe (Neko no Ongaeshi)

Staff
Director: Noboru Iguchi (Yami Shibai 2nd Season)
Episode Director: Kazufumi Nakahira, Ryouhei Ueno, Takashi Iitsuka
Script: Oolongta Yoshida (Doamaiger D)
Key Animator: Yuu Ebihara, Jun Honda, Reijirou Katou, Tatsuya Morino, Ryou Kudou
Planning: Norio Yamakawa (Nora), Takuya Iwasaki (Yami Shibai 4th Season)
Producer: Nobuyuki Hosoya (Girlfriend (Kari)), Akira Funada (Sengoku Choujuu Giga: Kou), Mana Fukui
Music: Yasuhiko Fukuda (Sakamoto desu ga?)
Studio: ILCA
Production Cooperation: Wonder Head

Ending Theme Performance: "me to me" by MONO NO AWARE

Official site: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yamizukan/

Source: Anime! Anime!

Sekai no Yami Zukan on MAL

OP ED New Anime Spring 2017

13 Comments Recent Comments

So, is this Tales from The Japanese Crypt? If so, I'm looking forward to it.

Mar 14, 2017 9:26 AM by TrashDax

"occult stories that were prevalent in magazines during the 60s and 70s"

Elaborate please?

I barely ever read magazines, heck I read a sticker-like book more that only had like 2 pictures in it. (was expensive to collect..)

Mar 11, 2017 3:35 PM by projectfear22

So a Yami Shibai ripoff

Mar 11, 2017 1:41 PM by Red_Keys

Rei366 said:

Bakemono no Ko live action

What ? Since when does this exist?

Apologies. I added the "live action" part by mistake. It has been corrected.

Mar 11, 2017 1:40 PM by Vindstot

Hoping it will be like Yami Shibai^^

Mar 11, 2017 12:36 PM by Chibi-Alice

Bakemono no Ko live action

What ? Since when does this exist?

Mar 11, 2017 11:30 AM by Rei_III

Hoping this will be as good as the 1st season of Yami Shibai

Mar 11, 2017 4:15 AM by SeijiroUshio

I'm getting the feeling of Yami Shibai from this one. It even has the same director as one of the previous season and studio.

Mar 11, 2017 1:11 AM by Stark700

Yea sure. I'll check it out. I love me some horror :D

Mar 11, 2017 1:06 AM by Gardevoir7

Picture-Story Style...The director of Yami Shibai S2...Well if it is anything like Kagewani, then I'll give it a try. It's a short series so I guess I can spare the time to watch it...

Mar 11, 2017 1:02 AM by Tarotist

i sense this one is gonna be laughable instead of scary.

Mar 11, 2017 12:39 AM by Gridley

interesting..... add to my plan to watch list :O .

Mar 10, 2017 11:54 PM by Nisx

Uh... I really can't say much but rather sketchy as hell about it.

Mar 10, 2017 11:18 PM by removed-user