Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales

Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
Cover of the first released DVD by Geneon Universal Entertainment
怪 〜ayakashi〜 Japanese Classic Horror
GenreHorror, mystery, supernatural[1][2][3][4]
Created by
Anime television series
Directed byTetsuo Imazawa (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Kouzou Nagayama (Tenshu Monogatari)
Kenji Nakamura (Bake Neko)
Produced byAtsuya Takase
Atsutoshi Umezawa
Hiroaki Shibata
Yukihiro Itō
Kōji Yamamoto
Written byChiaki J. Konaka (Yotsuya Kaidan)
Yuuji Sakamoto (Tenshu Monogatari)
Michiko Yokote (Bake Neko)
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
English network
Original run January 13, 2006 – March 24, 2006
Episodes11

Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, known in Japan as Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror (怪 〜ayakashi〜 Japanese Classic Horror), is a Japanese anime horror anthology television series produced by Toei Animation.

The series is made up of three stories: "Yotsuya Ghost Story" (Yotsuya Kaidan), an adaptation of the classic Yotsuya Ghost Story kabuki play by Nanboku Tsuruya IV; "Goddess of the Dark Tower (Tenshu Monogatari)", based on the play by Kyōka Izumi; and "Goblin Cat (Bake Neko)", an original story by Kenji Nakamura and Michiko Yokote.[5]

  1. ^ Beveridge, Chris (July 11, 2007). "Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales - Yotsuya Ghost Story". Mania.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Beveridge, Chris (May 14, 2007). "Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales - Goddess of the Dark Tower". Mania.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Beveridge, Chris (August 29, 2007). "Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales - Goblin Cat". Mania.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "AYAKASHI - Japanese Classic Horror - BAKENEKO" (in French). Toei Animation Europe. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Toei website: Ayakashi - Yotsuya Kaidan". Retrieved 27 August 2020.