The World Yamizukan
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | 世界の闇図鑑 |
| Romaji: | Sekai no Yami Zukan |
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| Runtime: | 5 minutes |
| Aired: | Apr 3, 2017 [7 years 9 months ago] |
| Ended: | Jun 26, 2017 [7 years 6 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
The anime is an omnibus short format that will tell stories of the strange and bizarre in our world, including UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, bizarre cases, different dimensions, and urban legends, told in a picture show style. The anime seeks to evoke the retro atmosphere of pulp horror stories that were popular in the 60s and 70s in magazines.
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Episode 1: The Black Shadow of Temptation
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-04-03
A man is haunted by horrible dreams, and wakes up in the middle of the night to find his wife getting dressed and leaving. Suspecting an affair, he follows her, but he finds something beyond his wildest imagination.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 2: The Fairy in the Snow
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-04-10
A boy builds a snowman, only to see it destroyed by his abusive father. Then, during a blizzard, the snowman shows up outside his window, beckoning him to go outside. Is this the start of a magical adventure, or something far more sinister?
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 3: The Reaper Racing Across the Plain
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-04-17
A hitchhiker on a desert road is picked up by a pretty blonde. But he quickly finds out that there's more to her car than meets the eye... and he's just embarked on a one-way journey to hell.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 4: What the Mysterious Circle Really Was
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-04-24
A farmer and his son are astonished one evening to find crop circles forming outside their home. Could it be aliens... or something even more sinister?
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 5: The Mechanical Men Come
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-05-01
A man eating dinner is interrupted when everyone around him turns out to be a robot. He struggles against the robot invasion, leading a rebellion from beneath the sewers of the city.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 6: The Nightmare That Disappeared into the Sand
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-05-08
Three teenagers are playing on an expensive private beach when they see a giant creature washed up on the shore. Two of them want to take pictures of the creature to sell to a magazine. The other wants to get out of there as fast as possible. All of them will suffer.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 7: The Innocent Clown
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-05-15
Two sisters are stuck at home on a cloudy day, after reading a story about a killer clown that drags its victims to the otherworld.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 8: The Mysterious Natives Who Never Get Sick
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-05-22
A man ventures into the jungle in search of his wife, who was researching a tribe that never got sick.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 9: The Cursed Box That Brings Misery
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-05-29
In an abandoned mansion lies a box that brings misery to all who touch it.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 10: The Strange Mask That Sees the End
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-06-05
A mysterious mask brings doom to all who put it on.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 11: The Call from Beneath the Earth
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-06-19
At a secret spot on an island nation, lovers are turned to stone.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 12: The Red Eyes at the Bottom of the Sea
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-06-26
A vacationing couple are turned into fishmen by an evil scientist.
Source: crunchyroll
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Episode 13: The Tree Shrouded in Fog
Runtime: 5 minutes
Air Date: 2017-06-26
A girl's soul is trapped forever in a sinister tree.
Source: crunchyroll
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