The original Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories series of anime shorts featured six-minute horror stories based on urban legends in a modern day setting.
TV Tokyo announced on Monday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of the Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories television anime that will premiere on September 9.
The anime’s first season premiered in July 2013, and the seventh and most recent season premiered in July 2019.
The anime is also inspiring the currently airing Ninja Collection spinoff anime, which similarly stars idols and 2.5D stage play actors, and premiered on July 12.