Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
| Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales | |
Cover of the first released DVD by Geneon Universal Entertainment | |
| 怪 〜ayakashi〜 Japanese Classic Horror | |
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| Genre | Horror, mystery, supernatural |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa (Yotsuya Kaidan) Kouzou Nagayama (Tenshu Monogatari) Kenji Nakamura (Bake Neko) |
| Produced by | Atsuya Takase Atsutoshi Umezawa Hiroaki Shibata Yukihiro Itō Kōji Yamamoto |
| Written by | Chiaki J. Konaka (Yotsuya Kaidan) Yuuji Sakamoto (Tenshu Monogatari) Michiko Yokote (Bake Neko) |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 13, 2006 – March 24, 2006 |
| Episodes | 11 |
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.