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“Dark retellings of classic Japanese fairy tales: "The Monkey and the Crab," "Click-Crack Mountain," and "Urashima."”
The Truth of Japanese Fairy Tales
世にも恐ろしい日本昔話
5.51
13,009 rank · 1,666 viewers · 2 favorites
Avant Garde
Horror
Psychological
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Synopsis
Dark retellings of classic Japanese fairy tales: "The Monkey and the Crab," "Click-Crack Mountain," and "Urashima."
The horrible truths behind Japanese Fairy Tales from the ancient times are finally revealed! This title includes three episodes: "The Monkey and the Crab", "Click-Crack Mountain" and "Urashima and the Kingdom beneath the Sea". (Source: Official Website)
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6.0
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100%
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median 6
mode 5
σ 1.00
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Jun 2015 → Sep 2019
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “When's the last time an anime you have watched scared you? In the most obvious sense? First ask yourself that question before reading the rest of this review. Yonimo Osoroshii Nihon Mukashibanashi...”
- 5 “This is a horror anime, but I was like WTF? All the time. There are three short stories, kinda disturbing, but not scary. I think pointless death isn't scary at all. I could write about the plot,...”
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A Ova Production
in association with
Group TAC · Toei Video
- Format 3 × 17′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 51m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2000 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-5909 catalog
Produced by
- Group TAC Producer
- Toei Video Producer