Original Short TV Anime 'Sekai no Yami Zukan' Announced for Spring 2017

An official website opened by TV Tokyo has announced an original series of horror anime shorts titled Sekai no Yami Zukan (Dark Picture Book of the World) on Friday. The anime is scheduled to air in April 2017.

Sekai no Yami Zukan will follow an omnibus short format and depict stories that revolve around UFOs, cryptids, curses, ancient civilizations, supernatural powers, spiritual experiences, mysterious cases, different dimensions, and urban legends through picture-story style. The anime aims to reproduce the retro atmosphere of occult stories that were prevalent in magazines during the '60s and '70s.

Cast
Storyteller: Takumi Saitou (Shin Godzilla live action)

Cast (Miscellaneous)
Kasumi Toi (Bakemono no Ko)
Asana Mamoru (Scoop! live action)
Yukihiro Takiguchi (Tsuki to Uso to Satsujin live action)
Aoi Imagawa (Sengoku Choujuu Giga: Kou)
Nomakes (Idol unit)
Tetsu Watanabe (Neko no Ongaeshi)

Staff
Director: Noboru Iguchi (Yami Shibai 2nd Season)
Episode Director: Kazufumi Nakahira, Ryouhei Ueno, Takashi Iitsuka
Script: Oolongta Yoshida (Doamaiger D)
Key Animator: Yuu Ebihara, Jun Honda, Reijirou Katou, Tatsuya Morino, Ryou Kudou
Planning: Norio Yamakawa (Nora), Takuya Iwasaki (Yami Shibai 4th Season)
Producer: Nobuyuki Hosoya (Girlfriend (Kari)), Akira Funada (Sengoku Choujuu Giga: Kou), Mana Fukui
Music: Yasuhiko Fukuda (Sakamoto desu ga?)
Studio: ILCA
Production Cooperation: Wonder Head

Ending Theme Performance: "me to me" by MONO NO AWARE

Official site: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yamizukan/

Source: Anime! Anime!

Sekai no Yami Zukan on MAL