Kaidan Restaurant (???????, Kaidan Resutoran) is a Japanese children's storybook series. The books take the form of horror anthologies, edited by Miyoko Matsutani and illustrated by Yoshikazu Takai and Kumiko Kat?. As of 2007, there were 50 volumes published by Doshinsha. Over 8 million copies of the books have published so far.
The books were adapted into a TV anime series by Toei Animation, which began airing in 2009. It derives its name from "kaidan", which, here, loosely translates as "thriller" (from "kai", meaning strange, mysterious, rare or bewitching apparition, and "dan", meaning talk or recited narrative; a more direct translation would be a ghost or horror story). Rather than forming a linear plot, the anime follows the anthology format of the book and tells a collection of ghost stories similar to what would be traditionally told around a campfire. The anime was frequently among the 10 highest rated anime shows of the week in Japan.
The series was adapted into a hybrid live-action and anime feature film in 2010 starring Ayano Kudo.
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Plot
There is a loose theme throughout the series of the "Thriller Restaurant", which is introduced in the first episode. The remainder of the series is a collection of ghost stories reminiscent of the Scary Stories anthology and Kwaidan.
Each episode is broken up into three "dishes", namely the Appetizer, the Main Dish, and the Dessert. The "Appetizer" is a short story featuring something supernatural, such as ghosts, spirits, or similar. The "Main Dish" is a longer ghost story similar to the Appetizer, usually with a twist. The "Dessert" is a ghost story told by one of the main characters while playing Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (??????, Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai). These involve characters not related to the series and end with some sort of a moral lesson. From the thirteenth episode onwards, a fourth story is told while the ending score plays, replacing the original animation; these stories have a scary picture shown when the music ends.
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Characters
Main characters
Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi
Voiced by: Hiro Yuuki
Voiced by: Masumi Asano
Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata
Supporting characters
Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara
Voiced by: Hisayoshi Suganuma
Voiced by: Machiko Toyoshima
Voiced by: Y?ko Yajima
Voiced by: Ai Maeda
Voiced by: Kentarou Itou
Voiced by: Fuyuka Oura
Episode list
Anime
Music
Anime series
The ending theme is "Lost Boy", performed by SEAMO.
References to mythology and modern culture
- In episode three, "Passenger on a Rainy Night" is about a girl getting a taxi ride to her house, where she is revealed to already be dead. This is a version of an urban legend, where a person (usually a young woman) gets a ride from the place of her death to an address, usually the house of a relative or close friend.
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