Kamishibai (紙芝居, "paper play") is a form of Japanese street theater and storytelling that was popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the...

Kumamoto and produced by ILCA. Each episode was animated to mimic the kamishibai method of story-telling. The series is organized into a collection of...

Shōjo Tsubaki (少女椿, "The Camellia Girl") is a stock protagonist of kamishibai during its revival in early Shōwa period Japan. The character and her story...

This story was an early 20th-century Japanese folk tale performed on kamishibai. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as anime, live action...

religion. The clapping instrument was also used in Kamishibai to gather children so that the Kamishibai man could sell candy and entertain them with his...

Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in autumn of 1930 who originally debuted in a kamishibai (paper theater). Ōgon Bat is considered by some to be the world's first...

television and video games), as well as in Japanese media (including kamishibai, tokusatsu, manga, anime and video games). Superheroes come from a wide...

Netherlands were also popular in the eighteenth century. The paper play called kamishibai surged in the twelfth century and remained popular in the street theater...

when he managed an inn called 'Mizuki Manor' while he drew pictures for kamishibai. Mizuki was born Shigeru Mura in the city of Osaka, the second of three...

dream to become an artist equal with his father started when he became a kamishibai artist. He is also known for his work published in the early issues of...