Kaidan Restaurant
Kaidan Restaurant (怪談レストラン, 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 Katō. As of 2007, there were 50 volumes published by Doshinsha. Over 8 million copies of the books have published so far.
| Kaidan Restaurant | |
| 怪談レストラン (Kaidan Resutoran) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Horror, mystery, supernatural |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoko Ikeda |
| Produced by | Tomomi Imagawa (eps 1-11) Tomoharu Matsuhisa (eps 11-23) Takashi Washio Yosuke Asama (eps 1-11) |
| Written by | Shoji Yonemura |
| Music by | Hiroshi Takaki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | October 13, 2009 – June 8, 2010 |
| Episodes | 23 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Masayuki Ochiai |
| Produced by | Ten Washio Tomoharu Matsuhisa |
| Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
| Studio | Toei |
| Released | August 21, 2010 |
| Runtime | 100 minutes |
The books were adapted into a TV anime series by Toei Animation, which began airing in 2009. It derives its name from "kaidan", which loosely translates to "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.