Finished A Christmas Carol and looking for something similar? Here are 20 shows that fans actually recommend — especially if you're into Supernatural and Kids.
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TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. Each episode will consist of three stories or "dishes": the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two "dishes" will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl...
The movie will feature special guests such as popular familiar characters from the TV anime series and the latest Youkai from the upcoming Youkai Watch 2 sequel games.
Taking place 30 years after the events of the original Youkai Watch TV series. There was once a 11 year old boy named Keita Amano who held a wristwatch that could command Youkai, he would make friends with the Youkai and fulfill a great many deeds. But when the boy grew up, he...
Like in any culture, Japanese kids grow up listening to the stories repeatedly told by their parents and grandparents. The boy born from a peach; the princess from the moon who is discovered inside a bamboo; the old man who can make a dead cherry tree blossom, etc. These short...
1960s --- Tokyo. Shin is a boy who lived happily despite being poor, loses his mother who is his only family member, and falls into deep misfortune. Itsuki, a boy who saves Shin also lost his older sister. Those two boys are joined by Tae, a girl who can see youkai and together...
With help from a 102-year-old goblin dwelling beneath their haunted apartment building, two siblings deal with ghosts and take on spooky mysteries. (Source: Netflix)
The new show will feature unique and returning Yo-kai. The comedy will also center on the original series' main characters: fifth-grader Keita (Nate in the English version), ghost butler Whisper, and popular Yo-kai like Jibanyan and Komasan. The original cast members for these...
Sequel of Shin Obake no Q-tarou.
Fifteen-year-old country girl Mon-Mon dreams of being a fashion designer and gets a job as an au pair to a rising star designer, Mrs. Kano, her baby girl PePe, and her silly writer husband. But PePe can make toys and animals do very odd things. Mon's employers don't seem to...
Sanpei is a lazy little 7 year old boy who rarely concentrates on anything beside eating his school dinners. Despite being constantly jeered at by his classmates for looking like a Kappa, Sanpei is a relatively happy go lucky boy that is quite content with living alone with his...
Sequel series to Furusato Saisei: Nihon no Mukashibanashi.
It's Halloween and Tuxedo Sam gets scared by ghosts. He tries to overcome his fears with his friends.
An Amazon Prime Japan Video exclusive. Foo, a kind boy, lives together with his grandmother. However, Foo has no friends. One day, as Foo is off picking herbs on a mountain to treat his grandmother's illness, he finds himself lost. But then he is saved by a boy demon with...
A commissioned anime by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Jibanyan introduces the attractions of the four main islands of Hawaii. The short features new Hawaiian versions of youkai. The famous locales in Hawaii featured include Kauai's Waimea Canyon, Oahu's Diamond Head, Maui's...
A short film by Okamoto Tadanari.
The Obake Zukan series illustrates various monsters and spirits and explains why they are scary. (Source: ANN)
An adaptation of the classic Japanese "Red Oni, Blue Oni" tale.
Music video for the song Yami Yami by Etsuko Yakushimaru that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Toshiko Hata.
Three elementary school students investigate the mysterious events happening at school such as sightings of giant poisonous spiders and rumors of a ghost in the last stall of the girl's bathroom.
Fans who liked A Christmas Carol tend to recommend Kaidan Restaurant, Yo-kai Watch the Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!, Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King the most. If you're into Supernatural and Kids, any of these are a solid pick.
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