Kaidan Restaurant [TV]

Kaidan Restaurant is a Japanese children’s storybook series. 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.