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1A 2015 horror anime consisting of three-minute shorts, seemingly unrelated aside from all taking place mainly through the medium of handheld and security cameras, and all featuring a skull-faced StringyHairedGhostGirl who torments the characters. Unusually for an anime, most of the animation is done through {{Rotoscoping}}. Compare and contrast Anime/YamishibaiJapaneseGhostStories, which also consists of episodic horror shorts.
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4* CameraAbuse: Happens in episode 5 when [[spoiler:a severed head falls on the camera.]]
5* DemonicPossession: Seems to happen to [[spoiler:Shoko in episode 4, the partygoers in episode 5, the insurance lady in episode 8, and the idol in episode 12.]]
6* FoundFootage: Somewhat impressively manages to pull this off in animated form. The bulk of the episodes take place as seen through handheld cameras, security footage, and video calls.
7* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The final episode ends with [[spoiler:the ghost girl rising into view and looking directly at the viewer, implying that she is approaching them the way she did the characters.]]
8* GoryDiscretionShot: Happens to one of the security guards in episode 6.
9* HauntedTechnology: The ghost who appears can apparently only be seen through video, and can attack people through it too.
10* MoodWhiplash: The episodes generally end with a JumpScare or someone getting killed, followed by the upbeat ending theme and goofy animated closing credits.
11* NoEnding: Things are hinted at but never really explained, and then the series just sort of ends.
12* OffWithHisHead: Happens to [[spoiler:everyone who appears on-screen in episode 5.]]
13* RedEyesTakeWarning: The ghost girl sometimes has them, [[spoiler:especially once more of them start cropping up]] along with the insurance lady in episode 8 and the idol in episode 12.
14* {{Rotoscoping}}

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