Is Yami Shibai 16 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 16 has a 100/100 renewal signal score. This score is updated daily and reflects fandom momentum, streaming signals, and franchise history. Visit https://courcast.com/title/yami-shibai-16-winter-2026 for the full breakdown.

Will Yami Shibai 16 be renewed?

Yami Shibai 16 currently has a 100/100 renewal signal score on Courcast. Signals driving this score include online discussion volume, sequel history in the franchise, and platform engagement data - all updated daily.

What is Yami Shibai 16's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai 16's CourScore is 100/100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single probability estimate. See the full score breakdown at https://courcast.com/title/yami-shibai-16-winter-2026.

Aliases

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Sixteenth Season, Yami Shibai 16, 闇芝居十六期, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 16

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16

Yami Shibai 16

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Sixteenth season of Yami Shibai.

Last updated

Oct 28, 2026, 06:18 AM

Evidence

Announcement status

Official announcement records with supporting citations.

Confirmed

TV season

Official announcement logged Jun 20, 2026, 04:20 PM.

Franchise overview

Franchise timeline

Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.

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Renewal pulse

Courcast score breakdown

CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.

Confirmed

Announced Jun 20, 2026, 04:20 PM

CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 3 hours ago

Top reasons

Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.

Runway

Anime original

This is an anime original, not an adaptation, so there is no source material to run down - renewal turns on sales and popularity rather than runway.

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Production Feasibility0

Audience Reception0

Strategic Priors0

Fandom Engagement0

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:18 AM

Next scheduled2 hours ago

Renewal FAQ

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16 renewal questions

Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.

Is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16 getting a new season?: Yes - Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16 has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16 be renewed?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16 has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
What is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16's renewal probability?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16's CourScore is 100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily signal score out of 100.

Latest signals

Fresh telemetry

Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.

Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	55	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	9	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	1,311	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	1	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	25	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	677	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	86	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	64	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
five ch	thread posts	JP	112	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	0	Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	72	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	1,521	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	3,549	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	1,436	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	552	Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	320	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	556	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	23	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	5,301	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	316	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	5	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	892	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	5	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	5	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.28	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	893	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	58	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	67	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	4.03	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	3	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	21	May 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
x	followers count	GLOBAL	3,177	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
x	followers delta	GLOBAL	-2	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
x official jp	posts 7d	JP	4	Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
x official jp	silent days	JP	53	Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	9,878	Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	33	Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	22,875	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	22,875	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM

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