Is Yami Shibai 16 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 16 has a 45% renewal probability. 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 45% renewal probability 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 45% 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

Jul 29, 2026, 04:25 PM

Evidence

Announcement status

Official announcement records with supporting citations.

Confirmed

TV season

Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM.

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 is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.

Confirmed

Announced Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.

Signal coverage: 92% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 56 minutes ago

Top reasons

Time since finale - ~3 months since estimated air window ended
Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 58.1
Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~619 followers

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.

Financial & Commercial38

Production Feasibility73

Audience Reception58

Strategic Priors14

Fandom Engagement0

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedJul 29, 2026, 04:25 PM

Next scheduledin 23 hours

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 45 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-updated probability out of 100.

Latest signals

Fresh telemetry

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

Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	3	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	33	Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	4.03	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	21	May 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	22,875	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	22,875	Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	9,878	Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
x official jp	posts 7d	JP	9	Jul 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	67	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	1,362	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	58.1	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
x official jp	silent days	JP	39	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	8	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	63	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	8	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	23	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	9	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	100	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
x	followers count	GLOBAL	3,122	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	2,378	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	556	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
five ch	thread posts	JP	61	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	263	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	12	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	1,379	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	1,202	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	4,894	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	8	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.25	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	0	Jul 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	53	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	9	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	76	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	3,311	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	315	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
x	followers delta	GLOBAL	48	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	62	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	839	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM

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