Is Yami Shibai 4 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 4 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-4-winter-2017 for the full breakdown.

Will Yami Shibai 4 be renewed?

Yami Shibai 4 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 4's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai 4'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-4-winter-2017.

Aliases

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 4, เรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น ภาค 4, Yami Shibai 4, Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4, 闇芝居 4, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Fourth Season, Theater of Darkness 4th Season, Japanese Ghost Stories 4, 闇芝居 4期, Yamishibai: Historias Japonesas de Fantasmas Temporada 4, Theater of Darkness: Yamishibai 4

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4

Yami Shibai 4

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Excited children gather around the enigmatic masked Storyteller once more. His unique kamishibai storytelling draws them into tales of fear and dread. These are dark and foreboding stories, which could happen to anyone...

This season has tales of a salaryman who buries a dead cat, only to be haunted soon after; a college student and her cheap new apartment that hides a ghastly secret; boys exploring an abandoned haunted house before coming across a strange fish tank; a man who finds himself on the wrong bus, and in more danger than he thought possible; and a young couple's visit to an amusement park, which suddenly takes a dark turn. All these stories and more await in Yami Shibai 4.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Last updated

Oct 28, 2026, 06:19 AM

Evidence

Announcement status

Official announcement records with supporting citations.

Confirmed

TV season

Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2017, 12:00 AM.

Franchise overview

Franchise timeline

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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 Jan 1, 2017, 12:00 AM

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.

Financial & Commercial0

Production Feasibility0

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Strategic Priors0

Fandom Engagement0

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:19 AM

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Renewal FAQ

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 renewal questions

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

Is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 getting a new season?: Yes - Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 be renewed?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4 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 4's renewal probability?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4'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	54	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	36	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	7,979	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	25	Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	675	Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	0	Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	momentum log ratio	GLOBAL	0	Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	1	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	2,365	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	12,526	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	57.18	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	22,747	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	32,826	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	7,258	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	553	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	1,581	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.48	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	figures total	GLOBAL	0	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	goods total	GLOBAL	31	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	media total	GLOBAL	5	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch added 30d	GLOBAL	60	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch total	GLOBAL	36	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	49,484	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	3,208	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	994,309	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	365	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	3	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	13	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	728	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	13	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	13	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.67	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	5,298	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	58.2	Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	57	Sep 13, 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	22	May 14, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	296,211	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	380	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	157,258	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	157,258	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM

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