Is Yami Shibai 5 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 5 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-5-summer-2017 for the full breakdown.

Will Yami Shibai 5 be renewed?

Yami Shibai 5 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 5's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai 5'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-5-summer-2017.

Aliases

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 5, เรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น ภาค 5, Yami Shibai 5, Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5, 闇芝居 5, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Fifth Season, Theater of Darkness 5th Season, Japanese Ghost Stories 5, 闇芝居 5期, Theatre of Darkness, Yamishibai 5, Yamishibai: Historias Japonesas de Fantasmas Temporada 5, Theater of Darkness:Yamishibai 5

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5

Yami Shibai 5

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The mysterious masked Storyteller returns to tell more twisted tales of horror. Continuing his particular style of kamishibai inspired storytelling, he now finds that his audience is an eerie crowd of young girls, who eagerly await his devilish stories.

He recounts ghostly legends involving girls of all ages: a housewife who receives a barrage of chilling phone calls; a strange girl whose flower readings are always right; a mother and daughter's ominous meeting with the "crow lady"; and a young girl whose demands from others grow more and more outrageous with each request. Witness once again the Storyteller's haunting and gripping tales, which are sure to leave one with more than just chills...

(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, 2018, 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, 2018, 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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CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:19 AM

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Renewal FAQ

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5 renewal questions

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

Is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5 getting a new season?: Yes - Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5 has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5 be renewed?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5 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 5's renewal probability?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5'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	58	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	28	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	7,339	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	25	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	675	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	0	Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	2,180	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	11,064	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	62.12	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	19,349	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	29,585	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	7,781	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	551	Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	1,316	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.48	Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	entry likes	GLOBAL	2	Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	figures total	GLOBAL	0	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	goods total	GLOBAL	0	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	media total	GLOBAL	4	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch added 30d	GLOBAL	0	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch total	GLOBAL	4	Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	39,165	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	1,447	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	845,545	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	351	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	4	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	18	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	502	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	18	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	18	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.55	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	5,967	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	63.3	Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	61	Sep 7, 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	12	Feb 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	11,788	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	11,788	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM

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