Is Yami Shibai 5 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 5 has a 71% renewal probability. 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 71% 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 5's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai 5's CourScore is 71% 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 fifth season of Yami Shibai.

Last updated

Sep 11, 2026, 04:44 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

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, 2018, 12:00 AM

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

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 18 hours ago

Top reasons

Format continuity - Format (TV_SHORT) matches prior mainline entries
Crunchyroll Like Index - 2,390 likes / 2,399 reactions on recent episodes
Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 845,267 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)

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 & Commercial54

Production Feasibility56

Audience Reception68

Strategic Priors26

Fandom Engagement24

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedSep 11, 2026, 04:44 AM

Next scheduled17 hours ago

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 71 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
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	58	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	37	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	7,275	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	12	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	9	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	2,390	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	0	Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	2,176	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	11,027	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	62.1	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	19,293	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	29,509	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	7,773	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	547	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	1,307	Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.48	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	entry likes	GLOBAL	2	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	figures total	GLOBAL	0	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	goods total	GLOBAL	12	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	media total	GLOBAL	1	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch added 30d	GLOBAL	4.29	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch total	GLOBAL	13	Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	39,164	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	1,447	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	845,267	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	1,239	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	2	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	20	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	2,881	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	20	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	20	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.55	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	5,952	Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	63.3	Sep 7, 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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