Is Yami Shibai 5 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 5 has a 100% 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 100% 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 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 fifth season of Yami Shibai.

Last updated

Jul 27, 2026, 10:32 PM

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

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, 2017, 12:00 AM

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

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 17 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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CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedJul 27, 2026, 10:32 PM

Next scheduled16 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 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-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
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	62.1	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	5,943	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	38	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	4.03	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	794,869	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	11,788	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	3	Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	12	Feb 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	7,228	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	13	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.55	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	11,788	Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	29,451	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	1,307	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	10,984	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	22	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	1,314	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	19,252	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	100	Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Jul 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.48	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	entry likes	GLOBAL	11	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	401	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	goods total	GLOBAL	31	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	2,192	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	figures total	GLOBAL	3	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	656	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	38,321	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	58	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	media total	GLOBAL	10	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch total	GLOBAL	44	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	2,174	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	7,760	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	3	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	63.3	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mfc	merch added 30d	GLOBAL	0	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	13	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	61	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	13	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM

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