Is Yami Shibai 6 getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 6 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-6-summer-2018 for the full breakdown.

Will Yami Shibai 6 be renewed?

Yami Shibai 6 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 6's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai 6'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-6-summer-2018.

Aliases

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Sixth Season, Theater of Darkness 6th Season, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 6, เรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น ภาค 6, Yami Shibai 6, Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6, 闇芝居 6, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Sixth Season, Theater of Darkness 6th Season, 闇芝居 6期, Theater of Darkness: Yamishibai 6, Yamishibai: Historias Japonesas de Fantasmas 6

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6

Yami Shibai 6

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The sixth 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, 2019, 12:00 AM.

Franchise overview

Franchise timeline

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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, 2019, 12:00 AM

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

Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 17 hours ago

Top reasons

Format continuity - Format (TV_SHORT) matches prior mainline entries
Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 763,124 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~5,522 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 & Commercial52

Production Feasibility57

Audience Reception67

Strategic Priors27

Fandom Engagement22

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedSep 11, 2026, 04:44 AM

Next scheduled16 hours ago

Renewal FAQ

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6 renewal questions

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

Is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6 getting a new season?: Yes - Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6 has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6 be renewed?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6 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 6's renewal probability?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6'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	57	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	35	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	6,396	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	22	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	673	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	0	Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	1	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	1,713	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	10,094	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	63.78	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	15,478	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	24,380	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	6,919	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	548	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	1,078	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	5.71	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	45,513	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	579	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	763,144	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	86	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	2	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	74	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	2	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	2	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.54	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	4,795	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	62.2	Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	60	Sep 9, 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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