Is Yami Shibai getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai has a 74% renewal probability. This score is updated daily and reflects fandom momentum, streaming signals, and franchise history. Visit https://courcast.com/title/yami-shibai-summer-2013 for the full breakdown.

Will Yami Shibai be renewed?

Yami Shibai currently has a 74% 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's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai's CourScore is 74% 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-summer-2013.

Aliases

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, เรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น, Yami Shibai, Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai, 闇芝居, Yamishibai: Historias japonesas de Fantasmas

S212SUMMER 2013TV_SHORT

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Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

Yami Shibai

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A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

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, 2014, 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, 2014, 12:00 AM

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

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

Top reasons

Format continuity - Format (TV_SHORT) matches prior mainline entries
Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~27,396 followers
Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 3,325,758 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 & Commercial60

Production Feasibility56

Audience Reception76

Strategic Priors32

Fandom Engagement35

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedSep 11, 2026, 04:44 AM

Next scheduled16 hours ago

Renewal FAQ

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai renewal questions

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

Is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai getting a new season?: Yes - Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai be renewed?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 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's renewal probability?: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai's CourScore is 74 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	65	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	258	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	27,914	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
ann	rating	GLOBAL	6.44	Aug 29, 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
filmarks	mark count	JP	1,198	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	74	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
five ch	thread posts	JP	79	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	12	Jul 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	32	Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	61	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	9,324	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	6,554	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	68.66	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	65,009	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	118,159	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	40,130	Aug 12, 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	6,234	Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	155,514	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	12,883	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	3,326,087	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	124	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	2	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	9	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	48	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	9	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	9	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.53	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	16,442	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	69.9	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	67	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	31.29	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	63	Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	0	Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	20,721	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	20,721	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM

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