Is Yami Shibai getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Yami Shibai 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-summer-2013 for the full breakdown.

Will Yami Shibai be renewed?

Yami Shibai 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's renewal probability?

Yami Shibai'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-summer-2013.

Aliases

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

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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

Jul 26, 2026, 12:28 PM

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

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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: High • Updated 2 days 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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Production Feasibility0

Audience Reception0

Strategic Priors0

Fandom Engagement0

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedJul 26, 2026, 12:28 PM

Next scheduled2 days 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 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
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source members	GLOBAL	537	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	channel views total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 30d	GLOBAL	20,721	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 7d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	views 7d	GLOBAL	20,721	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	uploads 30d	GLOBAL	25	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtube	subscribers total	GLOBAL	0	Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	6,500	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	68.68	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	16,401	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	29	Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	12	Jul 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	69.9	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	40,098	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	9,312	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	64,942	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	17.79	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	27,804	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.53	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	8	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	65	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	61	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	62	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	256	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	118,037	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	6,231	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
ann	rating	GLOBAL	6.44	Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	656	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	155,514	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
five ch	thread posts	JP	60	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	20	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	1,171	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	74	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	22	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	12,885	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	2	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	4	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	2	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	66	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	3,325,495	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	2	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	2	Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM

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