Fifth Season of 'Yami Shibai' Announced for Summer 2017

by Vindstot
Jun 10, 2017 9:53 PM | 27 Comments

The official website of Yami Shibai announced on Friday that the short anime series will receive a fifth season, scheduled to air on TV Tokyo in July 2017. Staff and cast members were also announced.

The fifth season will seek to create "girls' style horror," featuring scripts written by female writers. The writers include stage play actresses Yuuko Ichiki and Satoko Kishino, as well as occult storyteller Ayako Yamaguchi.

Cast
Narrator: Kanji Tsuda (Yami Shibai)

Cast (Miscellaneous)
Yui Ishikawa (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Marina Tanoue (Durarara!!x2)
Fuuka Haruna (Eureka Seven AO)
Azu Sakura (Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season)
Asana Mamoru (Prison School live-action)
Saeri Umehara
Maho Yamada
Yuka Adachi
Sayako Toujou (Recorder to Randoseru)
Mai Kotone
Megumi Natsuki
Tsubame Amami
Sae Morita
LeChat
Ryouta Murai (Sengoku Choujuu Giga: Kou)

Staff
Assistant Episode Director: Hiromu Kumamoto (Yami Shibai 3rd Season)
Script: Yuuko Ichiki, Satoko Kishino, Ayako Yamaguchi
Key Animation: Shinji Nishikawa (Yami Shibai 4th Season), Ryou Kudou, Ayuki Mitsumata, Yuu Ebihara (Red Ash: Gearworld), Jun Honda, Kouki Mogi
Planning: Norio Yamakawa (Nora), Takuya Iwasaki (Yami Shibai)
Producer: Nobuyuki Hosoya (Girlfriend (Kari)), Motoki Hirose (Kowabon associate producer)
Production Cooperation: Gorilla Film
Studio: ILCA

Ai Higuchi will perform the ending theme "Yawarakai Kamen."

Source: Oricon News

Yami Shibai 5th Season on MAL

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i may be in the minority on this one, but for me seasons 1 and 3 were my favorites. 2 was okay and i can't find a soul who enjoyed / actually managed to watch season 4. i have some hope riding on it to be good, but if not i have 29 other shows to watch so missing 1 won't hurt me.

Jul 2, 2017 6:49 AM by gengar87

4th season was terrible. But i'll watch this and hopefully this season will be better.

Jun 16, 2017 7:49 AM by Chibi-Alice

I mean, the series already went to shit so theoretically it can only get better with another season so I'm not complaining. The only good seasons were the first and third.

Jun 11, 2017 11:00 PM by Protaku

...I can't believe I'm giving this another chance, but I really want to check it out because of the scripts written by female writers. I doubt that a change of gender will improve anything, but I need proof of that statement by actually watching it! For real though, after this one, no more chances-- including works of similar nature by the same directors (Sekai no Yami Zukan).

Jun 11, 2017 10:19 PM by Swiggy

The previous season was unimpressive imo. Hope the new season will be better.

Jun 11, 2017 5:47 PM by Stark700

Toa_of_Gallifrey said:
Surely can't be worse than Sekai no Yami Zukan..
...right?

Considering that was just another season of this but rename, yeah, probably.
This is getting close to 1/10 levels.

Jun 11, 2017 4:41 PM by Paulo27

Omg!! This news made my day ♥
Im a huge fan of the Yami Shibai Series!!! Watched all seasons so far and still love it. I really cant wait for the 5th to air!

Jun 11, 2017 11:43 AM by Kome-Kome

After watching sekai no yami zukan for fun, I think I would give a chance for these type of anime :D.

Jun 11, 2017 8:04 AM by Mariecat1

Who the hell keeps asking for this ?

Jun 11, 2017 7:51 AM by DatRandomDude

Surely can't be worse than Sekai no Yami Zukan...

...right?

Jun 11, 2017 7:02 AM by Toa_of_Gallifrey

Ramkec said:
I mean I'm fine with this, I don't know why are so many people butthurt, true the stories are not that scary, but I doubt they're even supposed to be, its more like children's stuff, plus we're getting some unique show.

Really glad about S5.

The thing is if you set the bar high in the first season with quality spooky stories, it's sad that with every new season it's getting worse.

And goosebumps was also children stuff and most of the stories were legit scary, so that argument can't be used.

Jun 11, 2017 6:26 AM by Xykko

I hope it's better than seasons 2-4.

Jun 11, 2017 6:14 AM by thebrentinator24

I mean I'm fine with this, I don't know why are so many people butthurt, true the stories are not that scary, but I doubt they're even supposed to be, its more like children's stuff, plus we're getting some unique show.

Really glad about S5.

Jun 11, 2017 5:45 AM by Ramkec

oh god why this again. just kill it with fire, and bury this deep underground. Better make more kagewani than the shit last 3 seasons they had

Jun 11, 2017 5:45 AM by Xykko

Juanda22Q said:
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!! I love Yami Shibai and its horror stories with japanese style (thats why a lot of people hate it)

written by all females writers? could be interesting :D

I'm really looking forward to it too! :D!!
I can't wait to see what's going to happen in this season!

Jun 11, 2017 5:00 AM by Dylvster

Juanda22Q said:
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!! I love Yami Shibai and its horror stories with japanese style (thats why a lot of people hate it)

The stories suck and the execution is terrible. That's why people are hating on this right now. The first season was great (in my opinion). Second season wasn't as good. Third and fourth season got worse and worse. The constant, unnecessary narration and the live action scenes in season four are why I hate on it. It has gone from a rating of 7.21 in the first season down to a 5.47 in the fourth.

Jun 11, 2017 4:25 AM by TFO1013

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!! I love Yami Shibai and its horror stories with japanese style (thats why a lot of people hate it)

written by all females writers? could be interesting :D

Jun 11, 2017 3:22 AM by Juanda22Q

Time for another season of Yami Shitbai -_-

Jun 11, 2017 3:11 AM by Half_Bl00d

Haven't the latter seasons been horrible? Why are they making more?? (Rhetorical)

Jun 11, 2017 2:09 AM by joe_g7

Lol, they continue this mediocrity? The series was getting worse and worse...

Jun 11, 2017 1:26 AM by TuyNOM

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