'Yami Shibai' Gets 12th Season in Winter 2024

Television station TV Tokyo announced a 12th season for the Yami Shibai (Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories) horror short anime series on Thursday. The official website also revealed the staff, cast, and a key visual (pictured). This season will feature urban legends stories related to the theme of "Rules," and will premiere in January 2024 on TV Tokyo.

Staff
Director: Akira Funada (Ninja Collection)
Script: Hiromu Kumamoto (Yami Shibai), Mitsuhiro Sasaki (Yami Shibai 6), Chouji Yoshikawa (Kurayami Santa planning), Saori Aoki NEW
Animation: Yuu Ebihara (Yami Shibai 5), Momoka Higurashi (Yami Shibai 10), jimmy (KJ File), Hiroshi Nishiyama & Rie (Yami Shibai 11), Masamichi Kawanabe NEW, Shino Hongou NEW, Norio Yamakawa (Yami Shibai planning) NEW
Storyboard: Seima Mutou (Yami Shibai 9 animation) NEW
Producer: Norio Yamakawa, Takuya Iwasaki (Kowabon planning), Akira Funada
Production Cooperation: ILCASHIPS NEW
Studio: ILCA

Note: New staff involved with the new season are denoted with the legend NEW.

Cast
Storyteller: Kanji Tsuda (Redline)
Ryou Shinoda
Yutaka Shimizu
Ponzu
Honda Sujumaru
Haruo Yoshida
Asuka Nagatsuki
You Koizumi (Amamoyou no Solaris)
Yuuka Shidomi
Satoko Tsuchiya
Saori Aoki

The first Yami Shibai season aired in Summer 2013. Crunchyroll has simulcast each season with English subtitles. Sentai Filmworks licensed the first two seasons in December 2015 and released them on home video the following April. The latest season, Yami Shibai 11, aired in Summer 2023.

Official site: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yamishibai11/news/
Official Twitter: @yamishibai_TX

Source: Comic Natalie

Yami Shibai 12 on MAL

Winter 2024

Recent Comments

@VivavideoUser2x Huh, try telling someone without context or knowledge that this show has been on for 10 seasons. The uninformed will think that this is some very old and respected show with a lot of fans.

Dec 12, 2023 9:48 PM by RobertBobert

I thought season 10 would be the last, but we keep on going! XD

Dec 12, 2023 3:10 PM by towelgirl21

For real, this anime has been going on longer than most shounen,idk who keeps saying yes to more seasons like this, but I gotta give props for the anime lasting this long.

Nov 18, 2023 4:43 PM by VivavideoUser2x

@RobertBobert Japan really like urban legends. There is a tv series called "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" a live action series where actors playing the role of characters in story that base of real experience. Of course we can say that all story is fake. But also can be a little naive and say "what if this really happend?". Japanese peoples like horrors. So they can make many story as they want.

Nov 17, 2023 9:56 PM by Haou-Judai

Genuinely who is still watching this shit

Nov 17, 2023 12:01 PM by Curlybrace101

Great news. More Yami Shibai is always welcome

Nov 17, 2023 5:28 AM by Klad

Its like that meme "We have reached the point where we shouldn't be, but lets keep going to see what happens!"

Nov 17, 2023 5:23 AM by Ramkec

Did not expect new season so soon.

Nov 17, 2023 1:05 AM by S4N

good for a cold rainy night while i'm home alone looking forward to more

Nov 17, 2023 12:29 AM by yamiyugi101

I'm on the 5th installment so far, it's not a bad franchise, I seem to be returning to it from time to time... not forgettable at all! 😁

Nov 16, 2023 7:19 PM by Berry-Vodka

@Half_Bl00d I only missed 2 or 3 due to the fact that I completely forgot about it and then didn't have time to watch in the ongoing. But even if I watch it a year or two later, it's still pretty much the same show.

Nov 16, 2023 12:44 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Wow it really has been 10 years, I was watching it from first episode of first season as it was airing. Time flies... Looking at my scores, I liked the first and second seasons the most, after that it was it was juggling between bad before settling on plain boring.

@GakutoDeathGlare This is the only thing I found that has more seasons xD

Nov 16, 2023 12:37 PM by Half_Bl00d

Am I the only one who still enjoys the series? Not all of the stories are good but some of them are fairly entertaining

Nov 16, 2023 12:35 PM by The_L4st_Dodo

Are there any anime that have more seasons than Yami Shibai, that are also one cour in length? 12th season is kind of impressive, ngl

Nov 16, 2023 12:20 PM by GakutoDeathGlare

@Half_Bl00d It’s hard for me to accept that the project has existed for 10 years. I still remember how some episodes of the second season made me feel uncomfortable. But unfortunately, for many years now I can’t even understand the essence of some episodes, lol.

Nov 16, 2023 12:12 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert They went over the "100 stories" already but I guess they have an infinite supply. They've gotten really stale at like 5 seasons in though, it's not interesting any more :/

Nov 16, 2023 12:10 PM by Half_Bl00d

@Half_Bl00d I'm really impressed that they're still finding stories to continue. Are there still urban legends even after 10 seasons?

Nov 16, 2023 12:06 PM by RobertBobert

Why... just stop beating this dead horse please...

Nov 16, 2023 11:41 AM by Half_Bl00d