The Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai anime series returns for its 16th season, and its bound to give anime watchers quite a fright this winter season. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16, including the release dates and schedule for all episodes.
The Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai anime, also known as Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, is a long-running series of anime shorts featuring four-minute horror stories based on urban legends. These shorts, and the animation style, draw inspiration from kamishibai, or paper theater, productions.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 episodes will release on Sundays at 11:20 a.m. PT / 2:20 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 will run for 13 episodes with English subtitles.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – January 11 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – January 18 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – January 25 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – February 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – February 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – February 15 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – February 22 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – March 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – March 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – March 15 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – March 22 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – March 29 – OUT NOW
- Episode 13 – April 5 – OUT NOW
New episodes of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 11:20 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 12:20 p.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 1:20 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 2:20 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 6:20 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
According to Anime News Network, the cast of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 includes Kanji Tsuda, Ryō Hirano, Yūta Hoshino, Yutaka Shimizu, Satoko Tsuchiya, Tomoko Ōishi, Yō Koizumi, Rintarō Sugama, Ukyō Okada, and Iku Wada.
Akira Funada directs and produces the anime at ILCA with production cooperation by ILCASHIPS and LEON STUDIO. Additional producers include Takuya Iwasaki and Norio Yamakawa. Scriptwriters include Hiromu Kumamoto, Mitsuhiro Sasaki, and Kanako Ishigami. Storyboarders include: Shōma Mutō, Kazuma Taketani, and Chōji Yoshikawa.
Animators working on the 16th season include:
- Kazuma Taketani
- Yū Ebihara
- Momoka Higurashi
- nishiyama&rie
- Norio Yamakawa
- Takashi Iitsuka.
yosugala performs the ending theme song “Masquerade Night.”
Where Can I Watch Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16?
Crunchyroll will be streaming Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS. In Japan, the anime will premiere on the TV Tokyo channel.
What is Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai About?
Here’s an overview of the series, via Crunchyroll:
Each week at dusk, a man in a yellow mask arrives at a nearby playground. Gather at his feet to listen and learn from the mysterious storyteller. He recounts tales of horror to his captive audience, each story darker and more sinister than the last. Drawing from traditional paper dramas, the stories weave myths, urban legends, and rumors from Japan’s long history of haunting tales.
