The Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai anime series will return in Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 17, which premieres on July 12 on the TV Tokyo channel. The theme of Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 17 will be “decision,” and a new key visual was revealed.
Cast members in the new season include:
- Kanji Tsuda
- Tomoko Ōishi
- Satoko Tsuchiya
- Ryō Shinoda
- Ray Shirakawa
- Toshimasa Niiro
- Miu Miyake
- Akari Nakamura
- Ann Yamane
- Rina Gorōmaru
- Sōsuke Hanatani
- Takuya (from Fuurin)
- Shoji (from Fuurin)
Fuurin performs the ending theme song “Yamishibai no Blues.”
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. Hiromu Kumamoto, Mitsuhiro Sasaki, and Kanako Ishigami are the scriptwriters.
Animators working on the 17th season include:
- Kazuma Taketani
- jimmy
- OHAGI
- Yū Ebihara
- Momoka Higurashi
- “nishiyama&rie”
- Takashi Iitsuka
- Oroka Ohno
- Norio Yamakawa
Shōma Mutō, Chōji Yoshikawa, and Kazuma Taketani are the anime’s storyboarders.
Crunchyroll is currently streaming Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai Season 16 in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.
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.
