The official website of the Yami Shibai TV anime announced on Friday that the short series will receive a fourth season, scheduled to air in January 2017 on TV Tokyo. Staff and cast members have also been revealed.
The fourth season will focus on the "storytelling" aspect, which is the origin of the picture-story show; featuring 13 different persons serving as the storyteller in an effort to create a new type of horror. The cast members playing the storyteller consisting of voice actors, stage actors and actors are as follows.
Cast (as Storyteller)
Kanji Tsuda (Yami Shibai)
Minori Terada (Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa)
Tetsu Watanabe (Neko no Ongaeshi)
Hisahiro Ogura (Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori narrator)
Satoru Matsuo (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Tomu Miyazaki (Hachimitsu to Clover live-action)
Shoichiro Masumoto (Sakura, Futatabi no Kanako live-action)
Ryousuke Takei (Nanatsu Made wa Kami no Uchi live-action)
Hino Arata (Haikei, Otou-san desu stage play)
Sawaru Ryuu (Karasu no Oyayubi live-action)
Naoki Yamazaki (Yamikin Dogs 3 live-action)
Shirou Nomura (Noh Master)
Han Arai (Pantomime Artist)
Cast (Miscellaneous)
Ryouta Murai (Doamaiger D)
Kaoru Marimura (Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns)
Fuuka Haruna (Eureka Seven AO)
Kazuki Ishiga (Live action Onidan Hyakkei)
Satoko Kishino (Yami Shibai 3rd Season)
Staff
Director: Masaya Kaneko (Rampo video game director)
Script: Hiromu Kumamoto (Kagewani)
Key Animator: Shinji Nishikawa (Kurayami Santa episode director), Ryou Kudou (Knuckles' Chaotix video game character desing), Ayuki Mimata
Planning: Norio Yamakawa (Nora), Takuya Iwasaki (Yami Shibai)
Producer: Nobuyuki Hosoya (Girlfriend (Kari)), Motoki Hirose (Kowabon associate producer)
Studio: ILCA
Takuto will perform the ending theme "Yume Oi Bito."
Yami Shibai previously received three anime seasons, with the first season airing in Summer 2013, a second season in Summer 2014 and a third season in Winter 2016. Each season consisted of 13 four-minute episodes.
Source: IT Media
Yami Shibai 4th Season on MAL
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