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闇芝居 3

Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3

The third season of Yami Shibai. A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Names

Original闇芝居 3 (han)
RomajiYami Shibai 3
EnglishTheatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 3
Chinese暗芝居第三季 (unknown · via wikidata)
Also known asYamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 3 · เรื่องเล่าผีญี่ปุ่น ภาค 3

Facts

FormatTV short · 13 ep · 5 min · 1h total
Aired2016-01-11 → 2016-04-04 (Winter 2016)
StatusFINISHED
StudioILCA
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresHorrorSupernatural
ThemesEpisodicDemonsGhost
StreamingCrunchyroll

Reception

Community score5.96 / 10
Bayesian score6.35 / 10
Composite38.6
On lists9,444
Favourited56 (0.6%)
Completion91.8%
Drop rate2.8%
In backlog19.5%
Score spread σ1.89

Score distribution

1104212132454448584261,16879618467927310146

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioILCA—12 of 20
Broadcast seasonWinter 2016E80 of 92
GenreHorrorE220 of 272
FormatTV shortD291 of 417
Year2016E366 of 418
LengthShort-formE1,059 of 1,250
GenreSupernaturalE1,135 of 1,234
Season (all years)WinterE1,398 of 1,557
Source materialOriginal workE1,544 of 1,732
EraLate 2010sE1,630 of 1,863
OriginJapanE6,540 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorTakashi Taniguchi, Tomohisa Ishikawa, Júlio Muzzi, Jhonny Ferri, Bruno Rodrigues
Series compositionGlória Barão

Franchise — 闇芝居

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闇芝居
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
2013TV short45.3
E
闇芝居 2
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2
2014TV short39.8
E
闇芝居 5
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 5
2017TV short39.2
E
闇芝居 4
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4
2017TV short34.5
E🚪
世界の闇図鑑
The World YAMIZUKAN
2017TV short25.7
E
闇芝居 6
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 6
2018TV short39.0
E
闇芝居 7
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 7
2019TV short37.9
E🚪
忍者コレクション
Ninja Collection
2020TV short20.8
E
闇芝居 9
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9
2021TV short38.7
E
闇芝居 8
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 8
2021TV short37.7
闇芝居 九期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 9 Special
2021Special
E
闇芝居 十期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 10
2022TV short42.3
D
闇芝居 十一期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 11
2023TV short43.4
D
闇芝居 十三期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 13
2024TV short44.1
D
闇芝居 十二期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 12
2024TV short43.1
D
闇芝居 十五期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 15
2025TV short45.0
D
闇芝居 十四期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 14
2025TV short44.9
闇芝居 十六期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 16
2026TV short
闇芝居 十七期
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 17
2026TV short

Related

RelationYearTitle
prequel2014Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 2
sequel2017Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4

AniList id 21473 · MAL id 31994 · record updated 2026-08-26