News Reporting

Yamishibai Season 3 Gets January 2016 Premiere

Written By Samantha Ferreira November 2, 2015

Buckle up, readers, because things are going to get spooky!

Earlier today, the official Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories anime website announced that a third season is in the works. The page boasts that “more than 100 weird characters” will be featured in the season, which focuses on urban legends.

Takashi Taniguchi and Tomohisa Ishikawa will helm the season at studio ILCA, while studio Anima provides CG animation. Hiromu Kumamoto, who provided scripts for the previous two seasons, will return to reprise his role with series newcomer Satoko Kishi. The remaining confirmed staff includes:

Planning: Norio Yamakawa (TV Tokyo), Takuya Iwasaki (ILCA)
Producers: Nobuyuki Hosoya (TV Tokyo), Kenji Sakurai (ILCA), Motoki Hirose (ILCA)

Actors Ryota Murai and Risa Aizawa, who were regulars in the previous seasons, are also slated to return to the project.

Crunchyroll is streaming the first two seasons in their entirety in North America.

Source: Anime News Network

Filed Under: News Reporting

Tag(s): yamishibai

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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