TV Tokyo announced a ninth season for the Yami Shibai (Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories) horror short anime series on Friday. The new season, featuring a Chinese zodiac theme, will premiere in July 2021. TV Tokyo is commemorating the series' ninth season with an additional version of the anime with a vertical aspect ratio for viewing on smartphones.

Cast
Storyteller: Kanji Tsuda* (Redline)
MoeMi* (Mangirl!)
Ayaka Oota*
Tsubasa Kizu* (Sore dake ga Neck)
Miho Okasaki (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)
Eimi Naruse (Aikatsu!)
Aozora Sorano (Dempagumi.inc)
Yuuka Shidomi (Rirunede)
Hinaka Hoshina (GEMS COMPANY)
Nene Naninu (GEMS COMPANY)
Mikoto Hase (GEMS COMPANY)
Yukino Akaba (GEMS COMPANY)
Toshimasa Niiro (Sore dake ga Neck)
Masaki Sawai (Business Fish)
Taiichiro Matsumura
Ryou Shinoda
Shouchirou Oomi
Nishioka To Neil

*denotes returning cast

Staff
Director: Akira Funada (Ninja Collection episode director), Kenichi Sugimoto* (Yami Shibai 7)
Episode Director: Kouichi Hirata, Naoya Miyadai, Yousuke Inoue, Megumi Yokoyama
Script: Hiromu Kumamoto* (Kagewani), Kanako Ishigami*, Nishioka To Neil
Key Animation: Yoroshi Aka*, Yuu Ebihara*, Shouma Muto*, Kei Ichimatsu, Eisuke.Miura, Kensuke Takahashi, jimmy, Sugaya Kouchi, Odaji Nakagawa, Atsushi Matsubara, Megumi Yokoyama, Shu Watanabe
Planning: Norio Yamakawa* (TV Tokyo), Takuya Iwasaki* (Kowabon) (ILCA)
Producer: Satoshi Umetsu* (Wakaokami wa Shougakusei!) (TV Tokyo), Akira Funada* (Sekai no Yami Zukan)
Production Cooperation: DRAWIZ*, yell
Studio: ILCA*

*denotes staff reprising previous role

The first Yami Shibai season aired in Summer 2013. Crunchyroll has simulcast each season with English subtitles. Sentai Filmworks licensed the first two seasons in December 2015 and released them on home video the following April.

Yami Shibai inspired the short television anime Sekai no Yami Zukan and a spin-off, Ninja Collection. The series aired in 2017 and 2020, respectively.

Official site: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yamishibai9/

Note: cast and staff romanizations may not be accurate

Source: PR Times

Yami Shibai 9 on MAL