Aliases
A-Channel OVA, A-Channel: A-Channel+smile, Aチャンネル +smile, A-Channel+smile, Aチャンネル+smile（プラス スマイル）
S50WINTER 2012OVA
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Following the everyday lives of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tooru, the timid Yuuko, and the level-headed Nagi.
Mountain of Pancakes — Kitou-sensei injures her hand during class and has to deal with it while Tooru brings cat Tansan to school with her to meet Yutaka and Miho. Later, the girls decide to get pancakes at a café where Miho happens to be working, facing trouble when Yutaka shows up out of the blue.
A Picture of a Wish — Yuuko catches a cold so the others pay her a visit and help look after her. Later, the girls get together for the New Year's shrine visit.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Mountain of Pancakes — Kitou-sensei injures her hand during class and has to deal with it while Tooru brings cat Tansan to school with her to meet Yutaka and Miho. Later, the girls decide to get pancakes at a café where Miho happens to be working, facing trouble when Yutaka shows up out of the blue.
A Picture of a Wish — Yuuko catches a cold so the others pay her a visit and help look after her. Later, the girls get together for the New Year's shrine visit.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Last updated
Sep 11, 2026, 04:41 AM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Jan 1, 2017, 12:00 AM.
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
Confirmed
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 17 hours ago
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Runway
Ok
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial0
Production Feasibility0
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors0
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedSep 11, 2026, 04:41 AM
Next scheduled16 hours ago
Renewal FAQ
A-Channel: A-Channel+smile renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is A-Channel: A-Channel+smile getting a new season?
- Yes - A-Channel: A-Channel+smile has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will A-Channel: A-Channel+smile be renewed?
- A-Channel: A-Channel+smile has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is A-Channel: A-Channel+smile's renewal probability?
- A-Channel: A-Channel+smile's CourScore is 100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily-updated probability out of 100.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 68 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 25 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 6,000 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 7 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 27 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 273 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 942 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 70 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 83 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 2,815 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 4,991 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 70.81 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 170 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 17,543 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 23,949 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 5,221 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.42 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 5,345 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 11 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 606 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 11,152 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 3,131 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 601,304 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.64 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,504 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 70.8 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.93 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 37 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 10 | Jun 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |