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Afro Ken is a Japanese character created by the San-X company, which creates other anime-style characters such as Kogepan. He is a dog with a rainbow-coloured afro. He is innocent and blameless and always in a good mood. Afro Ken is always willing to try new things. Afro Ken is attracted to objects that look like he does. His hair changes to look like these things as he gets close to them.
There is an Afro Ken Family Tree with other dog characters who have outrageous names, such as Techno Ken, Funky Ken, Lord Ken, Super Afro Ken, and Normal Ken. Unlike the others, Normal Ken does not have wild hair.
(Source: Wikipedia)
There is an Afro Ken Family Tree with other dog characters who have outrageous names, such as Techno Ken, Funky Ken, Lord Ken, Super Afro Ken, and Normal Ken. Unlike the others, Normal Ken does not have wild hair.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Last updated
Aug 31, 2026, 02:03 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.
CourScore
47.3
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 days ago
Top reasons
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 23,064 likes / 23,335 reactions on recent episodes
- Key staff availability - Director Takashi Imanishi has no other concurrent active productions
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 197,626 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial48
Production Feasibility39
Audience Reception57
Strategic Priors30
Fandom Engagement68
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedAug 31, 2026, 02:03 AM
Next scheduled11 days ago
Renewal FAQ
Afro-Ken renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Afro-Ken getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Afro-Ken has a 47% renewal probability. This score is updated daily and blends fandom momentum, streaming signals, source-material runway, and franchise history. Check back regularly for the latest forecast.
- Will Afro-Ken be renewed?
- Afro-Ken currently scores 47 out of 100 on Courcast. Signals driving this estimate include online discussion volume, sequel history within the franchise, and platform engagement data - all recalculated daily. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is Afro-Ken's renewal probability?
- Afro-Ken's CourScore is 47 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 | 51 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,203 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 47 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 271 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 23,111 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 452 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,759 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 55.15 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 2,851 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 3,867 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 712 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 80 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 2,437 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,263 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 197,663 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.33 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 136 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 52.5 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 52 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 9 | Jun 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |