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"Let's go, together! Head for the goal, Diamond Friends!!"
The new anime will have a theme of "Aikatsu with your friends!" and will center on a new protagonist named Aine Yuuki, who is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy's general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school's top idol, and becomes an idol herself.
(Source: Anime News Network)
The new anime will have a theme of "Aikatsu with your friends!" and will center on a new protagonist named Aine Yuuki, who is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy's general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school's top idol, and becomes an idol herself.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Last updated
Jul 28, 2026, 06:01 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
60.1
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 hours ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 75.5
- Format continuity - Format (TV) matches prior mainline entries
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 69,346 likes / 71,868 reactions on recent episodes
Runway
Anime original
This is an anime original, not an adaptation, so there is no source material to run down - renewal turns on sales and popularity rather than runway.
Financial & Commercial58
Production Feasibility52
Audience Reception76
Strategic Priors55
Fandom Engagement60
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedJul 28, 2026, 06:01 AM
Next scheduled6 hours ago
Renewal FAQ
Aikatsu Friends! renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Aikatsu Friends! getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Aikatsu Friends! has a 60% 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 Aikatsu Friends! be renewed?
- Aikatsu Friends! currently scores 60 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 Aikatsu Friends!'s renewal probability?
- Aikatsu Friends!'s CourScore is 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 5,603 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 72.3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 4,555 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 173,420 | Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 173,420 | Jun 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 2,522 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 4,490 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 121 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 71 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 1,380 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 10 | Jul 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 2,650 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 12 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 9 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 74.65 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.2 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 740,327 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 5,418 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 78 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 69,346 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 14,838 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 6.18 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 8 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 51 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.61 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,852 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 200 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 13,604 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,584 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |