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This hand-drawn animation depicts the dynamism of life. All the motions and actions of living are treated as dancing, and synchronized with music. The work makes full use of the characteristics of flat animation such as visualization and linkage of images, and metamorphosis of form.
(Source: Ryo Okawara)
Note: Winner of the Excellence Award on the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival.
(Source: Ryo Okawara)
Note: Winner of the Excellence Award on the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:22 AM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
15.3
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: Medium • Updated 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 25,087 views
- MAL community size - 1,241 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
- Titles like this rarely return - 17 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
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 & Commercial27
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception50
Strategic Priors34
Fandom Engagement42
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:22 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Animal Dance renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Animal Dance getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Animal Dance has a 15/100 renewal signal score. 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 Animal Dance be renewed?
- Animal Dance currently scores 15 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. Scores from 70 indicate strong renewal signals; scores from 85 are labelled very likely.
- What is Animal Dance's renewal probability?
- Animal Dance's CourScore is 15 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 signal score 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 | 43 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 424 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 43 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 21 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 6,936 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 39 | Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 41 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 179 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,511 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 57.26 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 288 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 920 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,342 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 285 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.39 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 36,211 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 32 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 36 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 5.93 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 74 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 210 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 18,676 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 452 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 878 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.51 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 231 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 47.6 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 48 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 0 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 316 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 25,087 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |