Dark Side Cat, a mysterious stray cat, dashes throughout the night city in punk clothing and plays pranks on humans he dislikes. He plays a game of cat and mouse with the city council, known as the "Stray Cat Hunt".
Last updated
Sep 11, 2026, 06:30 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2011, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 16 hours ago
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
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.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Ankoku Cat renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Ankoku Cat getting a new season?
- Yes - Ankoku Cat has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Ankoku Cat be renewed?
- Ankoku Cat 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 Ankoku Cat's renewal probability?
- Ankoku Cat'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.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 50 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 605 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 377 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 42,903 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 35 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 394 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,642 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.07 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 36 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,575 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,788 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 895 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.11 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 1,971 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 80 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 17 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,828 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 87 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 57 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.24 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 169 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 57 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 0.52 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 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 |