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
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 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 weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
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: High • Updated 10 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 signal score 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 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 617 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 379 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 43,417 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 35 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 395 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,688 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.07 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 36 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,577 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,795 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 898 | Oct 23, 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 | 81 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 17 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,828 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 43 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 99 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.24 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 174 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 57 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 0.58 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 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 |