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
15.8
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 7 hours ago
Top reasons
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 71,116,922 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 53.5
- MAL community size - 1,229 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
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 & Commercial22
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception66
Strategic Priors8
Fandom Engagement44
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:26 AM
Next scheduledin 17 hours
Renewal FAQ
Balloon renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Balloon getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Balloon has a 16/100 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 Balloon be renewed?
- Balloon currently scores 16 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 Balloon's renewal probability?
- Balloon's CourScore is 16 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 | 45 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 500 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 20 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 245 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 13,677 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 35 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 23 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -0.05 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 157 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 11,885 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 60.02 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 19 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,045 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,289 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 154 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 60 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 30 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.29 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 11 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 271,430 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 405,116 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 71,116,922 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 31 | Aug 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 20 | Aug 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.69 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 201 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 50.2 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 60 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.56 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 242 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |