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Baton

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Project to mark Yokohama City's 150th anniversary.
On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo (Hayato Ichihara), a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru (Aya Ueto), a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious “Cipher” OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he’s getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what’s wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.

(Source: Nippon Cinema)

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

12.5

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

  • Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 6,224,242 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
  • 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
  • Time since finale - ~211 months since estimated air window ended
Runway
Unknown

Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.

Financial & Commercial24
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception53
Strategic Priors27
Fandom Engagement37

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:22 AM
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Renewal FAQ

Baton renewal questions

Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.

Is Baton getting a new season?
According to Courcast's latest analysis, Baton has a 13/100 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 Baton be renewed?
Baton currently scores 13 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 Baton's renewal probability?
Baton's CourScore is 13 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.

SourceMetricGeoValueCollected
anilistaverage scoreGLOBAL47Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilistfavoritesGLOBAL2Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilistpopularityGLOBAL856Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilisttrendingGLOBAL0Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
annratingGLOBAL6.28Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyrollepisode countGLOBAL1Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyrollepisode dislikesGLOBAL10Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyrollepisode likesGLOBAL235Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyrollseries availableGLOBAL1Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarksmark countJP226Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarksscore meanJP80Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trendsinterest dailyGLOBAL18Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trendsinterest weeklyGLOBAL30Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trendsmomentum log ratioGLOBAL-0.31Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsumember countGLOBAL329Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsurating rankGLOBAL9,772Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsuscore meanGLOBAL64.33Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
malchapters totalGLOBAL1Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
malcompletedGLOBAL1,157Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
malmembersGLOBAL3,000Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
malplan to watchGLOBAL1,488Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
malratingGLOBAL6.85Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
malsource membersGLOBAL505Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
malsource status codeGLOBAL3Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
malwatchingGLOBAL120Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangadexsource status codeGLOBAL3Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdatesbayesian ratingGLOBAL6.98Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconicoepisode commentsJP245,071Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconicoepisode mylistsJP53,369Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconicoepisode viewsJP6,224,242Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
redditcomments 7dGLOBAL15Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
redditmentions 7dGLOBAL1Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
redditscore 7dGLOBAL17Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
redditthread countGLOBAL1Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
redditthreads 7dGLOBAL1Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimoricompletion ratioGLOBAL0.3Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimorimember countGLOBAL627Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimoriscore meanGLOBAL56.4Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
simklimdb scoreGLOBAL66Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM
simklscore meanGLOBAL52Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipediapageviews dailyEN.WIKIPEDIA35Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtubechannel views totalGLOBAL260,870Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtubesubscribers totalGLOBAL1,290Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtubeuploads 30dGLOBAL25Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtubeuploads 7dGLOBAL25Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtubeviews 30dGLOBAL13,579Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
youtubeviews 7dGLOBAL13,579Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM