

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 timeline
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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
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
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.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 47 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 856 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.28 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 10 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 235 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 226 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 80 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 18 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 30 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -0.31 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 329 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,772 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.33 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,157 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 3,000 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,488 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.85 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 505 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 120 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.98 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 245,071 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 53,369 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 6,224,242 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 15 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 17 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.3 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 627 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.4 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | imdb score | GLOBAL | 66 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 52 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 35 | Oct 27, 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 |