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Korean War, 1951. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.
(Source: IMDB)
(Source: IMDB)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 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
16.1
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 8 hours ago
Top reasons
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 194,952 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 58.2
- MAL community size - 2,202 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial26
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception61
Strategic Priors36
Fandom Engagement40
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
Next scheduledin 16 hours
Renewal FAQ
Birthday Boy renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Birthday Boy getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Birthday Boy 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 Birthday Boy be renewed?
- Birthday Boy 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 Birthday Boy's renewal probability?
- Birthday Boy'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 | 50 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 654 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 32 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 1,146 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 17 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 28 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0.1 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 82 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 7,679 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,233 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.4 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,510 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,313 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 633 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.02 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 3,238 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 59 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 7.65 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 3,381 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 3,572 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 194,952 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 17 | Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.44 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 267 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.5 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 49 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |