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The story revolves around Blade, a "Daywalker" vampire hunter who was born with vampire and human blood after a vampire attacked his mother. While visiting Japan on a mission, Blade tracks down Deacon Frost, the vampire who killed his mother. Blade confronts "Existence," a mysterious organization composed of vampires modified by Frost.
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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
18.0
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 14 hours ago
Top reasons
- Merch pre-order ranking (Animate) - Ranked #1 on Animate's merch pre-order chart
- 5channel discussion volume - 773 posts on the most active matching 5ch thread
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 16,171,828 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial50
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception54
Strategic Priors49
Fandom Engagement61
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:22 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Blade renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Blade getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Blade has a 18/100 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 Blade be renewed?
- Blade currently scores 18 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 Blade's renewal probability?
- Blade's CourScore is 18 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 | 57 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 56 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 6,444 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| animate | merch rank | JP | 1 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 5.97 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 93 | Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 28 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 300 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 28,305 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 30 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 58 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 773 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 35 | Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 50 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -0.04 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 4,229 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 403,424 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 22 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 86.24 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 106 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 16,104 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 31,442 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 10,323 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.7 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 20,951 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 20 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,677 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 237,230 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 86,579 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 16,171,828 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 50 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 16 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.45 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 4,053 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 62.2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 61 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 9.38 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 102 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 119 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |