Is Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen has a 16/100 renewal signal score. This score is updated daily and reflects fandom momentum, streaming signals, and franchise history. Visit https://courcast.com/title/chiisana-eiyuu-kani-to-tamago-to-toumei-ningen-summer-2018 for the full breakdown.

Will Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen be renewed?

Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen currently has a 16/100 renewal signal score on Courcast. Signals driving this score include online discussion volume, sequel history in the franchise, and platform engagement data - all updated daily.

What is Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen's renewal probability?

Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen's CourScore is 16/100 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 probability estimate. See the full score breakdown at https://courcast.com/title/chiisana-eiyuu-kani-to-tamago-to-toumei-ningen-summer-2018.

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Héroes Humildes, Heróis Modestos, Skromni Bohaterowie, أبطال عاديون, Héros modestes, Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen, Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1, ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間－, Ponoc Tanpen Gekijou, Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Modest Heroes

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Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1

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Modest Heroes will consist of three shorts by three different directors: "Kanini & Kanino" ("Kani no Kanino") by Hiromasa Yonebayashi will be a 15-minute fantasy adventure story of two crab siblings, and will be long. "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" ("Samurai Egg") by Yoshiyuki Momose will be a 15-minute "human drama" showing the love between a mother and a boy. "Invisible" ("Toumei Ningen") by Akihiko Yamashita will be a 14-minute "action spectacle" that centers on the lonely struggle of one invisible man. Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as "tales of modest heroes of our times."

(Source: Anime News Network)

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Oct 28, 2026, 06:23 AM

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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

15.7

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 12 hours ago

Top reasons

Cohort rating percentile - 61th percentile within season cohort
Titles like this rarely return - 8 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 - ~99 months since estimated air window ended

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 & Commercial42

Production Feasibility24

Audience Reception44

Strategic Priors35

Fandom Engagement40

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Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 renewal questions

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

Is Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 getting a new season?: According to Courcast's latest analysis, Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 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 Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 be renewed?: Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 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 Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1's renewal probability?: Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1'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.

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Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
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anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	86	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
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anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	221	Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	25	Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	675	Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest daily	GLOBAL	0	Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
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google trends	momentum log ratio	GLOBAL	0	Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	148	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	34,550	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	3,152	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
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mal	completed	GLOBAL	20,364	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	32,311	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	10,446	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	814	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	2	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	7	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	1,096	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	25	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	1	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	54	Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	1	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	1	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.24	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	3,215	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	68.4	Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	68	Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	46	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	trailer views	GLOBAL	221,207	Oct 24, 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

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