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
18.1
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: High • Updated 7 hours ago
Top reasons
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 36,562,727 views
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 10,911,804 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 64.1
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 & Commercial35
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception81
Strategic Priors17
Fandom Engagement44
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 17 hours
Renewal FAQ
CHILDREN renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is CHILDREN getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, CHILDREN 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 CHILDREN be renewed?
- CHILDREN 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 CHILDREN's renewal probability?
- CHILDREN'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 | 53 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,317 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 701 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 59,108 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 8 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 15 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -0.24 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1,873 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 124,015 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 244 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 82.18 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 13 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 2,904 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 3,708 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 624 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 5.65 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 13,511 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 98 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 13 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 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 | 277,002 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 96,273 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 10,911,804 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 271 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 236 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.75 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 3,040 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 58.8 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 3.13 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 1,017,599 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 36,562,727 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 0 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |