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Mamoru Oshii x Koji Morimoto x KENWOOD Smart Headsets collaborative animation.
This short animation is inspired by KENWOOD "Smart Headsets" (earphones with AI assistant) that depicts future life with a unique interpretation, set in a fictitious city where devices have become commonplace.
This short animation is inspired by KENWOOD "Smart Headsets" (earphones with AI assistant) that depicts future life with a unique interpretation, set in a fictitious city where devices have become commonplace.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:25 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
16.4
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
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Production I.G, monofilmo) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 19%, above the catalogue average of 14%
- Reddit discussion momentum - 7 weekly Reddit threads, compared with current activity
- MAL community size - 849 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
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 & Commercial28
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception49
Strategic Priors42
Fandom Engagement49
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 17 hours
Renewal FAQ
CONNECTED... renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is CONNECTED... getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, CONNECTED... 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 CONNECTED... be renewed?
- CONNECTED... 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 CONNECTED...'s renewal probability?
- CONNECTED...'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 | 47 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 754 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 198 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 85 | Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 61 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 52 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 617 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 910 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 179 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 53 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 467 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 34 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 6,514 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 140 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 36 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.52 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 342 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 50.5 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 2.56 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 37 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 4 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |