Aliases
Dappi Suru Tame ni Hitsuyou na Koto: Growth Factor, Growth Factor, だっぴするためにひつようなこと
WINTER 2014MOVIE
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A middle school boy, who likes to snap photos of things he fancies, and then draws pictures of them. On his usual route home, he spots the girl he likes with another boy. The balance between his delusions and reality is in constant flux.
Graduate Work 2014 by Ryosuke Oshiro, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Graduate Work 2014 by Ryosuke Oshiro, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
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
10.3
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 10 hours ago
Top reasons
- Cohort rating percentile - 55th percentile within season cohort
- Titles like this rarely return - 12 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Geidai Animation) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 0%, below the catalogue average of 14%
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 & Commercial17
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception39
Strategic Priors9
Fandom Engagement50
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 14 hours
Renewal FAQ
Growth Factor renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Growth Factor getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Growth Factor has a 10/100 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 Growth Factor be renewed?
- Growth Factor currently scores 10 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 Growth Factor's renewal probability?
- Growth Factor's CourScore is 10 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 | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 178 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 203 | Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 80 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 38 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 33 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 65 | Aug 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.56 | Aug 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 6,562 | Aug 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 11 | Aug 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 11 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 5 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 265 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 45 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 92 | Oct 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.64 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 21,667 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 67.3 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 209 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 2,548 | Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |