Darker than BLACK: Origin, DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha - Gaiden, Darker than Black: Origins, DARKER THAN BLACK -黒の契約者- 外伝, Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha Gaiden, Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini Specials, Darker than BLACK 2 OVA, DTB, Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini Episode 12, Darker than BLACK -黒の契約者 外伝, Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor OVAs
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2009, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Darker than Black: Origins
DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha - Gaiden
2010ViewingConfirmedDarker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor
DARKER THAN BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini
2009(×﹏×)Darker than Black: Beneath Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom
DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha - Sakura no Hana no Mankai no Shita
2008ConfirmedDarker than Black
DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha
2007Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 3 days ago
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
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.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Darker than Black: Origins renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Darker than Black: Origins getting a new season?
- Yes - Darker than Black: Origins has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Darker than Black: Origins be renewed?
- Darker than Black: Origins has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is Darker than Black: Origins's renewal probability?
- Darker than Black: Origins's CourScore is 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 daily-updated probability out of 100.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 205,695 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 52,701 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 6,729 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Dec 6, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 17 | Apr 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.75 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 9 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 44,247 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.83 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 256 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 74 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 74,464 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 79 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 21 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 593 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 415 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 76 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1,319 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 10.06 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 77 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.07 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 48,485 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 295 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 156,519 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 11,078 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 6 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 1,018 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 3,988 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 366,368 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |