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 16 hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 76 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 420 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 44,468 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 6 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 1,035 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 158,726 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 300 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 7 | Aug 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1,317 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 74,527 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 595 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.07 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 10 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 206,533 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 271,492 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 52,951 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 18,116 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 6,757 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 9 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.75 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 11,080 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 3,988 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 366,638 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 50 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 21 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.83 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 48,652 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.9 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 74 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 15.31 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 262 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |