Aliases
ULTRAMAN: DARKNESS HEELS, ダークネスヒールズ, DARKNESS HEELS, Default, Japanese, DARKNESS HEELS（ダークネスヒールズ）
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DARKNESS HEELS
A new anime project in the ULTRAMAN franchise, spotlighting the "dark heroes" of the series.
Last updated
Jun 3, 2026, 11:39 PM
Franchise overview
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Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
27.1
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 72% • Signal freshness: Medium • Updated 1 hour ago
Top reasons
- Production pipeline confidence - In active production
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 0.0
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Tsuburaya Productions) historically renew 0% of productions
Runway
Low
Source runway looks tight, so near-term sequel odds are capped.
Financial & Commercial20
Production Feasibility75
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors13
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedJun 3, 2026, 11:39 PM
Next scheduledin 23 hours
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 0 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 32 | Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 6.85 | Nov 8, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Nov 8, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 12 | Apr 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 28,077 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 63 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 14,292 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 14,292 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,276 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 0 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | May 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 4 | May 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 6 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 0 | May 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 247 | May 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.28 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |