Is Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock getting a new season?

According to Courcast's latest analysis, Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock has a 52% renewal probability. This score is updated daily and reflects fandom momentum, streaming signals, and franchise history. Visit https://courcast.com/title/dragon-ball-episode-of-bardock-fall-2011 for the full breakdown.

Will Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock be renewed?

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock currently has a 52% renewal probability on Courcast. Signals driving this score include online discussion volume, sequel history in the franchise, and platform engagement data - all updated daily.

What is Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock's renewal probability?

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock's CourScore is 52% 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 probability estimate. See the full score breakdown at https://courcast.com/title/dragon-ball-episode-of-bardock-fall-2011.

Aliases

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, ドラゴンボールエピソードオブバーダック, Драконий жемчуг: Эпизод Бардока

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Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock

ドラゴンボールエピソードオブバーダック

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Shown at Jump Festa 2012 hold in December, 2011.

Bardock, Goku's father who was suppose to die when Freeza's attack hit him along with the Planet Vegeta, he was sent way back in time, where the planet was inhabited by a strange creatures. There, after a while he met Freeza's ancestor, a space pirate named Chilled and fought him to protect the planet.

Last updated

Jul 29, 2026, 12:01 PM

Evidence

Announcement status

Official announcement records with supporting citations.

Confirmed

Official announcement logged Jan 26, 2026, 08:34 AM.

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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.

Confirmed

Announced Jan 26, 2026, 08:34 AM

CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.

Signal coverage: 98% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 1 hour ago

Top reasons

Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 70.1
Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~6,548 followers
MAL community size - 125,650 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)

Runway

Feasibility warning

None

Source material looks exhausted, so near-term sequel odds are capped.

Near-term probability is capped at 20% until confirmed evidence lands.

Financial & Commercial66

Production Feasibility18

Audience Reception70

Strategic Priors22

Fandom Engagement26

CourScore history

CourScore over time

Last analysedJul 29, 2026, 12:01 PM

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Renewal FAQ

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock renewal questions

Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.

Is Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock getting a new season?: Yes - Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
Will Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock be renewed?: Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock 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 Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock's renewal probability?: Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock's CourScore is 52 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.

Latest signals

Fresh telemetry

Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.

Source	Metric	Geo	Value	Collected
mal	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
wikipedia	pageviews daily	EN.WIKIPEDIA	11	Jun 26, 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
mal	source members	GLOBAL	7,313	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	volumes total	GLOBAL	1	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	rating	GLOBAL	6.83	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
ann	rating	GLOBAL	6.59	Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	mark count	JP	5,389	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	members	GLOBAL	126,776	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	watching	GLOBAL	1,367	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	chapters total	GLOBAL	3	Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	comments 7d	GLOBAL	470	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangadex	source status code	GLOBAL	3	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	score mean	GLOBAL	70.18	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	member count	GLOBAL	2,485	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
filmarks	score mean	JP	86	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	rating rank	GLOBAL	5,430	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	trending	GLOBAL	0	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
google trends	interest weekly	GLOBAL	100	Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	score 7d	GLOBAL	243	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode dislikes	GLOBAL	647	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode mylists	JP	4,276	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	thread count	GLOBAL	13	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode likes	GLOBAL	49,904	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode comments	JP	14,974	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	popularity	GLOBAL	0.39	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	episode count	GLOBAL	131	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	completed	GLOBAL	117,592	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	favorites	GLOBAL	380	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
justwatch	jp platform count	JP	2	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	average score	GLOBAL	68	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	favorites	GLOBAL	16	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
anilist	popularity	GLOBAL	31,759	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
crunchyroll	series available	GLOBAL	1	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
niconico	episode views	JP	373,401	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	threads 7d	GLOBAL	13	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	completion ratio	GLOBAL	0.77	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
tmdb	vote count	GLOBAL	2	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 7d	GLOBAL	13	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
simkl	score mean	GLOBAL	72	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
kitsu	member count	GLOBAL	7,446	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mal	plan to watch	GLOBAL	7,060	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
reddit	mentions 1d	GLOBAL	1	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
shikimori	score mean	GLOBAL	72.3	Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangaupdates	bayesian rating	GLOBAL	6.62	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
mangadex	chapters total	GLOBAL	3	Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM

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