Aliases
Fran♥cesca: Girls Be Ambitious, Francesca, フランチェスカ, Francesca: Girls Be Ambitious, Hungry Zombie Francesca
S1SUMMER 2014TV_SHORT
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Exorcist works in Hokkaido to exterminate all of the zombies that have been plaguing the land. However, although she can handle the perverted Takuboku Ishikawa, she finds herself at a loss when faced with the revived Shinsengumi. Within the chaos, she finds herself having to borrow the help of undead idol Francesca and her dog Franken.
(Source: Anime News Network)
(Source: Anime News Network)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:20 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
15.2
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: Medium • Updated 8 hours ago
Top reasons
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Heartbit, Telecom Animation Film, Pony Canyon…) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 26%, above the catalogue average of 14%
- Committee investment depth - Committee investment: 5 committee member(s), music label on committee
- Committee collaboration history - Titles sharing at least two committee members: 1 of 3 have a catalogued successor (33%), compared with 14% across the catalogue
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 & Commercial43
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception28
Strategic Priors59
Fandom Engagement38
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:20 AM
Next scheduledin 16 hours
Renewal FAQ
Francesca renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Francesca getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Francesca has a 15/100 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 Francesca be renewed?
- Francesca currently scores 15 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 Francesca's renewal probability?
- Francesca's CourScore is 15 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 | average score | GLOBAL | 46 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 8 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 2,510 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 4.67 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 6 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 64 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 30 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 50 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 12 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 18 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0.24 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 1,243 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,947 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 53.3 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,942 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 10,710 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 4,916 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,015 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 111,470 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 18,012 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 2,533,419 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.14 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,455 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 54.5 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 51 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 5.83 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 44 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 4,215 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 113 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 50,074 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |