friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki, Friends: Naki of Monster Island, friends -フレンズ- もののけ島のナキ, friends: Aventura en la Isla de los Monstruos
On an island, legend has it that monsters have lived there since ancient times. Because of this, the residents have named the island “Monster Island.” In actuality, the monsters living on the island are friendly, but live in fear of humans. A child named Kotake wanders onto the island. A grumpy red ogre named Naki ends up taking care of the child. What strange things might this encounter cause?
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
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Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
12.1
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 10 hours ago
Top reasons
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Sony Music Entertainment, Yahoo! Japan, Takara Tomy) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 19%, above the catalogue average of 14%
- Cohort rating percentile - 56th percentile within season cohort
- Titles like this rarely return - 15 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Friends: Naki of Monster Island renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Friends: Naki of Monster Island getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Friends: Naki of Monster Island has a 12/100 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 Friends: Naki of Monster Island be renewed?
- Friends: Naki of Monster Island currently scores 12 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 Friends: Naki of Monster Island's renewal probability?
- Friends: Naki of Monster Island's CourScore is 12 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.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 57 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 424 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.16 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 52 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 11 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 551 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 2,077 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 76 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 6 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 129 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 6,624 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 890 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,594 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 503 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 63 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 100 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 44 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 10,272 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 60 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 10 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.77 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 541 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 69.6 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 66 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |