Aliases
Winter Ballad, Winter Love Story, Fuyu no Sonata, Winter Sonata, 冬のソナタ, 겨울연가
S1FALL 2009TV
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Based on the Korean Drama of the same name, Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend. However, Yoo Jin meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind. The program featured 23 members of the original Korean cast voicing the characters and was broadcast with Japanese subtitles.
Note: Includes episode 0.
Note: Includes episode 0.
Last updated
Aug 30, 2026, 10:03 PM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
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
52.9
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 days ago
Top reasons
- Studio bandwidth - G&G Entertainment has no other concurrent active productions
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 2,341,048 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 68.0
Runway
Low
Source runway looks tight, so near-term sequel odds are capped.
Financial & Commercial48
Production Feasibility53
Audience Reception76
Strategic Priors43
Fandom Engagement31
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedAug 30, 2026, 10:03 PM
Next scheduled11 days ago
Renewal FAQ
Winter Sonata renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Winter Sonata getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Winter Sonata has a 53% renewal probability. 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 Winter Sonata be renewed?
- Winter Sonata currently scores 53 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. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is Winter Sonata's renewal probability?
- Winter Sonata's CourScore is 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 62 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 29 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 4,553 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.88 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 53 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 16,022 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 36 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 6 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 2,348 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 5,573 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 70.01 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 55 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 6,076 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 25,607 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 15,122 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.13 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 122 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 8 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,526 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | bd sales avg | JP | 2,900 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 274,565 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 15,277 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 2,341,789 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.19 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 4,133 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 73 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.76 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 237 | Sep 6, 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 | 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 |