Aliases
Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa Shin: Hanako-san ga Kita!!, School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!!, 学校のｺﾜｲうわさ 新・花子さんがきた!!
S1SUMMER 2010TV_SHORT
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The story of the anime revolves around Hanako, a girl who lives in a supernatural world apart from our own. Hanako appears when schoolchildren are in trouble; she is a benevolent version of an enduring Japanese urban legend about Hanako, a ghost who lives in a toilet at the local school.
(Source: Anime News Network)
(Source: Anime News Network)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:14 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
14.4
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 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 785,369 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cohort rating percentile - 56th percentile within season cohort
- Titles like this rarely return - 16 years with no new entry: of short series (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial33
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception53
Strategic Priors34
Fandom Engagement46
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:14 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!! renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!! getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!! has a 14/100 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 School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!! be renewed?
- School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!! currently scores 14 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 School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!!'s renewal probability?
- School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!!'s CourScore is 14 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 | favorites | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 340 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 8 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 73 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 17,526 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 125 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 24 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 256 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,384 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 718 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 92 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 6 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 233 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.27 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 19,106 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 3,777 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 785,369 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 37 | Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.08 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 301 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 62.9 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 67 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.03 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 21 | Apr 30, 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 |