Aliases
Gusukobudori no Denki, Biography of Gusuko Budori, The Life of Guskou Budori, La leyenda de Budori Gusuko, Guskou Budori no Denki (2012), The Life of Budori Gusuko, グスコーブドリの伝記, Das Leben des Budori Gusko, Budori, L'Étrange Voyage
SUMMER 2012MOVIE
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The fairy tale follows a young man named Guskou in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Guskou is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Guskou joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Guskou from his home.
(Source: Anime News Network)
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Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:15 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
12.5
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: High • Updated 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Committee collaboration history - Titles sharing at least two committee members: 12 of 53 have a catalogued successor (23%), compared with 14% across the catalogue
- Committee investment depth - Committee investment: 8 committee member(s), international distributor on committee
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Tezuka Productions, Asahi Shimbun, Kyoto Seika University…) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 15%, above the catalogue average of 14%
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial28
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception35
Strategic Priors46
Fandom Engagement35
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:15 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
The Life of Budori Gusuko renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is The Life of Budori Gusuko getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, The Life of Budori Gusuko 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 The Life of Budori Gusuko be renewed?
- The Life of Budori Gusuko 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 The Life of Budori Gusuko's renewal probability?
- The Life of Budori Gusuko'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.
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 | 61 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 10 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 2,747 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 63 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 241 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 25,701 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 926 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,769 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.33 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 16 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 3,320 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 7,702 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 3,800 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.05 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 1,533 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 275 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 3 | 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 | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 11,707 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2,257 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 385,297 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.38 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 2,481 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 63.4 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 62 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 25 | Oct 26, 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 | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 398 | Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 14,810 | Oct 20, 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 |