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Hal and Bons are a pair of beer drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi who first interviews them and then decides to give up being an interviewer and move in with them instead. Hal and Bons have mixed feelings about this turn of events - Mochi tastes great but he's rather lacking in social skills and he's starting to smell...
(Source: Anime News Network)
(Source: Anime News Network)
Last updated
Sep 10, 2026, 05:13 PM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Jan 1, 2006, 12:00 AM.
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.
Confirmed
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated yesterday
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Runway
Unknown
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial0
Production Feasibility0
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors0
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedSep 10, 2026, 05:13 PM
Next scheduledyesterday
Renewal FAQ
Hal & Bons renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Hal & Bons getting a new season?
- Yes - Hal & Bons has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Hal & Bons be renewed?
- Hal & Bons has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is Hal & Bons's renewal probability?
- Hal & Bons's CourScore is 100 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 | 39 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 274 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.49 | Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 4 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 26 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 595 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 134 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,068 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 59.15 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 423 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 866 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 291 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 32 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 59 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 58 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 2,645 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.17 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 90 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 48.4 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 0.82 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Apr 3, 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 |