Aliases
Hal and Bons, Hal & Bons, ハル&ボンス, Default, Synonym, Japanese
S24FALL 2002OVA
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Hal & Bons
ハル&ボンス
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)
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Last updated
Jun 3, 2026, 11:04 PM
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CourScore
23.1
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 92% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 3 hours ago
Top reasons
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Grasshoppa!) historically renew 0% of productions
- Favourite base strength - 0 cross-platform favourites
- Time since finale - ~285 months since estimated air window ended
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial19
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception48
Strategic Priors9
Fandom Engagement0
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Dec 28, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 130 | Dec 28, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 11,528 | Dec 28, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 58.7 | Dec 28, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 39 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 266 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 418 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 48.2 | May 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 288 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 28 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.31 | Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |