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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
Jul 26, 2026, 11:50 AM
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 2 days ago
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 analysedJul 26, 2026, 11:50 AM
Next scheduled2 days ago
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 4 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 2,642 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 59 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 593 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 26 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 58 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 39 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 270 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.18 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 134 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 291 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 48.2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,027 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 865 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 31 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 0.35 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 423 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 59.15 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 89 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.49 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |