Hokuto no Ken: Ken'ougun Zako-tachi no Banka, 北斗の拳 拳王軍ザコたちの挽歌, Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka, Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star, Hokuto no Ken: Kenougun Zako-tachi no Banka, Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh's Army Grunts
A young man named Nobu, who is looking for a job in the post-apocalyptic world, ends up tricked into joining Raoh's Army.
Last updated
Sep 11, 2026, 05:04 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
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Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 92% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 17 hours ago
Top reasons
- Time since finale - ~3 months since estimated air window ended
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 57.1
- Committee investment depth - Committee investment: 6 committee member(s), music label on committee
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star getting a new season?
- Yes - Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star be renewed?
- Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star 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 Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star's renewal probability?
- Elegy for the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star's CourScore is 47 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.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 48 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 15 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,029 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 152 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 27 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 809 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 76 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 182 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 66 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 540 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 5 | Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 49 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 5,671 | Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 69.39 | Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 245 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 512 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,551 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,293 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.1 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 52,383 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 27 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 337 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.2 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 68,848 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,127 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,087,712 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | premiere comment velocity | JP | 17.46 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 124 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 22 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.03 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 669 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.5 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 66 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 8.01 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 6 | Jun 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 21,501 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | -1,208 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 5 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 289 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 480 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 35,893 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |