Aliases
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
S3WINTER 2026TV_SHORT
Part of this franchise
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Jan 1, 2026, 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: 92% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 10 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
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial40
Production Feasibility73
Audience Reception57
Strategic Priors25
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedJul 28, 2026, 06:01 AM
Next scheduledin 14 hours
Renewal FAQ
Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka getting a new season?
- Yes - Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka be renewed?
- Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka 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 Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka's renewal probability?
- Hokuto no Ken: Kenou-gun Zako-tachi no Banka'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.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.2 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 5 | Jan 1, 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 |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 6 | Jun 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 171 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,489 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 332 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 10 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 23,595 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 0 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.4 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,276 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 46 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 296 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 972 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 15,403 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 56,619 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 5.7 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 36 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 484 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 498 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 667 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 4 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 66 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | premiere comment velocity | JP | 12 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 15 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 80 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 48 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 994 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 871,903 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.03 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 4 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 70 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |