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
Oct 28, 2026, 06:19 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jun 25, 2026, 06:03 PM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 92% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 3 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 signal score 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 | 51 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 15 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,093 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 9 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,393 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 70 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 195 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 66 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 562 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 5 | Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 52 | Oct 27, 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 | 49 | Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 561 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,638 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,323 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.1 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 90 | Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 334 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.2 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 73,098 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 962 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,169,289 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | premiere comment velocity | JP | 6.17 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 89 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 156 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.04 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 677 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.6 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 66 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 3.83 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 6 | Jun 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 21,033 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | -134 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 5 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 326 | Oct 10, 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 | 481 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 36,373 | Oct 27, 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 |