Aliases
The Dog and The Boy, Inu to Shounen, The Dog & The Boy, 犬と少年, Default, Japanese, English
S231WINTER 2023ONA
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The Dog & The Boy
Inu to Shounen
As "an experimental initiative to help ease the anime industry's labor shortage without improving working conditions" Netflix Anime Creators Base partnered with WIT Studio and AI character platform rinna to produce an anime short titled "The Dog & The Boy", using image generation technology for all of its backgrounds.
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
Last updated
Jun 3, 2026, 11:42 PM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
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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.
CourScore
34.3
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 92% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 1 hour ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 60.2
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Netflix, Production I.G, WIT STUDIO) historically renew 2% of productions
- Committee collaboration history - This committee combination has worked on 29 titles, renewing 0 (0%)
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial36
Production Feasibility30
Audience Reception60
Strategic Priors19
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedJun 3, 2026, 11:42 PM
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Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,504 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 8 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 46 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,498 | May 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 96 | May 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 3,154 | May 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.66 | May 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 373 | May 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 55.1 | May 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 13 | May 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 458 | May 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |