Franchise timeline
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Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
10.5
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 10 hours ago
Top reasons
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 372,668 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Titles like this rarely return - 24 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 0.0
This is an anime original, not an adaptation, so there is no source material to run down - renewal turns on sales and popularity rather than runway.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Always smile renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Always smile getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Always smile has a 10/100 renewal signal score. This score is updated daily and blends fandom momentum, streaming signals, source-material runway, and franchise history. Check back regularly for the latest forecast.
- Will Always smile be renewed?
- Always smile currently scores 10 out of 100 on Courcast. Signals driving this estimate include online discussion volume, sequel history within the franchise, and platform engagement data - all recalculated daily. Scores from 70 indicate strong renewal signals; scores from 85 are labelled very likely.
- What is Always smile's renewal probability?
- Always smile's CourScore is 10 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 | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 41 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 26 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 61 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 127 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 26 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 6,591 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 4,589 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 372,668 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 9 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.38 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 27 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |