Thinking and Drawing: Nihon no Shinseiki Art Animation, Kaidan, 怪談, Ghost Story, Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium
Iki mixes old and new technologies to create a film that evokes both the sights and sounds (hum of cicadas) of a hot Japanese summer. Black and white photographs of a Shinto shrine, summer landscape and an old Japanese-style house provide the backdrop and CGI technology adds the visual interest in the form of an unusual little girl and her ghostly frog companion. The ghost in this story is more a curiosity than something scary, and the use of a fish-eye lens and other distortions suggest both the sweltering humidity of summer and also imply that the frog is an imaginary creation of the young protagonist.
(Source: Midnight Eye)
Last updated
Aug 31, 2026, 11:01 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
48.7
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 11 days ago
Top reasons
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 652,362 likes / 657,462 reactions on recent episodes
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 18,553,006 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Key staff availability - Director Norihiko Iki has no other concurrent active productions
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
Kaidan renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Kaidan getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Kaidan has a 49% renewal probability. 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 Kaidan be renewed?
- Kaidan currently scores 49 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. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is Kaidan's renewal probability?
- Kaidan's CourScore is 49 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 | 41 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 457 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 60 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 5,110 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 654,741 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 1,787 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 80 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 37 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 61 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 547 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 13,148 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 41.77 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 16 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 717 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,158 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 329 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.27 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 1,895 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 40 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 16 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.84 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 6 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 637,165 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 160,117 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 18,559,789 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 198 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 1,029 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.34 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 186 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 49.6 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 41 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 30 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |