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
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
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
15.9
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) - 18,573,052 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 55.7
- MAL community size - 1,091 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
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 16/100 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 Kaidan be renewed?
- Kaidan currently scores 16 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 Kaidan's renewal probability?
- Kaidan's CourScore is 16 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 | 41 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 462 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 15, 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 | 1,814 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 82 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 549 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 13,196 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 41.81 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 16 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 718 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,165 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 332 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.27 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 110 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 41 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 16 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.84 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 637,203 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 160,133 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 18,573,052 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 115 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 156 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.35 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 190 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 49.6 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 41 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 77 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |