Aliases
Kaiju No. 8: A Folga de Hoshina, Kaijuu 8-gou: Hoshina no Kyuujitsu, Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off, 怪獣8号 保科の休日, Kaiju No. 8: Hoshina's Day Off
WINTER 2025SPECIAL
Branch
Part of this franchise
concluded
Announced
In production
Releasing
Completed
A day off... a rare day of peace for the Defense Force. After spending so long training, Reno has forgotten what he's supposed to do with free time. He sees that Hoshina is up to something with his own day off, and decides to go on a mission to tail him with Iharu! But then things go in an unexpected direction…
(Source: Crunchyroll)
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:14 AM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
60.6
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 7 hours ago
Top reasons
- Source runway - Estimated material for 4.22 further cours
- Time since finale - ~19 months since estimated air window ended
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Shueisha, Production I.G, Toho) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 38%, above the catalogue average of 14%
Runway
Ok
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial44
Production Feasibility75
Audience Reception69
Strategic Priors62
Fandom Engagement68
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:14 AM
Next scheduled1 hour ago
Renewal FAQ
Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off has a 61/100 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 Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off be renewed?
- Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off currently scores 61 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 Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off's renewal probability?
- Kaiju No.8: Hoshina's Day Off's CourScore is 61 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.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 69 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 225 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 24,129 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 28 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 1,120 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 102,518 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 20 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 4,624 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 882 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 79.87 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 37,776 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 59,341 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 20,295 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.72 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 564 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 767 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 7.6 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 24,670 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 396 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 414,338 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 199 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.59 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 7,997 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 68.1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 80 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 6.85 | Nov 9, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Nov 9, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 17 | Apr 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 53,092 | Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | -45 | Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 5 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 139 | Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 15,329 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 710,327 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |