Aliases
Kaiju No. 8 Original Short Anime "Narumi's Week at Work", 怪獣８号 オリジナルショートアニメ「鳴海の平日」, Narumi's Week at Work, Narumi no Heijitsu, 鳴海の平日, Kaijuu 8-gou: Narumi no Heijitsu, 怪獣8号 鳴海の平日, Kaiju No. 8: Narumi's Week at Work, 怪獣８号 鳴海の平日
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Branch
Part of this franchise
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
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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
52.0
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 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Time since finale - ~1 months since estimated air window ended
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Production I.G) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 30%, above the catalogue average of 14%
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 73.1
Runway
Anime original
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.
Financial & Commercial43
Production Feasibility64
Audience Reception49
Strategic Priors50
Fandom Engagement62
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:17 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Narumi's Week at Work renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Narumi's Week at Work getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Narumi's Week at Work has a 52/100 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 Narumi's Week at Work be renewed?
- Narumi's Week at Work currently scores 52 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 Narumi's Week at Work's renewal probability?
- Narumi's Week at Work's CourScore is 52 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 | 66 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 61 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,013 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.25 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 526 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 41,671 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 92 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 22,079 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 80 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 100 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 223 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 3,938 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 72.47 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 12 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 7,811 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 24,794 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 15,015 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.25 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 5,142 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,568 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.15 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 243 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 22 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 6,909 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | premiere comment velocity | JP | 0.01 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 113 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 160 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.26 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 2,658 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 66.1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 70 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 2.51 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 320,774 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | 631 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | engagement 7d jp | JP | 44,590 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 1 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 0 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 10,437 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 365,948 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |