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The film covered a residential area with superb view of both ocean and mountain. From that day this town became dark as pitch. Hidden in this darkness were lights in the town, my way home, my mother, and my expected baby in my belly. This animation depicts the truth hiding behind the facts.
Graduate Work 2012 from Keiko Shiraishi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Graduate Work 2012 from Keiko Shiraishi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:25 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
12.5
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
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 58.2
- MAL community size - 449 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
- Titles like this rarely return - 14 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
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 & Commercial19
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception47
Strategic Priors9
Fandom Engagement32
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Hide-and-seek renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Hide-and-seek getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Hide-and-seek has a 13/100 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 Hide-and-seek be renewed?
- Hide-and-seek currently scores 13 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 Hide-and-seek's renewal probability?
- Hide-and-seek's CourScore is 13 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 | 49 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 218 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 88 | Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 8,584 | Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 10 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 12 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 3,788 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,093 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 65.31 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 275 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 476 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 157 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.73 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 402 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 17 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 17 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 19 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 161 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,542 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 38 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.52 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 69 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 61.6 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 32 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 1,582 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 200 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |