Aliases
Hide and Seek, Kakurenbo, Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek, カクレンボ, Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
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Among the ruins of the city, there is a game only children can play. It is called “Otokoyo”; a game of hide-and-seek. But whenever children play this game, one by one they would disappear into the blinds of the buildings… The story begins when a boy enters the world of Otokoyo, to find his missing sister.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:21 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
17.2
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: Medium • Updated 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 16,837,095 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Titles like this rarely return - 22 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Time since finale - ~266 months since estimated air window ended
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 & Commercial50
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception52
Strategic Priors46
Fandom Engagement42
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:21 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek has a 17/100 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 Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek be renewed?
- Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek currently scores 17 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 Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek's renewal probability?
- Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek's CourScore is 17 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 | 59 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 45 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,723 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 88 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 8,573 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 81 | Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 10 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -1.18 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 33 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 27,310 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 40,067 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 11,529 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.73 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 388 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 628 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 1 | 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 | 7.21 | 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 | 384,175 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 175,890 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 16,837,095 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.6 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 7,286 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 66 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 62 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 0.48 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |