Aliases
Kiku and the Wolf, Kiku-chan to Ookami, キクちゃんとオオカミ, Kikuchan to Okami, Sensou Douwa 8, '08戦争童話 キクちゃんとオオカミ
SUMMER 2008SPECIAL
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Kiku-chan to Okami is an adaptation of Grave of the Fireflies author Akiyuki Nosaka's short story Toshi-Oi Mesu-Okami to Onna no Ko no Hanashi (The Story of the Old Mother Wolf and the Girl), which follows a girl and the wolf in the fields of WWII Manchuria who watches over her like a mother.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:23 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
14.3
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 13 hours ago
Top reasons
- Format continuity - Format (SPECIAL) matches prior mainline entries
- Titles like this rarely return - 18 years with no new entry: of OVAs and specials (later entries in a franchise) in that position, 2% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Time since finale - ~220 months since estimated air window ended
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial23
Production Feasibility49
Audience Reception21
Strategic Priors27
Fandom Engagement18
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:23 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Kiku-chan to Ookami renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Kiku-chan to Ookami getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Kiku-chan to Ookami has a 14/100 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 Kiku-chan to Ookami be renewed?
- Kiku-chan to Ookami currently scores 14 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 Kiku-chan to Ookami's renewal probability?
- Kiku-chan to Ookami's CourScore is 14 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 | 52 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 255 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 25 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 621 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 40,473 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 69 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 67 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 318 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 783 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 324 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.47 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 61,291 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 16 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 44 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 34 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 343 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.16 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 107 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 61.4 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 61 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 10 | Jun 13, 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 |