Aliases
Kyoto Animation CM: Hassou-hen, Kyoto Animation: Hassou-hen, Idea, 京都アニメーションCM「発想編」, Imaginations, PBS Idea Channel
2012SPECIAL
Part of this franchise
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
19.4
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
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 4,723,343 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Kyoto Animation, Lantis, Rakuonsha) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 27%, above the catalogue average of 14%
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 63.3
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 & Commercial29
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception68
Strategic Priors56
Fandom Engagement45
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Idea renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Idea getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Idea has a 19/100 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 Idea be renewed?
- Idea currently scores 19 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 Idea's renewal probability?
- Idea's CourScore is 19 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 | 53 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,812 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 37 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 73 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,527 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 1,124 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 95 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 84 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 835 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,374 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 57.99 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 4,135 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 4,943 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 606 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 76 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 21 | 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 comments | JP | 74,409 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 88,951 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 4,723,343 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 382 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 11 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 177 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 11 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 11 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.82 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 978 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.9 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 58 | Jul 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.09 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 2,516 | Jul 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 1,654 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 58,385 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 287 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |