Aliases
Kyoto Animation CM: Hoshi-hen, Kyoto Animation: Hoshi-hen, Star, 京都アニメーションCM「星編」, Twinkling Stars, Star Akademi
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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 is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
47.3
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 days ago
Top reasons
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 138,600 likes / 139,850 reactions on recent episodes
- Merch pre-order ranking (Animate) - Ranked #1 on Animate's merch pre-order chart
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Kyoto Animation, Lantis, Animation Do) renew 7% of productions, above the catalogue average of 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 & Commercial43
Production Feasibility53
Audience Reception54
Strategic Priors40
Fandom Engagement40
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedAug 31, 2026, 03:03 AM
Next scheduled11 days ago
Renewal FAQ
Star renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Star getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Star has a 47% renewal probability. 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 Star be renewed?
- Star currently scores 47 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. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is Star's renewal probability?
- Star's CourScore is 47 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-updated probability 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 | 55 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,757 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| animate | merch rank | JP | 2 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 20 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 71 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 1,214 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 210,737 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 97 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 28 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 60 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 980 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 70 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 78 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 851 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 12,025 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 59.37 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 4 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 4,286 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 5,123 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 630 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.95 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 1,196 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 77 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.17 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 8 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 14 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 21 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,185 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| oricon manga | oricon manga rank | JP | 5 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| oricon manga | oricon manga weeks | JP | 1 | Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 489 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 17 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 689 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 17 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 17 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.82 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 992 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 58.2 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 59 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 2.5 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1,098 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 2,724 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 73,476 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |