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A broken world in the not-so distant future.
Humanity is facing a new incident.
"We’re being attacked by humans who should be dead."
The government has decided to request a specialized organization to deal with this situation.
The Laboratory of Optics and Neural Analysis, commonly known as "LONA."
Researcher Ao and her apprentice Sango will try to get to the bottom of the mystery by analyzing the brains of the dead.
What do people think of, and what do they leave behind before they die?
Countless memories engraved in the neural circuits. What did they see in those deep depths?
(Source: LONA Official Site)
Humanity is facing a new incident.
"We’re being attacked by humans who should be dead."
The government has decided to request a specialized organization to deal with this situation.
The Laboratory of Optics and Neural Analysis, commonly known as "LONA."
Researcher Ao and her apprentice Sango will try to get to the bottom of the mystery by analyzing the brains of the dead.
What do people think of, and what do they leave behind before they die?
Countless memories engraved in the neural circuits. What did they see in those deep depths?
(Source: LONA Official Site)
Last updated
Aug 30, 2026, 01:48 PM
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
48.7
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 - 97,160 likes / 97,659 reactions on recent episodes
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 986,720 views
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 1,429,122 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
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 & Commercial48
Production Feasibility51
Audience Reception60
Strategic Priors21
Fandom Engagement58
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedAug 30, 2026, 01:48 PM
Next scheduled11 days ago
Renewal FAQ
LONA renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is LONA getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, LONA has a 49% 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 LONA be renewed?
- LONA currently scores 49 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 LONA's renewal probability?
- LONA's CourScore is 49 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 | favorites | GLOBAL | 14 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 3,816 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 499 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 97,245 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 92 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 94 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 6 | Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 48 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,340 | Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.52 | Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 5,981 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 5,981 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 28,098 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,834 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,429,861 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,966 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.78 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 0 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 2 | Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 5 | Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 43,805 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 1,101,519 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |