10 years have passed. Following an injury that put Goro's career as a pitcher into a standstill, he prepares to restart his baseball career as a fielder. His family struggles with his decisions; especially his daughter Izumi, who doesn't know enough about her father to understand why he is so absent from their lives. Goro will stop at nothing until he's in the game once again; everything is now for the sake of the only gift he has to offer his children: Baseball.
Last updated
Jul 26, 2026, 12:25 PM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2012, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Major: Message
2011ViewingConfirmedMAJOR SECOND Season 2
Major 2nd Season 2
2020(×﹏×)MAJOR 2nd
Major 2nd
2018ConfirmedMajor: World Series
2012ConfirmedMajor S6
2010ConfirmedMajor S5
2009ConfirmedMajor S4
2008ConfirmedMajor: Yuujou no Ikkyuu
2008ConfirmedMajor S3
2007ConfirmedMajor S2
2006ConfirmedMajor S1
2004Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 2 days ago
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Major: Message renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Major: Message getting a new season?
- Yes - Major: Message has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Major: Message be renewed?
- Major: Message has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is Major: Message's renewal probability?
- Major: Message's CourScore is 100 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.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 7 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 565,965 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 110 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,134 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 33 | Dec 4, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 24 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,339 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 1,378 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.03 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 295 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 79 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 12 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 63 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.47 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 22 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 3,146 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 5,668 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.5 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,343 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.82 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 37,326 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 44,367 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 770 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,234 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.35 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 3,475 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |