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Based on Kawai Katsutoshi's manga of the same name, published in Weekly Shounen Sunday, Monkey Turn is a sports anime based around professional speed boat racing. The anime's protagonist, Tadano Kenji, is too short to follow his dream of becoming a professional baseball player, but his baseball coach recommends him to boat racing. One day Tadano-san unexpectedly meets his old girlfriend and they exchange promises: in return for her being faithful to him, he is charged with becoming Japan's best racer within three years. The eponymous "Monkey Turn" is a boat maneuver Kenji-san thought up while visiting his girlfriend. The Monkey Turn gives Kenji quite the advantage over other boaters, but is it enough for him become the best?
(Source: AniDB)
(Source: AniDB)
Last updated
Sep 10, 2026, 05:16 PM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Jan 1, 2004, 12:00 AM.
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.
Confirmed
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated yesterday
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Runway
Ok
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial0
Production Feasibility0
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors0
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedSep 10, 2026, 05:16 PM
Next scheduledyesterday
Renewal FAQ
Monkey Turn renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Monkey Turn getting a new season?
- Yes - Monkey Turn has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Monkey Turn be renewed?
- Monkey Turn 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 Monkey Turn's renewal probability?
- Monkey Turn'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.
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 | 60 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 18 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 935 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.65 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 230 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 9,063 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 206 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 80 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 44 | Aug 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 21 | Aug 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 238 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 5,732 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 69.8 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 385 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 657 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,266 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,096 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 271 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 30 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 207 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | bd sales avg | JP | 616 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga circulation | JP | 10,000,000 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.29 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 86,198 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 13,972 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 2,725,223 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 28 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 50 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.18 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 350 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 68 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 63 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 3.51 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 20 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 11,680,086 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 4,730 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 7,378 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 7,378 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |