Rilakkuma og Kaoru, Rilakkuma i Kaoru, Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san, Rilakkuma and Kaoru, リラックマとカオルさん
The character's story begins when the titular Rilakkuma suddenly appears in the apartment of office worker Kaoru and begins living there, spending every day idling around. He has a zipper on his back, but the contents remain unknown. He likes food like pancakes, omelette rice, pudding, and dango. He lives together with the little white cub Korilakkuma and Kaoru's pet Kiiroitori ("yellow bird").
(Source: Anime News Network)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:20 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2022, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
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
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Rilakkuma and Kaoru renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Rilakkuma and Kaoru getting a new season?
- Yes - Rilakkuma and Kaoru has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Rilakkuma and Kaoru be renewed?
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru 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 Rilakkuma and Kaoru's renewal probability?
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru'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 signal score out of 100.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 74 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 253 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,071 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 25 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 516 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 61 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 1,928 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 82 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 16 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 1,462 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 2,114 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 75.89 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 11,941 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 18,183 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 3,843 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 940 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 207 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 90 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 36,753 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.32 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,020 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 76.6 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 75 | Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.42 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 63 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 31 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 3,394 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 315,984 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |