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
Sep 10, 2026, 05:07 PM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2022, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
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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 yesterday
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-updated probability 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 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 260 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,012 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 23 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 494 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 64 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 1,911 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 82 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 16 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 1,455 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 2,067 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 75.97 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 11,887 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 18,087 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 3,812 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 942 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 207 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 90 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 36,742 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.32 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,012 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 76.6 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 75 | Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 3.05 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 62 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 54 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 3,388 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 314,523 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |