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Two boys are playing in ruins. There is something lurking in the dark...This is the stop motion animation on the theme of fear.
Graduate Work 2011, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
Prize: 2012 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in 2012, Jury's Choice 2012 24th Tokyo Students Film Festival, Grand prize＆Audience Award 2012 Independent Animation Festival, Jury's Choice 2012 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2012, scholarship 2011 Shimokitazawa Film Festival, Grand prize 2011 West Tokyo Film Festival, Excellence Award
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Graduate Work 2011, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
Prize: 2012 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in 2012, Jury's Choice 2012 24th Tokyo Students Film Festival, Grand prize＆Audience Award 2012 Independent Animation Festival, Jury's Choice 2012 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2012, scholarship 2011 Shimokitazawa Film Festival, Grand prize 2011 West Tokyo Film Festival, Excellence Award
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
13.9
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: Medium • Updated 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 1,738,650 views
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 61.0
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 45,196 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 & Commercial19
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception68
Strategic Priors10
Fandom Engagement23
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Rootless heart renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Rootless heart getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Rootless heart has a 14/100 renewal signal score. 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 Rootless heart be renewed?
- Rootless heart currently scores 14 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. Scores from 70 indicate strong renewal signals; scores from 85 are labelled very likely.
- What is Rootless heart's renewal probability?
- Rootless heart's CourScore is 14 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.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 144 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 18 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,211 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 22 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 53 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 170 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 261 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 48 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.45 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 12,395 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 7 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 22 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 1,213 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 64 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 45,196 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.6 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 69 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 61 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 25,609 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 1,738,650 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |