History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi OVA, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple OVA, Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi OVA, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness, 史上最強の弟子 ケンイチ OVA, Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi: Yami no Shuugeki
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2013, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
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 3 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
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness getting a new season?
- Yes - Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness be renewed?
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness 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 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness's renewal probability?
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: The Attack of Darkness'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 22 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 956 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.03 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.33 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 61 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 656 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 4,358 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 6,003 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 13,060 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.8 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 583 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 52 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 132 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 11,327 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.79 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 79 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 62,657 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 6,252 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,098 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 76 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 28 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 39,844 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 131 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.83 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 12,052 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 327 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 74 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 221 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 160,183 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |