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 yesterday
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 76 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 134 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 11,407 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 50 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 24 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 3,708 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 336 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 74 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 7 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 28 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 6,011 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,111 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.82 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 39,962 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 62,846 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 13,111 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 6,261 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 583 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 61 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.22 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 4,358 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 956 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 160,480 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 115 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 43 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.79 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 12,064 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.8 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 79 | Jul 21, 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 |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |