This story is about Mick, a sleeping chironomid. Insects are taken up into space for use in experiments by humans. An epic space adventure of Mick and his friends on their journey back home to Earth. The development plans and experiments are aborted by humans for no known reason, the organisms are left behind in the space station with limited resources. Going over hurdles and fighting through challenges, together, they travel across planets and gain new comrades, heading for Earth. As their journey progresses, the mystery behind the human’s abandonment unravels.
Last updated
Aug 30, 2026, 10:53 PM
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
35.1
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 days ago
Top reasons
- Key staff availability - Director Hiroyuki Nakao has no other concurrent active productions
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 29,092 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- MAL community size - 714 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
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.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
The Journey Home renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is The Journey Home getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, The Journey Home has a 35% renewal probability. 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 The Journey Home be renewed?
- The Journey Home currently scores 35 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. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is The Journey Home's renewal probability?
- The Journey Home's CourScore is 35 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 | 49 | Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 459 | Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 4 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 40 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 22 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 31 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 111 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 13 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 232 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,048 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 355 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.67 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 2,083 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 126 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 1,810 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 97 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 29,100 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 269 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 178 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.03 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 268 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 59.4 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 55 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.17 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 2,067 | Aug 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |