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
16.6
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: High • Updated 7 hours ago
Top reasons
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 42,055,467 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Reddit discussion momentum - 46 weekly Reddit threads, compared with current activity
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 62.7
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 & Commercial16
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception71
Strategic Priors29
Fandom Engagement71
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 17 hours
Renewal FAQ
START renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is START getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, START has a 17/100 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 START be renewed?
- START currently scores 17 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 START's renewal probability?
- START's CourScore is 17 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 | average score | GLOBAL | 46 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 358 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| animate | merch rank | JP | 17 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 85 | Sep 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 72 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 1,335 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 228,559 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 56 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 69 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 68 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 495 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 33 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 54 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -0.05 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 345 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 36,024 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 3,020 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 73.98 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 459 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 792 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 209 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.37 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 63 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 47 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 30 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 172 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 17 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 194 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 628,027 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 379,271 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 42,055,467 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 1,961 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 46 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 658 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 46 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 46 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.33 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 325 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 48.7 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | imdb score | GLOBAL | 63 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 70 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 1.87 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 1,334 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 386,115 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |