Stitch!: Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi Special, Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Special, Stitch!: Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi - Hero wa Tsurai yo, Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard, スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～ ヒーローはつらいよ, Stitch! Best Friends Forever Special, Stitch!: Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi Episode 30, Ace's Back, スティッチ！～ずっと最高のトモダチ～, Stitch: Heroes are Hard
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard
Stitch!: Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi - Hero wa Tsurai yo
2011Viewing(×﹏×)Stitch! Perfect Memory
2015(×﹏×)Stitch and the Planet of Sand
Stitch to Suna no Wakusei
2012ConfirmedStitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~ Son of Sprout
Stitch!: Itazura Alien no Daibouken - Uchuu Ichi no Oniichan
2010ConfirmedStitch! ~Best Friends Forever~
Stitch!: Zutto Saikou no Tomodachi
2010ConfirmedStitch vs. Penny
Stitch! Special
2009ConfirmedStitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~
Stitch!: Itazura Alien no Daibouken
2009ConfirmedStitch!
2008Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
15.4
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 9 hours ago
Top reasons
- Format continuity - Format (SPECIAL) matches prior mainline entries
- Titles like this rarely return - 15 years with no new entry: of OVAs and specials (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Time since finale - ~187 months since estimated air window ended
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard has a 15/100 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 Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard be renewed?
- Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard currently scores 15 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 Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard's renewal probability?
- Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ Heroes are Hard's CourScore is 15 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.
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 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 212 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 2,580 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 70,961 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 282 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 76 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 113 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 18 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 524 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,064 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 363 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.88 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 1,191 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 55 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 84 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 236 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.85 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 899 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 57.4 | Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 57 | Jul 25, 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 | 12 | May 19, 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 |