Celebrating the 100th year of birth of Norman McLaren, this short animation is set to the song "Poker" by Shugo Tokumaru and is the "sister piece" to its music video, also animated by Mirai Mizue and Yukie Tanauchi. It was made as part of the NFB "Wall-to-Wall" contest.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
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Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
14.7
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 10 hours ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 52.1
- MAL community size - 705 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
- Titles like this rarely return - 12 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
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The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren 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 The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren be renewed?
- The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren 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 The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren's renewal probability?
- The Baby Birds of Norman McLaren'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.
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 48 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 279 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 89 | Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 40,829 | Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 132 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 11,426 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 61.32 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 583 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 760 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 93 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 29 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 8 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.51 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 110 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 52.7 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 47 | Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |