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An aggressive and martial arts-devoted mantis kicks cans and hunts down cicadas, bringing havoc into the life of a couple of humans. This personal opus by Shintaro Kishimoto, now steady collaborator of Production I.G's 3D crew, won the prestigious Ofuji Award in 2005.
(Source: Production I.G)
(Source: Production I.G)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
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
15.2
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 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- MAL community size - 780 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
- Titles like this rarely return - 21 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Favourite base strength - 2 cross-platform favourites
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 & Commercial29
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception48
Strategic Priors35
Fandom Engagement33
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Tough Guy! renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Tough Guy! getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Tough Guy! 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 Tough Guy! be renewed?
- Tough Guy! 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 Tough Guy!'s renewal probability?
- Tough Guy!'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.
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 | 48 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 381 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 24 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 504 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 26,447 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 15 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 158 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 426 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 427 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 863 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 303 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.55 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 8,952 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 39 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 50 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 55 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 11 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 7.75 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 266 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 142 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 3,763 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 38 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.42 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 170 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 52.2 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 46 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |