Aliases
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Mini OVA, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials, ヴァルキリードライヴ マーメイド ミニOVA, ヴァルキリードライヴ マーメイド ミニOVA, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Mini OVAs, ヴァルキリードライヴ マーメイド ミニOVAs
WINTER 2016SPECIAL
Branch
Part of this franchise
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
16.7
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: Medium • Updated 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Committee collaboration history - Titles sharing at least two committee members: 32 of 189 have a catalogued successor (17%), compared with 14% across the catalogue
- Titles like this rarely return - 10 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 - ~129 months since estimated air window ended
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 & Commercial43
Production Feasibility27
Audience Reception45
Strategic Priors47
Fandom Engagement30
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:18 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials 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 Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials be renewed?
- Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials 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 Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials's renewal probability?
- Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Specials'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 | 57 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 81 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,192 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 129 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,234 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 314 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 68 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 100 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 1,928 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 10,785 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 62.7 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 15,025 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 23,686 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 6,178 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,364 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 11 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 5.79 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 54 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 286 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.64 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 3,107 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 61.5 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 59 | Sep 24, 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 | 17 | Apr 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 3,475 | Jul 20, 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 |