Visions of Frank, Visions of Frank: Short Films by Japan's Most Audacious Animators
A series of 9 animated shorts based on the Frank comics by Jim Woodring, featuring computer/CGI, traditional cel, stop-motion, and even sand painting techniques. Contributing animators and musicians include COCOA, Eri Yoshimura, Naomi Nagata, TAMAPRO/DROP, Taruto Fuyama, Masaki Maito, Kanako Kawagushi, Masaya Sakaue, Bill Frisell, Dame Darcy, and Woodring himself.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:24 AM
Franchise timeline
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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
9.7
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 13 hours ago
Top reasons
- Titles like this rarely return - 21 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
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 57.1
- Time since finale - ~254 months since estimated air window ended
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Visions of Frank renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Visions of Frank getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Visions of Frank has a 10/100 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 Visions of Frank be renewed?
- Visions of Frank currently scores 10 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 Visions of Frank's renewal probability?
- Visions of Frank's CourScore is 10 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 | 51 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 485 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 168 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 1,794 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 151 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 8,640 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 65.93 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 12 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 563 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,330 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 562 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.87 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 749 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 75 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 2 | Jun 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 7.35 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 5 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 11 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 536 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 40 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 53 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.32 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 211 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 58.4 | Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 54 | 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 | 21 | Apr 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |