Aliases
Door Guardians, Little Door Gods, Opiekuńczy bracia, Xiao Men Shen, The Guardian Brothers, 小门神
2016MOVIE
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There's a crisis in the Chinese Spirit World -- humans don't believe in gods anymore! A Door God, facing unemployment, ventures into the human world to prove his worth, leading to unexpected encounters and transformations for humans and spirits alike.
(Source: IMDb)
(Source: IMDb)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:20 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
21.9
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
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 383,515 views
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 63.1
- MAL community size - 924 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
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 & Commercial30
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception60
Strategic Priors27
Fandom Engagement17
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:20 AM
Next scheduledin 14 hours
Renewal FAQ
The Guardian Brothers renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is The Guardian Brothers getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, The Guardian Brothers has a 22/100 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 Guardian Brothers be renewed?
- The Guardian Brothers currently scores 22 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 Guardian Brothers's renewal probability?
- The Guardian Brothers's CourScore is 22 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 | 58 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 326 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 6 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 154 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,727 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 31 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 106 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 4,823 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 71.11 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 29 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 600 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 1,042 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 281 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.54 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 6,210 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 43 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.33 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 267 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.34 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 312 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 64 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 60 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 9.41 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 24 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 134,237 | Sep 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | 384 | Sep 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 2 | Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 318 | Sep 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 3,757 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 383,515 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |