Aliases
YO-KAI WATCH Shadowside, Youkai Watch: Shadow Side, 妖怪ウォッチ シャドウサイド, Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside
SPRING 2018TV
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Keisuke is a fifth grader who does not believe in ghosts, UFOs, or even youkai. Lately, he has noticed that Natsume has been coming home late, and one day decides to tail her. When he discovers that Natsume goes to a youkai detective agency, Natsume is forced to involve Keisuke in her activities.
(Source: Anime News Network)
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Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Jan 1, 2019, 12:00 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.
Confirmed
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 14 hours ago
Top reasons
- Format continuity - Format (TV) matches prior mainline entries
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 72.9
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (TV Tokyo, OLM) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 27%, above the catalogue average of 14%
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial38
Production Feasibility49
Audience Reception65
Strategic Priors41
Fandom Engagement56
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 10 hours
Renewal FAQ
Youkai Watch: Shadow Side renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Youkai Watch: Shadow Side getting a new season?
- Yes - Youkai Watch: Shadow Side has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Youkai Watch: Shadow Side be renewed?
- Youkai Watch: Shadow Side has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is Youkai Watch: Shadow Side's renewal probability?
- Youkai Watch: Shadow Side's CourScore is 47 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 | 65 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 35 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,581 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 102 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 15 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 579 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 199 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 346 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 3,446 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 73.21 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 4 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,127 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 3,454 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,412 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 122 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 375 | Oct 25, 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 |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 232,067 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2,684 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 828,667 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 99 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 40 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 7 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.06 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 901 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 67.7 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 73 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 11.26 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 11 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |