Mar 12, 2014 · The most popular hypothesis is that it derives from French cours, cognate to "course" as in "lecture". 3 Note that the English "cour" is effectively a back-formation from cours (which is singular in French), and the singular/plural distinction between "cour" and "cours" is an English innovation.

However, the split took 2 cours, from 29.03.2008 to 05.10.2008. If not for the 3 months condition, I'd say that this was indeed first series to air in split-cour format. Another case is Major, which also had longer split (from 10.06.2006 to 06.01.2007) yet aired before Gundam 00.

Mar 31, 2017 · Even if anime season lengths were randomly either 1 or 2 cours, we'd expect to see 50% of two-season anime be "symmetrical". In reality, there is a moderate bias towards 1-cour anime (at least in the present day), so that even absent other factors, we'd expect more than 50% to be "symmetrical".

So a 26 episode series can be referred to as "2 cours". But as far as the length of an anime "season", a 12 episode series run can be referred to as a "season", yet sometimes a 26, or 36, or 201 (Gintama) episode run is called a "season".

The following claim frequently pops up in discussions of Angel Beats: The reason Angel Beats seems so rushed is that the show was originally planned for 2 cours (24-26 episodes) before being cut down to 1 cour (13 episodes) late in production, at which point it was too late to re-pace everything correctly for the shorter length.

Sep 19, 2019 · What production in cours brings to the table is mostly stability and risk reduction. If Arifureta is truly a flop, economically, the committee will probably cut their losses and not renew the project for more mixed media projects and move on.

Sep 17, 2015 · It seems there's a lot of these short (e.g. 3-5 minute long) anime series recently, specifically ones that air on TV (as opposed to ONA's). Shows like: Fireball/Fireball Charming Chii's Sweet Home

Jul 9, 2013 · It's the same as Japanese Television seasons (or sometimes referred to as "cours"). There are 4 of them each year and each one lasts roughly 13 weeks. The Wikipedia page for Japanese Television Drama says: Japan has four television seasons: Winter (January–March), Spring (April–June), Summer (July–September), and Autumn or Fall (October–December). …

I had a few ideas on how an animations are produced documentaries of western animation, but I was curious of how the process works in Japanese animation. What are the typical order and steps under...

Sep 27, 2016 · Both cours of Active Raid are now over, and I still don't know who Baba Micchi is! As you will recall, Baba Micchi is apparently some person who Sena Souichirou knows, and whenever this person's name is mentioned, Sena has a rather visceral reaction.