About 21 results
Open links in new tab
  1. What is a "cour"? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange

    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 …

  2. What was the first anime that used a split-cour format?

    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 …

  3. How often do multi-season anime break their previous cour count?

    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 …

  4. What defines one "season" of anime? - Anime & Manga Stack …

    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, …

  5. Is it true that Angel Beats was originally set for 2 cours before …

    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 …

  6. How are anime seasons released? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange

    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 …

  7. Why so many anime these days end prematurely?

    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 …

  8. What started the trend of 3-5 minute long episodes for anime …

    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 …

  9. Who the heck is Baba Micchi? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange

    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 …

  10. What are the steps involved in producing an anime?

    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 …