
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 …
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.
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What are typical release cycles? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange
May 3, 2016 · Anime releases are also split into cours, 13-week blocks of episodes also sometimes referred to as "seasons". (As described in What is a "cour"? and What defines one …
Why are most people in anime white or European-looking (instead …
Feb 17, 2014 · Just like @senshin stated in his comment, for the Japanese people, their characters do look Asian. There is a really nice article written about this on thesocietypages …