
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 cours (which is …
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.
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-cour anime (at …
What defines one "season" of anime? - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange
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) …
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 Japanese …
Is it true that Angel Beats was originally set for 2 cours before being ...
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 …
Name of hair style with one strand sticking upwards
Aug 5, 2014 · TV Tropes lists it under the name of "idiot hair", which apparently has an equivalent term in Japanese judging from the TV Tropes entry and by some Googling. "hair antennae" is also similar …
Do we ever find out what happened to Chrollo? - Anime & Manga …
Dec 23, 2017 · During the "Greed Island" arc, we learn of a nen user who can remove other's nen. When he got the Bomber's nen removed, the creature he summoned to remove the nen had to stick …
What do the colours of the souls mean in Dororo?
Apr 8, 2019 · So apparently Hyakkimaru and Biwamaru see white to a soul which is pure, and see red the soul of someone who has killed other humans or monsters who are evil. Are there other colour …
anime production - Why does season 2 of Gurren Lagann start so ...
Ah, sorry, "cour" is a piece of jargon which refers to one of the four 11-13 episode (3-month) blocks of anime that occur through the year (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec). The point I was making is …