‘Cour’ is less ambiguous than ‘season’ because the latter can refer to both the regular season (as in Spring 2017), or in an anime season as in the first and last episode of an anime run. The problem with using the terms ‘season’ and ‘cour’ is mostly technical.
What’s the difference between a season and a cour? The first cour was aired in Summer 2016 with the second cour airing in Spring 2017. The first cour aired in the Summer 2016 season with the second cour continuing into the Fall 2016 season.īerserk is a split-cour anime. Yuri!!! on ICE is a single cour anime that aired in the Fall 2016 seasonĭAYS is a double cour anime. The second cour is broadcast after a season off (E.g. That’s why one cour belongs to either the Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall season.Įpisodic anime are usually broadcast as either a single cour (most common) double cour, or split cour:ĭouble Cour: 24 – 26 Episodes on two contiguous seasons (e.g.
In general, a single cour has 10 to 14 episodes that run during a three-month period that coincides with the seasons. The word cour is used to measure the length of an anime series. Attested in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Let’s get our cours and seasons in a row, shall we? What is a cour?Ī three-month unit of television broadcastingĪ portion of a television program aired over the course of one such periodĮtymology: From Japanese クール (kuuru), from French cours. If you are new to anime, you might find all these terms confusing.
Our Anime Review section is divided in seasons like ‘Summer’ and ‘Fall.’ Some series end after airing just twelve episodes while others continue for dozens, if not hundreds. You have probably heard the terms anime season and single cour in anime forums and streaming sites. Anime terminology is as niche as its fans.