Comments on: “Hardcour” Pedantry; Annual Patterns in Nukige Sales; Tycho’s Linear Abstraction

By: omo

omo — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:13:41 +0000

so it turns out there is some basis in fact to your otherwise odd-seeming choice of words.

Sometimes it makes me wonder if you are actually watching the same anime as I do.

By: dm

dm — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:20:27 +0000

I see that RightStuf/Nozomi do indeed list the three Aria series as "season one" (13 episodes), "season two" (26 episodes), and "season three" (plus OAVs) on the box, so it turns out there is some basis in fact to your otherwise odd-seeming choice of words. I don't see any problem with referring to seasons of One Piece, beyond the ambiguity in episode count (and agree that "cour" reduces that ambiguity). I'm not sure if "cour" shouldn't be spelled "cours" or kuru, though.

By: omo

omo — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:48:36 +0000

“Season” in US TV terms is more like just a run, which usually spans more than one chronological season (24-26 is common but often it is more, and it’s only until recently that we’re seeing the 13 sort). Most importantly, the term season only really works best when we’re talking about a show that runs regularly throughout the year with stoppage. For example, how do you divide up One Piece seasons? It never stops. But pretty much every US TV shows pause or stop at some point.

By: omo

omo — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:43:07 +0000

Why do you think season and series are synonymous? Aria the whatever was two seasons long. It was only one part of a series, not a whole series. More importantly, that is Season 2 of Aria.

There are “series” (in quotes because they aren’t) labeled as “season 2″ etc. I think you’re showing senile signs again?

By: dm

dm — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:17:30 +0000

I take it back. If Wikipedia is to be believed a "season" in the US is generally 26 episodes long, running from September to May, though lately TV has done a lot of 13-episode "half-season" things (also called "seasons", sensibly enough because they correspond more closely to the four season of the year). So, yeah, cours is a pretty good term for a unit of approximately-13 episodes.