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Originally Posted by Traece
Edit: I have to ask: Cour? When did this become a common term?
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It's been around since the 1980s in
Japanese broadcasting, but the international anime fandom has been using it since the late 2000s when we were exposed to it. It makes talking about 2-cour series with multiple seasons easier.
Ex. The currently airing
Chihayafuru 2 has had four cours total: 2 in S1, 2 in S2. A columnist at ANN refered to the remaining 12 episodes of the first series as the "second season" when writing about it. Well, what is the "second season" to a reader? The last 12 episodes of S1 or the second series? Too confusing. By saying "S1's second cour" we alleviate that issue.
It also standardizes length of shows that may vary by an episode or two. One-cour is 3 months regardless if it's 12 or 13 or even 14 episodes.