Den-noh Coil (2007)
Den-noh Coil, Coil — A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality technology has just begun to enter the mainstream. The series takes place in the fictional city of Daikoku, a hotbed of AR development with an emerging city-wide virtual infrastructure. It follows a group of children as they use AR glasses to unravel the mysteries of the half real, half Internet city, using a variety of illegal software tools, techniques, and virtual pets to manipulate the digital landscape. Den-noh Coil, in development for over a decade, is the series director debut of Japanese animator Mitsuo Iso. It premiered on NHK Educational TV on May 12, 2007. Due to the animators involved in its production and its unusually high-profile television broadcast time slot, Den-noh Coil was highly anticipated.
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Episode 1 - The Children with Glasses
Release Date: 2007-05-12When Yasako and Kyoko's virtual pet dog, Densuke, goes missing, Yasako procures the assistance of a detective.
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Episode 2 - COIL Cyber Detective Agency
Release Date: 2007-05-19Yasako and Fumie ask Yasako's grandmother to cure Densuke of his potentially fatal illness. In return, Yasako must agree to an interesting, and dangerous, bargain.
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Episode 3 - Yuko and Yuko
Release Date: 2007-05-26With Densuke back, the Mojos drop him off with Isako. After freeing him from the illegal, Isako makes an enormous mistake in trying to unlock the virtual being.
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Episode 4 - Daikoku City Heike Club
Release Date: 2007-06-02A battle breaks out at school! During the commotion, Fumie steals a mysterious piece of data from Amasawa.
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Episode 5 - The Metabug Scramble Bus Tour
Release Date: 2007-06-09The Hackers' Club goes on a metabug expedition over the fringes of surrounding cyberspace lead by Isako.
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Episode 6 - The Red Automaton
Release Date: 2007-06-16Yasako and Fumie begin an investigation into Haraken and Searchmaton. Under pressure, Haraken reveals something huge to Yasako and Fumie.
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Episode 7 - In Action!! The COIL Detective Agency
Release Date: 2007-06-23Isako once again summons an illegal with the help of the Daikoku Hackers. With Yasako and Fumie working on an unrelated case, will the virus take over?
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Episode 8 - The Summer Festival and a Duel
Release Date: 2007-06-30Isako hatches a risky plan, and Daichi's newly rekindled friendship with Fumie may suffer as a result.
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Episode 9 - Michiko-san from the Other Side
Release Date: 2007-07-07The kids spend a dark and stormy night telling ghost stories and playing spooky games at school. Meanwhile, Haraken has an interesting other worldly experience.
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Episode 10 - Kanna's Diary
Release Date: 2007-07-14Following clues left by Haraken's former research partner, Haraken, Fumie, and Yasako search for any new leads.
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Episode 11 - Sunken! Daikoku City
Release Date: 2007-07-21Daichi's plan to acquire metabugs via a fish-type illegal doesn't go as planned and may endanger everyone in the virtual vicinity.
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Episode 12 - Daichi Grows Hair
Release Date: 2007-07-28Yasako finds a race of microscopic illegals growing on their faces that are on the brink of destruction. Can Yasako figure out a way to save them?
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Episode 13 - The Last Plesiosaur
Release Date: 2007-08-04A docile illegal follows the kids on a hazardous journey through the city, driven to find more of its kind.
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Episode 14 - Record of a Living Being
Release Date: 2007-09-01Akira, Fumie's little brother, recalls the events thus far from his own perspective. Later, Haraken is warned by Nekome to stop investigating.
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Episode 15 - The Young Boy Beyond the Station
Release Date: 2007-09-08Yasako searches for the place she met 4423. Afterward, she deduces that the place was a virtual space that was deleted.
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Episode 16 - Isako's Hospital Room
Release Date: 2007-09-15Haraken and Fumie discover early accounts from previous denno users. Later, Yasako visits her comatose brother.
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Episode 17 - The Final Summer Vacation
Release Date: 2007-09-22Haraken asks Isako to take him to the so-called "other world" in an effort to see if Kanna Ashihara still exists.
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Episode 18 - The Door to Another World
Release Date: 2007-09-29Haraken barely makes it back through Isako's gateway. Tamako, fearing for his life, takes his glasses away. Meanwhile, trouble begins as a space appears behind Megabaa's shop.
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Episode 19 - The Dark Visitors
Release Date: 2007-10-06With Kyoko on the "other side", Fumie and Yasako get help from Densuke to help guide Kyoko's denno body back to her real one.
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Episode 20 - Kanna and Yasako
Release Date: 2007-10-13Haraken uses Kanna's glasses to sneak to the "other side." Yasako also enters with the help is Isako and Tamako.
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Episode 21 - The Dark Automaton
Release Date: 2007-10-20Megamass is doing research on the "other side" and the effects of the den-noh coil. Isako finds herself drawn into it.
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Episode 22 - The Final COIL
Release Date: 2007-10-27Yasako and Isako are running from Megamass. While hiding, they discover that Densuke might be able to open a stable portal.
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Episode 23 - The Granted Wish
Release Date: 2007-11-10For various reasons, Nekome wants to join her brother on the other side, and the only way is to somehow convince Densuke to help.
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Episode 24 - The Children Who Throw Away Their Glasses
Release Date: 2007-11-17The events surrounding Isako frighten the other parents. In an effort to keep their children safe, they confiscate their glasses, but at what cost?
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Episode 25 - The Kanazawa City Hazama Intersection
Release Date: 2007-11-24Desperate to save Isako, Yasako finds a pair of glasses that belonged to her grandfather and uses them to travel to the other side.
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Episode 26 - Yasako and Isako
Release Date: 2007-12-01Yasako comes face to face with the true nature of the Coil Domain and Michiko. Even with the support of her friends, can she save Isako?