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Den-noh Coil

Den-noh Coil

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Overview

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.

Created by Mitsuo Iso
Written by Mitsuo Iso
Produced by Masao Maruyama, Satoshi Yoshimoto
NetworksNHK Educational TVNHK

Top Cast

Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Yuko "Yasako" Okonogi

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Yuko "Isako" Amasawa

Akiko Yajima

Akiko Yajima

Kyoko Okonogi

Romi Park

Romi Park

Ken'ichi "Haraken" Harakawa

Sachiko Kojima

Sachiko Kojima

Fumie Hashimoto

Themes & Keywords

japanelementary schoolcyberinternetcyberspacecyberneticcyber & mechakidsanimenear futureweird internet

About Den-noh Coil

Den-noh Coil is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of japan, elementary school, cyber, internet, cyberspace, cybernetic. Created by Mitsuo Iso, it stars Fumiko Orikasa, Houko Kuwashima, Akiko Yajima. 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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