Den-noh Coil

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.

AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

Seasons

1. The Children with Glasses

Air Date: 2007-05-12

When Yasako and Kyoko's virtual pet dog, Densuke, goes missing, Yasako procures the assistance of a detective.

2. COIL Cyber Detective Agency

Air Date: 2007-05-19

Yasako 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.

3. Yuko and Yuko

Air Date: 2007-05-26

With 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.

4. Daikoku City Heike Club

Air Date: 2007-06-02

A battle breaks out at school! During the commotion, Fumie steals a mysterious piece of data from Amasawa.

5. The Metabug Scramble Bus Tour

Air Date: 2007-06-09

The Hackers' Club goes on a metabug expedition over the fringes of surrounding cyberspace lead by Isako.

6. The Red Automaton

Air Date: 2007-06-16

Yasako and Fumie begin an investigation into Haraken and Searchmaton. Under pressure, Haraken reveals something huge to Yasako and Fumie.

7. In Action!! The COIL Detective Agency

Air Date: 2007-06-23

Isako 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?

8. The Summer Festival and a Duel

Air Date: 2007-06-30

Isako hatches a risky plan, and Daichi's newly rekindled friendship with Fumie may suffer as a result.

9. Michiko-san from the Other Side

Air Date: 2007-07-07

The kids spend a dark and stormy night telling ghost stories and playing spooky games at school. Meanwhile, Haraken has an interesting other worldly experience.

10. Kanna's Diary

Air Date: 2007-07-14

Following clues left by Haraken's former research partner, Haraken, Fumie, and Yasako search for any new leads.

11. Sunken! Daikoku City

Air Date: 2007-07-21

Daichi's plan to acquire metabugs via a fish-type illegal doesn't go as planned and may endanger everyone in the virtual vicinity.

12. Daichi Grows Hair

Air Date: 2007-07-28

Yasako 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?

13. The Last Plesiosaur

Air Date: 2007-08-04

A docile illegal follows the kids on a hazardous journey through the city, driven to find more of its kind.

14. Record of a Living Being

Air Date: 2007-09-01

Akira, Fumie's little brother, recalls the events thus far from his own perspective. Later, Haraken is warned by Nekome to stop investigating.

15. The Young Boy Beyond the Station

Air Date: 2007-09-08

Yasako searches for the place she met 4423. Afterward, she deduces that the place was a virtual space that was deleted.

16. Isako's Hospital Room

Air Date: 2007-09-15

Haraken and Fumie discover early accounts from previous denno users. Later, Yasako visits her comatose brother.

17. The Final Summer Vacation

Air Date: 2007-09-22

Haraken asks Isako to take him to the so-called "other world" in an effort to see if Kanna Ashihara still exists.

18. The Door to Another World

Air Date: 2007-09-29

Haraken 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.