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Encouragement of Climb Second Season (TV)

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Alternative title:
Yama no Susume Second Season (Japanese)
ヤマノススメ セカンドシーズン (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Aoi continues to challenge higher and more difficult mountains (and volcanoes), helped and accompanied by childhood friend Hinata, upperclassman Kaede, and middle-schooler Kokona. Along the way, they discover the wonder and enjoyment that mountain-climbing can bring, despite the frequent hardship.
User Ratings: 127 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:12, raw:1)
 Excellent: 24 votes (sub:23, dub:1)
 Very good: 47 votes (sub:43, raw:3, dub:1)
 Good: 26 votes (sub:25, raw:1)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 184 users, rank: #4123 (of 10140)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.803 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4474, rank: #1083 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 7.794 (Very good−), rank: #976 (of 10325) (seen all: 7.84 / seen some: 8.00 / won't finish: 6.32)
Bayesian estimate: 7.764 (Very good−), rank: #766 (of 7760)
Running time: 15 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2014-07-09
Opening Theme:
#1: "Natsuiro no Present" (夏色のプレゼント;Summer-Colored Present) by Yuka Iguchi & Kana Asumi & Yoko Hikasa & Yui Ogura (eps 1-15)
#2: "Mainichi Koharu Biyori" (毎日コハルビヨリ;Everyday is Koharu Weather) by Yuka Iguchi & Kana Asumi (eps 16-)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Tinkling Smile" by Yui Ogura (eps 1-12)
#2: "Staccato Days" (スタッカート・デイズ) by Yuka Iguchi and Kana Asumi (eps 13-15)
#3: "Cocoiro Rainbow" (Coco-Colored Rainbow) by Kyōko Narumi (eps 16-)
Insert song:
"Staccato Days" (スタッカート・デイズ) by Yuka Iguchi and Kana Asumi (ep 12)
News: Show:
Encouragement of Climb Anime's 3rd Season Premieres This Summer (Jan 4, 2018)
Crunchyroll Reveals Streaming Areas, Premiere Date For King's Game TV Anime (Oct 5, 2017)
Encouragement of Climb Anime Gets 'Big Announcement' in March (Jan 31, 2017)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 23-29 (Apr 7, 2015)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 23-March 1 (Mar 3, 2015)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 19-25 (Jan 27, 2015)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, November 24-30 (Dec 2, 2014)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 20-26 (Oct 28, 2014)
Crunchyroll Adds Encouragement of Climb Second Season (Jul 10, 2014)
2nd Yama no Susume/Encouragement of Climb Season's Video Features Theme Song (Jul 2, 2014)
2nd Encouragement of Climb Season Listed With 24 Episodes (Jun 5, 2014)
Spring/Summer Anime Series' Lengths Listed (Mar 26, 2014)
2nd Yama no Susume Season Slated for Summer (Dec 7, 2013)
Yama no Susume Mountain-Climbing Anime Gets 2nd Season (Dec 2, 2013)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yūsuke Yamamoto
Series Composition: Yūsuke Yamamoto
Storyboard:
Akira Satō (ep 21)
Ayako Kurata (ep 20)
Haruki Nagai (ep 17)
Hazuki Mizumoto (ep 7)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 5, 16)
Kazuhiro Yoneda (ep 4)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 13)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Nobuharu Kamanaka (ep 8)
Ryouji Masuyama (ep 15)
Shinsaku Sasaki (ep 6)
Taizo Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 11-12, 14, 23
)
Takaaki Wada (ep 9)
Toshifumi Akai (ED 1)
Tsutomu Yabuki (ep 24)
Yoshiaki Kyougoku (ep 18)
Yūsuke Yamamoto (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 10, 17, 19, 22
)
Episode Director:
Akira Satō (ep 21)
Ayako Kurata (ep 20)
Daisuke Hiramaki (ep 14)
Hazuki Mizumoto (eps 3, 7, 19)
Katsuya Shigehara (ep 16)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 13)
Kiyoshi Matsuda (ep 23)
Kōhei Hatano (eps 4-5)
Mizuka Takahashi (ep 6)
Nobuharu Kamanaka (ep 8)
Ryouji Masuyama (ep 15)
Takaaki Wada (ep 9)
Takahiro Majima (ep 17)
Tsutomu Yabuki (eps 11, 24)
Yasuo Ejima (ep 10)
Yoshiaki Kyougoku (eps 12, 18)
Yūsuke Yamamoto (eps 1-2, 22)
Unit Director:
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Satoshi Ōsedo (ED2)
Toshifumi Akai (ED 1)
Original creator: Shiro
Character Design: Yūsuke Matsuo
Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri
Chief Animation Director: Yūsuke Matsuo
Animation Director:
Akira Satō (ep 21)
Atsushi Irie (eps 1, 11, 22)
Fumiyuki Uehara (ep 15)
Hiroyuki Saita (eps 3, 18)
Kazuaki Shimada (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 19, 23
)
Keiya Nakano (ep 24)
Kenichirō Katsura (ep 7)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 8)
Masahiro Yamanaka (eps 10, 14)
Mizuka Takahashi (OP2; ep 6)
Noriyuki Imaoka (ep 13)
Ryōma Ebata (ep 17)
Ryōtarō Akao (ep 5)
Saeko Ōfuji (ep 18)
Satoshi Furuhashi (eps 16, 24)
Shōta Iwasaki (ep 12)
Takashi Shiokawa (ep 20)
Tōru Imanishi (ED2)
Yūsuke Matsuo (ED 1)
Sound Director: Yūsuke Yamamoto
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Satō
Producer:
Hiroaki Tsunoda (Yomiuri TV)
Michio Kaiba
Shinichi Takahashi
Shuichi Kitada (Yomiuri TV)
Yasuhiro Nakajima
Yutaka Gotō
Yuya Machida

2nd Key Animation:
Kaori Dou (eps 3, 12, 14)
Miyuki Koga (ep 16)
Shūto Yamamoto (ep 9)
Animation producer: Kazuyoshi Mukaitouge
Art Setting: Kazushi Fujii
Color design: Yukari Fujiki
Editing: Megumi Uchida
In-Between Animation: Sumi Matsuzaki (8-Bit; eps 8, 10-11)
Key Animation:
Akane Imada (ep 20)
Aki Yamauchi (eps 1, 10)
Akino Kojima (ep 13)
Akira Hamaguchi (ED1; ep 13)
Akira Satō (ED; ED2; ep 21)
Akira Takata (ep 15)
Atsuki Shimizu (ep 1)
Atsuko Inoue (ep 14)
Atsushi Irie (OP2; eps 1, 22)
Atsushi Satō (ep 7)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (eps 14, 21)
Chika Ohashi (ep 15)
China (ep 18)
Daiki Hanashiro (ep 18)
Daisuke Agata (ep 7)
Daisuke Hiramaki (ep 14)
Fumie Muroi (OP2/ED1)
Fumiyuki Uehara (eps 2, 15)
Futoshi Fujikawa (ep 1)
Guonian Wang (ep 18)
Hiromi Nakagawa (ED1)
Hironori Tanaka (ED1)
Hiroshi Konno (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 19, 24
)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 24)
Hiroyuki Saita (ep 3)
Hisashi Mori (ep 13)
Ikkō Inaguma (ep 18)
Isamu Suzuki (ep 18)
Junichi Takaoka (ep 20)
Kana Miyai (ep 18)
Kanta Suzuki (ep 23)
Kaori Dou (ep 20)
Kasumi Wada (ED1)
Katsuya Kikuchi (ED2)
Kazuaki Shimada (OP2/ED1-2; 4 episodes
eps 1, 4 solo, 19, 23
)
Kazuhiro Oki (ep 10)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 13)
Kazuyuki Matsubara (ep 10)
Kazuyuki Ueda (ED1)
Keiichi Ishida (ep 21)
Keiko Ichihara (ED1; ep 20)
Kenichi Ōki (ep 16 solo)
Kenichirō Katsura (ep 1)
Kōichi Usami (eps 3, 15)
Kōji Matsuyama (eps 11, 14, 19)
Kōsuke Yoshida (ED1; ep 19)
Kyu Uchida (ep 13)
Mai Sakamoto (ep 20)
Mai Toda (eps 1, 22)
Mai Yoneyama (ep 12)
Manami Hattori (eps 1, 14)
Mariko Emori (ep 14)
Maruko (ep 20)
Masaaki Takiyama (OP2; ep 24)
Masaaki Yamano (ep 20)
Masahiko Matsuo (eps 14, 23)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (3 episodes
eps 8 solo, 22-23
)
Masahiro Yamanaka (ep 10)
Masashi Ishihama (OP)
Masayuki Nonaka (ED1; ep 3)
Michelle Sugimoto (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 21-22, 24
)
Miki Takemoto (eps 11, 15, 20)
Minami Yoshida (ED2; ep 22)
Mizuka Takahashi (OP2; eps 6 solo, 24)
Moe Usami (ep 18)
Naoaki Hōjō (eps 1-2, 21)
Naoto Yoshida (ep 11)
Norio Matsumoto (eps 22, 24)
Noriyuki Imaoka (ep 24)
Rapparu (ep 13)
Ryō Araki (ep 3)
Ryōma Ebata (eps 2, 17 solo)
Ryōsuke Tanigawa (eps 10, 14)
Ryōtarō Akao (eps 5 solo, 23)
Ryouji Masuyama (ep 15)
Ryōzō Sugiyama (ep 21)
Ryūnosuke Murakami (ep 20)
Sachiko Suzuki (ep 10)
Sadao Ōshima (ep 15)
Saeko Ōfuji (ep 18)
Sakurako Mitsuhashi (ep 18)
Satoshi Furuhashi (OP2; 4 episodes
eps 13, 19, 23-24
)
Satoshi Ishino (OP2)
Sayuri Sugitō (ep 2)
Shingo Okano (ep 7)
Shingo Yamashita (ep 13)
Shiori Nakata (ep 10)
Shoko Takimoto (ED1)
Shōta Iwasaki (ep 12)
Tadashi Shida (eps 2, 11)
Takaaki Wada (ep 9 solo)
Takahiro Sasaki (ep 2)
Takahisa Katagiri (ep 18)
Takayoshi Watanabe (ep 15)
Takehito Ise (ep 13)
Tatsurō Kawano (ep 13)
Tomokazu Shimabukuro (ep 19)
Tomoko Nitta (ep 15)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 7)
Tōru Terumichi (ep 20)
Toshifumi Akai (ED1)
Toshihiko Fukano (Anime Torotoro; ep 22)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 13)
Tsutomu Nishiyama (Anime Torotoro; ep 22)
Tsutomu Yabuki (ep 11)
Yasuko Higuchi (ep 14)
Yasushi Kunimoto (eps 7, 10)
Yasushi Shingō (ep 23)
Yoshiki Hirakawa (ep 10)
Yoshiyuki Mori (ED1; ep 18)
Yōsuke Aburaya (ED2)
Yōsuke Kobashi (ep 7)
Youki Ebisu (ep 10)
Yu Ogasawara (ep 10)
Yūichirō Komuro (ep 20)
Yūki Nakano (ep 24)
Yuki Watanabe (ep 3)
Yūko Yahiro (ep 15)
Yūsuke Matsuo (ep 1)
Yusuke Shimizu (ep 2)
Yūya Kumagai (ep 19)
Production Advancement:
Chihiro Sato (5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 16, 21, 24
)
Haruki Nagai (eps 17, 23)
Keita Seto (ED1; 5 episodes
eps 3-4, 12, 18, 20
)
Ryō Takahashi (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 10-11, 14, 19, 22
)
Ryōta Shimizu (eps 5, 7, 9, 13)
Toshiya Ōtomo (ED2; ep 15)
Production Desk: Toshiya Ōtomo
Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo
Theme Song Performance:
Kana Asumi (OP)
Yōko Hikasa (OP)
Yui Ogura (OP, ED)
Yuka Iguchi (OP)
Kana Asumi as Hinata Kuraue
Yuka Iguchi as Aoi Yukimura

Aya Hisakawa as Megumi Yukimura (Aoi's mother; 12 episodes
eps 1, 6-9, 11-14, 18-19, 24
)
Nao Tōyama as Honoka Kurosaki (eps 21-24)
Seirō Ogino as Ken'ichi Kuraue (Hinata's father; 4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 14, 21
)
Yōko Hikasa as Kaede Saitō
Yui Makino as Yūka Sasahara (eps 15-16, 19)
Yui Ogura as Kokona Aoba
Yūko Gibu as Hikari Onozuka (eps 18-20, 24)

Aki Orita as Female student (ep 7)
Asuka Shinomiya as Female student (ep 7)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Sū-san (eps 18, 20, 24)
Atsushi Tamaru as Ken'ichi's friend (ep 6)
Daisuke Takenaka as Mountain climber (ep 11)
Fuminori Komatsu as
Makoto Yukimura (Aoi's father; ep 6)
Mountain climber B (ep 10)
Mountain hut person (ep 9)
Haruka Terui as Classmate B (ep 4)
Haruna Usui as Female student B (ep 15)
Jingo Hōjō as Mountain climber (ep 11)
Kyōko Narumi as
Announcer (ep 16)
Child (ep 2)
Classmate A (ep 4)
Female store clerk (ep 7)
Female student A (ep 15)
Mountain climber (ep 11)
Mountain climber B (ep 22)
Mountain hut person (ep 9)
Student A (ep 12)
Woman (ep 20)
Woman A (ep 10)
Manami Shirakawa as Female student (ep 7)
Mariko Terashima as Student (ep 15)
Masaru Ikeda as Mountain hut owner (eps 22-23)
Natsuki Tsuboi as Student (ep 15)
Nelson Babin‐Coy as Michael (eps 9-11)
Risa Hayamizu as
Mai Aoba (Kokona's mother; eps 13, 20)
Mother (ep 2)
Saki Takahashi as
Female student (ep 7)
Mountain climber (ep 11)
Seiichirō Yamashita as
Annoucer (ep 4)
Firefly ghost (ep 13)
Ken'ichi Kuraue (youth; ep 6)
Mountain climber (ep 11)
Mountain climber A (ep 10)
Mountain hut person (ep 9)
Mūma-kun (eps 1-2, 20, 24)
Official (ep 21)
Student (ep 15)
Student B (ep 12)
Taishi (ep 19)
TV voice (ep 7)
Shinji Kawada as Store clerk (ep 6)
Shinya Nakamura as Mountain climber (ep 11)
Taiji Seki as Mountain climber (ep 11)
Takuya Saitō as Student (ep 15)
Tatsumi Aoki as Student (ep 15)
Yasuyuki Sano as Mountain climber A (ep 22)
Yoku Shioya as Arai-sensei (eps 12, 24)
Yui Matsuda as Student (ep 15)
Yuki Kaida as Jennifer (eps 9-11)

Asuka Shinomiya (ep 13)
Kyōko Narumi (eps 1, 13, 24)
Yuki Kondō (ep 13)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line
Ace Company
AI
Anitus Kōbe
APPP
Big Bang
Big Owl
Brain's Base
Digital Network Animation
Eagle Nest
Hoods Entertainment
ingresA
Jūmonji
Kinema Citrus
Production IMS
Reboot
Rising Force
Sakura Create
Studio Elle
STUDIO GAO
Studio Mark
Studio μ
TAP
Triple A
TYO Animations
Wao World
xenron
Animation Production: 8 bit
Backgrounds:
Mukuo Studio
Studio WHO
Broadcaster:
AT-X
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
Shizuoka Daiichi Television Corporation
Tokyo MX
Finish Animation:
Ace Company (ep 9)
Asahi Production (ep 9)
BEEP (14 episodes
eps 3-5, 7-8, 10-12, 14-19
)
Big Owl (eps 9, 12, 17)
CL Corporation (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 10-11, 18
)
diomedéa (ep 4)
drop (eps 4, 10)
FAI International (ep 3)
Jumondo (eps 1, 14, 19)
Kagura (ep 17)
Line Farm (ep 17)
NARA Animation (11 episodes
eps 4-9, 11, 14-17
)
office DCI (ED 2; 9 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 10-12, 17-18
)
R.I.C (ep 17)
Reboot (4 episodes
eps 9, 13-14, 18
)
Rising Force (ED 2; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 10, 13-14, 18
)
Studio Elle (OP; ED 1-2; eps 1, 3-19)
TAP (eps 4, 9)
Triple A (ED 2; 15 episodes
eps 1, 3-14, 16-17
)
UEC (ep 10)
xenron (eps 9-11, 14-19)
In-Between Animation:
8 bit (OP; ED 1-2; eps 3, 5-23)
8-Bit Rocket (eps 15-17, 19)
A-Line (eps 1-2)
Ace Company (ep 9)
Actas (eps 17, 23)
AI (eps 5, 14)
Anitus Kōbe (4 episodes
eps 4, 15, 17, 19
)
Asahi Production (ep 9)
Big Owl (eps 9, 12)
C2C (eps 15-22)
CL Corporation (eps 12, 18)
Digital Network Animation (eps 13-17)
diomedéa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 13, 15, 17
)
Dōga Kōbō (ep 17)
FAI International (eps 3, 17, 23)
GAINAX (eps 20-22)
Hoods Entertainment (5 episodes
eps 4, 15, 20-21, 23
)
ingresA (ep 17)
Jumondo (ep 14)
Kagura (ep 17)
Kino Production (eps 1, 3-4)
Nakamura Production (eps 16-17)
NARA Animation (ED 2; 12 episodes
eps 1-9, 11, 16-17
)
office DCI (ED 2; 12 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 10-12, 14, 17-18, 22-23
)
PRA (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 16-17, 19
)
Production IMS (9 episodes
eps 7, 10-13, 15, 17, 21-22
)
Reboot (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 16, 18
)
Rising Force (eps 1-2)
Sakura Create (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 20-21
)
Satelight (ED 2; eps 15, 17-19)
Studio Elle (eps 5, 21)
Studio Gash (eps 1-2, 4)
Studio Ribla (ED 2; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 15-16, 19, 21-22
)
TAP (ep 9)
TMS Entertainment (ep 15)
Triple A (ED 2; 19 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-17, 19, 22-23
)
TYO Animations (ep 22)
Wao World (ep 17)
xenron (ep 9)
Internet Streaming:
Niconico
Videx
Key Animation: Anime Torotoro (ep 21)
Photography: 8-Bit Rocket
Production:
8 bit
Ashisuto
Earth Star Entertainment
Good Smile Company
Jinnan Studio
Osaka Broadcasting Corporation
Tokyo MX
Tsutaya
Yomiuri TV Enterprise
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Expired)
English cast
(none)
Spanish companies
Spanish staff
(none)
Broadcaster:
Canal UCR (Costa Rica)
ETC...TV (Chile - Subtittled)
XEIMT Canal 22 (Mexico - Dubbed)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Latin America and Spain)
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: TPA (Angola)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation
Portuguese cast
(none)

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