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6.92Community score
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Aチャンネル +smile

A-Channel: A-Channel+smile

Following the everyday lives of four high school girls: the flighty Run, the reckless Tooru, the timid Yuuko, and the level-headed Nagi. Mountain of Pancakes — Kitou-sensei injures her hand during class and has to deal with it while Tooru brings cat Tansan to school with her to meet Yutaka and Miho. Later, the girls decide to get pancakes at a café where Miho happens to be working, facing trouble when Yutaka shows up out of the blue. A Picture of a Wish — Yuuko catches a cold so the others pay her a visit and help look after her. Later, the girls get together for the New Year's shrine visit. (Source: Wikipedia)

Names

OriginalAチャンネル +smile (japanese)
RomajiA-Channel: A-Channel+smile
English
Also known asA-Channel OVA

Facts

FormatOVA (home video) · 2 ep · 25 min · 1h total
Aired2012-02-11 → 2012-03-21 (Winter 2012)
StatusFINISHED
StudioStudio Gokumi
SourceManga
OriginJapan (Anime)
DemographicSeinen
GenresComedySlice of Life
ThemesCute Girls Doing Cute Things

Reception

Community score6.92 / 10
Bayesian score7.15 / 10
Composite48.3
On lists6,007
Favourited25 (0.4%)
Completion94.5%
Drop rate1.3%
In backlog22.9%
Score spread σ1.55

Score distribution

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Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioStudio GokumiC23 of 46
Broadcast seasonWinter 2012C27 of 63
Year2012C169 of 350
FormatOVA (home video)D487 of 944
DemographicSeinenD499 of 775
LengthOVA / SpecialD670 of 1,260
EraEarly 2010sC793 of 1,627
Season (all years)WinterD804 of 1,557
GenreSlice of LifeD1,004 of 1,578
GenreComedyD1,864 of 3,488
Source materialMangaD1,908 of 3,025
OriginJapanD3,827 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorKenji Setou, Hiroki Matsumoto, Youta Tsuruoka
MusicSatoru Kousaki, MONACA
Original creatorbb Kuroda

Franchise — Aチャンネル

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+Aチャンネル
A-Channel: +A-Channel
2011Special46.5
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Aチャンネル
A-Channel
2011TV series45.7
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Aチャンネル 鍋を食べよう
A-Channel: Nabe wo Tabeyou
2017OVA (home video)48.5

Related

RelationYearTitle
prequel2011A-Channel
sequel2017A-Channel: Nabe wo Tabeyou

AniList id 11339 · MAL id 11339 · Bangumi 29432 · record updated 2026-08-26