List of Encouragement of Climb episodes
Encouragement of Climb is a slice of life anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Shiro and serialized in Comic Earth Star magazine. Shy acrophobic Aoi Yukimura reunites with her childhood friend and mountaineering enthusiast Hinata Kuraue, on the first day of high school, and is reluctantly dragged on an adventure to explore the wonders of mountain climbing. The girls hope to ultimately see the sunrise from atop the mountain they climbed as children once more. Along the way, Aoi and Hinata make new friends and share  many experiences. The series is produced by Eight Bit and directed by Yusuke Yamamoto with character designs by Yuusuke Matsuo. The twelve episode first season consists of 5-minute-long episodes and aired between January 3 and March 21, 2013, on Tokyo MX and later by SUN-TV, AT-X and KBS along with online streaming by Niconico. Earth Star Entertainment released the complete season in Japan on a single Blu-ray and DVD volume on May 14, 2013.<ref name="BD / DVD ref"></ref> The set also included an unaired 13th OVA episode. The second season consists of 15-minute-long  episodes and aired on Tokyo MX between July 9, 2014, and December 24, 2014, followed by later airings on KBS, SDT, BS11 and AT-X along with online streaming on Niconico. Bonus episodes were included with the 2nd and 7th Blu-ray and DVD volumes of the second season, released on October 24, 2014, and March 27, 2015, respectively. An original video animation, titled "Omoide Present", was released on October 28, 2017. A third season, also consisting of 15-minute long episodes, aired between July 2 and September 24, 2018. All seasons are simulcast with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. A  new anime television series titled , consisting of 12 full-length episodes, will premiere in October 2022. For the first season, the opening theme is by Yuka Iguchi and Kana Asumi. For the second season, the opening theme for the first 15 episodes is by Iguchi, Asumi, Yōko Hikasa, and Yui Ogura, while the theme for episode 16 onwards is by Iguchi and Asumi. The ending theme for the first twelve episodes is "Tinkling Smile" by Ogura, the ending theme for episodes 13-15 is by Iguchi and Asumi, the ending theme for episode 16-24 is "Cocoiro Rainbow" by Kyouko  Narumi, and the ending theme for episode 25 is . For the OVA, the main theme is by Iguchi and Asumi. For the third season, the opening theme is by Iguchi, Asumi, Hikasa, and Ogura, while the ending theme is by Iguchi and Asumi.