List of Encouragement of Climb episodes (season 2)

Encouragement of Climb
Full cover of the season 1 Blu-ray volume released by Earth Star Entertainment in Japan on May 14, 2013.
Country of origin	Japan
No. of seasons	2 (third announced)
No. of episodes	36 + 3 OVA
Release
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original release	January 3, 2013 – present

Encouragement of Climb is a slice of life anime series based on the manga series written by Shiro and serialized in Comic Earth Star magazine. When shy acrophobic Aoi Yukimura reunites with her childhood friend and mountaineering enthusiast Hinata Kuraue, on the first day of high school, she 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 8-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. 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. The series was also obtained by Crunchyroll which streamed both seasons as a simulcast with English subtitles. Earth Star Entertainment released the complete season in Japan on a single Blu-ray and DVD volume on May 14, 2013. The set also included an unaired 13th OVA episode. 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.

For the first season, the opening theme is "Staccato Days" (スタッカート・デイズ) by Yuka Iguchi and Kana Asumi. For the second season, the opening theme for the first 15 episodes is "Natsuiro no Present" (夏色プレゼント, Natsuiro no Purezento, Summer-colored Present) by Yuka Iguchi, Kana Asumi, Yōko Hikasa, and Yui Ogura, while the theme for episode 16 onwards is "Mainichi Koharu Biyori" (毎日コハルビヨリ, Everyday Indian Summer) 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 "Staccato Days" (スタッカート・デイズ, Sutakkāto Deizu) by Iguchi and Asumi, and the ending theme for episode 16 onwards is "Cocoiro Rainbow" by Kyouko Narumi.