Yama no Susume

Encouragement of Climb
Cover of the first manga volume featuring main characters Aoi (right) and Hinata (left).
ヤマノススメ (Yama no Susume)
Genre	Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Shiro
Published by	Earth Star Entertainment
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Comic Earth Star
Original run	August 12, 2011 – present
Volumes	11 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Yusuke Yamamoto
Studio	8-Bit
Original network	Tokyo MX, SUN-TV, AT-X
Original run	January 3, 2013 – March 21, 2013
Episodes	12 + OVA (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Encouragement of Climb: Second Season
Directed by	Yusuke Yamamoto
Studio	8-Bit
Original run	July 9, 2014 – December 23, 2014
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Encouragement of Climb (ヤマノススメ, Yama no Susume^?, lit. "Recommendation of Mountaineering") is a slice-of-life manga series written and illustrated by Shiro, which began serialization in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star magazine in 2011. An anime television series by 8-Bit aired in Japan between January and March 2013 and was simulcasted by Crunchyroll. A second season aired from July 2014 to December 2014.

Aoi and Hinata are childhood friends. Aoi prefers staying indoors and is afraid of heights, whereas Hinata is outgoing and loves mountaineering. They both decide to climb a mountain, in order to see a sunrise they saw together when they were younger.

Yama no Susume began as a manga series written and illustrated by Shiro and published in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star magazine. The first chapter appeared in the September 2011 issue of the magazine, released on August 12, 2011. The series' chapters have been compiled in 11 volumes, published between June 12, 2012, and March 12, 2016.

An anime television series, directed by Yusuke Yamamoto and produced by 8-Bit, aired in Japan on Tokyo MX between January 3 and March 21, 2013, and was simulcasted by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Staccato Days" (スタッカート・デイズ, Sutakkāto Deizu^?) by Yuka Iguchi and Kana Asumi. The series consisted of twelve five-minute episodes, with an additional OVA episode bundled with the Blu-ray Disc release of the series on May 14, 2013. A second season, consisting of 24 fifteen-minute episodes, began airing from July 9, 2014. The opening theme is "Natsuiro Present" (夏色プレゼント, Natsuiro Purezento^?, Summer-colored Present) by Iguchi, Asumi, Yōko Hikasa and Yui Ogura, "Mainichi Koharu Biyori" (毎日コハルビヨリ) by Iguchi, Asumi for episode sixteen onwards; whilst the ending themes are "Tinkling Smile" by Ogura for the first twelve episodes, "Stacatto Days" for episodes thirteen to fifteen, and "Cocoiro Rainbow" by Kyoko Narumi for episode sixteen onwards.