“Childhood friends Run and Tooru enter high school, expanding their duo into a quartet of close-knit girls.”
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Synopsis
Childhood friends Run and Tooru enter high school, expanding their duo into a quartet of close-knit girls.
Forgetful and good-natured Run Momoki has been best friends with Tooru Ichii since childhood. Despite Run being one year older, her carefree attitude and popularity with the boys is a constant headache for the overprotective Tooru. To complicate matters further, when Tooru applies to the same high school as Run, she finds out that their little circle of two has grown into a quartet. Their new acquaintances—Nagisa Tennouji and Yuuko Nishi—are classmates of Run and, in Tooru's eyes, the two must prove they are trustworthy. As a new high school year begins, the girls balance their friendship with the exhilarating opportunities of school life.
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Community consensus
Derived from 42 sampled reviews
What 42 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.77 · some divergence
4.2 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 3.8
↑ 0.05
Running avg · Apr 2011 → May 2024
- 7 “A-channel isn't really my anime so I only watched the first two episodes before dropping it but I can still give, some kind of review. I like the characters and how they're all different. The art...”
- 7 “This show is a slice of life at school and the main character the short black hair girl looks up to the blonde haired and does her best scare the boys who hit on her and she also name called the...”
- 7 “A Channel transcends its initial appearance as a typical moe show to deliver surprising emotional depth through the central relationship between Run and Tooru. The series builds to a powerful...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 Spring 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5878 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Dentsu Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor