| Den-noh Coil | |
 Cover of the first DVD volume, featuring Yuko Okonogi (left) and Fumie Hashimoto (right) | |
| 電脳コイル (Dennō Koiru) | |
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| Genre | Science fiction[1] |
| Created by | Mitsuo Iso |
| Anime television series | |
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| Produced by |
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| Written by | Mitsuo Iso |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK-E |
| Original run | May 12, 2007 – December 1, 2007 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Yūko Miyamura |
| Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
| Imprint | Tokuma Novels Edge |
| Original run | April 4, 2007 – November 20, 2010 |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Den-noh Coil The Comics | |
| Written by | Mitsuo Iso |
| Illustrated by | Kuze Mizuki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Ciao |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | July 3, 2007 – October 31, 2007 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Den-noh Coil (Japanese: 電脳コイル, Hepburn: Dennō Koiru, lit. Cyber Coil), also known as Coil – A Circle of Children;[2] is a Japanese science fiction anime television series produced by Madhouse. The series is created, directed and written by Mitsuo Iso, it aired for 26 episodes in Japan on NHK Educational TV between May and December 2007. The story follows a group of children as they use AR glasses to unravel the mysteries of the half real, half Internet city, using a variety of illegal software tools, techniques, and virtual pets to manipulate the digital landscape.
It is a pioneering work that depicts daily life in a world dominated by AR (augmented reality) technology, in which layers created by computer networks are superimposed on the real world. It has received high praise among critics for its fusion of old-fashioned Japanese scenery and urban legends, a modern version of the Japanese folklore Kaidan, with a futuristic worldview, and for its story of children playing in an augmented reality world using a device called "Den-noh Megane" (cyber glasses), as if anticipating the subsequent emergence of smart glasses.
Den-noh Coil has won several awards, including the Grand Prize of the 29th Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Best Media of the 39th Seiun Award, both in 2008, and the Excellence Award at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2007.
- ^ Meek, Bradley. "Dennou Coil". THEM Anime Reviews. Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ Harding, Daryl (January 13, 2022). "'The Orbital Children' Anime Releases Collaboration Visual With Mitsuo Iso's Previous Work 'Dennou Coil'". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.