SHIROBAKO

2014 • Anime Network
4.6
40 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
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Volume 1 episodes (12)

1 Exodus to Tomorrow!
2/20/15
Season-only
Back in high school Aoi and her four friends promised to one day make an animated feature together! It's been two years since then and Aoi is now an assistant producer facing the struggles of working within the anime industry.
2 Arupin is Here!
2/27/15
Season-only
With Segawa-san falling ill the pressure to complete episode four of Exodus has increased for Aoi. To make matters even worse though the director has decided to completely redo a scene! Will the team be able to make their deadline?
3 No More Recap Episodes
3/6/15
Season-only
Now that everyone has agreed to rework episode four, Aoi and the team are scrambling to make their deadline. Technology seems to be against them though when an FTP server goes down and they can't access some of the necessary files!
4 I Totally Messed Up
3/13/15
Season-only
Shizuka is finally going to audition for a role with Prussia Studio. While there she learns that a popular voice actress is auditioning too. This causes Shizuka to become so nervous she may not be able to perform very well
5 Those Who Blame Others Should Just Quit!
3/20/15
Season-only
The combination of Endou-san dropping out as animation supervisor for the eighth episode and the storyboards for the final episode being far from completion, the whole production of Exodus could fail!
6 Idepon Miyamori: On the Move
3/27/15
Season-only
Things keep escalating as Endo-san still refuses to return to work and is offered a position at Studio Canaan. Aoi is forced to tell Honda about everything that's happening.
7 Retake With Cats
4/3/15
Season-only
Aoi's day starts off with her older sister suddenly deciding to visit and then at the office's morning meeting Ochiai announces he'll be leaving the company! Meanwhile, Ema has begun to question her animation skills.
8 I'm Not Criticizing You or Anything
4/10/15
Season-only
As Ema continues to struggle, Yumi offers her a new perspective. But Aoi's troubles over Ochiai's announcement begin to grow as she is unable to see past what tomorrow holds.
9 What Do You Suppose I Wanted To Convey?
4/16/15
Season-only
Misa and Shizuka are both struggling to reach their dreams. While Misa is fearful she'll never animate anything other than tires, Shizuka worries about her voice acting skills. The girls wonder if they'll ever make their anime together.
10 Just one more for the road.
4/24/15
Season-only
Aoi is tasked with delivering an instrument to the sound effects department and ends up drawn into the work they do. As Misa contemplates quitting her job, Aoi gives her some advice based on what she learned from Kawano.
11 The Little Key Animation Girl
5/1/15
Season-only
The deadline for the last episode is closing in and Aoi needs to distribute all of the key frames to the animators. Unfortunately she's struggling to assign the more difficult cuts to someone and ends up having to reach out to other companies.
12 Exodus Christmas
5/8/15
Season-only
Aoi arrives at Kanno's house and realizes that it was rather rude for her to ask him to help with the key frames. As she apologizes, Kanno informers her that there is has been someone perfect for the assignment right under her nose.

About this show

Aoi will never forget how she felt the day her high school animation club’s labor of love was shown at the cultural festival. But two years after graduating, she works as a production assistant for an animation studio, the reality of her job has somewhat diminished her enthusiasm. Despite the long hours and the daunting schedule, she still hopes to fulfill the promise she and her friends Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori made: to one day reunite and make a real anime of their own as professionals!

Ratings and reviews

4.6
40 reviews
A Google user
November 2, 2015
this has a great protagonist and she struggles in the production of the anime exodus and 3rd aerial girl squad and it has great writing great drama along with light moments of comedy if you struggle with you flash animations go for the series
A Google user
December 15, 2017
Very inspirational for young artists and creators and doesn't fall into the creepy "moe" trappings of other anime.
3 people found this review helpful
Detao Zhang
October 16, 2015
A great anime about making the Japanese animation
1 person found this review helpful