SHIROBAKO

2014 • Anime Network
4.6
40 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
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Volume 2 episodes (12)

13 What is Your Favorite Cloud?
5/15/15
Season-only
It is announced that Musashino Animation's next project will be The Third Aerial Girls Squad. With Honda having just left Musashino and Erika still checking on her hospitalized father, Aoi is assigned to the production desk!
14 The No Holds Barred Audition Meeting!
5/22/15
Season-only
Shizuka auditions for a part in The Third Aerial Girls Squad but is asked to read for another character. Later Seiichi goes to the casting meeting where there are arguments over aspects outside of voice acting.
15 Is This Artwork Really Okay?
5/29/15
Season-only
After the welcoming party for new employees, Musashino Animation dives into production for Third Aerial Girls Squad. Aoi does her best as the new production desk but her hard work may come to screeching halt!
16 Turning the Tables
6/5/15
Season-only
Aoi informs everyone to stop production on the characters and Yumi begins revising their designs based on the author's feedback. However, she starts struggling when his disapproval continues.
17 Can You Please Tell Me Where I Am?
6/12/15
Season-only
The anime adaptation for The Third Girls Aerial Squad is announced to the public, but it is met with skepticism. The studio is then pressured into completing a promotional video in in only two weeks!
18 You Set Me Up!
6/18/15
Season-only
Aoi gets Ookura to agree to work on a scene but the next day, he's completely forgotten about the agreement! Later on, Musashino receives the layouts for the fifth episode with several glaring errors.
19 Are They Biting?
6/26/15
Season-only
Upon Erika's return Aoi cracks under all of the pressure and asks her to takeover as Production Desk! Erika advises Aoi to sleep on it and pays a visit to the Taitanic office to help sort things out.
20 If I Mustang
7/3/15
Season-only
Conflict seems to rise anywhere Hiraoka goes! He implies that Midori is getting writing projects because she's a girl. Then he argues with the director about the key animator.
21 Don't Take the Quality Hostage
7/10/15
Season-only
Just as things are going good Aoi receives complaints from Segawa, who wants Hiraoka taken off the episodes she is working- which in turn angers Hiraoka.
22 Noa is in Underwear, Ma'am!
7/17/15
Season-only
Yumi nominates Ema to join Rinko as an assistant general animation supervisor but Ema is hesitant. Later Katsuragi is learns that all of the last episode's storyboards.
23 Turning the Tables Part II
7/24/15
Season-only
Seiichi decides to reach out to Nogame on his own to try and settle the issue about the anime’s ending. The Chazawa’s lack of action comes to light with consequences.
24 A Delivery Too Far
7/31/15
Season-only
The series is complete and all that’s left to do is deliver the final tapes to the TV stations. However, Aoi’s delivery may not make it in time as transport delays arise!

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