SHIROBAKO Season 1

(2014) October - March | # of Episodes : 24

Ratings

7.9

8.2

Series Details

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 24

Creators:

Networks: Tokyo MX

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Oct 9, 2014

Recent Air Date: Mar 26, 2015

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: Japanese

Age Rating: TV-PG

Website: Link

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Japan , movic , Showgate , P.A.WORKS , Docomo Anime Store

Genres

Keywords

People Rated This

None of your friends have rated this title yet

Watch SHIROBAKO

Stream Sources

Episodes 24 on Crunchyroll

Purchase (Rent or Buy) this season

Episodes 12 on Google Play Movies

Synopsis

No Synopsis for this season yet

Main Cast

Juri Kimura

Aoi Miyamori / Mimsy (uncredited) / Lolo (uncredited) (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 45%

Haruka Yoshimura

Ema Yasuhara (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Episodes

Episode 1

09 October 2014 - Exodus to Tomorrow!

The members of the Kaminoyama Animation Club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa and Midori swore upon donuts that one day, they would all work in the anime industry. Two and a half years later, they are heading toward those dreams and all the hardships that come with them. Aoi is now working as a production assistant at an animation studio and doing her best. After getting key frames from one of the animation supervisors, she returns to the office but there's no one around.

Episode 2

16 October 2014 - Arupin is Here!

Aoi is panicking a little at the fact that episode four is a little behind. She manages to enlist the help of Endou, the animation supervisor for episode three, and is able to stabilize things a bit. However, as soon as one hardship leads to another. While at the episode four dubbing, Aoi is present when the director and animation director are discussing retakes. The director is moved by one of the voice actor's performances, and starts talking about the scene not being right.

Episode 3

23 October 2014 - No More Recap Episodes

On top of being in charge of episode 4, Aoi is now also tasked with episode 9. Despite being a newbie and full of doubt, she manages to complete every task asked of her. However, when Honda asks her to report on her progress, she panics. Even though Yano is able to calm her down a little, Aoi is faced with key frames not being delivered and an animator not finishing his cut in time.

Episode 4

30 October 2014 - I Totally Messed Up

A girl is suggestively moaning on the train. Shizuka is a newbie voice actor who was practicing her lines on the train on the way to her first audition. Once she gets to the after recording session, she sees that a very popular voice actress is auditioning for the same role, and this causes her to panic.

Episode 5

06 November 2014 - Those Who Blame Others Should Just Quit!

The incident happened at Musashino Animation. Tarou tells Aoi about why Endou is so mad. The reason was an explosion scene that was supposed to be hand drawn was now going to be done in 3D. Tarou was supposed to tell Endou about the change, but the way he tells him ends up setting off a whole new problem.

Episode 6

13 November 2014 - Idepon Miyamori: On the Move

The situation with Endou actually ends up affecting one of the episodes that Aoi is in charge of. Without any other choice, she finally goes to Honda. They try to get the final decision from the director, but he's nowhere to be found in the studio. They can't even get a hold of Endou, so Tarou goes to his house...

Episode 7

20 November 2014 - Retake With Cats

Aoi heads to work flustered, as she finds out that her older sister is coming to visit. When she gets to the office, she finds out one of her seniors is leaving the company, and Aoi is shocked. Aoi goes to get the key frames from Ema while there's a lot on her mind.

Episode 8

27 November 2014 - I'm Not Criticizing You or Anything

Because of Ochiai leaving, Aoi starts to think about her future as well. She goes to Segawa-san's house and asks what she thinks about Ema's drawings now, after the harsh criticism she had prior. Meanwhile, in the studio, Ema was flustered. She can't draw a realistic cat.

Episode 9

04 December 2014 - What Do You Think I Was Trying to Say?

Director Kinoshita's storyboards seem to never finish, and Musashino Animation is in a panic. Aoi thinks about how many days they have until the delivery of goods and gets frazzled. Around the same time, Misa was troubled, as well.

Episode 10

11 December 2014 - Just One More

Aoi goes to deliver a tribal instrument to the sound studio. When she arrives, she is pulled aside and is forced to wear high heels. She then finds out it's to record sound effects, so she decides to help out. However, apparently just walking normally isn't all that the job asks for. Next, she is asked to howl...

Episode 11

18 December 2014 - The Little Key Frames Girl

With the time limit drawing nearer, Aoi tries to distribute the remaining key frames of the last episode to animators. However, she is having a hard time finding someone to take the more difficult cuts. She then tries to go to other companies to see if they'll take the frames. One of them happens to be a company she interviewed at and didn't get the job.

Episode 12

25 December 2014 - Exodus Christmas

In a hurry, Aoi arrives at Kanno's house. However, she gets there without knowing very much about Kanno and realizes that it was rather rude for her to ask him to do some key frames for her. As she apologizes, Kanno gives her some advice.

Episode 13

08 January 2015 - What Kind of Cloud Do You Like?

Musashino animation gets put in charge of the popular series, "Third Aerial Girls Squad." This opportunity for Musani is actually an opportunity for Aoi, as well. Nabe-P explains her new role to her, and she can't help but feel pressure.

Episode 14

15 January 2015 - The Ruthless Audition Meeting!

A meeting about "Third Aerial Girls Squad" was happening at Musashino Animation that day. Various people were trying to push their own talent based on everything other than talent.

Episode 15

22 January 2015 - Will These Drawings Work?

After finishing the party to welcome the new employees, Musashino Animation dives into production for "Third Aerial Girls Squad." Aoi does her best as the new production desk, while the new employees, Satou and Andou also do their best at their new jobs.

Episode 16

29 January 2015 - Table Flip

Iguchi is shocked to learn that the author hasn't accepted her character designs. They try to ask what specifically is wrong, but can't seem to get a straight answer.

Episode 17

05 February 2015 - Where Am I?

The news of "Third Aerial Girls Squad" becoming an anime is spreading more and more. Meanwhile, a new dilemma hits Musani: They must make a promotional video. Despite things already not going very smoothly, the video has to be done, so Satou and Andou go on the move.

Episode 18

12 February 2015 - You Tricked Me!

The after recording for "Third Aerial Girls Squad" has started. However, Suzuki, who plays the protagonist, is so nervous that she can't act naturally, and has to stay later. However, with the help of the sound producer, she is able to overcome it

Episode 19

19 February 2015 - Did You Catch Any?

Aoi starts feeling panicked about all of the problems, and that's when Yano comes back to work. Yano first goes to Studio Titanic and takes over things there.

Episode 20

26 February 2015 - I'll Do My Best, Mustang!

Musani is troubled with the scenario for the last episode of "Third Aerial Girls Squad." During the meeting, they talk about what they're going to do with the story, and somehow also get into the topic of why they are all making anime.

Episode 21

05 March 2015 - Don't Hold the Quality Hostage

Misa's 3DCG company ends up working on a certain cut for "Third Aerial Girls Squad." Ema also ends up working on that same cut, so they end up working togther. In order to get a better idea for the cut, Misa goes to an amusement park with Ema and Shizuka.

Episode 22

12 March 2015 - Noa's in Her Underwear.

Things with "Third Aerial Girls Squad" gets rather busy for everyone at Musashino Animation. Iguchi suggests that Ema should be the supervising animator assistant on the final episode, which makes Aoi really happy, but Ema herself seems to lack confidence.

Episode 23

19 March 2015 - Table Flip Continued

Facing Musani's biggest problem yet, the producers head to Yotaka Booksellers. However, despire their desperate pleas to see the creator of "Aerial Girls," the editor-in-chief and Chazawa decline. Musani is forced to stop all production.

Episode 24

26 March 2015 - The Delivery That Was Too Far Off

Finally, the time has come to deliver the final episode of "Third Aerial Girls Squad." Will Aoi and the others be able to get them delivered to all of the stations in time for broadcast?

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Line Producer	Shouji Souma
	Producer	Kozue Kananiwa Kenji Horikawa Fuminori Yamazaki Jun Fukuda Takema Okamura Hiroyuki Tajima Yukihiro Itou Kohei Kawase Takayuki Nagatani
Camera	Director of Photography	Yukiyo Kajiwara
Sound	Original Music Composer	Shiro Hamaguchi
	Sound Director	Tsutomu Mizushima
	Sound Effects	Yasumasa Koyama
	Sound Mixer	Takayuki Yamaguchi
	Music Producer	Noriko Dohi
Directing	Series Director	Tsutomu Mizushima
Art	Prop Designer	Mayumi Miyaoka Noriko Tsutsumiya
	Art Designer	Tsukasa Kakizakai Mayumi Miyaoka
	Art Direction	Yusuke Takeda Tsukasa Kakizakai
	Title Designer	Hiroshi Kamegai
Visual Effects	Color Designer	Katsue Inoue
	2D Artist	Chie Kato Eri Kato Akito Nomiya
	Character Designer	Kanami Sekiguchi
	Supervising Animation Director	Kanami Sekiguchi
	3D Director	Kazuya Sugo
	3D Artist	Kazuya Sugo Risa Kimpara Hiroaki Tokunaga
	3D Tracking Layout	Kohei Ogawa
Crew	Special Effects	Chie Kato Eri Kato Akito Nomiya
	Production Office Assistant	Mina Tajima
Editing	Editor	Ayumu Takahashi
	Online Editor	Yoshihiro Kohama Kazuhiro Nagao
	Assistant Editor	Tsuyoshi Kitano
Writing	Series Composition	Michiko Yokote
Department	Role	Name

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment