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#1Exodus to Tomorrow!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…2014-10-09 · 24m

#2Arupin is Here!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…2014-10-16 · 24m

#3No More Recap EpisodesGeneral animation supervisory assistant Yumi Iguchi is impressed by the new iteration of the fourth episode and decides to begin work on the retakes. Later on, Aoi is faced with a heavy workload regarding the fourth and…2014-10-23 · 24m

#4I Totally Messed UpAs Shizuka goes in for her first audition at Prussia Studio, she becomes nervous about going up against popular voice actress Rina Sōma. When she is the next one to audition, her nervousness gets the better of her…2014-10-30 · 24m

#5Those Who Blame Others Should Just Quit!Tarō tries to reason with Ryōsuke and his decision, but he refuses to listen. Tarō then vents his anger to Aoi and blames her for the situation, explaining that the argument was the reason behind the phone calls. With…2014-11-06 · 24m

#6Idepon Miyamori: On the MoveDespite seeing the 3D-rendered explosion scene, Ryōsuke refuses to return to work, citing that things had already gone far enough. Becoming agitated by Tarō's attitude, Aoi finally informs Honda of his failure to handle…2014-11-13 · 24m

#7Retake with the CatWhile preparing to leave for Musashino Animation, Aoi learns from her sister, Kaori, that she is coming over to stay, and she subsequently entrusts her house key to Midori. During the Musashino Animation morning…2014-11-20 · 24m

#8I'm Not Blaming YouFollowing her conversation with Aoi, Ema had encountered Yumi while returning to work; Yumi noticed something wrong with Ema and advised her, "Ask, and be a fool for a minute. Ask not, and be a fool for life." In the…2014-11-27 · 24m

#9What Do You Think I Was Trying to Say?With production of the other episodes running on schedule, Aoi is put under pressure as Seiichi has yet to finish the storyboards for the final episode. In addition to this problem, there is only one month for the…2014-12-04 · 24m

#10Just One MoreDuring the morning assembly, Honda announces that Seiichi will be finished with the storyboards tomorrow, which would still leave the studio with five weeks to deliver the final episode, an unusually short amount of time…2014-12-11 · 24m

#11The Little Key Frames GirlWith a total of thirty cuts to work on, Aoi starts assigning scenes for the final episode to the company's key animators, including Ema at the request of Yumi. However, with dozens of cuts still remaining and not enough…2014-12-18 · 24m

#12Exodus ChristmasWatanabe, Onoue, Katsuragi, and their playmates discuss about letting Aoi go to Kanno before talking about Musashino's plans to begin work on the anime adaptation for The Third Girls Aerial Squad. Elsewhere, Aoi meets up…2014-12-25 · 24m

#13What Kind of Cloud Do You Like?At the start of the new year, it is announced that Musashino Animation's next project will be an adaptation of the manga series The Third Aerial Girls Squad. With Honda having just left Musashino and Erika still checking…2015-01-08 · 24m

#14The Ruthless Audition MeetingShizuka shows up for the auditions for The Third Aerial Girls Squad. After reading for one part, she is asked to read for the role of another character. Meanwhile, Aoi and Seiichi once again meet up with Yūji, who agrees…2015-01-15 · 24m

#15Will These Drawings Work?A welcoming party is held for two new production assistants, Tsubaki Andō and Sara Satō, while Marukawa announces that Musashino Animation's reputation depends on the execution of The Third Aerial Girls Squad.…2015-01-22 · 24m

#16Table FlipAoi informs everyone to stop production on the characters, despite there being only three months until the first episode airs. Yumi begins revising the character designs based on the author's feedback emails. However…2015-01-29 · 24m

#17Where Am I...The anime adaptation for The Third Girls Aerial Squad is announced to the public, but it is met with skepticism from the otaku community. Honda decides to pay a visit to the studio to share some cakes and catch up with…2015-02-05 · 24m

#18You Set Me Up!Aoi, Seiichi, and Katsuragi join Inanami as they meet up with the voice cast of The Third Girls Aerial Squad for a recording. During the recording session, the staff notices the protagonist's voice actress, newcomer…2015-02-12 · 24m

#19Did You Catch Any?On the rooftop of Musashino Animation's studio, Aoi pleads with Erika to take her job as production desk and then blames herself for the problems happening lately. Erika then advises Aoi to go home for the night and get…2015-02-19 · 24m

#20I'll Do My Best, Mustang!As the head staff tries to discuss what to do for the plot of the thirteenth episode, they start to liken the protagonist's reason for flying to their own reasons for getting into the anime industry. They become…2015-02-26 · 24m

#21Don't Hold the Quality HostageDuring a delivery by the president of A.C Tsuchinoko, Hisamitsu Isokawa, he reunites with Hiraoka and Erika, who were his classmates in technical school. Meanwhile, Misa gets the chance to do some character CG animation…2015-03-05 · 24m

#22Noa's in Her UnderwearAfter being assigned as the animation supervisor for the thirteenth episode, Yumi, pressed by her large workload, nominates Ema to join Rinko as an assistant general animation supervisor to help her handle some of the…2015-03-12 · 24m

#23Table Flip ContinuedAfter Watanabe and Katsuragi fail to convince Chazawa and his boss to let them contact Nogame and negotiate with him, the Musashino staff is left with no choice but to follow his wishes and keep the episode's plot…2015-03-19 · 24m

#24The Delivery That Was Too Far OffWith three weeks left until the delivery of the final episode, the entire Musashino staff reinforces their efforts to get the episode done with the time they have left. The work is particularly focused on the scene…2015-03-26 · 24m

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Quick facts

Episodes24

Seasons1

StatusFinished

Aired2014

Japanese title: SHIROBAKO
Also known as: White Box

Synopsis

After making an animated film together in high school, Aoi and her friends Shizuka, Ema, Misa, and Midori made a promise to each other: to all get jobs in the anime industry and someday work together again. Two years later, Aoi is learning that working as a production assistant at a small animation studio is far more demanding than she ever imagined, and Shizuka's aspiring career as a voice actor involves more time waiting tables than recording. Meanwhile, Ema's slowly making a name for herself as a key animator, Misa's moved from 2D to 3D and now works in computer graphics, and screenwriting hopeful Midori is lagging furthest behind, still looking for her first big break. But are they ready to give up on their dreams just yet? No way! Because while anime may come from inspiration, in the end it's the ones who're willing to put in the perspiration that make their dreams real in SHIROBAKO! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)