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| Ah, I wish Shizuka would land a role somewhere. I need to see some progress for her character by the end of the series or I'll be unsatisfied. Her musical practices/rehersals are certainly helping her, and I want to see her shine through. Besides, can you even get seiyuu positions through connections? I'm sure there are recommendations, but seiyuu are hired based on their voice and suitability most of the time, aren't they? I think she stopped Miyamori just because she had no name to her and didn't want her position as a seiyuu to affect them in any way (since they drink there often). I can empathize with Hiraoka, but I can't sympathize with his attitude and work ethics. You can hate your job all you want, you can be disillusioned by the industry all you want, but you must do your work properly! Or quit and stop messing up everyone else. Sheesh. Miyamori earns my respect for not shouting at him and even giving him a second chance. I hope he cleans up his act now. Please just develop his character already. Two episodes of him like this is rather painful. Just find your passion again, Hiraoka. =__= No, please do not add romance to this show. D: Why must romance be stuffed into everything, can' they just focus on work and enjoy their jobs? I like the focus on the anime industry, and I feel like romance would just waste the limited screen time anyways. I mean, they barely cover the group of girls as it is, so throwing in more stuff would shorten it further. |
MirorinMar 7, 2015 12:03 AM
| Another great episode with all that's good about this show. Miyamori finally acquired enough knowledge about Hiraoka to call him out with confidence and, even though it wasn't really her place to, somewhat make an attempt to rehabilitate him, despite the complaints by Segawa and Madoka. Still, regardless of his past or his reasons, Hiraoka still needs to be called out for his shitty attitude and his lack of commitment to the job. Sure you feel jaded for some reason or other whilst working in the industry you love didn't work out like you wanted it to, but you could have at least been professional about it and made it so you don't trouble the others. He reminds me of those kids who can't take constructive criticism and ends up flying off the deep end by going "Oh, if you don't like my work, then I'll just mess it all up and see how you like it!" It's immature and seriously a hindrance to everyone around you. I can now understand why he's been getting kicked from one studio to the next, though I'm mighty surprised that he hasn't been blacklisted in the industry already. I love the bond these girls share. Even though they're working on different things in the same industry, they'll help each other when they need to. The roller-coaster scene was hilarious, but even better was Misa playing on the kiddy ride at night after that whilst trying to figure out the physics of her CGI scene. Now that's some serious dedication to your work! Somebody please do a Gif of it. I'm not soo sure what'll happen when you put Hiraoka and Tarou together for Part A of the last episode, but I'm pretty positive that the end result should come out a disaster..... Looking forward to seeing what sort of problems will arise in the coming few episodes. And I can't say it enough. Props to Zuka for sticking to her principles of making it in this industry on her own two feet. It takes a lotta guts to shy away from such a well-presented temptation of taking the easy route. I wouldn't blame her if she did it, but because she didn't, I have so much more respect for her. Still, hoping that she'll have a role in the Arial Girls show. And would love to petition for a second season of this. It's well worth one. |
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rsc-pl said: Magito said: Sadistic smile or not, Yano is so cute. +1 +1 |
| Damn, pretty desperate. It's a small world. Lol, the research looks fun! Guncolle = Kancolle... probably. Hiraoka please stop being a pain in the a** already. I don't care about his sob story or if he's nice to cats, just fire him. Tarou, the butt of all jokes. |
| The roller coaster scene was great! Plus we got more of Misa! Hiraoka definitely needs to get his attitude in check. So I hope he gets expanded upon a bit in the last three episodes. Whoa, it feels weird to know its almost over... |
BernieSorbet said: rsc-pl said: +1 +1 |
| I bet they have to re-write the final episode. That was the usual shitty answer they always got from the editor. |
| Yay all the girls are finally in the ending song. Man I hope Shizuka manages to get into voice acting or something before this ends, ooooor maybe she can in season 2... fingers crossed |
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| hmm now I understand Dai-chan is always an ass. seems like the saying is true, The more you love, the more it hurts. poor guy i'm sure had a nice cup of reality tea and all his delusional anime creating dreams went to shit. XD to many weak willed people out here mehn. |
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kurohane564 said: And I'm still cheering for you Zuka-chan. ;_; We all are.... :( |
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| about Hiraoka maybe there was something bad happened on him, got blamed for things which is not his fault, maybe he did see how a great deal of people in anime industry works in the way which totally disturb him. maybe he was forced to work in that way when he got a passion for anime. that can explain his attitude, but won't justify it. it is his problem and he shouldn't vent his anger and disappointment on others. Why he didn't just quit doing anime? because he spent years on learning, and all his working experience is about it, he won't be able to find a job very easily if he quit. He's the kind of stereotype, teenagers who just graduate and get into work for 2 or 3 years and find the industry is very different from their expecting. |
| wow, i love this anime, insta favorite |
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| After weeks of routine and unremarkable activity on his Twitter account, followed by a week of Twitter silence, on March 7th Director Tsutomu Mizushima suddenly started sending out a very interesting sequence of tweets. These are all only my best-efforts translations and are incomplete in some cases. The links are provided to the text of the tweets in Japanese. I would greatly appreciate corrections. March 7th 10:58 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/574222631672512513 "I am in great need to drink a lot of alcohol." March 8th 8:41 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/574535477493043200 "I am currently studying military fighter aircraft. Recently, I have been thinking about the aerial combat maneuvering of the Cobra." March 8th 8:43 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/574535834226925569 "But I am wondering whether or not I should use the Cobra." March 8th 8:47 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/574536926935412736 "I inadvertently forgot something, so I need to get back to base." March 9th 12:28 am https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/574592646737362945 "Still three more episodes to go." March 9th 8:08 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/574889582174433280 "I am thinking about the complicated lateral accelerations of the riders on the Mad Max roller coaster." March 11th 9:01 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/575627590842458112 "I have been thinking about what should happen in the story of Andes Chucky." March 11th 9:02 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/575627782723497985 "I have been thinking about what should happen in Jiggly Jiggly Heaven." March 11th 9:12 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/575630495972634625 "Unexpectedly, everybody is able to hear what Mimujii and Roro are saying." March 11th 9:14 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/575630802324602880 "I am feeling fluffy since there are just two more episodes to go." March 11th 9:16 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/575631423895293952 "The two more episodes that I just mentioned are the ones that have not yet been produced. Sorry that I didn't explain it clearly earlier." March 12th 2:23 pm https://twitter.com/tsuki_akari/status/575889809895391233 "Episode 22 of Shirobako will be aired today at 11:30 pm on TOKYO MX and at 2:05 am on TV Aichi. The title of the episode is 'Noah is underwear'. Thank you. Is this finished?" Judging from the look of these tweets, my impression is that Mizushima is still basically okay, and has been blowing off some steam with the assistance of a lot of alcohol. On the other hand, back in 2012, while the third-last episode of Girls und Panzer was being produced, there were some horrific production problems which resulted in appalling quality of Episode 10. Some poor girls were drawn with legs obviously missing. Mizushima started to send out some extremely strange Twitter messages and then went silent for a long time. Let's hope he can hang on until Shirobako is finished. |
okanaganMar 12, 2015 1:22 AM
AaaaaaKun said: Please P.A. Works if there's gonna be a second season get some of the girls into a romantic relationship because THEY ARE TOO CUTE TO BE SINGLE! Ladies and gentlemen, everything that is wrong with Otakus. |
| Why do people have such bad taste? Anime isn't subjective anymore. |
| Another good episode. Nothing too dramatic. Things are going fairly smoothly for this anime. |
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| Cthuko a bit late. There's at least +1 compliment for Tarou this time: Comment by Segawa-san. Yano-san still won't let Iketani escape. Hiraoka still being a douche ass. Isokawa opposite of Hiraoka and also classmates of Yano all three of them. Misa very unforgiving about the repeated roller coaster rides with Shizuka & Ema. Midori-chan said GunKolle ref to KanColle nice one! Ema still a translator for Kunogi. Kantoku already finished storyboards for ep 12. 4x faster than Exodus. |
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| No once can escape Yano's awesomeness. Mii examining Zuka and Ema's expression on the coaster was hilarious. Lol Guncolle = Kancolle. Episode 1 already aired? wow time moves first. Tarou has become pretty awesome, he's hilarious. Tho I think half of it is Hiraoka effect with him being a bigger loser (at least so far. I expected him to be serious in the past) Zuka... I want her to become a seiyuu since episode 1. I hope the anime ends with her landing at least one role. Director and Ri-chan jumping together was awesome. Btw the group photo in the ED song is finally complete, looking awesome. |
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| Lol @ beginning Truly Iron Yano, no one escapes from her prison xD I think Zuka is the best She won my heart xD I mean look at her so hard worker, don't want to take easy route |
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TragicRomance said: Btw the group photo in the ED song is finally complete, looking awesome. Omg, usually I don't watch ED's but keep "hey lunar luna..." playing in bg til preview. It's so cool, they show each character's photoshop creation per episode (from line drawings, coloring, shade & specular, shadow, to gradient). Yay a Misa episode (sorta), been hoping for one. Her nonchalant way of Goproing the rollercoaster with Zuka & Ema (KO expression), and thinking over flight motion was quite funny. Just thinking on a spring ride...  Thought on Misa's CG... Aria & plane models look fine. The jet's two rolls were nice but the yaw rightward between the rolls was too sudden. Only based of playing flight simulators & films, that yaw doesn't feel like the 10 ton fighter jet moving at high speed against air resistance. Also Aria's head is leading the roll... I've no reference, maybe ask Diesel-san, but the fast roll gives strong G's and Aria's head/body should follow after the roll. If it's a light glider/plane banking yourself helps, but feels odd in a 10 ton jet. What are these? Hippos?  |
gophercg said: What are these? Hippos? Bumin. Referencing Moomin, a real anime from the early days. In Shirobako's world, apparently musani made it. |
StevenHu said: This is certainly an interesting side-by-side comparison. Beautiful_Sea said: Awesome stuff, really. I want Zuka to be happy!! This Anime can't end without Zuka landing an Anime role. |
| im sorry for that Zuka red hair girl, looks like she given up her dream of being a voice actress |
| I Love how that guy can't escape.. :) 2 female and 3 male and the bathroom behind :l NOOO YOU CAN'T BREAK ZUKA'S DREAM.. :( |
| Lovely development! Looking forward to see what's next. |
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| Hiraoka really seems to be the classic example of someone who, once passionate and driven, became jaded and dulled by the ways of the world. I do know people like him and despite his pompous attitude, his transformation is one I can understand all too well. |
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| I love how things are coming togheter now with the final episodes The scenes on the rollercoaster felt real |
| New showdown by Shirobako. Pausing a moment on what we have seen so far and keeping aside their inclinations in matters of taste, I can say that beyond the study of production, the character design, soundtrack and many other things that define a TV series such; I challenge anyone to say that this anime is not a product that has managed well in his intent, giving a glimpse of how true animation present, based only on the story and screenplay. Returning to the episode, pleasant narration that addresses the problem of Hiraoka, in a good manner and thus giving the opportunity to face again a question already seen the difference between ideal and reality. Drawings that show a new level of quality in discreet, story that always manages to be effective in its component SOL. I love this anime, I like to say this every time. |
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kurohane564 said: TravSavage said: +1 And I'm still cheering for you Zuka-chan. ;_; +1 Also, dat KanColle reference |
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| Have to say I really hate Hiraoka's attitude. Basically, he thinks himself of better than everyone else and that's what disgusts me. I really couldn't care less for his low character and showing his tender side with cat or with previous colegues simply doesn't work. But it was nice to hear Aoi rephrase that Aria's quote about her dreams. She finally knows what to do with her life. And Zuka's dismissal of playing favours was also cool, I bet she really wants to win recognition only by her own talent. They are running pretty smoothly this time. Still I have the feeling something gets horribly wrong with publisher just before the end. |
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| Gun collection anime? I'd totally watch. Would like to see how big guns are personified. Miyamori, asking the right questions. But the douche doesn't answer. |
HybridMBL said: Gotta say my respect for Zuka-chan skyrocketed when she refused to be identified as a seiyuu in front of the Producers/Presidents. There's using connections and then there's nepotism. As much as it pains my heart to say since she's been suffering the entire anime, Zuka needs(and probably wants) to prove herself before she relies on her connection with Aoi as an avenue for potential work Agreed. That was awesome to see, although it probably would never happen in real life. You take every opportunity you can get. |
Vindstot said: Gotta love Yano and her sadistic smile! :3  This is probably her main weapon for instant submission, as seen Iketani and Tarou having their firsthand experience this episode. XD Don't know which other anime shows are running in the their world, but GunColle is definitely among the best of the season. Aerial Girls is probably like Rolling☆Girls of our current season, which can actually be a decent show. Hiraoka is still a little bitch, despite all the explanations Yano gave as to why he's probably the way he is. In a way, he's actually worse than Taro. Not sure how well Isokawa's A.C. Tsuchinoko production going, but noticed one of his creators had dark marks under his eyes. Must be tough working there.. Lol'd at how he described Honda though! XD Wonder why Shizuka cued Miyamori not to reveal what she's trying to become. Maybe, she's self conscious about it since she's still not a full-fledged seiyuu yet? O.o Good episode. Next week's title though.. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) When zuka stopped aoi from revealing her work, it torn my heart into tiny pieces ;_; y u do this P.A., y u no let zuka hav main role? |
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| The bear needs more screentime, he is best character. When is Seiyuu-san getting a job? Please don't RIP. |
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| this episode really hit the reality. the college days of hiraoka and what happened to them. |
| Fucking, fucking Hiraoka, what a fucking wanker, cunt, bellend. I know he was constructed to hate, and then say 'ooh~' when the revelation of his 'passionate' past and 'true colours' beckons, but they took him too far in these few episodes. Never did I talk to anyone who speaks like that at work or at school. He's greatly obstructing the enjoyment of an otherwise flawless show for me. |
| When Musani staff watched Aerial episode one felt like de ja vu from episode one when they watched episode one of Exodus! 3.2/5 |
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| Our episode begins with more characters who didn't sound off last time, including some out there ones like the sound guy, giving their reason as to why they make anime. This is later explored again in the main plot when things come to a head with Hiraoka's uncooperative attitude and Segawa who of course wouldn't take his shit. Miyamori attempts to confront him, at which point he has a serious meltdown and starts screaming at her that she doesn't know anything. I think this episode covered a lot of ground in making us at least understand why Hiraoka acts like such a tool. He wants to make the best anime he can, but feels probably due to difficulties in his past that it's untenable to balance and compromise with the egos of the creatives involved. As he spouts his cynical outlook, Miyamori wields the theme from last episode as a weapon asking why he continues making anime then. This certainly shut him up and gave him something to think about. I also felt some sympathy for him when he was clearly jealous or something of his old friend who now owns a small studio, and the shot of him playing with his cat in his apartment is probably the most likable he's ever been. I liked Miyamori going to Yano and the Studio Owner guy for advice on Hiraoka. It shows she doesn't just want him to burn out despite all he's put her through as the production desk. It could just be finding another production assistant this late would be too hectic, but I think it shows Miyamori's ever present compassion. And I liked how different their advice was too. Yano basically said she understands why Hiraoka is the way he is and thinks it'd end poorly for him if he got fired now. That was another sympathy moment for him this episode. Owner dude meanwhile just gave her solid advice in general on the importance of communicating clearly to all of your animators. One of the standout parts of this episode was Mii-chan co-opting Ema and Zuka to ride a roller coaster for her for a day. Ema and Mii-chan are both working on a scene where a character has a wild boar loose in their cockpit, and Mii-chan wants to get a better look at people's expressions in such situations. Ema and Zuka's reactions were cute, especially with Mii-chan matter of factly taking notes the whole time. It was also nice to see Mii-chan (like Rii-chan last week) get some more substantial screen time with something to do. The fact she and Ema are working on the same scene was also cool and unexpected. On a final note like that one guy last cour, I'm not so into 3D but that roller coaster was pretty well animated. There's another cool and completely unexpected scene where Nabe-P is having drinks with the President of "Bones" and one of his higher ups. Miyamori having failed an interview comes up and at their insistence Nabe-P calls her over to the bar where they are. Miyamori finally gets some closure on that part of her past, closure I didn't expect her to get. And there's also a small but interesting moment where Zuka (this is the bar where she waitresses) comes up to give Aoi her drink and Miyamori starts to introduce her as a burgeoning seiyuu. Zuka gently taps her and shakes her head no which could be taken more than one way. Maybe she doesn't feel like she's earned the title yet, maybe she just doesn't want to rely on anything but her own talent to get big. Either way it was a big moment for Zuka who till now has seemed so desperate to succeed she'd do practically anything. I'm glad she has some pride and character not that I expected her not to. Only three more episodes to go, I can't believe it. The episode ends with the Director jubilantly announcing he's finished the last storyboards in much shorter a span of time then he did last go round. It can't help but make me worried for Miyamori, nothing can ever go this smoothly in the world of Shirobako. I'm sure some troublesome plot twist is already on its way. |
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| -Oh man even the GI Staff guy and the SFX guy are in the montage of reasons at the beginning. It was more of a surprise to see the GI Staff guy but I was actually pretty glad to see the SFX guy again. -Kunogi manages to spit out two syllables instead of one -Still can't get enough of this OP, in terms of both song and animation -Huh, it never occurred to me that Iketani was working in the Studio Taitanic building -Erika with the references to the RMS while talking about the Studio -Erika's capability is pretty scary sometimes -AC Tsuchinoko pres seems hella more reliable than the Studio Taitanic goons despite being new, although it seems kinda scummy to try to recruit MusAni hires -Oh, so Hiraoka and Erika were classmates -The moment Misa gathered Ema and Shizuka on a roller coaster I immediately knew what was happening -Did they seriously call it "Mad Max" -Oh hey a Kancolle reference -Somehow the Third Aerial Girls Squad pre-air celebration felt like a direct callback to the Exodus pre-air celebration -Oh, it's the episode one airing. Somehow I thought they were farther along. In any case they're relatively much further along than they were with Exodus at the comparable time. -Hey an Index reference had a commercial air before both the Aerial Girls E1 airing and the Exodus E1 airing -Oh, and just when everything was going so smoothly Hiraoka goes and ruins everything with the timesaves -ACT's pres pretty much nailed the Honda impression, but how did he know that -Turns out he answers that pretty much immediately -Yeah, AC Tsuchinoko looks much more legit than Taitanic -Hey it's the return of the Born dudes -Was this a walk-down-memory-lane episode? -I didn't even notice that they were in Shizuka's shop -Director really stepping up his game this time Pretty enjoyable episode, especially with all of the references to older episodes. |
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| Great episode! I liked the drinking scene towards the end! And the roller coaster scene! And the director jumping for joy when he finished his work....and......you get the idea.... |
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| Sigh I don't know why petting a cat and the fact that he was passionate about anime IN THE PAST is supposed to redeem Hiraoka doing a shit job for at least a few years >_< I don't buy this BS, he's still a terrible co-worker. Finally Misa got some attention! Seriously, until now she received less screentime than Yano or Tarou in the whole series @_@ I couldn't even remember her name. I love how this episode started with characters viewing the first ep of their new series, this was the starting point for Shirobako after all :3 Miyamori's changed a bit since that time, and learned a lot of new things, and so did we <3 |
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| Ahh, this show has gotten so good during the 2nd half 😊 3 episodes left and we need: 1. Hiroaka to be come at least a half-decent person again or maybe we could cut out the half part since these last 3 episodes will cover 3 months? Hopefully. 2. Shizuka to to be happy. I really wanted her to land a role in 3rd Girls' Fighter Wing 😔 |
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