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The Shirobako Specials were the adaptations of the anime inside of Shirobako. The second episode Third Aerial Girls Squad and The Magnificent Kotobuki are not only similar premise wise; cute girls flying in fighter jets, but the very same director who did Shirobako works on Kotobuki. Basically Third Aerial Girls Squad come to real life. Whether this was completely intentional or not, it appears to be a subtle nod at Shirobako.
Cute Girls Flying Military Planes, essentially.
In 2015, the director of "Shirobako" - Tsutomu Mizushima - would make an OVA showcasing the pilot episode for "Third Aerial Girls Squad".
Four years later, he would go on to direct a full fledged series of 12 episodes starring cute girls in military planes for the 2019 show "The Magnificent Kotobuki".
In a certain way, one can say that the second OVA episode for "Shirobako" is a prototype for The Magnificent Kotobuki".
The main difference of the two being that "Third Aerial Girls Squad" would feature third generation jet fighters going up against (presumably) an alien invasion force, whereas "The Magnificent Kotobuki"
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