What kind of anime do they make?

>>20878
First half of ep 1 involved a generic battle shounen in a fantasy setting. Second half involved a moe anime that looked a lot like vivid red.

I was a bit impressed by the first ep. my only complaint would probably be from throwing out so many characters all at once and making it hard to keep track of everything but that's a minor complaint at best. I love how they zipped past the high school club shit in the first five minutes and went to the main character's life after leaving school. These days I feel like giving anything that doesn't take place at a high school an automatic thumbs up. I was a bit put off by the P.A. brand but thought I'd take the gamble. So far it doesn't seem likely to dissolve into a gloomy boring melodrama like some of their other stuff.

That race scene was great. Gave me some serious initial-d vibes.

I don't care if she never says anything or does anything. I don't even care that she doesn't match the aesthetic style of the series and feels immeasurably out of place. I can't get enough of this character and hope we get to see more of her.

That is one mother fucking ugly mascot.

>>21126
Looks like a Nendoroid got raped by one of those Bratz dolls.

>>21128
That sounds like an accurate assessment.

So that's why the majority of anime is so childish...

I really like this.

PA sure loves their butt slaps.

Justice.

>>21229
God that guy is such an annoying twat.

>>21230

He seriously talk too mych and can't do shit.

Why would an animation studio have a jail cell in their office? and why wouldn't you make sure the bars go all the way to the ceiling?

>>21267
Best character beating up the worst character. This I hope we see more of.

>>21265
Maybe it's a cheap makeshift jail, and sloppily constructed/designed due to that.

At what point are they gonna go into the process of outsourcing to Korea?

>>21269
Thats a given, but why would it already be there? This was fatty's first time directing in years. what could they have possibly needed it for before now?

>>21274

>what could they have possibly needed it for before now?

Tarou.

>>21275
Yeah okay that makes sense.

>>20878
An anime about an anime making an anime;
Anime-inception.

...

>>21304
More like metanimeception then.

Circular referencing: the Anime
http://sgcafe.com/2014/11/shirobako-shows-tough-working-anime-industry-animator/

>>21341
Thats pretty neat. I suspected some of the characters might have been based on real people but wasn't sure. I wonder who Gothic lolita-chan is based on?

>>21344

Gothloli-sama is the embodiment of anime.

The best part of this show is the few seconds each ep when we get that all too rare glimpse of her grace Rinko-sama.

>>21440

She's the best.

hahaha, she's going insane!

>>21515

Everyone is slowly going insane.

>>21526
It's funny to me how some of them look semi realistic while others are completely out there.

Post edited on 13th Dec 2014, 4:09pm

>>21527
Thats just how you tell which ones are based on real people.

I wonder if her quieting was what resulted in that over priced demo Great Finish 5 prolog.

Stupid Tarou.

I like how they don't shy away too much from how horrible and soul crushing working life can be.

This episode was excellent.

What company is "The bone" supposed to be?
I'm guessing Bones but I'm not sure.

>>21600

Yeah, it's probably Bones.

>>21572
Hey, even they have fun sometimes...
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/12/25-1/a-carb-loaded-shirobako-christmas

I was really hoping to see their parody of kyoto animation. I guess kyoani has fallen so far they're not even worth mentioning at this point?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH1BtD2Ub8M

>>21646

Nice.

Ep 12 was great, Rinko-sama got tons of screen time!

I was expecting more incoherent babbling.

>>21648

>>21649
sorry, is that an Anno parody?
worth watching?

>>21651

Yes
Yes

>>21651
It's just a two minute or so long cameo.

>>21652
OK, I watched the episode. It really was good. I enjoyed Aoi Honoo better but I liked how they portrayed Anno's straightforwardness and otaku passion (man, that horses idea really looked ridiculous; but fantasy it's all about hyperbolic stuff anyway). Also, I loved how they stressed the importance of classical drawing studies in order to make sense in designs and anime; if only /jp/ could get that through their heads already their "cute" OC wouldn't be such crap...

Post edited on 2nd Jan 2015, 9:13pm

... Anyway: good stuff. Btw, Anno is in fact been trying to give indie animators a chance lately, so arthouse anime without commercial pressure can bloom again:

http://otakumode.com/news/5455a5926cf77b3a4848ed43/

when will some japs make anime about making an anime about making anime?

>>21696
Meta-plosion

The new OP and ED are AWESOME.

Poor Shizuka.

Manga editors should die.

>>21869
Yeah seriously.

Is this based on a real studio?

Shit is getting real.

>>21874
probably kyoto animation, lol

>>21876
...took me a second to see what you did there. heh.

>>21341
>>21874
Shiro Bako is making jabs at the jap anime industry? USO DA!
http://www.crunchyroll.com/newsfeed/tag/shirobako

Nice episode.
We even got goth loli's backstory.

>>21989
Rinko-sama is the only reason I still watch this anime!

☀️ヽ(ﾟｰﾟヽ)

...and she's been been a no show for the last couple ep

(；¬д¬)

>>22000
pretty much

>>21995
oh gawd, that's great.

...

Why do animators use stopwatches like this when they do things? I saw it in the ghibli documentary too.

>>22149

For time management and efficiency calculations as required for his boss to send up to higher management.

It's mainly for resource allocation of future projects and earned value projections of the current project.

I'd watch it, and I'd love it.

>>22194
Sort of, in the sense that if you don't do it you'll find yourself looking for a job shortly.

I keep getting further behind on this show. It's just so hard to stay interested, especially when Rinko isn't around.

the retardgirl is the worst. Not like the anime itself is that great in the first place but godamn.

>>22293
>Not like the anime itself is that great
You shut your mouth. Shirobako is <3 !

>>22293
I'm curious how someone like that could ever land a job like that when they can barely say their own name.

I think I rather be watching this anime, even if the blond seems annoying as fuck.

A lot of the anime I've seen makes me think there's no way in hell real studios go trough half this much research into the stuff they're working on.

This felt sooo good.

>>22549
I'm glad Zuka succeeded in her attempts of voice acting.

It's over.

I loved it.

Just began watching the 2nd episode. It's good.

Glad I'm not the only one who likes it.

Episode 23 was so great. It wasn't melodramatic but still made me cry and feel with Miyamori. I'll watch the last episode now, but I think I can say that this anime is a 10/10.

I love this series! I wish I'd picked it up while it was airing.
I keep waiting for Taro to have his own episode, where redeems himself somehow and I'll think, "Ah, so that's why he hasn't been fired!". But I'm on ep. 17 now and he hasn't really done anything but drive people around and be annoying.

Apart from that, this show is almost too good.

>>22996
That baseball ep kinda ruined my image of Rinko...

Yeah?
It just made me confused as to whether she's right- or left-handed.
True ambidexterity?

Post edited on 3rd May 2015, 9:57am

>>23013
If the way she trows her pitches is any indication, I'd say the creators simply don't have a very good grasp on baseball.

>>23013
People can have difference dominant hand for different tasks. My dad writes with his left but bats and throws with his right

>>23015
I see that mostly with left-handed people, since equipment specific for left-handed people is difficult to find and can pose a complication if right-handed people might also use it.

Never saw something like a right-hander that uses the mouse on the left hand, for instance.

>>23016
I'm right handed and I do some things with the left, like drinking and some operations in laboratory (chem student here).

Parts of the last two episode seemed a bit much, especially the sequence where Seiichi enters the Blackhawk building. I liked a lot of the fantastical action sequences earlier on, but felt they worked well because they were kept shorter.

I loved everything else about the ending, though.

Does anyone know how popular this was in Japan? It really deserves another season.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/19/first-anniversary-of-shirobako-commemorated-with-new-lithograph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WBlfS9E5U

Project Management: the Anime

>>21653
I just now noticed the couch colors in that scene. Nice touch.