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  • Shirobako Arupin wa imasu! (Season 1, Episode 2)
  • TV Episode | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Shirobako

Arupin wa imasu! (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

After tending to Segawa, who had collapsed due to severe dizziness from a fever, Aoi manages to get Ryosuke to handle the key frames for episode four. As the production process continues, Ema calls Shizuka, who is now a restaurant employee...See moreAfter tending to Segawa, who had collapsed due to severe dizziness from a fever, Aoi manages to get Ryosuke to handle the key frames for episode four. As the production process continues, Ema calls Shizuka, who is now a restaurant employee and also a beginning voice actress, and the two make plans for the group's monthly get-together event. Ema then notes to Shizuka that she and Aoi are interacting less at work, and Aoi seems to have an overwhelming workload, being responsible for the production of two episodes. Later on, during the sound design process of a later episode of Exodus!, the director, Seiichi Kinoshita, becomes dissatisfied with the design of one of the characters. He then suggests making changes to the character's design based on his vision of her, which involves completely new ideas that were not incorporated during production. As a result, this is met with resistance from Hironori as it would require the staff to redo the key-frame animation for the scene entirely. It is then revealed that a previous anime directed by Seiichi, Jiggly Jiggly Heaven, had become the subject of widespread ridicule because of these same actions. Unsure of which side to take, Aoi suggests that they hold a meeting with the rest of the staff to properly determine the personalities and back-stories of the main characters. After some discussion and debate, the group eventually comes to a consensus and agrees to make the changes. See less
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Writers
Marta Bechtol (english script) | Shannon Reed (english script) | Michiko Yokote (screenplay)
Producers
David Del Rio (producer) | Jun Fukuda (producer: The Klockworx Co., Ltd.) | Kenji Horikawa (producer: P.A. Works) | Yukihiro Ito (producer: Fuji TV) & 7 more
Composer
Shirô Hamaguchi (as Shiroh Hamaguchi)
Cinematographer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 16, 2014

Release date
Oct 16, 2014 (United States)
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Cast

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47 cast members
Name Known for
Juri Kimura
Aoi Miyamori (voice) Aoi Miyamori (voice)   See fewer
Haruka Yoshimura
Ema Yasuhara (voice) Ema Yasuhara (voice)   See fewer
Haruka Chisuga
Shizuka Sakaki (voice) Shizuka Sakaki (voice)   See fewer
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Taro Takanashi (voice) Taro Takanashi (voice)   See fewer
Shûya Nishiji
Yutaka Honda (voice) Yutaka Honda (voice)   See fewer
Yuri Yamaoka
Erika Yano (voice) Erika Yano (voice)   See fewer
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Tatsuya Ochiai (voice) Tatsuya Ochiai (voice)   See fewer
Kotomi Yamakawa
Misato Segawa (voice) Misato Segawa (voice)   See fewer
Shinobu Matsumoto
Ryousuke Endo (voice) Ryousuke Endo (voice)   See fewer
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Seiichi Kinoshita (voice) Seiichi Kinoshita (voice)   See fewer
Kenji Hamada
Masashi Yamada (voice) Masashi Yamada (voice)   See fewer
Hironori Saitô
Hironori Madoka (voice) Hironori Madoka (voice)   See fewer
Masaya Matsukaze
Shun Watanabe (Nabe-P) (voice) Shun Watanabe (Nabe-P) (voice)   See fewer
Wataru Takagi
Masato Marukawa (voice) Masato Marukawa (voice)   See fewer
Motoi Koyanagi
Shigeru Sugie (voice) Shigeru Sugie (voice)   See fewer
Manami Numakura
Yumi Iguchi (voice) Yumi Iguchi (voice)   See fewer
Nobuyuki Kobushi
Goutarou Katsuragi (voice) Goutarou Katsuragi (voice)   See fewer
Mai Nakahara
Yuka Okitsu / Mei Nakaharu (Akane) (voice) Yuka Okitsu / Mei Nakaharu (Akane) (voice)   See fewer
Ai Kayano
Rinko Ogasawara / Mui Kayana (Arupin) (voice) Rinko Ogasawara / Mui Kayana (Arupin) (voice)   See fewer
Mitsuo Iwata
Yoshikazu Inanami (voice) Yoshikazu Inanami (voice)   See fewer
Ikuji Nose
Atsushi Yamabuchi (voice) Atsushi Yamabuchi (voice)   See fewer
Shin'ya Takahashi
Takumi Ooyama (voice) (as Shinya Takahashi) Takumi Ooyama (voice) (as Shinya Takahashi)   See fewer
Rie Takahashi
Asuka Fuji (Mixing Assistant) (voice) Asuka Fuji (Mixing Assistant) (voice)   See fewer
Shizuka Itô
Eri Nakata / Suzuka Itou (Aya) (voice) Eri Nakata / Suzuka Itou (Aya) (voice)   See fewer
James Belcher
Masato Marukawa (voice: English version) Masato Marukawa (voice: English version)   See fewer
Clint Bickham
Yutaka Honda (voice: English version) Yutaka Honda (voice: English version)   See fewer
Shelby Blocker
Nao Shinkawa (voice: English version) Nao Shinkawa (voice: English version)   See fewer
Greg Cote
Taro Takanashi (voice: English version) Taro Takanashi (voice: English version)   See fewer
Elissa Cuellar
Rinko Ogasawara (voice: English version) Rinko Ogasawara (voice: English version)   See fewer
Kregg Dailey
Ryosuke Endo (voice: English version) Ryosuke Endo (voice: English version)   See fewer
Patricia Duran
Misato Segawa (voice: English version) Misato Segawa (voice: English version)   See fewer
Adam Gibbs
Tatsuya Ochiai (voice: English version) Tatsuya Ochiai (voice: English version)   See fewer
Houston Hayes
Yoshiki Sakura (voice: English version) Yoshiki Sakura (voice: English version)   See fewer
Jay Hickman
Gotaro Katsuragi (voice: English version) Gotaro Katsuragi (voice: English version)   See fewer
Blake Jackson
Jun Watanabe (Nabe-P) (voice: English version) Jun Watanabe (Nabe-P) (voice: English version)   See fewer
Brittney Karbowski
Mui Kayana (voice: English version) Mui Kayana (voice: English version)   See fewer
Mark Laskowski
Seiichi Kinoshita (voice: English version) (as Mark X Laskowski) Seiichi Kinoshita (voice: English version) (as Mark X Laskowski)   See fewer
Ty Mahany
Masashi Yamada (voice: English version) (as Ty Mahany) Masashi Yamada (voice: English version) (as Ty Mahany)   See fewer
Alyssa Marek
Aoi Miyamori (voice: English version) Aoi Miyamori (voice: English version)   See fewer
Carl Masterson
Shigeru Sugie (voice: English version) Shigeru Sugie (voice: English version)   See fewer
Carolyn Medrano
Asuka Fuji (voice: English version) Asuka Fuji (voice: English version)   See fewer
Savanna Menzel
Ema Yasuhara (voice: English version) Ema Yasuhara (voice: English version)   See fewer
Rachael Messer
Shizuka Sakaki (voice: English version) Shizuka Sakaki (voice: English version)   See fewer
Shanae'a Moore
Erika Yano (voice: English version) Erika Yano (voice: English version)   See fewer
Adam Noble
Hironori Madoka (voice: English version) Hironori Madoka (voice: English version)   See fewer
Genevieve Simmons
Yuka Okitsu (voice: English version) Yuka Okitsu (voice: English version)   See fewer
Allison L. Sumrall
Suzuka Itou (voice: English version) Suzuka Itou (voice: English version)   See fewer
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