'Shirobako' Anime Film in Production

An anime film for Shirobako was announced at the Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Spring Festival on Saturday, the third anniversary event of the franchise. The announcement noted that it will be a brand new film, and will continue the story from the original anime. This marks the second time P.A. Works would produce a sequel, following Uchouten Kazoku 2 last April. Staff members from the TV series are set to return for the film project.

Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima (Genshiken episode director), Shirobako is P.A. Works' second work-themed original anime after Hanasaku Iroha in 2011. The 24-episode series aired in Fall 2014, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. Two special episodes were also included with the third and seventh Blu-ray and DVD volumes in February and July 2015.

Kenji Sugihara (Clockwork Planet series composition) and Mizutama drew a two-volume manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Dengeki Daioh magazine between September 2014 and November 2015. Shueisha published the Shirobako: Introduction novel adaptation under its Jump j-Books imprint in January 2015. The Dai 3-hikou Shoujo-tai short manga by Takeshi Nogami based on the fictional series The Third Girls Aerial Squad within the anime was distributed at Comiket 88 in August 2015.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime for North American distribution in November 2014 and released the series on two Blu-ray and DVD volumes in February and March 2016. The anime is also licensed by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand, and was released on a single DVD volume in December 2016.

Shirobako won the 20th Kobe Animation Awards in 2015, the 2016 Tokyo Anime Awards for Animation of the Year, and ranked second under the animation category in Yomiuri Shimbun's second Sugoi Japan Awards in 2016. The series was the only TV production to be selected by the Jury Committee in the animation division at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival.

Source: Chou! Animedia

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