'Shirobako' Anime Film in Production

by Vindstot
Apr 28, 2018 1:33 AM | 85 Comments

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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New Key Visual, Trailer
Premiere on February 29, 2020.
https://moca-news.net/article/20191024/2019102418000a_/01/

Theme Song: "Hoshi wo Atsumete (星をあつめて)" by fhána
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/359548

New key visual
https://moca-news.net/article/20200116/2020011618000d_/01/

Oct 24, 2019 2:02 AM by tsubasalover

Kaede Miyai: Ayane Sakura
https://moca-news.net/article/20190921/2019092115300a_/01/

Announced via Kyomafu Today
https://twitter.com/shiori_izawa/status/1175309130120040450
https://twitter.com/yuri_yamaoka/status/1175308926763450370

Sep 21, 2019 12:31 AM by tsubasalover

Talk show via C3AFA TOKYO 2019 today. Talked a bit about the movie. Corrected to 4 years after TV series instead of 5 years.
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/344960

Aug 25, 2019 2:32 AM by tsubasalover

I just found this information from Sayaka Yamamoto twitter. She retweeted a tweet from shirobako production. I was wondering if there would be any chance that she would be taking part in this show.

Jul 2, 2019 9:16 AM by War_D

Key visual, Spring 2020
https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1562062554
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/338095

Teaser
https://moca-news.net/article/20190808/2019080822300a_/01/

Jul 2, 2019 3:29 AM by tsubasalover

Ohhh, guess it's time for me to finally finish the anime..

Mar 24, 2019 10:42 PM by Nyaicu

@tsubasalover
Ok. Either way I'm still excited to see this movie.

Mar 24, 2019 10:32 PM by zenjamibu

@zenjamibu
According to this, which mentions that the staff receiving a Tweet from P.A Works president telling the producer to finish it within this year. ("年内" in "年内に完成させてね" means within this year). That's why I said this year not next year.

Mar 24, 2019 9:32 PM by tsubasalover

tsubasalover said:
AnimeJapan 2019 stage revealed that a new female character is added. The team tries to finish production for premiering within this year.
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/325207

Actually, they want the movie to be finished and released early next year 2020 and not in 2019.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/03/24-1/120-minutes-plus-shirobako-film-details-discussed-at-animejapan-2019

Mar 24, 2019 5:17 PM by zenjamibu

AnimeJapan 2019 stage revealed that a new female character is added. The team tries to finish production within this year.
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/325207

Mar 24, 2019 3:24 AM by tsubasalover

tonyfony said:
Wow this anime is an insult, because the fact this this anime is telling a documentary about the process of making anime as the show it self is trying to take a serious tone accept how the production portrays it is insulting such as the character design is soo generic as fuck where facial gesture and design are basically emoji and really simplistic . How can i take this show serious where they're asking "spoiler* the god director hideaki anno being ask to animated. The way they'ed portrayed it, i feel like they're trying to make it take place in a real coming of age existential setting which i don't felt it like because of how flat and digital the art direction is. also THAT UUUGI FACE OF HIDEAKI ANNO. EVEN EVANGELION IS MORE SERIOUS THE THIS FUCKING ANIME ITSELF LIKE DUDE COMPARE THIS TO THE ANIME BECK. LOOK HOW MUCH EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THE SHOW

Do you... actually know what you're talking about?

May 5, 2018 12:40 PM by MagicalMahou

I wonder if they'll cover all the current problems animation currently has (and can have), or I wonder if it'll just cover the making of the anime that the girls have wanted to do

May 4, 2018 4:16 PM by removed-user

Wow this anime is an insult, because the fact this this anime is telling a documentary about the process of making anime as the show it self is trying to take a serious tone accept how the production portrays it is insulting such as the character design is soo generic as fuck where facial gesture and design are basically emoji and really simplistic . How can i take this show serious where they're asking "spoiler* the god director hideaki anno being ask to animated. The way they'ed portrayed it, i feel like they're trying to make it take place in a real coming of age existential setting which i don't felt it like because of how flat and digital the art direction is. also THAT UUUGI FACE OF HIDEAKI ANNO. EVEN EVANGELION IS MORE SERIOUS THE THIS FUCKING ANIME ITSELF LIKE DUDE COMPARE THIS TO THE ANIME BECK. LOOK HOW MUCH EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THE SHOW

May 4, 2018 1:49 PM by tonyfony

Renkini said:
Am I the only one who think a full adaptation of 'Exodus!' would be better than a Shirobako movie? (For those who've watched Exodus episode 1 OVA)

I actually want to see an OVA of Gothic Lolita Women’s Koushien.

May 4, 2018 1:29 PM by VinnyLam

This was completely unexpected. I watched the TV series about half a year ago, and I was not expecting to ever see any more of Shirobako. This really came out of nowhere.

May 4, 2018 1:24 PM by VinnyLam

Full-length Andes Chucky incoming

May 3, 2018 2:27 PM by ImperfectBlue

Cool! I have to watch all of the first series. But a sequel announcement years after the original aired gives hope that other (original) anime can get sequels too even years later!

May 3, 2018 10:50 AM by removed-user

What a great news!

May 3, 2018 6:38 AM by Slarkero

can't wait. im almost finish with the anime.

May 2, 2018 8:33 AM by Katholic

First we'll have Chihayafuru s3 now we have more Shirobako, fking yes.
now someone need to announce Haruhi s3, I've been waiting for almost a decade now

May 2, 2018 8:07 AM by Suntears

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