The official Twitter account of P.A. Works’ (Angel Beats!, Nagi no Asukara) Shirobako anime has revealed that the series’ website is undergoing construction for a special announcement in the near future. The account reveals that it is currently not at the stage to reveal what the news will be.
SHIROBAKOの公式サイト更新っ！
まだ何か具体的に発表できる段階ではありませんが、今後もトークショーなど含めて色々やっていきたいと思っております！
今後ともSHIROBAKOを応援よろしくお願いします！https://t.co/5IxzvfLtZe#musani めがね— TVアニメ『SHIROBAKO』公式 (@shirobako_anime) May 2, 2017
The anime’s official website has a new image specifying that it is under construction. The Tweet mentions that nothing can be announced at the moment, but would like to continue having talk shows.in the July, August and September. The latest talk show was Shirobako Talk Show vol.5 hosted on Tuesday.
The main cast of the Shirobako anime includes:
- Juri Kimura (First major role) will voice Aoi Miyamori, the production manager of Musashino Animation
- Haruka Yoshimura (Kouko Kaminaga in Akuma no Riddle) voices Emma Yasuhara, the lead animator at Musashino Animation
- Asami Takano (First major role) voicing Misa Todou, the 3D CGI director at the studio
- Hitomi Ohwada (First major role) as Midori Imai, Musashino Animation’s lead writer
- Haruka Chisuga (Tsugumi Harudori in Soul Eater Not!) as Shizuka Sakaki, a voice actress working with Musashino Animation
The production staff of Shirobako consisted of:
- Director: Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer, Another)
- Series Composer: Michiko Yokote (Genshiken, RDG: Red Data Girl)
- Original Character Designer: Ponkan 8 (Original Artist of Oregairu)
- Anime Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Kanami Sekiguchi (Hanasaku Iroha, Tari Tari)
- Animation Studio: P.A. Works (Angel Beats!, Nagi no Asukara)
There has been many talks about a second season of the anime, however, the director of Shirobako, Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer, Another), mentioned in an interview last July that a second season isn’t possible as his scheduled is filled for the next few years. He also notes that there is enough material to warrant a sequel.
Shirobako is an original series about creating anime. Specifically, it features a small group of cute girls aiming to tackle on one of Japan’s largest industries. The 5 girls work at Musashino Animation and each have a different and important role in the production of anime. The anime is a collaboration between P.A. Works with Girls und Panzer and Another director Tsutomu Mizushima. The anime began in October 2014 as a 2 cour series, ending in the Winter 2014/2015 anime season after a total of 24 episodes.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
Five girls chase their dreams. The story revolves around the everyday troubles and hardships that occur when working in the anime industry, and the results and conflicts that happen day-to-day among the group of girls.
The official website of the Shirobako anime is currently undergoing construction for a special announcement in the future. Further details about the announcement may be revealed in future talk shows.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://shirobako-anime.com/
And follow their Twitter here: @shirobako_anime
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