SHIROBAKO the Movie

SHIROBAKO the Movie (2020)

劇場版 SHIROBAKO

Four years after the events of SHIROBAKO the series, Musashino Animation has gone through unprecedented changes and things are looking bleak for the studio. One day, Aoi Miyamori is offered a role managing a new theatrical animation project. With only a few months left before the deadline, can MusAni complete the project in its current state? It’s up to Aoi to work alongside both familiar faces and new to finish the project in time!

Date of release
2020-02-29
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Director
Tsutomu Mizushima

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: ¥400M

Shirobako: The Movie is a 2020 Japanese animated film and a sequel to the anime television series Shirobako (2014–2015). Produced by P.A. Works and Infinite and distributed by Showgate, the film is directed by Tsutomu Mizushima from a series composition led by Michiko Yokote and features an ensemble cast including Juri Kimura, Haruka Yoshimura, Haruka Chisuga, Asami Takano, and Hitomi Ōwada. Set four years after the events of the anime series, the film follows Aoi Miyamori leading an anime film project at Musashino Animation.

Production

Initial talks for a sequel to the anime television series Shirobako (2014–2015) began a year after the end of its broadcast. During the P.A. Works panel at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in March 2016, Shirobako producer Takayuki Nagatani teased that "there might be a chance [for a sequel]" to the anime series if a theme could be decided. P.A.

In April 2018, an anime film project, which was described as an "all-new work" and would continue the story seen in the anime series, was confirmed to be in the works at P.A. Works, with Infinite producing, and to be helmed by the staff from the anime series, including Mizushima, screenwriter Michiko Yokote, character designer Ponkan8, and animation character designer Kanami Sekiguchi.

Additional staff from the anime series was revealed to be returning for the film in July 2019, including cinematographer Yukiyo Kajiwara and editor Ayumu Takahashi. A key visual drawn by Sekiguchi was also revealed, which introduced Miyai.

At the C3AFA Tokyo 2019 in August, Horikawa revealed that the dubbing was completed, while the storyboard for the film's last scene was not yet finished. At the same time, Nagatani confirmed the film would not be completed by the end of that year and corrected the story's timeline to be taking place four years after the events of the anime series.

The final cut of the film was finished on February 3, 2020, with its runtime clocking in under two hours. The film was completed on February 26, 2020, three days before its scheduled theatrical release. By the premiere, Kaede Yuasa, Masayoshi Sugawara, Rie Takahashi, and Genki Muro confirmed their casting in the film.

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