TV series
SHIROBAKO
In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after day, the five spend all of their time on anime production. The awe of going from rough sketches to animation, and the awkward acting in the after-recording session... The final product was finished at the cultural fair six months later. After they graduated they still pursued animation and swore on some donuts that they would make another anime together.
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Checked Sep 4, 2026
SHIROBAKO premiered October 9, 2014. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after day, the five spend all of their time on anime production. The awe of going from rough sketches to animation, and the awkward acting in the after-recording session... The final product was finished at the cultural fair six months later. After they graduated they still pursued animation and swore on some donuts that they would make another anime together.
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Cast
Haruka YoshimuraEma Yasuhara (voice)
Asami TakanoMisa Todo (voice)
Hitomi OhwadaMidori Imai (voice)
Haruka ChisugaShizuka Sakaki (voice)
Juri KimuraAoi Miyamori / Mimsy (uncredited) / Lolo (uncredited) (voice)
Hiroyuki YoshinoTaro Takanashi (voice)
Shuuya NishijiYutaka Honda (voice)
Junji MajimaYuichiro Shimoyanagi (voice)Credits
- Written by
- Michiko Yokote, Reiko Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Urahata
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 24
- Original language
- Japanese
Networks & production
Tokyo MXJapan
Warner Bros. JapanJapan
movicJapan
ShowgateJapan
P.A.WORKSJapan
Docomo Anime StoreJapan