Shirobako

Shirobako (stylized in all caps), is a 2014 original anime series created and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, with original character designs by Ponkan8 and Takeshi Nogami.

It was animated by P.A. Works, series composition by Michiko Yokote, composed by Shirō Hamaguchi, and it premiered in Japan from October 9, 2014 to March 26, 2015, consisting of 24 episodes.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, announced the English Dub cast on Septenber 9, 2020^[1], and premiered on HIDIVE's streaming service on September 23, 2020.^[2]

Synopsis

Shirobako begins with the five members of the Kaminoyama High School animation club all making a pledge to work hard on their very first amateur production and make it into a success. After showing it to an audience at a culture festival, that pledge turned into a huge dream—to move to Tokyo, get jobs in the anime industry and one day join hands to create something amazing.

Fast forward two and a half years and two of those members, Aoi Miyamori and Ema Yasuhara, have made their dreams into reality by landing jobs at a famous production company called Musashino Animation. Everything seems perfect at first. However, as the girls slowly discover, the animation industry is a bit tougher than they had imagined. Who said making your dream come true was easy?

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Aoi Miyamori	Juri Kimura	Alyssa Marek
	Ema Yasuhara	Haruka Yoshimura	Savanna Menzel
	Shizuka Sakaki	Haruka Chisuga	Rachael Messer
	Misa Tōdō	Asami Takano	Juliet Simmons
	Midori Imai	Hitomi Ōwada	Taylor Fono
Musashino Animation
	Masato Marukawa	Wataru Takagi	James Belcher
	Masato Marukawa	Yūsuke Kobayashi (young)	Daniel Regojo
	Yuka Okitsu	Mai Nakahara	Genevieve Simmons
	Tarō Takanashi	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Greg Cote
	Erika Yano	Yuri Yamaoka	Shanae’a Moore
	Tatsuya Ochiai	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka	Rob Mungle
	Daisuke Hiraoka	Yūsuke Kobayashi	Bryson Baugus
	Sara Satō	Madoka Yonezawa	Avery Smithhart
	Tsubaki Andō	Ikumi Hayama	Margaret McDonald
	Yutaka Honda	Shūya Nishiji	Clint Bickham
	Shun Watanabe	Masaya Matsukaze	Blake Jackson
	Rinko Ogasawara	Ai Kayano	Elissa Cuellar
	Yumi Iguchi	Manami Numakura	Natalie Rial
	Chiemi Dōmoto	Shizuka Itō	Carli Mosier
	Akane Uchida	Rie Takahashi	Carolyn Medrano
	Shigeru Sugie	Motoi Koyanagi	Carl Masterson
	Shigeru Sugie	Shinya Takahashi (young)	Kyle Colby Jones
	Ai Kunogi	Shiori Izawa	Hilary Haag
	Hikaru Hotta	Riki Kitazawa	Nathan Wilson
	Nao Shinkawa	Mari Hino	Shelby Blocker
	Yūichirō Shimoyanagi	Junji Majima	Michael Wronski
	Yoshiki Sakura	Kengo Takanashi	Houston Hayes
	Yūji Mukai	Kento Ishikawa	Courtland Johnson
	Mamoru Kiyono	Shinya Hamazoe	Courtland Johnson
	Yūya Hashimoto	Taishi Murata	Nathan Wilson
Production Staff
	Seiichi Kinoshita	Nobuyuki Hiyama	Mark X. Laskowski
	Masashi Yamada	Kenji Hamada	Ty Mahany
	Hironori Madoka	Hironori Saitō	Adam Noble
	Ryōsuke Endō	Shinobu Matsumoto	Kregg Dailey
	Mayumi Endō (Endō's Wife)	Chinami Hashimoto	Kelly Greenshield
	Misato Segawa	Kotomi Yamakawa	Patricia Duran
	Mitsuhide Kisa	Masayoshi Sugawara	Scott Gibbs
	Gōtarō Katsuragi	Nobuyuki Kobushi	Jay Hickman
	Yoshikazu Inanami	Mitsuo Iwata	Mike Yager
	Isamu Momose	Fumihiko Inoue	Justin Doran
	Isamu Momose	Kazuyuki Okitsu (young)	Shannon Reed
	Shimeji Maitake	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Heath Morrow
	Yūji Atsumi	Daiki Hamano	Jason Duga
	Takumi Ōyama	Shinya Takahashi	Jack Ivy
	Asuka Fuji	Rie Takahashi	Carolyn Medrano
	Eri Nakata	Shizuka Itō	Kelly Greenshield
	Gorō Hamasaki	Daiki Hamano	Kyle Colby Jones
	Wataru Nakabayashi	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Kyle Colby Jones
The Third Flying Girls Squadron Staff
-Yotaka Books-
	Tatsuya Hantō	Jirō Saitō	Rob Mungle
	Masato Onoue	Itaru Yamamoto	Josh Morrison
	Shinsuke Chazawa	Jun Fukushima	Cameron Bautsch
-Original Author-
	Takezō Nogame	Takahiro Sakurai	Joe Daniels
-Outsourcers-
	Kenichi Mimura	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Gareth West
	Zaruyoshi Yakushiji	Daiki Hamano	John Swasey
	Nobuaki Nakagaichi	Masayoshi Sugawara	Orlanders Jones
	Masahiro Ōkura	Taketora	David Wald
	Hiroshi Iketani	Masayoshi Sugawara	Jack Ivy
	Hisamitsu Isokawa	Shinji Kawada	Gabriel Regojo
Voice Actors
	Mei Nakaharu	Mai Nakahara	Luci Christian
	Suzuka Itō	Shizuka Itō	Allison Sumrall
	Mui Kayana	Ai Kayano	Brittney Karbowski
	Kyōko Suzuki	Hisako Kanemoto	Christina Kelly
	Rena Sōma	Yukari Tamura	Mai Le
	Hiromi Sakuma	Rie Takahashi	Mai Le
	Shinobu Mori	Rie Takahashi	Avery Smithhart
	Tsukasa Nagai	Yuri Yamaoka	Shelby Blocker
	Mari Tateo	Mari Yokoo	Shelley Calene-Black
	Eri Asagami	Manami Numakura	Luci Christian
	Ayano Makise	Madoka Yonezawa	Mai Le
	Hiroko Tokiwa	Yuri Yamaoka	Kelly Greenshield
Other Production Staff
	Tomigaya	Mitsuo Iwata	Mike Haimoto
	Saburō Kitano	Hideaki Nonaka	John Swasey
	Hiroaki Hōjō	Hiromichi Tezuka	Blake Weir
	Toshiyasu Kōno	Yutaka Aoyama	David Harbold
	Mitsuaki Kanno	Shōto Kashii	Mark Mendelsohn
	Yasuhiro Mizuyama	Wataru Takagi	David Harbold
	Sugesuke Enjō	Nobuo Tobita	David Matranga
	Takumi Yarase	Mitsuaki Madono	Anthony Hunter
	Tsuyoshi Makurada	Takehito Koyasu	Jovan Jackson
	Saburō Morimiya	Hiroshi Yanaka	Chris Hutchison
	Kōji Sagamori	Ikuji Nose	Luis Galindo
	Toshiki Shinoda	Haruo Yamagishi	Kyle Colby Jones
	Mitsuyoshi Tsujida	Hironori Saitō	Courtland Johnson
	Nobukatsu Nakayamata	Shinobu Matsumoto	Shannon Reed
	Hirokazu Wakabashira	Atsushi Ono	Andrew Love
	Hiroshi Kishitani	Akinori Egoshi	Blake Weir
	Kōichi Tateishi	Yūki Hayashi	Alan Brincks
	Dobashi	Ikuji Nose	¿?
	Natsuki	Mari Hino	Jenna Malisheski
	Miura	Takatsugu Awazu	James Marler
	Onodera	Taishi Murata	James Marler
	Masahiko Inami	Wataru Takagi	John Gremillion
	Keiji Takekura	Makoto Yasumura	Justin Doran
Others
	Mimuji	Juri Kimura	Alyssa Marek
	Roro	Juri Kimura	Alyssa Marek
	Kaori Miyamori	Satomi Moriya	Heidi Hinkel
Anime Characters
Exodus!
	Akane	Mai Nakahara	Luci Christian
	Aya	Shizuka Itō	Allison Sumrall
	Alpine	Ai Kayano	Brittney Karbowski
	Big Sis	Manami Numakura	Avery Smithhart
	Miho Koigakubo	Kotomi Yamakawa	¿?
	Taguchi	Jun Fukushima	¿?
The Third Girls Aerial Squad
	Aria Hitotose	Hisako Kanemoto	Christina Kelly
	Catherine Weller	Shizuka Itō	Allison Sumrall
	Christine Waldegård	Madoka Yonezawa	Jenna Malisheski
	Noa Ashkenage	Manami Numakura	Luci Christian
	Tatiana Yakovlef	Yuri Yamaoka	Kelly Greenshield
	Valroph	Ikumi Hayama	Avery Smithhart
	Olivia	Mai Nakahara	¿?
	Lye	Kenji Hamada	¿?
	Lucy Weller	Haruka Chisuga	Rachael Messer
	Myers	Shinobu Matsumoto	¿?

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Atsushi Yamabuchi	Ikuji Nose	Shannon Reed	2, 6
Aoi and Kaori's Mother	Yuka Keichō	Christie Guidry	4, 13
Gen Asugawa	Katsuyuki Konishi	Justin Doran	9
Sasaki	Shinya Hamazoe	Houston Hayes	11
Nobuhiro Sakurada	Makoto Yasumura	Kyle Colby Jones	11-12
Sugie's Wife	Momoe Kishimoto	Joanne Bonasso	12
Sugie's Wife	Mai Nakahara (young)	Joanne Bonasso	12
Gorō Hamasaki	Daiki Hamano	Kyle Colby Jones	15
Chucky	Kōki Miyata	Wesley Whitson	19
Pete	Hiroshi Yanaka	¿?
Poppy	Manami Numakura	Luci Christian
Ricky	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Nathan Wilson
Brass	Ikuji Nose	¿?
George	Taketora	¿?
Paddy	Yūsuke Kobayashi	¿?
Bill	Shinya Takahashi	¿?
Emi	Mai Nakahara	¿?
Besobeso	Juri Kimura	¿?
Itakura	Makoto Yasumura	¿?	21
Ema's Mother	Mari Hino	Shelley Calene-Black	22
Hanamaki	Manami Numakura	Jenna Malisheski	24

Additional Voices[]

Multimedia[]

Clips[]

Shirobako Official Dub Clip

Notes[]

Sentai Filmworks originally released the series in sub on DVD and Blu-ray in 2016.

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Classification	Content		Country
	September 23, 2020	Anime	Digital	TV-PG	Season 1	24 Eps.	United States

Video Releases[]

Year	Contents	Region	Country
2020	The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
2020	3 Discs	A DVB-T	United States
2023	The Complete Series	B DVB-T	United Kingdom
2023	3 Discs	B DVB-T	United Kingdom

References[]

External Links[]

Shirobako on the Internet Movie Database.
Shirobako (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
Shirobako on Behind The Voice Actors.

[1] SHIROBAKO Official English Dub Cast List

[2] SHIROBAKO Dub Premiers on HIDIVE

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