Ép. 5: Tarou se confie à Aoi tandis que Honda enferme Seiichi pour terminer les storyboards retardés du dernier épisode.
Tarou tries to reason with Ryousuke and his decision, but he refuses to listen. Tarou then vents his anger to Aoi and blames her for the situation, explaining that the argument was the reason behind the phone calls. With the storyboards for the final episode way behind schedule, being a month late, chief production assistant Yutaka Honda, desperate for progress, goes to extreme lengths and locks Seiichi inside a cage in the storage room in order to get him to finish them, despite his protests. Tarou explains to Aoi that he got caught up as the middle man between Ryousuke, who wanted to do the key frames for an explosion scene, and the 3D director Yuuichirou Shimoyanagi, who had already prepared a CGI explosion, the result of which led Ryousuke to believe people were favoring 3D over 2D and drop out of directing the eighth episode. An unsatisfied Aoi accuses Tarou of not handling the situation better and tries to tell Honda about it, but he talks her out of it. Caving under the pressure of his new work environment, Seiichi recounts how his once successful career as an anime director took a downfall after the release of Jiggly Jiggly Heaven, and it is revealed Exodus! is his first official anime in six years. Whilst having a drink with his coworker Hotta Hikari, Ryousuke learns from animator Saburou Kitano about how he is teaching 3D animators himself, stating that it is not about whether 3D is better or not, but rather how it can be used to improve the quality of anime. Aoi and Ema meet up and eat at the latter's house, where they talk about how 3D is continuing to influence the production of anime, which is what led Misa to choosing her career path. The next day, while showing Ryousuke the 3D-rendered scene of the explosion, Aoi learns that the beginning of episode nine, which follows on from the explosion in the eighth episode, had been finished using key animation. (Source: Wikipedia)
Épisodes
- Ép. 1 · Aoi Miyamori fait face aux défis de production chez Musashino Animation tout en gérant la dynamique du studio.
- Ép. 2 · Arupin arrive alors que les défis de production s'accumulent pour l'équipe
- Ép. 3 · L'équipe de production coordonne les retakes et résout les retards techniques avant la diffusion du quatrième épisode.
- Ép. 4 · Shizuka passe une audition au studio Prussia tandis que ses amis renouent et que les drames au bureau s'intensifient
- Ép. 5 · Tarou se confie à Aoi tandis que Honda enferme Seiichi pour terminer les storyboards retardés du dernier épisode.
- Ép. 6 · Ryousuke retourne au travail après que l'exposition a résolu le différend avec Yuuichirou
- Ép. 7 · Aoi assume les dernières fonctions de l'épisode tandis que Tatsuya part pour le Studio Canaan
- Ép. 8 · Ema fait face aux coupures tandis qu'Aoi et Midori explorent Tokyo et discutent de leurs rêves.
- Ép. 9 · Seiichi réécrit la finale tandis qu'Aoi fait face à une pression de production croissante et que le personnel cherche de nouveaux défis créatifs.