12화: 무사시노 스태프, The Third Girls Aerial Squad 에피소드 납품을 위해 애니메이션 난관 해결

Watanabe, Onoue, Katsuragi, and their playmates discuss about letting Aoi go to Kanno before talking about Musashino's plans to begin work on the anime adaptation for The Third Girls Aerial Squad. Elsewhere, Aoi meets up with Kanno, who, after reading the storyboards, points out the ridiculous nature of animating horses for the final scene and that there are barely any animators left capable of accomplishing such a task. However, he goes on to mention that there is one person at Musashino Animation who is capable of handling the scene. The next night, the staff holds an all-hands meeting, during which Watanabe suggests altering the scene considerably to lessen the amount of work for the key animators. However, Seiichi and Honda protest this, stating that the alterations suggested would ruin the intended tension of the scene. Aoi then relays Kanno's message that Sugie, who everyone had assumed was not suitable for handling scenes for Exodus! and therefore had assigned him to another anime, is more than capable to animating the horse scenes. With the others' approval, Aoi goes to Sugie's house and asks him to take the job, to which he gladly accepts. He talks with the rest of the staff and works out a method that will get the cuts done quickly with help from Ema, Yumi, Rinko, and the other key animators. With the key animation almost complete, Ema tells Aoi that the work has allowed Sugie to still have something to do, then voices that she is now inspired to draw scenes just like he does. Sometime later, Erika returns to work, her family dilemma having been resolved. Sugie approaches Aoi and announces his intention to begin a workshop for key animation at Musashino before thanking her for her work. The delivery day soon arrives, and after everyone works up to the last minute to get the episode delivered on time, it finally airs without a hitch. Aoi, Ema, Tarou, Erika, Seiichi, Honda, Yumi, Ryousuke, Yuuichirou, Rinko, and several other staff members go out to celebrate; however, Sugie declines Aoi and Ema's offer to join them, citing that he has to return home. Watanabe arrives late, bringing with him a disc titled "White Box," which he says is a present for Aoi. The disc is played, and everyone begins a countdown. (Source: Wikipedia)
에피소드 수
- 8화 · 에마는 상처와 씨름하고, 아오이와 미도리는 도쿄를 탐험하며 꿈을 이야기한다.
- 9화 · 세이이치는 피날레를 수정하고, 아오는 제작 압박에 직면하며, 스태프는 새로운 창작적 도전을 모색한다.
- 10화 · 혼다는 세이이치의 초기 스토리보드 완료를 주목하고, 아오는 미사의 커리어 전환을 지원한다.
- 11화 · 아오이는 최종 에피소드를 위한 핵심 애니메이터 확보에 고전하고, 에리카는 개인적인 위기를 맞는다.
- 12화 · 무사시노 스태프, The Third Girls Aerial Squad 에피소드 납품을 위해 애니메이션 난관 해결
- 13화 · 무사시노 애니메이션, 더 서드 에어리어 걸스 스쿼드 애니메이션 제작 시작, 새로운 스태프 배정
- 14화 · 시즈카가 오디션을 보는 동안 팀은 캐스팅 분쟁을 해결하고 새로운 스태프를 맞이한다.
- 15화 · 저자가 캐릭터 디자인 재작업을 요구한 후 제작이 지연됨
- 16화 · 노가메의 모호한 피드백에 고민하는 유미를 린코가 도와주며 제작이 잠시 중단된다.