5화: 타로가 아오이에게 속내를 털어놓는 동안, 혼다는 마지막 에피소드의 지연된 스토리보드를 완성하기 위해 세이이치를 가둔다.

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)
에피소드 수
- 1화 · 미야모리 아오이가 무사시노 애니메이션의 제작 난관과 스튜디오 내 인간관계 사이에서 고군분투한다.
- 2화 · 팀의 제작 난관이 커지는 가운데 아랍인이 도착하다
- 3화 · 제작진이 리테이크 조율을 마치고 방송 전 기술적 지연 문제를 해결한다.
- 4화 · 시즈카, 프러시아 스튜디오 오디션, 친구들 재회와 사무실 드라마 격화
- 5화 · 타로가 아오이에게 속내를 털어놓는 동안, 혼다는 마지막 에피소드의 지연된 스토리보드를 완성하기 위해 세이이치를 가둔다.
- 6화 · 전시회로 인한 유이치로와의 갈등 해결 후 료스케가 업무에 복귀하다
- 7화 · 아오이가 최종화 임무를 맡고 타츠야는 스튜디오 카난으로 떠남
- 8화 · 에마는 상처와 씨름하고, 아오이와 미도리는 도쿄를 탐험하며 꿈을 이야기한다.
- 9화 · 세이이치는 피날레를 수정하고, 아오는 제작 압박에 직면하며, 스태프는 새로운 창작적 도전을 모색한다.