Michelle Topham 
The follow up to the 24-episode SHIROBAKO anime TV series, the SHIROBAKO film, got a key visual today, some gorgeous new stills and a short trailer video.
The highly anticipated anime film from P.A. WORKS is due for a Spring 2020 cinema opening in Japan, and will have Aoi Miyamori and her friends creating yet another anime.
SHIROBAKO the film, aka Gekijō-ban Shirobako, is being made by most of the same staff and cast members of the original series, so you can expect to be able to enjoy just what you loved about the original.
The people that have returned to the project include director Tsutomu Mizushima, character designer Ponkan8, and key voice actors Juri Kimura as Aoi Miyamori, Haruka Yoshimura as Ema Yasuhara, Haruka Chisuga as Shizuka Sakaki, Asami Takano as Misa Tōdō and Hitomi Ohwada as Midori Imai.
For fans of the much loved series, you will also be happy to know the storyline of the SHIROBAKO film is a continuation of the story from the anime series.
P.A. Works describes its plot in this manner — (and yep, remember all those frantic time-crunch scenes in the original anime series? Looks like we’ll be getting them again. Yay!)
Four years after the events of the series, Musashino Animation has gone through unprecedented changes and things are looking bleak for the studio. One day, Aoi Miyamori is offered a role managing a new theatrical animation project.
With only a few months left before the deadline, can MUSANI complete the project in its current state? It’s up to Aoi to work alongside both familiar faces and new to finish the project in time!
If you haven’t seen the original anime series yet, and are in North America, you can currently watch it on Crunchyroll.
The upcoming film , tentatively titled SHIROBAKO the Movie, is likely to appear on the streaming platform eventually as well.
Until then, check out the SHIROBAKO key visual at the top of the page, and a film still of this story.
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