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Shirobako Ad Promotes dAnime Store Streaming Service
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Wireless provider Docomo's dAnime Store (Docomo Anime Store) streaming service posted a "Musani Juchū Hen" (Musani Receiving Orders Edition) commercial on December 31. The commercial is causing a stir online because it is an unexpected new work for the Shirobako anime, and it is rapidly gaining views on YouTube. In the video, Aoi takes a call about Musashino Animation potentially working on a commercial for dAnime Store.
Aoi: Oh, it's a commercial? Yes! Yes. Okay!
Tarō: What's up, Miyamori?
Aoi: It was a consultation about someone from dAnime Store wanting to make a commercial with Musani....
Tarō: If it's dAnime Store, that's where you can watch as much anime as you want on your PC or smartphone! Let's do it! Let's do it!
Aoi: But Musani has never made a commercial.
Tarō: Huh?
Masahito: It was just the conversation, but I heard.
The cast of the anime returned to voice their characters and make new recordings for the commercial. The cast includes Juri Kimura as Aoi Miyamori, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Tarō Takanashi, and Wataru Takagi as Masato Marukawa. P.A. Works collaborated on one part of the cuts, and the video also includes new music.
The official website for the Shirobako television anime series updated in May with a graphic that reads "under construction." As of the posting of this article, the graphic is still there, and the other pages of the website still work as normal.
Shirobako focuses primarily on Aoi Miyamori, a production assistant at a fictional anime studio called Musashino Animations. The story follows the daily office life and problems that arise in an animation studio, and the workflow in making an anime. Parallel to that, the show also focuses on Miyamori's friends, who all work or are aiming to work in the anime industry: a key animator, a CG animator, an aspiring voice actress, and a scriptwriter.
The anime premiered in October 2014, and Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. Sentai Filmworks licensed and released the anime on home video in North America.
[Via Kai-You, Hachima Kikō]
