With a showing earlier in the year and a re-release last month to help theaters that were opening up again, Happinet previously scheduled the home video release for the Shirobako anime feature film. The project has set a January 8th, 2021 debut where there will be three editions:
- BD LE: 10800yen + tax
- BD Reg: 6800yen + tax
- DVD Reg: 5800yen + tax
The limited-edition comes with a special box and digipak, a bonus CD with the soundtrack and insert songs, a new voice drama, a booklet, and on-disc extras that include a cast appearance, promos, commercials, and an audio commentary. The regular editions come with a base leaflet and the audio commentary.
The limited-edition release is now getting some new attention with a preview of the packaging for it which you can see below the newly commissioned piece for.
Tsutomu Mizushima directed it working from a screenplay by Michiko Yokote. Ponkan8 is serving as the character designer with the production company Infinite involved.
Check out our review of the first half of the series here and the second half here.
The TV series had Tsutomu Mizushima on board as the director with Michiko Yokote doing the overall supervision while Ponkan8 handled the original character designs and Kanami Sekiguchi adapted them into animation form.
The cast includes Juri Kimura as Aoi Miyamori, Haruka Yoshimura as Ema Yasuhara, Haruka Chisuga as Shizuka Sakaki, Asami Takano as Misa Tōdō, Hitomi Ohwada as Midori Imai, Shūya Nishiji as Yutaka Honda, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tatsuya Ochiai, Yuri Yamaoka as Erika Yano, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Tarō Takanashi, Ai Kayano as Rinko Ogasawara, Masaya Matsukaze as Hayabusa Watanabe, and Mai Nakahara as Yuka Okitsu.
P.A. Works was established back in 2000 by Kenji Horikawa, who has been involved in several animation studios previously. They worked on numerous shows over the years and produced their first on in 2008 with True Tears before going on to Canaan, Angel Beats, and several others.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot concept: The five members of the Kamiyama High School Animation Club took a vow to one day create an anime together. After they graduated, each of the members got to be involved in the animation industry at various locations. Aoi Miyamori, after working on “Exodus!” and “The Third Girls Aerial Squad,” gradually began to think of what she really wanted to do, getting closer to approaching her dream. It’s been 4 years since then. Miyamori, who has been struggling with daily work, was called in by Watanabe after the morning meeting and was entrusted with a new theater animation. However, there were unexpected pitfalls in this project. Can you do theater animations in the current company situation? While Miyamori feels uneasy, she co-operates with new friends, Kaede Miyai and past Musani members to start moving forward on the completion of the anime film. Will they be able to deliver the movie on time?
[Source: Shirobako]
