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Once upon a time, five girls made an animated film and it was so much fun that they pledged to get jobs in animation so that someday they could make another film together. Now, two years later, Aoi, Shizuka, Ema, Misa and Midori have learned the truth about the anime industry: it's not always fun, it's anything but easy, and having talent isn't always enough to open the right doors. Which is why Aoi's overwhelmed by her job as a production assistant, Shizuka's waiting on tables between auditions, Midori's currently scriptless, Misa's switched to C.G., and Ema's working long hours as a key animator. Is it what they imagined? No. But are they ready to give up? Not just yet! Sometimes, when things happen in animation, they can happen in the most wonderful ways! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
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Ponkan 8Original Character Design
Tsutomu MizushimaDirector
Michiko YokoteSeries Composition
Kanami SekiguchiCharacter Design
Ayumi NishihataSub Character Design
Kousuke KawatsuraSub Character DesignKanami SekiguchiSub Character Design
Mayumi MiyaokaProp Design
Noriko TsutsumiyaProp Design
Tsukasa KakizakaiArt DirectorMayumi MiyaokaArt DesignTsukasa KakizakaiArt Design
Aoi MiyamoriJuri Kimura
Ema YasuharaHaruka Yoshimura
Shizuka SakakiHaruka Chisuga
Misa ToudouAsami Takano
Midori ImaiHitomi Oowada
Seiichi KinoshitaNobuyuki Hiyama
Akane UchidaRie Takahashi
Masato MarukawaWataru Takagi
Mitsuaki KannoShouto Kashii
Yuuji AtsumiDaiki Hamano
Saburou KitanoHideaki Nonaka
Mei NakaharuMai Nakahara
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