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Two years after vowing to break into the anime industry, Aoi is a production assistant at a studio where her friend Ema is a key animator.

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After dealing with key animator Segawa's collapse, Aoi tries to find someone to take over for the fourth episode, but the director has his own ideas.

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Retakes for the fourth episode consume Aoi's time as she also shepherds the key frames for episode nine through the production process.

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Shizuka goes for her first audition at Prussia Studio against a popular voice actress, making her nervous. Meanwhile, Aoi's parents call.

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Ryosuke quits as the eighth episode director after arguing with Taro, another PA, who blames Aoi for the situation. The last episode is a month late.

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Ryosuke refuses to get back to work and Aoi decides to inform chief production assistant Honda about Taro's inability to deal with the situation.

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Aoi's sister Kaori comes to visit. Tatsuya shocks the studio by announcing that he's quitting, and Aoi is put in charge of the final episode.

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Kaori reveals her dissatisfaction with her job as she tours Tokyo with Midori. Ema struggles with her cuts and can't take Sugie's advice.

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Aoi is under increasing pressure as Seiichi hasn't finished his storyboards and there's only a month left to finish the entire episode.

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Seiichi is about to finish his storyboards, but he's changed the ending and there's only five weeks left. Meanwhile, Misa wants to quit her job.

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Aoi starts making key frame assignments for the last episode, but there are too many for the staff to do alone and she needs to bring on more people.

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Aoi goes in search of Kanno, the animator she was told about as a joke. He gives her the name of the one person at the studio who can help her.

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Musashino's next series is announced in the new year, and Aoi and Taro are promoted to series production manager and chief production assistant.

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Shizuka auditions for a part in the new series while Aoi and Seiichi meet with Yuji again. A new PA, Daisuke, joins the production team.

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Two new PAs join the staff just in time for a meeting about the final episode and a location scouting trip as production officially begins.

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The author demands revisions to the character designs, throwing the production timeline into chaos and giving Aoi and Yumi real trouble.

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Anime fans are skeptical about the new show, and the studio is thrown into producing a fully animated promo video for a festival in just two weeks.

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Aoi and the staff attend a recording session, but the actress they cast is having problems. Their animation subcontractors are also being sloppy.

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A stressed out Aoi blames herself for the production problems, and Erika steps in to help her relax and deal with the Studio Titanic issues.

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A script meeting leads the staff to recall why they originally got into anime production, while Midori deals with accusations of gender bias.

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Misa takes Ema and Shizuka to an amusement park for research purposes. Though the first episode is well received, Aoi gets complaints about Hiraoka.

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Aoi, Tsubaki and Sara take on the task of producing the final episode, and Yumi asks Ema to be an assistant general animation supervisor for it.

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Faced with the prospect of discarding all their work on the last episode, the Musashino staff desperately try to get a meeting with the author.

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With three weeks left until broadcast, the entire studio buckles down on the final episode. Ema is assigned the scene featuring Shizuka's character.

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