6.0Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestAt the last possible second, the eizouken runs into a snag with their short film for the upcoming Comet A convention. With time running out, can they manage to salvage their new film in time?
First-year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. While she spends her time doodling endless ideas and settings in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. After Asakusa's money-loving best friend Sayaka Kanamori notices her genius and drive – and when it becomes clear that their classmate and charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki wants to be an animator – the energetic trio start an animation club. Together, the three aim to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds, as they come to see the power that fiction and imagination have on their lives and the world around them.
Direction
Masaaki Yuasa's kinetic visual language makes imagination literally explode on screen.
Sound
OP that lives rent-free in your brain for approximately seven years.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series is based on Sumito Owara's manga, which itself is published in a seinen magazine despite the youthful energy — proving 'adult' anime isn't just grimdark.
Eizouken directly influenced a wave of anime-industry commentary shows, but remains unmatched in capturing the specific madness of pre-production — storyboards, budgets, and all.
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