**Occupation:** Production assistant for Musashino Animation

Aoi is cheerful and positive and has an interest in animation and was a member of the animation club in high school. However, she does not know what specific job she wants to do in the anime industry.

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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Alyssa is an English voice actor who attended the University of Houston with a BFA in acting. In her free time, she loves to do gymnastics, dance, and play with her dog, Bud.

(Source: University of Houston website)

The story is set four years after the events of the original Shirobako anime. Aoi Miyamori keeps busy dealing with the ordinary troubles in her daily work at Musashino Animation. After a morning meeting, Watanabe talks to Aoi and puts her in charge of a new theatrical anime project for the studio. The project has unexpected problems, and Aoi is unsure if the company can proceed with a theatrical anime with its current state of affairs. While dealing with that anxiety, Aoi meets a new colleague named Kaede Miyai. She and the MusAni team work together to complete the project. 
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

This is the story of the characters from the anime Shirobako in their high school years, told from Ema's perspective.
Ema Yasuhara is a shy, withdrawn girl. She loves to draw but... she's not confident in herself. That was when Miyamori Aoi saw her art and asked, "Let's make an anime together!."
