The returning staff includes director Tsutomu Mizushima, animation studio P.A. Works, series script supervisor Michiko Yokote, character designer Ponkan8, animation character designer and chief animation director Kanami Sekiguchi, and production company Infinite.
The original Shirobako television anime focuses primarily on Aoi Miyamori, a production assistant at a fictional anime studio called Musashino Animations.
The story follows the daily office life and problems that arise in an animation studio, and the workflow in making an anime.
The 24-episode anime premiered in October 2014, and Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.