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* CatchPhrase: "[[MemeticMutation BANSAKU-TSUKI DA!!!]]" [[note]]We're out of ideas!![[/note]] His phrase was so catchy, even Aoi and Nabe-P [[BorrowedCatchphrase caught his influence]].
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** Marukawa's said that in [[TheSeventies his time]] such incidents were dime a dozen, as the times were simpler, limits tighter, and tensions ran higher. The times have changed, though, as this isn't a norm any more.
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* WeightWoe: A clever zig-zag example. [[spoiler: It's implied in episode 17 that Honda was a FormerlyFit guy who has been struggling with his weight gain, and was unable to keep in shape due to the animation industry's unhealthy lifestyle, and has finally gained control again after he dropped out of the business.]]
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* WeightWoe: A clever zig-zag example. [[spoiler: It's implied in episode 17 that Honda was a FormerlyFit guy who has been struggling with his weight gain, and was unable to keep in shape due to the animation industry's unhealthy lifestyle, and has finally gained control again after he dropped out of the business.]]
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YaoiFangirl: What Tarou snarks on her for, but she seems to be appreciating works in a more analytical sense than digging wholeheartedly in the genre.
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* BumblingSidekick: A textbook example, the list of his failures that [[TheLoad endanger the studio or simply embarrass it or himself]] is probably too long for this page. His only saving grace is that he's ActuallyPrettyFunny and [[TakeThatMe somewhat cognisant]] (if [[NeverMyFault not accepting]]) of his failures.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Watanabe is so prone to picking up people's [[CatchPhrase catch phrases]] and [[VerbalTic verbal tics]] [[note]]Such as Honda and Chazawa's. [[/note]], that he tends to recite them for his own usage at ease.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: She held an amazingly good poker face when facing freelancer Kisa's ShirtlessScene.
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The flowing bloodline and metal chains of the company, these are the people who are responsible for keeping the whole company connected. Plan every department's production schedules, run errands in delivering cut scenes to specific animators, serve as negotiators for each department line, reach for outsource when needed, and keep each department's production progress in check.
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!!Aoi Miyamori [-(Production Assistant > Production Manager)-]
* See Main Characters.
!!Tarou Takanashi [-(Production Assistant > Head Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/HiroyukiYoshino
One of Aoi's seniors (by one month) in the production department, Tarou is generally a useless and incompetent employee, because he's a bumbling, airheaded fool who always forgets things and doesn't listen to advice, as he has a [[SmallNameBigEgo very inflated notion about himself]]. In fact, probably the only reason why he stays on a company roster is him being essentially a purposedly written in JokeCharacter--or, according to [[WordOfGod series director Tsutomu Mizushima]], Tarou is a reflection of his younger self.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Why he isn't fired yet is a mystery of the ages -- one of the traditional perks of the Japanese employment system that the animation industry most emphatically ''doesn't'' have is permanent employment.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Takanashi always tries to present himself a cool and all-knowing expert in any field, but fails amusingly all the times — and it's a lucky day when this fail [[TheLoad doesn't imperil the company more.]]
* TheLoad: And HOW!! This guy seems to exist to get in everyone's way, and make things harder than they already are.
** Though even he pales in comparison with [[UpToEleven Shinsuke Chazawa]], the liaising editor assigned to oversee their current adaptation.
* NeverMyFault: Taro never really owes up to the fact that a whole lot of the studio's recent problems were because of ''his'' screw-ups.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's pretty much a useless and incompetent dumb-ass, but his self-image is very flattering.
** Becoming a head PA later on (the position that [[TheAce Ochiai]] held before), even if only due to a lack of personnel,[[note]]A fact that he chose to ignore.[[/note]] made him swell visibly.
* TakeThatMe: In the episode 17 he at least cheerfully admits that he's an airhead — only to get a grim reminder that it's not a trait to be proud of from Aoi.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He's not a protagonist, but his bumbling ''is'' a source of much humor, if of a gallows sort.
!!Erika Yano [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=80300 Yuri Yamaoka]]
A somewhat older, more experienced production assistant, who [[BigBrotherMentor takes Aoi under her wing]] and tries to beat some sense into Tarou — not that she ever succeeds, but he at least [[SitcomArchnemesis develops a genuine fear of her]]. Later in series she [[spoiler: [[PutOnABus takes a leave of absence]] to look after her sick father, essentially making Aoi a head of the production department -- even if Tarou technically has about a month of seniority on her.]]
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* BigSisterMentor: Takes Aoi under her wing and guides her through her first production.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Come back to [=MusAni=] in episode 18.]]
* CoolBigSis: Towards Aoi.
* GirlishPigtails
* PutOnABus: She has a sickly father who she has to look for, [[spoiler:eventually taking a leave of absence in the second half of the series]].
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Tarou, who fears her only a bit less than Honda.
!!Tatsuya Ochiai [-(Head Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka
Another veteran of the Production Department, he's already a somewhat known name, and ripe for promotion. [[spoiler: In Episode 7 he reveals that he will soon transfer to another company, KANNAN STUDIO, as a Production Manager for their new A-list show.]]
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* TheAce: Apparently, something of a genius in production, as it is him who was [[spoiler: originally]] responsible for the ''Exodus'' GrandFinale, and was [[spoiler: scouted for a Production Desk not just of an A-list show, but a TroubledProduction as well]].
* {{Bishonen}}
* FieryRedhead: Subverted, he's a [[TheStoic cool-headed guy]].
* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler:...And it is him. His [[SempaiKouhai sempai]] from college is a Line Producer for KANNAN STUDIO's new A-list title, [=RoboHaru=], which is a TroubledProduction beyond all beliefs, and he needs the most help he can get.]]
* {{Otaku}}: A military one, judging by his description of the situation in the studio as "Stalingrad" in ep. 6. Well, that whole dialog is just one big ShoutOut to military history.
* PassingTheTorch: To Aoi [[spoiler: once he transfers out of the company]].
* PutOnABus: In Episode 7, he notified everyone that he's going to [[spoiler: transfer to another animation company, KANNAN STUDIO]]. Hence Musashino Animation has to make rearrangements within the Production Department, [[YouAreInCommandNow making Aoi responsible]] [[PassingTheTorch for the production of ''Exodus'']] [[GrandFinale Ep. 13]].
* TheStoic
* TheQuietOne: Possibly the most taciturn character in the whole series.
!!Daisuke Hiraoka [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=123728 Yusuke Kobayashi]]
He's an experienced Production Assistant who previously worked for 4 companies throughout the past 5 years, and just got hired into Musashino Animation starting with the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad''.
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* IneffectualLoner: His teamwork is pretty much nonexistent, and his effort, while competent, is just barely adequate -- which [[SmallNameBigEgo contrasts with his aloof attitude]].
* {{Jerkass}}: As to what his first impression with the [=MusaAni=] staff is, and may be the reason why he worked for 4 different companies throughout the past 5 years.
* SourSupporter: He doesn't mesh well with the team, and apparently doesn't like to overxert himself to boot, so all his experience doesn't really translate into real ''efficiency'': he often comes late, skips on regular morning orientation meetings, etc.
!!Tsubaki Andou [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=76649 Ikumi Hayama]]
A [[NewMeat newbie]] of the Production Department hired starting from the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' production. Optimistic, outgoing, and with more knowledge of the industry, she is able to become friends with the staff members pretty easily.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: She's your normal ''less-harmful'' version of [[TheLoad Tarou]] and [[LethalKlutz Satou]], in which the audience can relate to within a workplace. One incident had her [[NoSenseOfDirection land on the other side of Tokyo]], only because she slept away her stop on a train and rode it through.
* GenkiGirl
* MulticoloredHair: Though being a normal black-haired girl sporting gold highlights "seem" normal in real life, but the way she wears it really stood out within the cast, even beating those ''with'' bold colors.
* {{Otaku}}: She knew too much about anime to ''not'' fall into this trope (she has made {{doujinshi}} at school, after all). The word "otaku" was used in official materials to describe her.
!!Sara Satou [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=70255 Madoka Yonezawa]]
A [[NewMeat newbie]] of the Production Department hired starting from the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' production. Calm, collected, yet easy to communicate. Compared to Andou, she's not as familiar with the industry, so she has lots to learn to up her game.
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* ChekhovsGun: During her interview in the previous arc she mentioned that she left her previous job because it required long and complex commute. Turns out that she has NoSenseOfDirection, and, probably, got lost numerous times commuting there. Which can explain the incident from episode 17 where she takes the wrong turn on a highway and landed herself on the other side of Tokyo from the studio.
* LethalKlutz: When you're hired in a position where understanding people, places, and driving is ''mandatory'', having [[NoSenseOfDirection no direction skills]] is the most horrifying [[AchillesHeel weakness]] a person could get.
* {{Meganekko}}
* NoSenseOfDirection: She left her previous job almost entirely because of the lengthy and complex commute, and joined [=MusAni=] mainly because it was close to her place. Unfortunately, a proper production assistant is always on the move and must remember literally hundreds of places.
* OfficeLady: Her previous job.
* ProperLady: Though she eases from her initial [[OfficeLady uptight OL image]] quite noticeably, once she gets used to the industry's rather informal athmosphere.
!!Shun "Nabe-P" Watanabe [-(Line Producer)-]
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-> Voiced by: Main/MasayaMatsukaze
A liaison between the Director's creative vision and the Executive Producer's need to watch a bottom line, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_producer Line Producer]] is responsible for the smooth running of a project in general and managing of the whole branches of the studio, including animation, photography, voice recording, post-production, etc, so that every stage of the production process would complete on time and properly segue into the next one. As Watanabe has the animation side of the process largely covered by Honda, we see him mostly connecting the voice recording sessions, post-production, etc together, and contacting publishers to lure in new projects for the company.
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* AffectionateNickname: Nabe-P, short for his surname. [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Ending credits only list his nickname]].
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Watanabe is so prone to picking up people's [[CatchPhrase catch phrases]] and [[VerbalTic verbal tics]] [[note]]Such as Honda and Chazawa's. [[/note]], that he tends to recite them for his own usage at ease.
* IconicItem: His newsboy cap, which he often wears even indoors.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: In a ponytail.
* {{Mahjong}}: Loves to play it with his friends, which becomes a plot point in episode 11, [[spoiler: when one of those introduces Aoi to the Creator/HideakiAnno stand-in]]. These game evenings, which he usually attends with Katsuragi, the studio's Executive Producer, serve a practical purpose--a lot of those friends being various publishers and promoters, so they tend to talk shop behind the game, often landing in new productions. In fact, they got the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' adaptation for the studio exactly this way.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: [[spoiler: He basically assigns Aoi to be the Production Desk ''just because'', and only offhandedly guides her on-the-job training.]]
* SmokingIsCool: Arduably the character most frequently shown smoking onscreen, despite having much less screentime than the others.
!!Yutaka Honda [-(Production Manager)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=121153 Shuuya Nishiji]]
A general supervisor of the critical production process, in our case the animation, Honda is the heart of the production team, as it is his task to ensure that everything was finished on-time and in satisfactory condition. A jolly and good-natured man, he's nevertheless strict enough for slackers [[note]]Such as airheaded Tarou and the Director, being the ManChild that he is.[[/note]] to be utterly fearful of dissatisfying him.
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* BigFun: [[spoiler: This was Honda's appearance in the ''Exodus'' arc, prior to TheReveal in Episode 17]].
* CatchPhrase: "[[MemeticMutation BANSAKU-TSUKI DA!!!]]" [[note]]We're out of ideas!![[/note]] His phrase was so catchy, even Aoi and Nabe-P [[BorrowedCatchphrase caught his influence]].
* FormerlyFat: Episode 17, he revealed his new [[spoiler: In-shape {{Bishonen}}]] look. and ''MAN!'' was that transformation dramatic or what?
* PutOnABus: In Episode 10, [[spoiler: He decided once ''Exodus'' is finished, he'll quit the company to start his bakery business]].
* RealMenWearPink: He likes to bake, and has always dreamed to be a baker one day.
* TeamMom: He's the ultimate control tower of the company. Like a mom, he may be nurturing and sweet in personality, but he will absolutely not be hesitant to press the staff members to have them report their progress to him. And if anyone slacks...it'll be close monitoring jail time for them.
* WeightWoe: A clever zig-zag example. [[spoiler: It's implied in episode 17 that Honda was a FormerlyFit guy who has been struggling with his weight gain, and was unable to keep in shape due to the animation industry's unhealthy lifestyle, and has finally gained control again after he dropped out of the business.]]
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!!Aoi Miyamori [-(Production Assistant > Production Manager)-]
* See Main Characters.
!!Tarou Takanashi [-(Production Assistant > Head Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/HiroyukiYoshino
One of Aoi's seniors (by one month) in the production department, Tarou is generally a useless and incompetent employee, because he's a bumbling, airheaded fool who always forgets things and doesn't listen to advice, as he has a [[SmallNameBigEgo very inflated notion about himself]]. In fact, probably the only reason why he stays on a company roster is him being essentially a purposedly written in JokeCharacter--or, according to [[WordOfGod series director Tsutomu Mizushima]], Tarou is a reflection of his younger self.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Why he isn't fired yet is a mystery of the ages -- one of the traditional perks of the Japanese employment system that the animation industry most emphatically ''doesn't'' have is permanent employment.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Takanashi always tries to present himself a cool and all-knowing expert in any field, but fails amusingly all the times — and it's a lucky day when this fail [[TheLoad doesn't imperil the company more.]]
* TheLoad: And HOW!! This guy seems to exist to get in everyone's way, and make things harder than they already are.
** Though even he pales in comparison with [[UpToEleven Shinsuke Chazawa]], the liaising editor assigned to oversee their current adaptation.
* NeverMyFault: Taro never really owes up to the fact that a whole lot of the studio's recent problems were because of ''his'' screw-ups.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's pretty much a useless and incompetent dumb-ass, but his self-image is very flattering.
** Becoming a head PA later on (the position that [[TheAce Ochiai]] held before), even if only due to a lack of personnel,[[note]]A fact that he chose to ignore.[[/note]] made him swell visibly.
* TakeThatMe: In the episode 17 he at least cheerfully admits that he's an airhead — only to get a grim reminder that it's not a trait to be proud of from Aoi.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He's not a protagonist, but his bumbling ''is'' a source of much humor, if of a gallows sort.
!!Erika Yano [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=80300 Yuri Yamaoka]]
A somewhat older, more experienced production assistant, who [[BigBrotherMentor takes Aoi under her wing]] and tries to beat some sense into Tarou — not that she ever succeeds, but he at least [[SitcomArchnemesis develops a genuine fear of her]]. Later in series she [[spoiler: [[PutOnABus takes a leave of absence]] to look after her sick father, essentially making Aoi a head of the production department -- even if Tarou technically has about a month of seniority on her.]]
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* BigSisterMentor: Takes Aoi under her wing and guides her through her first production.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Come back to [=MusAni=] in episode 18.]]
* CoolBigSis: Towards Aoi.
* GirlishPigtails
* PutOnABus: She has a sickly father who she has to look for, [[spoiler:eventually taking a leave of absence in the second half of the series]].
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Tarou, who fears her only a bit less than Honda.
!!Tatsuya Ochiai [-(Head Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka
Another veteran of the Production Department, he's already a somewhat known name, and ripe for promotion. [[spoiler: In Episode 7 he reveals that he will soon transfer to another company, KANNAN STUDIO, as a Production Manager for their new A-list show.]]
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* TheAce: Apparently, something of a genius in production, as it is him who was [[spoiler: originally]] responsible for the ''Exodus'' GrandFinale, and was [[spoiler: scouted for a Production Desk not just of an A-list show, but a TroubledProduction as well]].
* {{Bishonen}}
* FieryRedhead: Subverted, he's a [[TheStoic cool-headed guy]].
* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler:...And it is him. His [[SempaiKouhai sempai]] from college is a Line Producer for KANNAN STUDIO's new A-list title, [=RoboHaru=], which is a TroubledProduction beyond all beliefs, and he needs the most help he can get.]]
* {{Otaku}}: A military one, judging by his description of the situation in the studio as "Stalingrad" in ep. 6. Well, that whole dialog is just one big ShoutOut to military history.
* PassingTheTorch: To Aoi [[spoiler: once he transfers out of the company]].
* PutOnABus: In Episode 7, he notified everyone that he's going to [[spoiler: transfer to another animation company, KANNAN STUDIO]]. Hence Musashino Animation has to make rearrangements within the Production Department, [[YouAreInCommandNow making Aoi responsible]] [[PassingTheTorch for the production of ''Exodus'']] [[GrandFinale Ep. 13]].
* TheStoic
* TheQuietOne: Possibly the most taciturn character in the whole series.
!!Daisuke Hiraoka [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=123728 Yusuke Kobayashi]]
He's an experienced Production Assistant who previously worked for 4 companies throughout the past 5 years, and just got hired into Musashino Animation starting with the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad''.
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* IneffectualLoner: His teamwork is pretty much nonexistent, and his effort, while competent, is just barely adequate -- which [[SmallNameBigEgo contrasts with his aloof attitude]].
* {{Jerkass}}: As to what his first impression with the [=MusaAni=] staff is, and may be the reason why he worked for 4 different companies throughout the past 5 years.
* SourSupporter: He doesn't mesh well with the team, and apparently doesn't like to overxert himself to boot, so all his experience doesn't really translate into real ''efficiency'': he often comes late, skips on regular morning orientation meetings, etc.
!!Tsubaki Andou [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=76649 Ikumi Hayama]]
A [[NewMeat newbie]] of the Production Department hired starting from the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' production. Optimistic, outgoing, and with more knowledge of the industry, she is able to become friends with the staff members pretty easily.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: She's your normal ''less-harmful'' version of [[TheLoad Tarou]] and [[LethalKlutz Satou]], in which the audience can relate to within a workplace. One incident had her [[NoSenseOfDirection land on the other side of Tokyo]], only because she slept away her stop on a train and rode it through.
* GenkiGirl
* MulticoloredHair: Though being a normal black-haired girl sporting gold highlights "seem" normal in real life, but the way she wears it really stood out within the cast, even beating those ''with'' bold colors.
* {{Otaku}}: She knew too much about anime to ''not'' fall into this trope (she has made {{doujinshi}} at school, after all). The word "otaku" was used in official materials to describe her.
!!Sara Satou [-(Production Assistant)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=70255 Madoka Yonezawa]]
A [[NewMeat newbie]] of the Production Department hired starting from the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' production. Calm, collected, yet easy to communicate. Compared to Andou, she's not as familiar with the industry, so she has lots to learn to up her game.
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* ChekhovsGun: During her interview in the previous arc she mentioned that she left her previous job because it required long and complex commute. Turns out that she has NoSenseOfDirection, and, probably, got lost numerous times commuting there. Which can explain the incident from episode 17 where she takes the wrong turn on a highway and landed herself on the other side of Tokyo from the studio.
* LethalKlutz: When you're hired in a position where understanding people, places, and driving is ''mandatory'', having [[NoSenseOfDirection no direction skills]] is the most horrifying [[AchillesHeel weakness]] a person could get.
* {{Meganekko}}
* NoSenseOfDirection: She left her previous job almost entirely because of the lengthy and complex commute, and joined [=MusAni=] mainly because it was close to her place. Unfortunately, a proper production assistant is always on the move and must remember literally hundreds of places.
* OfficeLady: Her previous job.
* ProperLady: Though she eases from her initial [[OfficeLady uptight OL image]] quite noticeably, once she gets used to the industry's rather informal athmosphere.
!!Shun "Nabe-P" Watanabe [-(Line Producer)-]
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-> Voiced by: Main/MasayaMatsukaze
A liaison between the Director's creative vision and the Executive Producer's need to watch a bottom line, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_producer Line Producer]] is responsible for the smooth running of a project in general and managing of the whole branches of the studio, including animation, photography, voice recording, post-production, etc, so that every stage of the production process would complete on time and properly segue into the next one. As Watanabe has the animation side of the process largely covered by Honda, we see him mostly connecting the voice recording sessions, post-production, etc together, and contacting publishers to lure in new projects for the company.
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* AffectionateNickname: Nabe-P, short for his surname. [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Ending credits only list his nickname]].
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Watanabe is so prone to picking up people's [[CatchPhrase catch phrases]] and [[VerbalTic verbal tics]] [[note]]Such as Honda and Chazawa's. [[/note]], that he tends to recite them for his own usage at ease.
* IconicItem: His newsboy cap, which he often wears even indoors.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: In a ponytail.
* {{Mahjong}}: Loves to play it with his friends, which becomes a plot point in episode 11, [[spoiler: when one of those introduces Aoi to the Creator/HideakiAnno stand-in]]. These game evenings, which he usually attends with Katsuragi, the studio's Executive Producer, serve a practical purpose--a lot of those friends being various publishers and promoters, so they tend to talk shop behind the game, often landing in new productions. In fact, they got the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' adaptation for the studio exactly this way.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: [[spoiler: He basically assigns Aoi to be the Production Desk ''just because'', and only offhandedly guides her on-the-job training.]]
* SmokingIsCool: Arduably the character most frequently shown smoking onscreen, despite having much less screentime than the others.
!!Yutaka Honda [-(Production Manager)-]
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-> Voiced by: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=121153 Shuuya Nishiji]]
A general supervisor of the critical production process, in our case the animation, Honda is the heart of the production team, as it is his task to ensure that everything was finished on-time and in satisfactory condition. A jolly and good-natured man, he's nevertheless strict enough for slackers [[note]]Such as airheaded Tarou and the Director, being the ManChild that he is.[[/note]] to be utterly fearful of dissatisfying him.
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* BigFun: [[spoiler: This was Honda's appearance in the ''Exodus'' arc, prior to TheReveal in Episode 17]].
* CatchPhrase: "[[MemeticMutation BANSAKU-TSUKI DA!!!]]" [[note]]We're out of ideas!![[/note]] His phrase was so catchy, even Aoi and Nabe-P [[BorrowedCatchphrase caught his influence]].
* FormerlyFat: Episode 17, he revealed his new [[spoiler: In-shape {{Bishonen}}]] look. and ''MAN!'' was that transformation dramatic or what?
* PutOnABus: In Episode 10, [[spoiler: He decided once ''Exodus'' is finished, he'll quit the company to start his bakery business]].
* RealMenWearPink: He likes to bake, and has always dreamed to be a baker one day.
* TeamMom: He's the ultimate control tower of the company. Like a mom, he may be nurturing and sweet in personality, but he will absolutely not be hesitant to press the staff members to have them report their progress to him. And if anyone slacks...it'll be close monitoring jail time for them.
* WeightWoe: A clever zig-zag example. [[spoiler: It's implied in episode 17 that Honda was a FormerlyFit guy who has been struggling with his weight gain, and was unable to keep in shape due to the animation industry's unhealthy lifestyle, and has finally gained control again after he dropped out of the business.]]
