Line #51 Characters/ShirobakoMusashinoAnimationProductionDepartment


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4	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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6	!!Aoi Miyamori
7	->''See the [[Characters/ShirobakoMainCharacters Main Characters]] section''
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10	!!Tarou Takanashi
11	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5fb6d10b77e6ad3f0544db9d20e8f50c.png]]
12	->'''Position:''' Production Assistant (''Exodus!''), Head Production Assistant (''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'')\
13	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroyukiYoshino (Japanese), Creator/GregCote (English)
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15	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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17	* 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 quite a fun person to interact with and is [[SelfDeprecation somewhat cognizant]], if [[NeverMyFault not accepting]], of his failures.
18	* CharacterDevelopment: Since the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' arc, Tarou seems to indeed grow somewhat. Yes, he's still the same airhead and braggart, but his constant bloopers from the ''Exodus!'' arc just kind of disappeared, and while he's still tactless, loud and obnoxious, he grew a sense when better not to display it, and, moreover, he, seemingly successfully, took on himself the task to help the burnt-out and embittered Hiraoka reconnect to society.
19	* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Aoi accuses him of making her panic during her first time as episode director because he hid the key animation. Tarou then says, "I never hid it; I just didn't tell you that it didn't get done."
20	* TheDitz: airheadedly entered the danger zone of Hiraoka and Madoka's quarrel that if it weren't for secretary Okitsu's badass save, he would've had his [[BoomHeadshot head stabbed]] by a flying [[https://www.currys.com/catalogpc.htm?CATEGORY=CHROMACOLOUR_METAL_PEG_BAR peg bar.]]
21	* DumbassHasAPoint: In Episode 9, Tarou, while discussing Exodus' preorders with Honda, mentions that the final episode will be key to determining how well the show sells, to which Honda replies that if Kinoshita heard that, he'd break down and give up on the storyboards for the latter half of the episode. Tarou then replies, "But if you're so concerned with sales that it affects your work, you won't be able to make anything good." Honda is rendered speechless for a moment, before saying, "[[LampshadeHanging Sometimes you say the smartest things]]."
22	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his first scene, he's rather nervous despite the rest of the office celebrating Episode 1 of Exodus airing, and soon after, it's revealed why- he failed to deliver his cuts, putting Episode 2 in jeopardy.
23	* FirstNameBasis: The family name or the job title are the standard forms of address at Japanese workplaces, especially in middle-to-large companies in the Tokyo area; even Aoi calls Ema by her family name when talking about her with coworkers or clients. The fact that most of the staff at [=MusaAni=] addresses him as "Tarou" is evident of how little respect he gets. Aoi respectfully calls him "Takanashi-san," but it's clear that she doesn't think very highly of him, either.
24	* {{Foil}}: To Hiraoka. The two tend to cause problems for the Production Department, but while Tarou is cheerful and rather insensitive, Hiraoka is surly and cynical.
25	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Tarou's coworkers' opinions range from polite tolerance to outright contempt, and no one seems to have a positive opinion of him. 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.
26	* GossipEvolution: Tarou relays messages between the busy key animators and the 3D animators as they debate who would be doing a particular shot, but always makes them sound significantly more rude than the original due to not paying attention. This gets to the point that the key animator leaves in frustration and refuses to work with the 3D team anymore.
27	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Tarou 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]].
28	* TheLoad: This guy seems to exist to get in everyone's way, and make things harder than they already are. Though to be fair, he can actually perform well given the right guidance, and even he would look like a ''workhorse'' compared to Shinsuke Chazawa, the liaising editor assigned to oversee their adaptation of ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad''.
29	* 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. For example, he tries to guilt-trip Aoi into taking on part of the responsibility for the PoorCommunicationKills incident he caused when her only role in it was hanging up on him when he bothered her while she was drinking with her friends and he failed to explain the problem.
30	* PetTheDog: Against all reason, Tarou acts very friendly towards Hiraoka, almost immediately declaring them buddies. He even takes him out for dinner (and drinks) in Episode 22, inadvertently making Hiraoka reveal why he has become a burnout.
31	* PoorCommunicationKills: Tarou turns a discussion about who would animate a particular shot into a feud between 3D and Key animators, just by misquoting each side to make them sound self-important. He then calls Aoi for help but fails to explain what's going on, resulting in her hanging up on him.
32	* SelfDeprecation: In Episode 17 he casually admits that he's an airhead, only to get a grim reminder that it's not a trait to be proud of from Aoi. On a meta scale WordOfGod also has it that Tarou is essentially series director Tsutomu Mizushima's caricature of his younger self.
33	* SmallNameBigEgo: He's pretty much a useless and incompetent dumb-ass, but his self-image is very flattering, and he believes he has the potential to become a director one day. He becomes the head PA for ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'', mostly due to a lack of personnel,[[note]]A fact that he chose to ignore.[[/note]] made him swell visibly.
34	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He's not a protagonist, but his bumbling ''is'' a source of much humor, if of a gallows sort.
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37	!!Erika Yano
38	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7e0a58ee89cbfb253524aa121076c1cf.png]]
39	->'''Position:''' Production Assistant\
40	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriYamaoka (Japanese), Creator/ShanaeaMoore (English)
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42	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]].
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44	* BigSisterMentor: Takes Aoi under her wing and guides her through her first production.
45	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Come back to [=MusAni=] in episode 18.]]
46	* CheshireCatGrin: She presents hers with an adorable cutie smile, but underneath it means terror for Tarou and Iketani.
47	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Towards Tarou and Iketani, who would be a handful to just any other person.
48	* CoolBigSis: Towards Aoi, especially when Aoi is becoming stressed out by how busy the job of a production assistant is.
49	* DopeSlap: Does this to anyone who annoys her, especially Tarou.
50	* GirlishPigtails: Inverted; she wears her hair in pigtails, but she's one of the more mature and straightlaced characters.
51	* PutOnABus: She has a sickly father who she has to look after, [[spoiler:eventually taking a leave of absence in the second half of the series when he's suddenly hospitalized.]]
52	* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: After hearing that Hiraoka doesn't think much of Aoi's passion, Yano counters that there are people who still remain idealistic after decades in the business, and notes that she admires people like Aoi.
53	* SitcomArchnemesis: To Tarou, who fears her only a bit less than Honda.
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56	!!Tatsuya Ochiai
57	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4359284abadb1de3d967624cb29678e4.png]]
58	->'''Position:''' Head Production Assistant (''Exodus!'')\
59	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (Japanese), Creator/AdamGibbs (English)
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61	Another veteran of the Production Department, he's already a somewhat known name, and ripe for promotion.
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63	* TheAce: Apparently, something of a genius in production, as it is him who was originally responsible for the final episodes of ''Exodus!'', and was [[spoiler:scouted for a production desk not just of an A-list show, but a TroubledProduction as well.]]
64	* FieryRedhead: Inverted; he has red hair, but he's a [[TheStoic cool-headed guy]].
65	* FirstNameBasis: Oddly enough, he ends up being called by his first name in the English dub, despite being significantly better respected than Tarou is.
66	* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler:...And it is him. One of his college upperclassmen is a line producer for Studio Canaan's new A-list title, [=RoboHaru=], which is a TroubledProduction beyond all belief, and he needs the most help he can get.]]
67	* {{Otaku}}: A military one, judging by his description of the situation in the studio as "Stalingrad" in Episode 6. Well, that whole dialog is just one big ShoutOut to military history.
68	* PassingTheTorch: To Aoi [[spoiler:once he transfers out of the company.]]
69	* PutOnABus: In Episode 7, he notified everyone that he's [[spoiler:transferring to Studio Canaan]], hence [=MusAni=] has to make rearrangements within the production department, [[YouAreInCommandNow making Aoi responsible]] for completing ''Exodus!''.
70	* TheQuietOne: Possibly the most taciturn character in the whole series.
71	%%* TheStoic
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74	!!Daisuke Hiraoka
75	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3970ef55f26710710e46aa7772dddd1f.png]]
76	->'''Position:''' Production Assistant (''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'')\
77	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuusukeKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/BrysonBaugus (English)
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79	A veteran production assistant to four companies for the last five years, Hiraoka just got hired into Musashino Animation starting with the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad''.
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81	* AscendedFanboy: Deconstructed. He is a fan of ''Sailor Suits and [=F3s=]'' (a previous work by Takezou Nogame, who also did ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad''), and as such he is excited to work in it as a production assistant. [[AdaptationDecay What he witnessed]], however, unnerved him beyond repair.
82	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Out of all people in the company, it's Taro who is able to break through his callous shell with his relentless positiveness, encouraging him not to give up on his aspirations. Even before, he even attends the rooftop cookout precisely because Taro asks him to.
83	* CynicismCatalyst: In his younger years Hiraoka was almost like Aoi's DistaffCounterpart. Five years in crappy work environments and one piss-poor adaptation of one of his favorite manga (of which he had an indirect hand) later, however, and he has become a jaded, embittered jerk. He was even last seen in his flashback sporting DullEyesOfUnhappiness following his harrowing experiences.
84	* DeadpanSnarker: {{Deconstructed}}, because this shows [[TheLoad what]] such a character can ''really'' mean for a workplace.
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86	* EpiphanyTherapy: Administered by ''Tarou'', of all people. After getting soused out of his pants in Episode 22, Hiraoka finally admits that all his bitterness stems from spending ''five years straight'' in one abusive workplace after another.
87	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's a bit brusque during his self-introduction to the rest of the [=MusAni=] staff, but when he snidely suggests that Segawa is nicer to women than to men, the audience gets the first indication that he's a jerk.
88	* {{Foil}}:
89	** To Aoi. Hiraoka's experiences in the industry mirror hers, except he was surrounded by mean-spirited, uncooperative, impatient workers who pushed him around. He went into the business with the same enthusiasm for anime as Aoi but ended up being burnt-out by the stress of working in bad environments, even by anime studio standards. The result is someone who has become cynical, overly pragmatic, unmotivated and unfriendly.
90	** He also is one to Tarou. Both are the least useful members of the production department, but while Hiraoka is cynical and unmotivated, albeit not thinking of himself as better than anyone else, Tarou is exuberant and full of himself.
91	* FreudianExcuse: Episode 21 sheds light on the origins of his behavior: among his classmates in vocational school he was the most enthusiastic and serious about making anime, and thus was hit by the Cognitive Dissonance the most, coming to see everyone around him as an obstacle rather than ''people''. Subsequent episodes also reveal that his terrible work experiences and having an indirect hand in the AdaptationDecay of one of his favorite manga shattered whatever semblance of optimism Hiraoka had for the animation industry.
92	* GoodOldFisticuffs: With Madoka, when their conflicting attitudes came to a head.
93	* GreenEyedMonster: He doesn't seem to like how Midori is moving up as a writer with Maitake (a well-known screenwriter) becoming her mentor, to the point that he makes sexist remarks to her.
94	* HairTriggerTemper: He did not take [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Madoka]]'s [[WhatTheHellHero complaint]] responsibly, even if it ''was'' confrontational. This is an example of a very bad scenario to happen in a workplace, and can easily have him fired if he had anyone injured by him.
95	** 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 the norm any more.
96	** But that didn't stop him from lashing out ''again'' by the next episode on Aoi, when she actually ''was'' confronting him in a calm, serious matter.
97	* IneffectualLoner: His teamwork is pretty much nonexistent, and his effort, while competent, is just barely adequate -- which [[SmallNameBigEgo contrasts with his aloof attitude]].
98	* JerkassHasAPoint: He personally worked in ''Sailor Suits and [=F3s=]'' as a fan of the manga, spending his time trying to make an extremely conflicting team work and failing miserably, leading to them taking too many liberties in terms of plot and character design, and seriously deviating from the manga source by doing so. When he gets to Mushashino, he sees that they're working on a series from the ''same mangaka'', and starts noticing overtones of the same problems that plagued the previous work.
99	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although he can be quite snarky, rude and condescending, he's a kind person underneath it all, as demonstrated when [[spoiler:he finally understands how much professionals put into their work.]]
100	* NoSocialSkills: Only the other way round -- not that he hadn't them in the first place, he just burned out from five years at the numerous abusive workplaces.
101	* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: In a conversation with Yano in Episode 19, he expresses disdain for how Aoi still hasn't gotten over what he views as naivete, since she's been working for a year and a half, while he became cynical after only a year.
102	* SmallNameBigEgo: Downplayed. He's far less of a braggart than Tarou, but he seems to consider most of his colleagues beneath him despite the poor quality of his work. Madoka calls him out on this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech against Hiraoka.
103	* SourSupporter: He doesn't mesh well with the team, and definitely [[note]]As episode 20 finally shows us some of his internal monologues.[[/note]] doesn't like to overexert 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.
104	* StepfordSnarker: All his bitterness has to come from somewhere -- and as it turns out it stems from his rude awakening into the dark side of the animation industry.
105	* StrawMisogynist: Some of his more petty {{Jerkass}} moments also happen to be somewhat misogynistic. In his first conversation with Aoi, he observes that Segawa is nicer to other women(never mind that she'd harshly criticized Ema several episodes ago), and after almost running into Midori, he complains that women can simply make "googly eyes" to be forgiven.
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108	!!Tsubaki Andou
109	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c85aac017ff6880ccf72238a6128c60a.png]]
110	->'''Position:''' Production Assistant (''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'')\
111	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkumiHayama (Japanese), Creator/MargaretMcDonald (English)
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113	A [[NewMeat newbie]] of the Production Department hired starting ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad''. 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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115	* 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 train stop and rode the entire stretch of the line.
116	* GenkiGirl
117	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: She held an amazingly good poker face when facing freelancer Kisa's ShirtlessScene.
118	* {{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.
119	* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Satou.
120	* ThoseTwoGuys: She's almost always seen with Satou, who joined Production at the same time as her.
121	* 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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124	!!Sara Satou
125	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a88233d9b25ae57d5e7944f50062fa74.png]]
126	->'''Position:''' Production Assistant (''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'')\
127	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MadokaYonezawa (Japanese), Creator/AverySmithhart (English)
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129	A [[NewMeat newbie]] of the Production Department hired starting from the ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' production. Calm, collected, and used to customer service. Compared to Andou, she's not as familiar with the anime industry, so she has lots to learn to up her game.
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131	* ChekhovsGun: During her interview in the ''Exodus!'' 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.
132	* LethalKlutz: When you're hired in a position where understanding people, places, and driving is ''mandatory'', having NoSenseOfDirection can have nasty consequences; on the other hand, her [[StraightMan serious and]] [[ProperLady responsible character]] keeps this trope from becoming a full-on AchillesHeel.
133	* 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.
134	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Along with Tsubaki, she too held in a good poker face when facing freelancer Kisa's ShirtlessScene.
135	* OfficeLady: Her previous job.
136	* ProperLady: She retains an extremely formal disposition from her previous job, which makes her stand out in a relaxed atmosphere like [=MusAni=]'s workplace.
137	* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Andou.
138	* [[StraightMan Straight Girl]]: Along with [[SassySecretary Okitsu]], she's one of the most frequent voices of reason within [=MusAni=]'s motley crew.
139	* ThoseTwoGuys: She's almost always seen with Andou, who joined Production at the same time as her.
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142	!!Shun Watanabe
143	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7ada2068e62d78dcf66eb0314652cfd5.png]]
144	->'''Position:''' Line Producer\
145	'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze (Japanese), Blake Jackson (English)
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147	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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149	* AffectionateNickname: "Nabe-P", short for his surname. [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Ending credits only list his nickname]].
150	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Watanabe is so [[GotMeDoingIt prone]] to picking up people's {{Catch Phrase}}s and {{Verbal Tic}}s (such as Honda and Chazawa's) that he tends to recite them for his own usage at ease.
151	* ChekhovsGun: He (and Katsuragi) loves to play mahjong, which becomes a plot point in Episode 11, [[spoiler:when one of his friends introduces Aoi to the Creator/HideakiAnno stand-in]]. His hobby is also justified, as his co-players are often publishers and promoters, with which they talk shop behind the game -- in fact, this is exactly how [=MusAni=] got adaptation rights for ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' in the first place.
152	* IconicItem: His newsboy cap, which he often wears even indoors.
153	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: In a ponytail.
154	* PrecisionFStrike: After Chazawa hangs up on him, he asks, "What the hell is his problem?! ...[[BorrowedCatchphrase Funny story]]."
155	* SinkOrSwimMentor: [[spoiler:He basically assigns Aoi to be the Production Desk ''just because'', and only offhandedly guides her on-the-job training.]]
156	* SmokingIsCool: Arguably the character most frequently shown smoking onscreen, despite having much less screentime than the others.
157	* WhatTheHellHero: He calls Aoi out on making Iguchi character designer for ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' instead of Ogasawara after the latter refused the role and nominated the former.
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160	!!Yutaka Honda
161	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3ea85920fd22beb31ffff86cb92a47ce.png]]
162	->'''Position:''' Production Manager (''Exodus!'')\
163	'''Voiced by:''' Shuuya Nishiji (Japanese), Creator/ClintBickham (English)
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165	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 (especially Kinoshita) to be utterly fearful of dissatisfying him.
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168	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a fairly NiceGuy, but even he had to resort to locking up Kinoshita in Episode 5 to force him into finishing the scripts for ''Exodus!''.
169	* BigFun: He's quite jolly when he isn't stressing out over deadlines, and isn't generally bothered by his size. This is no longer the case after he quits [=MusAni=] to work at a bakery; he's still affable, but also [[FormerlyFat much thinner]] thanks to working in a less stressful job.
170	* CatchPhrase: His "I'm out of ideas!" ("Bansaku tsukita!") was so catchy Aoi and Watanabe [[GotMeDoingIt caught his influence]].
171	** It's iconic enough that Isokawa does an impression of it to identify which ex-MusAni employee he was wanting to talk about with Aoi
172	** This becomes CatchphraseInterruptus in episode 23, when Honda stops Kinoshita from saying it in order to encourage him.
173	* FormerlyFat: When he reappears in Episode 17, Honda has lost a lot of weight (despite now working at a bakery, ironically) because he is no longer so stressed out.
174	* AFriendInNeed: When he knows that Kinoshita's having a major [[HeroicBSOD downtime]] [[spoiler:especially during episode 23]], he will go into Kinoshita's office to feed him Mont Blanc cakes and give Kinoshita the encouragements he needs to move on.
175	* {{Irony}}: After quitting to work at a bakery, he somehow ''loses'' weight.
176	* PutOnABus: In Episode 10, he decided that once ''Exodus!'' is finished, he'll quit the company to chase his dream of becoming a baker.
177	* PassingTheTorch: Invoked and subverted. [[spoiler:Following his resignation, his position is dropped on Aoi, a decision he has very little to do with. Good thing she pulls through.]]
178	* RealMenWearPink: He likes to bake, and has always dreamed to be a baker one day. After production on ''Exodus!'' wraps up, he quits to work at a bakery.
179	* 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.
180	* WeightWoe: Zigzagged. Episode 17 implied that Honda was a FormerlyFit guy who gained weight due to the animation industry's unhealthy lifestyle, but he lost it again after leaving the business.

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