A group of strangers come together to work on creating the greatest anime series ever.
Practical Effects
Live-action anime physics — cardboard mechs and pure imagination.
Acting
Nogizaka46 members capture the anime's chaotic energy perfectly.
Production
Meta filmmaking about filmmaking — budget constraints become comedy gold.
Director
Tsutomu Hanabusa
Asuka Saito
Midori Asakusa
Mizuki Yamashita
Tsubame Mizusaki
Minami Umezawa
Sayaka Kanamori
Sakurako Konishi
Tōru Dōtonbori
Riko Fukumoto
Hisashi Ashima
Ema Grace
Sowande Sakaki
Suzunosuke Tanaka
Kuroda
Masayuki Deai
Asakasa
Masahiro Takashima
Fujimoto-sensei
Minami Hamabe
Haruko
Mizuki Itagaki
Ono
Hiyori Sakurada
Dōmeki
Eiji Akaso
Kobayashi
Wakana Matsumoto
Sō Yamanaka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nogizaka46 is one of Japan's biggest idol groups; casting them in a 'geek credibility' film about anime production was deliberate meta-commentary on idol culture meeting otaku culture.
The original manga author Sumito Ōwara storyboarded the imaginary anime sequences himself, meaning the 'bad' student film within the film has more authentic animation craft than most real productions.
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