We started working on Third Aerial Girls Squad at the start of this year,
and now we only have three weeks until the final episode airs.
Everyone, I'm counting on all of your help!
Right!
And now, let's head towards the delivery of the last episode.
All units, scramble!
Yeah!
The Delivery That Was Too Far Off
The Delivery That Was Too Far Off.
After the re-editing, how many cuts were there in the final episode?
Five hundred cuts.
They're estimating there will be ten thousand frames of in-betweens.
Ten thousand...
What about the 400 previous cuts?
We have 320 frames done,
and 190 of those were finished by the supervising animator.
The episode director is checking 40,
and the supervising animator is checking 90 of them.
Roger.
Please make sure the new cuts and the previous cuts don't get all bunched up
at the last minute by doing some simulations early.
Right.
Also, the key frames that haven't been finished...
Eighty of them.
Make sure you stay on them for those. Let's get them!
Right.
Hmm... Two more weeks, huh?
At my best, I'd say I can do four or five hundred a day.
So you'd be able to look through about seven thousand in-betweens?
So for the other three thousand...
Wait, what?! There'll be ten thousand?!
That's what's estimated.
Another three thousand to rush through...
I'm sorry...
Can't be helped. Please bring them to me before rolling.
I'll put some overlaps in between.
If the in-betweens aren't lined up, the drawings get jiggly.
So we put some overlaps in between.
That'll hedge our risks.
What? Then you'll totally have to take time off. Do it.
But I think Christmas will be when the work hits its peak.
Finishing a thousand cuts in a day is...
That's why you get your dates over with before that.
You lucky girl. Go make an impression!
I wonder if we'll finish in time.
We will. If everything comes together, of course.
Also, I made a new plug-in.
Another one, after all this?
It creates glass highlights instantly.
No.
This isn't it.
Nakagaito, you have the MiG-21, right?
I do, but it's a low-poly, so there are only about ten thousand polygons.
About that... Could we make it twenty thousand polygons, so it can handle closeups,
and change it to a MiG-21S?
Huh? But then it would need corrections in rigging and texturing, right?
Yeah. I'll need it in a week.
What?! But that's insane...
Well, I guess it's not impossible.
I'll do Tatiana. She's the character I've been working on this whole time.
Super Effector. You'll do the shooting down scene, right?
Huh? Well, yeah, I'm doing it,
but I hate you calling me that.
Um... There's a cut that I'd like to do, no matter what.
Huh? Which one?
Lucy's...
But, Yasuhara-san, you have your job as supervising animator, too...
I'll do that properly, as well.
I promise I won't cause delays, so please...
I want to do this.
I believe that will be fine.
Sure.
I—
Kunogin, do you want to work on Texas, too?
I... please will!
Then the calf...
I haven't worked on cows since Amazon Shirobeko.
I think I'd like some material about actual cows.
I'm on it!
This is totally Team Emacchi.
Could you move your stuff?
One sec... Huh?
Whoa!
Well, that was rude.
Well, uh, um—
I decided I'll be at the studio until I'm done with this, so bear with me.
What?!
About how Lucy is running here,
should we insert an in-air pose?
I think so.
I'd like her running against the wind, like she just can't stay still.
And have her hair moving quite a bit, even when she's stopped.
Okay.
Any other questions?
H—
"H—"?
...ow fast is the wind going?
"Ow"?
Oh, how fast?
The wind will be fairly strong. Around five meters, maybe.
What the hell? You're so slow at taping, Andou. The sun'll go down at this rate.
I'm sorry!
You're the one who's off. Do it over.
It's no problem if the center isn't off!
It's not "no problem" at all!
You're so picky!
What's important is speed!
What are you doing, Dai-chan?
I apologize for calling again.
Nothing...
This is Satou from Musashino Animation.
Please give me a call when you get back.
Thank you very much.
Who's that?
Tanokura-san.
He ran.
What?
Tanokura-san's probably at Atacs finishing a theatrical release.
I think he was doing both this and that at the same time.
Do you want me to ask my connection when the key frames will be done?
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much, Hiraoka-san!
It's nothing.
What?
Nothing.
Rii-chan, do you have any reference pictures of retractable landing gear?
If you don't, I'll figure it out myself.
Actually, there's a specialty bookshop in Ikebukuro,
so I can research and send it by tomorrow.
Keep up the good work, Mii-chan-senpai!
This smell brings back memories.
Did you have cows?
My uncle did.
We were closer to the livestock back then.
Life and death were closer, too.
I wonder if that's the same for Lucy...
Hey, you cow! You heifer!
If you keep doing that, I won't use you for research!
Um... Could you be Aria-san?
Thank you, Aria-san. I just got
Lucy
a step closer to my dreams.
Prussia Studio
Huh? Really? Does it look that much like hard labor from the outside?
TV Anime "The Prince of Baseball"
It doesn't feel like it, at all.
The manager works behind the scenes to take care of everyone, right?
Girl C
Isn't that hard?
Manager
It is, but when I see everyone practicing hard,
Manager
it gives me energy.
I see. I guess that's one kind of happiness, too.
Fresh Hot Bento Sakai Tei
Thank you for waiting. That comes to 4,730 yen.
Please bill it to Musashino Animation.
Bold, yet meticulous.
Oden and anime are the same.
Third Aerial Girls Squad
They're coming.
Right!
You're pushing things again. Is this going to make it on time to air?
Huh?!
Well, at this point, failing three times or four times is no different.
Come on!
I'm kidding. Just kidding.
It doesn't sound like a joke, coming from you.
And rather than having the BGM come in at the start of the scene,
Well, you don't have to cry.
could you have it at the start of the line?
Okay.
Huh? What's that chirping?
It's a northern mockingbird. I put it in because it's Texas.
It'd be weird if it was a crow.
It didn't even take fifteen minutes.
The enemy's definitely gotten stronger.
At cut 47, it sounds like
Or we've gotten weaker.
she's saying "It didn't even take fifteen minutes,"
but the line is, "We didn't last fifteen minutes."
It didn't even take fifteen minutes.
This is bad! Very bad!
That means something totally different!
It's a misprint! Sorry, I didn't notice it in the after-recording!
Yamabuchi-kun, can you fix it?
It didn't even take fifteen minutes.
How's this?
We didn't last fifteen minutes.
You're definitely a pro.
Oh, stop.
All right!
Who did this cut?
I'm so—
Lucy and Aria look great!
She's like the Holy Mother.
Like Yachigusa Kaoru.
I'm sure Kunogi-san doesn't know who that is.
You're being complimented, Kunogi-san.
Th... ank you!
It's been quite a while since I've done key frames, so I felt a decline in my skills.
It's forty years too early for you to feel that.
My apologies.
Emacchi's lines are starting to look like yours, Segawa-san.
Huh? I thought they were starting to look like yours, Iguchi-san.
Either way, I'm excited for her future.
I'll be right back! Really, Okitsu-san!
So could I get my bike seat and post?
Shall we have Takanashi go?
What's up?
Date of Delivery
HD Studio
All right. We've received roll 18.
I'll change the order.
Okay.
Three areas within Tokyo, Hokkaido,
Hiroshima, Kobe, and then...
Wait, Nabe-chan. Those three can't get tapes to all these places.
Miyamori, I'll have you take the on-air tape directly to the station.
Right!
Tokyo NX Odawara TV Nanbou TV Kobe Yon TV
Asahiyama Penguin Broadcasting Sado TV Hiroshima Bunta Broadcasting TV Kamikouchi
The problem is Kamikouchi.
What are you going to do?
That's pretty far from the Matsumoto Interchange.
It's no use!
How much longer will filming take?
It should be done before noon.
Before noon?! We're not going to make it by the evening!
We're not going to make airtime!
Don't even say that.
I guess we don't have a choice. We'll have to use our wild card.
Anything, Director?
No, this is fine.
Thank you.
Thank you for your hard work.
Hello, this is Miyamori. We've finished video editing.
We've got the complete package. Please tell the staff...
Great job, Miyamorin.
Thanks for all of the support.
Not at all! Sorry for all the trouble I caused.
Tonight's wrap party will be at Cru Cru Cruise.
Please don't forget.
Free alcohol, yeah!
I have this from Okitsu-san.
Oh, thanks.
Good work.
You, too, Segawa-san.
Thank you for your hard work.
Well done.
All right!
Ah, this is Miyamori. Where are you right now, Yano-san?
Right here!
Thanks for coming out here.
All right. Katsuragi-san, Kobe Yon TV.
Right!
Hokkaido Asahikawa Penguin Broadcasting.
Right.
Niigata Sado TV.
Yes.
Hiroshima Bunta Broadcasting.
Yes.
And I have Tokyo NX,
Odawara TV, and Nanbou Channel.
Huh? What about Kamikouchi TV?
Okitsu-san!
On-air tape.
Will you be okay without a GPS?
I know where I'm going.
May fortune be with you!
Ready...
Go!
Wait! Wait!
All right, do your best.
Right. You, too, Yano-san.
Huh? Why? Why?! Oh, right.
Don't fall asleep! If you fall asleep, you're going to fall, in more ways than one.
If you fall asleep and end up in Hakata, you'll never make it back in time.
Come on! Look!
Come on! Get a grip!
It's okay. I know.
The tape! Save the tape!
Nanbou Channel
Look! It's snow! Snow!
It's snowing!
Huh?
You're right...
Attention, passengers.
Due to the weather, we will be proceeding slowly.
What the heck? At a time like this?
My feet hurt.
We apologize for any delays this may cause.
It won't take all night, will it?
Like hell I'm going to die here!
Yon TV
The tape...
The on-air tape of the final episode
of Third Aerial Girls Squad has arrived!
Odawara Broadcasting
Kamikouchi TV
Certificate of Receipt We have received the product and verified its contents. Company Name Kamikouchi Television Corporation Supervisory Committee Production Headquarters Media Team Yasufusa Kimonji
Thank you very much.
Now if you'll excuse me.
Please take care.
Name and license.
Okitsu Yuka. Anime production.
You were seven kilos over the speed limit.
I haven't seen you in eight years, Lady of the Speed of Sound.
It's been a while, Hattori-san.
I see that you've been promoted to inspector.
Um... How much longer will it take?
Well... It's the end of the year, and there are a lot of events going on,
so it gets crowded.
Um... Could you let me out here?
Huh? Sure, but we're not—
I'll run.
Run, run!
Just a little more! Run like this. Like this!
I wonder what I want to do...
I'll do anything!
I don't know where to start.
I guess anime is about movement, after all.
I want to participate in the CG for a project that has a story.
I believe that you need a story.
Go in confident and prepared.
I...
Hiroshima Bunta Broadcasting
We're here!
Go, go!
You can do it! You can do it!
Third Aerial Girls Squad
I have indeed received the on-air tape.
I'm terribly sorry for the trouble.
Not at all.
Thank you for coming so far to deliver it.
Please take good care of it!
Right. I will.
I'm so tired. We're finally done!
We're not done. We're just starting.
Huh?
Did you figure out what you want to do after this?
Huh?
If you want to keep making anime,
and if you do, why?
Um... I'll take some time to think about that.
Stop being so naive!
The time to just think about what's right in front of you is over.
Roro... Roro's gone crazy!
I'm not crazy!
It's about time you went to a slightly higher plane
to take a look into the distance.
Slightly higher... Distance...
Yeah.
I like making anime,
and I like the people who make anime...
I want to keep making anime!
All right!
Everyone, I'd like to get started.
Is everyone ready?
Are you okay?
Your glasses are broken!
Thanks to all of your hard work,
we have successfully delivered the final episode.
To kick off this celebration,
I'd like to have Director Kinoshita say a few words.
What? Me?! Out of the blue?!
Director, if you would.
Sure, but... I didn't plan anything.
G-Good evening, everyone. I'm the direc— di'ctor, Kinoshita Seiichi.
We know that!
Hurry up and let us drink!
Um... Sorry...
You already are.
I know I shouldn't say this myself,
but I think Aerial Girls is an amazing work.
You think so, right?!
Huh? Oh, yes.
Um... Aria will continue to fly on,
as will we,
so I hope we'll meet again in the sky someday...
As well as my wife. Just kidding.
Sorry I'm lat—
Oh, right! Let's have our production desk, Miyamori Aoi,
who will eventually carry Musani on her shoulders, lead us in a toast.
Say something.
What? I can't...
You can.
Go on, Ace.
Um, thank you all for your hard work.
I'm Miyamori, the production desk.
Um... Uh...
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This goes without saying,
but I'm a little surprised to see that
so many people were involved in Aerial Girls.
I'm sorry to say something like that now.
But there are people who think up the story,
draw the characters,
and then make them move,
then the actors, the music...
It truly took so many people, with so many different strengths,
and various talents working together to make Aerial Girls happen.
And not just those immediate connections,
but we've received indirect things
from the past,
as well as from other companies and other projects, too.
When you include all that,
I realized that anime is made by hundreds of thousands of people,
decades' worth of time,
and the thoughts and feelings
of all the people who watch it.
That might seem similar to
a flame on a really thin candle,
but that tiny flame keeps getting passed on, over and over,
until it becomes a flame that never goes out
and will someday illuminate the whole world.
So,
I'd like to continue to brightly
illuminate everyone's hearts!
Thank you all so much!
I look forward to working with all of you again!
Cheers!
Nabe-chan, we've got our next project.
What is it?
Two Piece.
You mean that manga about bandits? That's huge!
We're trying to get an original project by Kinoshita Seiichi started, as well.
Marginal Village Depopulation Girl.
Then we'll have two lines going next year.
Seriously?
It's sort of amazing, isn't it?
Yeah.
Huh? What is?
Well, all five of us are together.
Right here.
Oh, yeah.
We've still got a ways to go.
Especially on the Seven Lucky Battle Gods.
I wonder if I could draw Benzaiten
a bit cooler now.
No, actually, I want to redraw all of them.
Same here! I want to re-record everything to sound more natural.
I think I can write more realistic lines now
with Juroujin's troubles in mind.
Would you guys take a look at this?
I made the treasure boat in 3D.
It looks so cool!
I want to put the characters on it.
You'll be able to, in the near future.
Do you all have your donuts?
Yeah.
We...
...solemnly swear...
...to continue doing our best...
...making...
...anime!
Don-Don-Donuts, let's go nuts!