Other Title:
Animation Runner Kuromi
Type:
OVA
Aired:
March 30, 2001
Source:
Unknown
Genres:
Comedy, Parody, Drama
Synopsis:
After being inspired by the fictional anime, "Luis Monde III", Mikiko "Kuromi" Oguro goes to animation school and and finally lands the job of her dreams at Studio Petit. Upon arriving, she meets the head of production. Unfortunately for her, he dies soon after meeting her and passes his position unto her. Now that she's head of production of "Time Journeys", it's up to her to rally up the lazy animator's and finish the second episode in a week.
Characters and Voice Actors:
- Main:
Mikiko "Kuromi" Oguro
Mikiko Oguro, aka Kuromi, is the production manager of a small animation studio named Studio Petit. She is responsible for coordinating the work, keeping the artists on schedule and delivering completed work forth to the next stages of production.
Kuromi is young, enthusiastic and full of energy. She is willing to make good anime series and thinks that nothing is impossible. On the other hand, she is quite attentive and caring towards others. In Studio Petit, she acts as a leader who can lighten the workers with her enthusiasm.
Spoiler:
Kuromi fell in love with animation after having watched the fictional anime Luis Monde III. Then she decided to bind her life with animation and enrolled the animation school. When Kuromi graduated from the school, she was delighted to find a job at Studio Petit. On the very first day of work she got her nickname "Kuromi" meant to abbreviate her own name.
- Ortiz, Lisa (English)
- Asou, Kaori (Japanese)
- Doing, Geneviève (French)
- Supporting:
Battobi
Funny aliens that look like toys. They appear in order to give brief comments on what is happening at the moment.
- Rabbai, Debora (English)
- Baumgardt, Birte (German)
- Bloc, Fanny (French)
Aoi Fukami
Aoi Fukami is one of the freelance animators working for Studio Petit.
She is married, but got disappointed in married life, which affects her work significantly.
- Okamura, Akemi (Japanese)
- Rabbai, Debora (English)
Hassaku Hozumi
Hassaku Hozumi is the stage director of Studio Petit. He is responsible for checking the key frames, staging and also voicing.
When Kuromi comes to Studio Petit, Hassaku uses the chance to show off and preach her, as he wishes to be recognized. But he is actually quite lazy and sometimes neglects his responsibilities.
He is also easy about his appeareance and hardly ever shaves.
- Grayson, Wayne (English)
- Matsumoto, Yoshirou (Japanese)
- Da Silva, Damien (French)
Hamako Shihonmatsu
Hamako Shihonmatsu is the animation director of Studio Petit. It is mentioned though that she once began with the post of an animator.
Hamako is a high-class specialist. She may seem cold and unapproving at the first sight, but she is actually caring and warm-hearted. She was the one who gave Kuromi some useful tips and advices when Kuromi was in need. Hamako also feels responsibility towards the studio's product and wishes it to be at the highest level possible. She prefers not doing the work at all rather than doing it badly.
Hamako is a heavy chainsmoker. However, she tries to quit as she sees smoking women as "not pretty".
- Yasuhara, Reiko (Japanese)
- Jacobanis, Carol (English)
- Savoy, Suzanne (English)
Mizuho Tanonaka
Tanonaka Mizuho is one of the freelance animators working for Studio Petit. He is fast and gets his cuts done on time, but makes a lot of mistakes which Shihonmatsu then has to fix. Due to this fact their relations cannot be called good ones.
- Stuart, Eric (English)
- Itou, Eiji (Japanese)
- Dawn-Claude, René (German)
- Méyère, Bruno (French)
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