Part 1 of the four-part watchalong of Shirobako with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Miles Thomas!

0:00 Intro
1:23 Past experiences with Shirobako
6:25 Character designs
9:30 Female characterization
13:01 Female personality types in the anime industry
16:35 Tarou
25:11 Friendship
28:38 Cathartic moments
30:29 Workplace diversity
32:29 Experience and mentorship
33:32 Male gaze
36:02 Segawa and Endou
37:36 Sexism in the Japanese workplace
39:13 Male characterization
41:54 Narrative inequality
43:31 Back to Endou
44:54 Complexity and accuracy of subject matter
50:21 Next six episodes
56:30 Outro

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Recorded Sunday 21st May 2017

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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