Very nice. I can see the picture forming in my mind.
I know, right?
Can we have them do our music?
I'll ask!
Who exactly is this?
I only know them from online, but...
Hot! Hot!!!
That's stylish.
Brought the new track and things got hot!!! Haven't played here in a while. Still the best. Crowd was super into it. Thank you!!
Nice change of pace.
Live @ Bossa Cafe
They've been releasing tracks through music sites for a while now,
and have worked on indie anime and movies before.
Mizusaki, is that tan going to be a problem?
It could've been,
but I haven't been doing any modeling jobs lately, so no sweat!
Any offers?
Not sure. Haven't been really keeping up with them.
Three of a kind!
Mizusaki, could you accept the occasional modeling job from now on?
And watch the tan lines.
What's this all about, Kanamori?
What do you think the eizouken's number one selling point is?
Refined and carefully-crafted animation!
It's Mizusaki's fame.
Of course, she will be animating until her hands fall off, too.
They'll fall off?
But the stardom of the model Tsubame Mizusaki
dimming would be like having one of our wings clipped.
Incidentally, here's a promotional plan that Mr. Kashima
from the dandan noodle shop just sent over.
Film
Voice Acting
Audition
The chief judge will be
THE!
Tsubame
Mizusaki
Voice actor auditions?
And I'm the judge?!
Once the idea was proposed to the chamber of commerce,
they enthusiastically agreed, thinking it'd be good advertising for the town.
I don't wanna—
You could have the starring role.
Except I know you'd rather not.
Which is why I'm asking for your help with this instead.
Well, I'll take it over being in the cast.
I'll let them know, then.
And if we're going to secure music and have auditions,
it'd help to know what the story was going to be.
A party!
After hearing that music, I was inspired to make our finale into a dance scene!
It's a party! That seems fun! I love it!
If we're going to be animating to music,
we'll need to get an early demo of the music for the dance scene!
Why exactly are they partying?
Maybe it's a...
Celebration for a hard-won victory!
"Inspired." "Maybe."
It feels like you're just submitting scenes you thought up
with no thought to the overall picture.
I don't care what the actual story is, but it's about time you—
It's lively in here, as usual.
Having a little party, Kanamoney?
Kanamoney!
Quiet, you!
Did you think of another excuse to fine us?
It's not about that.
You've always got your mind on cash, huh?
It's not money that I like, it's productive activities.
And the money?
The money helps quantify that productivity.
Well, there's a little problem with that...
Turns out, the school isn't thrilled about you making money on the outside.
Self-Publishing Exhibition and Sales Event
An event for the display and sales of manga and other self-published works
Episode 10 Against Our Independent World!
Keep
Your
Hands
Off
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Wh-What's wrong, Kanamori?
Are we in trouble?
There's so damn much I can poke holes in here, I can't bring myself to start.
That's bad. Because the two of us can't exactly...
Extracurricular activities are considered a full-fledged part of education.
The government curriculum details as much, along with the rules involved.
We're fully willing to consider any directions you have,
if they actually serve a purpose.
Well, it's not very educational to use club activities to earn money, is it?
Isn't the culture festival a means of
securing profits from outside of the school, too?
That's... a special exception.
Look, here... "Athletic, cultural, or technical pursuits
in order to exercise intellectual curiosity,
cultivate a sense of responsibility, and develop teamwork."
That's what it says!
We all saw your film. It was incredible!
Especially for high school students.
So we think what you're doing is wonderful.
But you can't try and profit off of it.
That makes it something else than education. Don't you see?
You've been avoiding explaining why, exactly, turning a profit isn't educational.
I have not!
It's just that, working diligently with your friends on something
can provide things money can't buy!
I'm starting to wonder if the government curriculum guidelines
say something about only fools becoming teachers.
How could you say that?! They're all great people! I mean, they're teachers!
I think you might have what it takes to be a teacher, president.
Y-You think?
Let's get to the real issue.
The bottom line is, a lot of people outside the school, including parents,
aren't comfortable with students getting involved with money.
And schools don't cope well with pressure.
Which means they don't feel like the risk your little operation
might incur is worth the trouble.
There are a lot of political considerations for a school.
To say nothing about the legal—
What's the point of an educational institution
if it won't stand up for its students?
People who don't understand business
will fall behind those who do, and be worse off for it.
Spewing out superficial pleasantries about "dreams" and "hard work,"
while turning away from anything that might cause a headache.
Is that your idea of teaching?
We just can't have you doing whatever you want.
The school has to consider its relationship with the town, too.
What would you be using this money for, anyway?
For all your talk about how this is some high-minded business exercise,
aren't you just using the school's name to benefit yourself?
Indeed, I am.
I'll use anything that helps. Call it a "means to survive."
You're all still students.
Aren't there things your club could only be doing while you're still here?
We all want you to cherish the time you have.
There's no need to rush into adulthood.
Because once you've grown up, you'll have to—
Too optimistic.
"The effort itself was the reward."
It's an extracurricular cliche,
and people who indulge in it learn the hard truth when they're adults.
Besides, we didn't ask the chamber of commerce to fund the production,
we proposed a joint operation with them.
And they decided to accept.
I think we're done here.
The point is, you're free to participate in the event,
but you can't accept any money earned at it.
Understood?
Film
Voice Acting
Audition
The chief judge will be
THE!
Tsubame
Mizusaki
Looking for actors!
T s u b a m e M i z u s a k i
Voice Actor Auditions!!
Work Dates How to Apply Where to Go
Shiro Hibiki Advance Tickets Now on Sale!
Audition
Voice Acting
Shibahama
Anime
Tsubame Mizusaki
Math
Audition Submission Audio
Yo Shintani
Fuga Yamashiro
Kure Seiko
Kotomi Ota
Ryuji Sakida
Atsuki Yamai
Shin Takishima
Shuta Kanbe
Hanako Sato
Takumi Minami
Masaaki Yuasa
Shoko Takahata
Mizuki Kiyama
Kentaro Aiba
Rie Misumi
Ryoko Tanaka
Haruno Yoshioka
Kohei Sakita
Hiroyuki Saito
Asami Murakoshi
Kai Fujisawa
Toma Kimura
Ikki Kawamura
Daichi Nabeta
Audition Response List
Role
Name
Job Experience
Unique Talent
Kanamori
Mizusaki Comment
Yo Shintani Monk Fuga Yamashiro Lots of free time Kure Seiko Fortune-Teller Abel Gongora Illustrator Lots of stamina Kotomi Ota Restaurant Worker Ryuji Sakida Freelancer Joan Chung English Teacher Atsuki Yamai Freelancer Rachel Eunji Choi Astronaut Trilingual Shin Takishima Civil Servant Shuta Kanbe Video Creator Lots of free time Hanako Sato Pianist Takumi Minami Economic Analyst Batiste Perron Graphic Designer Masaaki Yuasa Pâtissier Confident in his voice Shoko Takahata Psychologist Mizuki Kiyama Bathhouse Clerk Kentaro Aiba Singer-Songwriter Good at impressions Eunyoung Choi Hyper Media Creator Rie Misumi Gourmet Ryoko Tanaka Pearl Craftsworker Haruno Yoshioka Sexing Baby Chicks Kohei Sakita Matagi Hunter Tough Yang Changjik Exchange student Lots of free time Hiroyuki Saito Systems Engineer Asami Murakoshi Former Art School Student Kai Fujisawa Archaeologist Well-spoken Toma Kimura Fisherman Ikki Kawamura Stand Up Comedian, Blogger Lots of free time
Daichi Nabeta Hot Springs Sommelier Akane Sakagaki Golf Ball Diver Rodrigo Makoto Matsumoto Suit Actor Can do stunts Eri Kinoshita Carrot Farmer Takumi Matsumoto Radio Personality Hiroki Koshida Cameraman Shinnosuke Saito Worked at a Bakery Satsuki Watanabe Copywriter Hiroaki Hashimoto Game Music Composer Has stamina Dorian-Niels Leclair Barista Kenji Maeba Worked at a Hotel Yumeno Hoshi Mountaineer Kohei Shindo Soccer Club Captain Lots of free time Nick McKergow Pro Gamer Can speak English Yoshie Ezaki Dental Hygienist Masamichi Takemura Truck Driver Can do improv Mari Motohashi Technical Sound Arranger Kanon Obata Basketball Player Loud Voice Karin Noguchi Udon Shop Owner Takashi Mizukami Taxi Driver
00_Confirmed
How are things proceeding, Asakusa?
Bit by bit.
Ideally, we'd be able to include a lot references to the real Shibahama...
Canals
Sandy Coast/Pine Forest
Gantry Cranes
Containers
Lighthouse
Waterways
Bridge
Other Side of Coast
Harbor
Very impressive.
You see, Kanamoney, once you're directing your third production,
you start to understand what the people want.
And where are we with the story, Director?
Got it right here!
An enemy prisoner of war comes to understand human kindness,
changes sides, and fights alongside humanity!
Soldier smiles, but can't talk
Can I stop you for a second?
What does the enemy look like? And who are they?
They're in UFOs, so they've gotta be aliens, right?
P-Probably?
The enemy fortress appears out of Lake Shibahama,
and has the same kind of design as the human towers. Why is that?
Actually, why were the UFOs attacking again?
Are they invading the Earth?
Figure it out!
Your directions dictate what the entire staff is doing!
You can fret your weird head off, but the clock is ticking!
If the storyboards take too long, that puts
extra pressure on every other step in the process!
Understand?!
I understand!
Asakusa melted her way into hiding!
That sounds exciting!
Let's go to the Sound Club!
Open sesame!
Fully Rotated
Rrrrrumble...
It felt like we were lost in space.
She's asleep.
A kappa?!
No. Human.
You sounded like you were firing a beam in your sleep.
Like you'd see in a space battle.
There's no sound in a vacuum, y'know.
Wheel, dough.
Well, duh.
Wait, is it Saturday?!
Is today t-tomorrow?!
Today is tomorrow.
Oh, crap!
Tomorrow from yesterday, which was Thursday.
It's still Friday.
Oh, man... so it's not tomorrow yet.
Did you seriously think a whole day passed while you were asleep?
Well, I've never napped before.
Wait, that was a lifetime first?!
Were you doing something on Saturday?
Good morning, comrades!
Morning!
You're sure you want to come along?
Why exactly are we meeting up on bikes?!
Because we're going sound hunting!
Let's hunt some sounds!
Work on the storyboards!
And figure out who the bad guys are!
Why are you tagging along on a sound hunt?! That's the audio director's job!
The general director's job is to keep an eye on everything!
Talk big after you finish your own damn job.
I would've been fine on my own, but she insisted.
I mean...
You clearly don't mean anything.
But...
No ifs, ands, or buts.
Still...
No, not still! Moving!
I-I'm just looking for ideas for the storyboards!
It's a hunt of my own.
What hunt?
Scenario hunting!
I wanted one last idea to put a bow on the setup for the project.
I don't mind the company, as long as you help out.
Sounds good!
Why am I here?
Let'sa go!
This had better be productive.
Turn on Lights
This is the place.
Looks like the remains of a generator...
With English brick bonding.
I can see the school!
I've been curious about this place for a long time.
And this has something to do with the Shibahama-UFO Battle?
Probably!
No roof, huh?
The idea is the water comes down and turns a wheel, which generates power.
That's cool!
Six
Five
Seven
Four
Eight
Three
Nine
Two
Ten
One
Eleven
Twelve
Hey, it's the clock tower that we're always looking at!
Interesting to catch a glimpse up close.
This is one of the things I'm here for.
It's kinda like a tourist spot...
Oh, wow! It's a pendulum!
I wonder what this place was?
Looks to me an awful lot like an alien base disguised as a clock tower.
It's so big! And you can see the back of the clock!
I'd wager the owners or some politician thought they'd
fix the place up and turn it into a tourist destination.
This building just gave me an idea!
Twelve
Three
Eleven
Ten
Nine
Eight
Five
It was once a luxurious home to wealthy tenants!
And inside the clock, high atop it, a massive treasure is hidden!
Thus...
An alliance of thieves has targeted it!
They face...
The bodyguard hired by the building's owners.
So a security guard, basically.
The last scene is a duel atop the grass field that grows on the roof...
Stop. Hold it right there.
This is one huge clock!
How about that concept? It'd make for a great 15-minute short!
Stop talking about other projects. Focus on finishing the one you're working on.
What now?
K
There are Ks!
K? What?
You take the "K" from "kinetic energy" and call it a "K-cannon!"
K
It's a DEW the Imperial Army was cooking up in secret...
A Directed-Energy Weapon!
Those are urban legends, right?
But then, it turns out, they're real!
And maybe this is the forgotten laboratory where it was worked on!
Gonna stop you right there again.
Get back on topic with our current project.
I feel a guiding hand here...
This time, we're working something we were destined to make!
Essentially...
In our club room, on the other side of the coast,
the subject for an exposure test was being stored.
Something was fired from this side...
Which lit something in the eizouken club room
that kicked those fans we have into gear, to awaken something!
Asakusa's gone crazy!
K
I just figured out the connection to my storyboards!
A mecha to fight those UFOs was developed right where we stand!
Basically, this was the base for the Shibahama military!
That sounds good to me.
See, Kanamori? This bit of sound hunting paid fine dividends!
Crap, my target!
Everybody, gimme a hand!
K
Kanamori, get the fluffy thing from my bag.
Asakusa, set up the tripod!
Roger Wilco!
Is this it?
Mizusaki, your jacket's kinda noisy.
Really?
Almost time. Nobody move a muscle.
Good work, everyone. That went smoothly.
That was nerve-wracking!
I finally got it!
I'm surprised you didn't have it already.
K
There's an old one in the club's collection,
but the sound has degraded with time.
But even though everything else is in ruins, this bell still rings out.
It's probably just been forgotten about.
It continues to ring for some reason?
That's magnificent!
All right,
the bell that continues to chime for some reason has given me a new idea!
That's enough out of you!
I wanna go next!
Hey, eizouken.
The class president!
Uh, no. I'm actually the secretary.
So, did you figure out what to do about that stuff from before?
The copyrights of works belong to their individual creators.
We'll enter Comet A as the film club,
and then any sales and collection of cash will be done on an individual basis.
Couldn't you just enter a contest?
A contest would be good for our reputation,
but it'd take too long to pay dividends.
An event like this gets us instant recognition, an influx of income,
and market research, all in one.
The eizouken's agenda is production and research, isn't it?
Management is a type of research, too.
The baseball club does that kind of thing.
They keep records of their sales, organize the data, and then report on it.
It's only natural that popularity
would be the standard by which club activities are measured.
You could manage all that inside the school's jurisdiction.
It wouldn't be anything more than a simulation, then.
Well, it's not exactly a model for society.
Schools are a world unto themselves.
Step too far outside of that world, and you won't be protected anymore.
What're you getting at?
Behold!
We're moving beyond simple rotation!
Fans, drills...
propeller skirts, ducted fans, and chainsaws!
It's time we reconsider all of these spinning machines!
What is this thing?
Her job.
This?
This motion is more like a gear.
Like in a clock?
What is this? Wavy grass?
No, it's wavy sound.
You layer it like this, the same way you would an image.
I can hear it.
You knock it around, layer it, clip it up, and reattach it...
What kind of tool is it supposed to be?
I'll think that up.
I've got it!
This equipment is said to be able to transmit wishes and gratitude
from the surface world to the underwater one!
A device (ritual tool) that was created by using machine technology originally designed for milling
Top is a flat surface
Cylinder is made from bamboo, cut into quarters
Jet Sometimes depicted as going up and down
Range of rotation is 90 degrees, won't turn all the way at once
And the water responds in kind by granting the surface world its blessing.
Wing
Axel catches water, causing the paddle to rotate
How the movement works
Axel
Stabilizer
Teeth will catch if there's ever reverse rotation. Lower axles also rotate.
Flow of water
Direction of piston movement
It's pushed in an undulating motion, so the axle moves upwards
The paddles move left and right, like a pendulum, when hit by the flow of water
Raised up by water's pull on the paddle, which is connected to the axe
This device is what enables that mutual exchange!
Output
Input
The tradition behind it is eventually forgotten,
but the technology itself evolves into becoming the basis for
clockwork machinery, and is passed on.
And the bells?
Festival rites.
They purify people of their evil,
and call upon the water for a bountiful harvest.
The chime!
I'm curious...
Does this have anything to do with our current project?
Did you figure out how to connect this to it?
You're really gonna need to decide on the villains,
or I won't be able to make much progress with the sounds.
What about the climax? Have you figured out the identity of the bad guys?
Not yet...
And what are they after?! I thought you were gonna put a bow on the concept?!
I forgot that they're in their own world, too.
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