Title: アニメージョン制作進行くろみちゃん　日本のアニメ私が作る！２ (Animation Runner Kuromi-chan, I Will Create Japanese Anime 2)
Story & Director: 大地丙太郎 (Akitarou Daichi)
Volume: 1/1
Catalog #: POBE-1039
Release Date: 1/28/04
Rating: 3/4
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I watched this the day after I saw the first one and have to say that it didn't disappoint. Like the first one, this DVD is also aroudn 40 minutes, region 0, and has English subs and includes a postcard. However, it also includes one of the best bonuses on DVD.

So the story continues with Kuromi's boss giving her team 3 different anime shows to draw and not giving her any extra help. So along the way, her boss hires another supervisor to teach her how to cut corners on anime in order to make it meet the deadline, but she learns that that's not the way to animate cartoons. The story has more of an emotional factor that the previous one, but for the most part, it's still upbeat and funny.

Now for the bonus. The producers (I guess) got the voice actor and voice actress for the boss and Kuromi to go around and actually do the job of an "Animation Runner" for a day. So they go around to various artists's house and do their collecting. The biggest twist is when they visit the director himself, who it turns out didn't know about this little stunt. Good stuff. Oh, there's also an interview with the director where he talks about the basis for the show, but having seen the other bonus first, I couldn't pay attention to the monologue. Maybe some other time.

Anyhow, another winner here.

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