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ZENSHU
2025 · 1 season · 24m · ★ 7.8
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill. One day, she passes out while working on her storyboard and wakes up in the world of her favorite childhood anime movie "A Tale of Perishing."
Start from S1E1 · FIRST STROKE
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Episodes
E11. FIRST STROKE
2025 · 24m · ★ 8.0
An up-and-coming anime director, Natsuko Hirose, is busy trying to storyboard a rom-com themed feature film, but because she's never experienced first love, she can't seem to progress with her storyboards.
E22. DEFEND
2025 · 24m · ★ 7.8
The prophet of the Last Town, Elder Baobab, decides that Natsuko should join the Nine Soldiers, but her and Luke are at odds. Natsuko tries to figure out a way back home, but then remembers what happens next in "A Tale of Perishing" and realizes everyone's in danger again.
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Cast
Anna Nagase
Natsuko Hirose (voice)
Kazuki Ura
Luke Braveheart (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Unio (voice)
Minori Suzuki
Memmeln (voice)
Akio Suyama
QJ (voice)
Romi Park
Justice (voice)
Manaka Iwami
