Shirobako
Director(s)Tsutomu Mizushima
Production year2014
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes26m
CastJuri Kimura, Haruka Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Shûya Nishiji, Yuri Yamaoka, Kotomi Yamakawa, Shinobu Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Hironori Saitô, Masaya Matsukaze, Yoshitaka Koyama, Tsutomu Mizushima, Marta Bechtol, Shannon Reed, Reiko Yoshida, David Del Rio, Kôhei Kawase, John Ledford, Takayuki Nagatani, Shirô Hamaguchi, Yukiyo Kajiwara, Ayumu Takahashi
Shirobako
SHIROBAKO is a Japanese anime series; in this episode the lives of a group of people, who once vowed to make an animated ...
SHIROBAKO is a Japanese anime series; in this episode the lives of a group of people, who once vowed to make an animated special together, are explored.
mild sex references, threat
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman is found unconscious in her home and a person almost loses control of their car during a street race.
sex
There are close up images of a woman's chest, and references to her breast size.
mild threat, sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman is found unconscious in her home, before being cared for by a friend.
sex
There are references to a man liking older women.
very mild bad language, sex references, violence, rude humour
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slaps a man around the face after he shouts at her colleague.
language
Use of very mild bad language occurs ('hell', freaking', 'damn' and 'God').
sex
A man has a figurine of a woman posing in a bikini on his desk.
rude humour
A joke is made about a person not being able to 'hold their pee in'.
mild sex references, discrimination
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A young woman auditioning for a role reads for her part in a mildly suggestive way.
discrimination
A man tells another he is too hot because he is 'fat'.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is brief focus on the large breasts of multiple female characters in a TV show, which is described by viewers as 'erotic'.
infrequent mild bad language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘crap’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’).
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are comic moderate sex references in which a TV show clip shows a running woman in a bikini, with focus on her bouncing breasts.
very mild threat, language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
In a comic scene, a man loses control of his vehicle whilst trying to participate in a street race, and crashes off-screen into a barrier.
language
Very mild bad language ('damn') is used.
mild violence, innuendo
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is brief mild violence when an animator imagines a scene in which police fire machine guns at girls, which is briefly shown in still images.
sex
There is an undetailed passing reference to an anime series called 'jiggly heaven'.
mild sex references, comic violence
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Two men hit and slap each other within a comic scene.
sex
There is a mild sex reference when a young woman who is recording voice sound effects is asked to roar like a monster, but 'in a sexy way'.
mild bad language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features mild bad language ('crap') and very mild bad language ('God').
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm
brief suicide reference
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There is a brief undetailed reference to 'joint suicide' when a man jokes about two colleagues acting like a married couple who will become suicidal after getting in to debt.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man talks to colleagues about the body of an actress, how 'hot' she is and her willingness to wear revealing outfits. He also notes repeatedly that she has 'big boobs', citing this as important; this character is portrayed in an unsympathetic light. There is mild innuendo.
mild rude humour
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
rude humour
A topless man is embarrassed to find people he wasn't expecting when he opens his front door, and makes an offhand comic suggestion that he is being harassed.
mild sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is mild sexual innuendo and fleeting verbal reference to TV programme suggestively titled 'Jiggly Heaven'. A man says he has never 'two-timed' anyone.
very mild threat, sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman is upset and panicked when she calls her colleagues from a phone booth to tell them that she is lost.
sex
There is a very mild reference to a man 'taking notice' of people.
mild sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man says an actress has a 'flirty voice'.
very mild bad language, threat
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man is briefly caught in a blizzard, though he recalls the period later having survived unharmed.
language
Very mild bad language (‘damn’) is used.
mild threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Two coworkers shout at each other during an argument, striking nearby furniture and throwing supplies. A sharp office tool thrown across the room threatens to hit an onlooker, but he is pushed out of the way to safety and the argument is stopped. Explosions threaten pilots of planes during a battle sequence.
discrimination
There is sexist behaviour when a man tells a woman that work is easier for her because she can flirt with male colleagues to get her way. This attitude is clearly criticised and called out, and discrimination is condemned by the episode as a whole.
very mild bad language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In a comic scene, a doll pretends to whip a talking teddy bear in order to get him to work harder.
threat and horror
Clips from an animated television show see people chased on horseback by enemies, and driving a motorcycle through explosions.
language
There is the use of very mild bad language (‘butt’).
mild bad language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of mild bad language ('shit').
brief moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A dead and bloodied pilot is found in a cockpit.
very mild bad language, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is very mild bad language (‘God’, hell’).
injury detail
A man’s exertions cause him to have a slight, comic nosebleed.
Classified date15/55/2024
LanguageEnglish
threat and horror
A woman is found unconscious in her home and a person almost loses control of their car during a street race.
sex
There are close up images of a woman's chest, and references to her breast size.
additional issues
There are scenes of smoking, very mild comic violence and use of very mild bad language ('damn').
very mild bad language, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is very mild bad language (‘God’, hell’).
injury detail
A man’s exertions cause him to have a slight, comic nosebleed.
brief moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A dead and bloodied pilot is found in a cockpit.
mild bad language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of mild bad language ('shit').
very mild bad language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In a comic scene, a doll pretends to whip a talking teddy bear in order to get him to work harder.
threat and horror
Clips from an animated television show see people chased on horseback by enemies, and driving a motorcycle through explosions.
language
There is the use of very mild bad language (‘butt’).
mild threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Two coworkers shout at each other during an argument, striking nearby furniture and throwing supplies. A sharp office tool thrown across the room threatens to hit an onlooker, but he is pushed out of the way to safety and the argument is stopped. Explosions threaten pilots of planes during a battle sequence.
discrimination
There is sexist behaviour when a man tells a woman that work is easier for her because she can flirt with male colleagues to get her way. This attitude is clearly criticised and called out, and discrimination is condemned by the episode as a whole.
very mild bad language, threat
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man is briefly caught in a blizzard, though he recalls the period later having survived unharmed.
language
Very mild bad language (‘damn’) is used.
mild sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man says an actress has a 'flirty voice'.
very mild threat, sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman is upset and panicked when she calls her colleagues from a phone booth to tell them that she is lost.
sex
There is a very mild reference to a man 'taking notice' of people.
mild sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is mild sexual innuendo and fleeting verbal reference to TV programme suggestively titled 'Jiggly Heaven'. A man says he has never 'two-timed' anyone.
mild rude humour
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
rude humour
A topless man is embarrassed to find people he wasn't expecting when he opens his front door, and makes an offhand comic suggestion that he is being harassed.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man talks to colleagues about the body of an actress, how 'hot' she is and her willingness to wear revealing outfits. He also notes repeatedly that she has 'big boobs', citing this as important; this character is portrayed in an unsympathetic light. There is mild innuendo.
brief suicide reference
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There is a brief undetailed reference to 'joint suicide' when a man jokes about two colleagues acting like a married couple who will become suicidal after getting in to debt.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm
mild bad language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features mild bad language ('crap') and very mild bad language ('God').
mild sex references, comic violence
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Two men hit and slap each other within a comic scene.
sex
There is a mild sex reference when a young woman who is recording voice sound effects is asked to roar like a monster, but 'in a sexy way'.
mild violence, innuendo
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is brief mild violence when an animator imagines a scene in which police fire machine guns at girls, which is briefly shown in still images.
sex
There is an undetailed passing reference to an anime series called 'jiggly heaven'.
very mild threat, language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
In a comic scene, a man loses control of his vehicle whilst trying to participate in a street race, and crashes off-screen into a barrier.
language
Very mild bad language ('damn') is used.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are comic moderate sex references in which a TV show clip shows a running woman in a bikini, with focus on her bouncing breasts.
infrequent mild bad language
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘crap’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’).
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is brief focus on the large breasts of multiple female characters in a TV show, which is described by viewers as 'erotic'.
mild sex references, discrimination
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A young woman auditioning for a role reads for her part in a mildly suggestive way.
discrimination
A man tells another he is too hot because he is 'fat'.
very mild bad language, sex references, violence, rude humour
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slaps a man around the face after he shouts at her colleague.
language
Use of very mild bad language occurs ('hell', freaking', 'damn' and 'God').
sex
A man has a figurine of a woman posing in a bikini on his desk.
rude humour
A joke is made about a person not being able to 'hold their pee in'.
mild threat, sex references
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman is found unconscious in her home, before being cared for by a friend.
sex
There are references to a man liking older women.
mild sex references, threat
Classified Date:
15/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman is found unconscious in her home and a person almost loses control of their car during a street race.
sex
There are close up images of a woman's chest, and references to her breast size.
Director(s)Tsutomu Mizushima
Production year2014
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes26m
CastJuri Kimura, Haruka Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Shûya Nishiji, Yuri Yamaoka, Kotomi Yamakawa, Shinobu Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Hironori Saitô, Masaya Matsukaze, Yoshitaka Koyama, Tsutomu Mizushima, Marta Bechtol, Shannon Reed, Reiko Yoshida, David Del Rio, Kôhei Kawase, John Ledford, Takayuki Nagatani, Shirô Hamaguchi, Yukiyo Kajiwara, Ayumu Takahashi
Classified date15/55/2024
LanguageEnglish
