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Revision as of 20:12, 18 July 2020
Ema Yasuhara (
Appearance
Ema when she attended high school
Ema is a woman in her early twenties who has long and straight black hair that is tied into to parts by small, white hairbands and forest green eyes.
When she attended High School, she usually wore her school uniform. These days, she pairs a white button-up shirt with a white and periwinkle pinstripe skirt. A turquoise necktie is accessorized alongside navy knee-highs, a light grey blazer, and black ankle boots. Around the office, she wears oversized sweaters layered over button-ups.
Personality
But the future is based on the "present": If the present is bad, you won't be better from that on. As a professional, hard-working is not enough. ~ Episode 7
Ema is a timid, self-doubting, and quiet; usually very soft-spoken and meek girl. She can give great advice when the time is right but usually shows a shy personality, especially concerning work that she has personally done and she isn't very great at conveying her emotions.
Initially, Ema comes off as someone with low self-confidence. However, with encouragement from fellow colleagues and friends, she decides to take on more responsibility and accepts more daunting tasks.
Ema does not take criticism well. When she received criticism from Misato Segawa about her dull lines and mediocre keys, Ema began to lose her sense of purpose and will for animating. She kept her emotions to herself until Shigeru Sugie and Yumi Iguchi gave her advice.
Background
Ema first met Aoi Miyamori in high school, when Aoi complimented her drawing.[2] Aoi's passion convinced Ema to created an anime club with others. Working on a project with her friends in the anime club inspired Ema to pursue a career in animation.[3] However, her father objected to this, which forced Ema to write to him every day to convince him to let her follow her dream.[4] [5]
After graduating from high school, Ema moved to Tokyo to work at Musashino Animation as an animator.[6] [7] After a year and a half, she was promoted to a key animator.[8] Initially, she accepted key work that she thought would be less important to the project. As time progressed, she began to choose frameworks that she wasn't familiar with, in order to expand her comfort zone and gain experience.[9]
After four years, Ema moves to a new apartment. She also quits from Musashino, becomes a freelance animator.[1]
Relationships
Aoi Miyamori
Ema went to high school with Aoi and Ema also works with Aoi at Musani Animation. They work in different departments as Aoi works as a production assistant (promoted to production desk) and Ema works as a key animator.
Midori Imai
Midori and Ema both went to the same high school together. They remained close friends and meet up with the other three whenever the five girls have compatible free time.
Shizuka Sakaki
Sakaki is one of Ema's closest friends from high school. She aspires to become a voice actor. In high school, Sakaki cheered Ema on as she expressed her undying support for Ema's art.
Misa Tōdō
Misa is one of Ema's closest friends from high school. She worked as a CG artist and created wheels and screws, but had recently quit that job in order to keep their promise and pursue her dreams.
Rinko Ogasawara
Rinko works in the same department as Ema as star key animator, character designer, and was the general animation supervisor of Exodus. She worked in the cubicle diagonal from Ema's and the opposite of Sugie's. Ema thinks of Rinko as her superior or senpai.
Yumi Iguchi
Yumi works in the same department as Ema as the general animation and supervisor assistant at Musani Animation. Yumi works in a different set of cubicles just beside Ema's. Ema idolizes Yumi as Yumi received a promotion after just two months of working at Musani Animation. Ema also respects Yumi's diligence, speed, and abilities. When Ema began to lose her will, Yumi took Ema out for a walk in a forest nearby the animation studio.
Shigeru Sugie
Sugie Shigeru works in the same department as Ema as a senior key animator at Musani Animation. He is not able to draw "moe" styled art and as a result, animated for a children's anime as the staff worked on Exodus!. His cubicle is to the left of Ema's cubicle. He advises consults and tutors Ema. He's also known as the 3 Day Legendary Sugie for his ability to draw a hoard of frames just in a span of 3 short days. Ema holds him in very high respect.
Ema's family
The relationship between Ema's family members is unclear. However, although Ema's father sometimes objects to Ema's ideas, he will support her passions. Ema also talks to her mother regularly and will buy her parents gifts when she can afford them.
Trivia
Naming
- The name Ema means "picture, painting" (絵 e) "hemp, flax" (麻 ma).
- Ema's surname Yasuhara means "peace, quiet" (安) (yasu) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).
- Her name was based on the pronunciation "Ema" in a sentence with a wordplay: "Won't notice other things" (他に考えられない。 Hoka ni Kanga Era Nai).[10]
Character
- Ema admires the work of animator Horiuchi-san, from Naniwa Animation, who specializes in drawing daily life.
- Ema lives alone and she often eats lunch at home.
- Her apartment is the only one that doesn't any have air condition of the five girls before the time skip.
- Ema draws the best out of the five girls.
- Her character, Benzaiten, appears as a decal on her jet in the Season 2 opening.
Gallery
.png "Ema eating alone (Shirobako Episode 7).png (522 KB)")
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 【イベントレポート】劇場版「SHIROBAKO」は4年後描くエピソード、佳村はるか「絵麻、ムサニを出ました！」. Haruka Yoshimura revels that Ema quits from Musani, while Horikawa's explains that she becomes a freelance animator.
- ↑ Chapter 1
- ↑ Chapter 3
- ↑ Chapter 6
- ↑ Episode 1
- ↑ Chapter 7
- ↑ Episode 1
- ↑ Episode 7
- ↑ Episode 7
- ↑ @ShirobakoScript：「アニメ作品には「えま」さんは何人もおられるのですが、今となっては、他に考えられない。」
| Main Heroines Characters | |
|---|---|
| Main Heroines | Aoi Miyamori • Ema Yasuhara • Shizuka Sakaki • Misa Toudou • Midori Imai |
| Relatives | Aoi's mother • Kaori Miyamori • Ema's father • Ema's mother |
| Organisations | Musashino Animation • Aka Oni Productions • Matsutei • Super Media Creations • Studio Kananbun |
| Animation club | Kaminoyama Prefectural High School • Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN • 2014 manga |
| Animators | |
|---|---|
| Musashino Animation in anime timeline | |
| Character Designs | Rinko Ogasawara • Yumi Iguchi |
| Animators | Ema Yasuhara • Ryosuke Endo • Akane Uchida • Hikaru Hotta • Ai Kunogi • Shigeru Sugie |
| Other animators in anime timeline | |
| Freelance Animators | Misato Segawa • Mitsuhide Kisa |
| Freelance Background Artists | Yuji Atsumi • Masahiro Okura |
| Other Animators | Mitsuaki Kanno |
| Former Animators | Onodera • Shigeru's Wife |
| Terms | Animators |