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If you're curious about the imageboards: they were all drawn by Miki Takeshita after the scenario was written as the first visualization of this work, before any storyboarding. Easy to tell they played an important role defining not just the Hoshiai's mood but even body language
Hoshiai's Kanako speaks to the soul of *all* artists devoted to careers that aren't deemed respectable, but you can tell she particularly channels the frustrations of a very frowned upon field like anime creators & Hoshiai's own crew. She's basically redrawing their imageboards