Aki Itami

Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all Takashimadaira cares about is making deadlines, severely hurting the quality of the images. Shihonmatsu, who has been helping Kuromi, gets angry at the new producer and leaves, leaving Kuromi with a difficult choice: to choose between the quality or the deadline. (animenewsnetwork.com)

Mushishi is a story about a travelling vagabond named Ginko set in Edo era Japan who deals with the supernatural phenomenon known as Mushi. The Mushi are not out to hurt anyone, rather, they aim to survive just as anyone else is. The series are a set of stories of those who have come into contact with Mushi.

A young man divides his time between being an unwelcome guest in the home of a former fellow student and attempting to make lots of money by running fraudulent businesses. Something like a straight-faced take on "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." (imdb)

Takao worships the class beauty, Nanako, from afar. When he is alone in the classroom one day after school, he notices her bag of gym clothes on the floor. He can't resist picking it up. He plans to return it, but the next day, all the girls are commiserating with Nanako that some pervert has stolen her gym clothes. Worse than that, their classmate Sawa quietly lets him know that she saw him take the clothes and will tell Nanako if he doesn't make a contract with her. (imdb)

The series tells the story of the residents of a fictional town called Kurozu-cho, which is under the influence of a supernatural spiral-shaped curse.