On Air Dekinai! (オンエアできない!, On'ea Dekinai!, "We Can't Go On Air!") is a Japanese manga series by Kana Mafune, who works for BS TV Tokyo. The manga was serialized and collected into a single volume in 2017. A sequel manga titled On Air Dekinai! Deep was serialized online via Asahi Shimbun Publishing's Sonorama Plus website in 2019 and 2020 and also collected in a single volume. An anime adaptation by Jinnan Studio and Space Neko Company premiered in January 2022.
Plot[]
Set in 2014, the story follows the adventures of Mafuneko, a newly minted assistant director who joins the TV production department at Tokyo Hajikko Television, only to discover that the glamorous and glitzy life of working behind-the-scenes making TV shows involves strange and inexplicable tasks such as "gathering 300 acorns" and "making a mosaic out of the images reflected in the camera lens". Despite being surrounded by chaos, set-backs, and weirdos, Mafuneko struggles to become a fully-fledged TV producer.
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- Official anime website (in Japanese)
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