The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).

(Source: Anime News Network)

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Studios

• ZEXCS
• KYORAKU
• Kansai TV

Staff

• Yukio Nagasaki — Sound Director
• Hiroki Matsumoto — Background Art (eps 1-2)
• Takuya Satou — Series Composition
• Yoshihiro Ike — Music
• Takayuki Noguchi — Animation Director (ep 1)
• Hiroyuki Aoyama — Character Design
• Sarah Emi Bridcutt — Insert Song Performance ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
• You Taichi — Insert Song Arrangment ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4), Insert Song Performance ("Jishozukuri no Uta: We Are Jisho-tans"; ep 4)
• Yuka Hirama — Art Director
• Toshimasa Kuroyanagi — Director
• Akiko Watanabe — Theme Song Lyrics (ED)
• Haruko Kumota — Original Character Design