Hidamari Sketch
While producing the "Madoka Magica" franchise, Shinbo and Shaft continued production on a number of other series concurrently. In 2010: "Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu" with Ishikura, "Dance in the Vampire Bund" with Masahiro Sonoda, "Arakawa Under the Bridge" and its sequel "Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge" with Miyamoto, "Katte ni Kaizō" with Naoyuki Tatsuwa, and "And Yet the Town Moves" by himself. In 2011, he co-directed "Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl" with Miyamoto, the sequel to "Maria Holic", "Maria Holic Alive", with Tomokazu Tokoro, and he directed "Hidamari Sketch x SP" and "Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Finale" by himself. In 2012, he directed "Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb" with Yuki Yase, and this year marked the continuation of the "Monogatari" series with "Nisemonogatari" and "Nekomonogatari: Black", with director Tomoyuki Itamura replacing Tatsuya Oishi as Shinbo's co-director. In 2013, Itamura returned for "Monogatari Series Second Season", with Yase and Tatsuwa being featured as series directors for the "Kabukimonogatari" and "Onimonogatari" arcs; Yase also co-directed the final OVA series in the "Hidamari Sketch" anime franchise, and Shinbo solo-directed "Sasami-san@Ganbaranai" as well.