<p>According to what I read in <a href="http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?36321-Shirobako-Discussion-Thread&amp;p=290346&amp;viewfull=1#post290346" rel="nofollow">a forum</a>:</p>

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  <p>Ema's Angel Exercise is modelled on the real-life Angel Exercise in the 70s.
  Bodybuilder Tsushima Seiji, under the name of Mukimuki Man (Muscular Man), comically did the Angel Exercise in the TV commercial for a sweet made by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinaga_%26_Company" rel="nofollow">Morinaga</a> and also in other TV programmes in the late 70s. (Morinaga's mascot is an angel, and the founder of Morinaga &amp; Company Morinaga Taichirō was a Christian and learnt how to make Western-style confectionery in the USA.)</p>
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<p>Here's the video of the original Angel Exercise: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpF9V3nQoK4" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpF9V3nQoK4</a></p>

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Please make sure to cite your sources in the future.
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<p>In Shirobako episode 16, Ema is caught doing a little dance exercise on the roof.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlVueWyu18" rel="noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlVueWyu18</a></p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZjLxW.gif" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>CrunchyRoll's subtitles call this the 'Angel Dance' exercise. There's no results for that in english, but I was thinking maybe it's an exercise only really known about in Japan. For the most part, Shirobako has solid references to existing things.</p>

<p>Is this dance a real exercise or was it just created for the show?</p>

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Is there an 'angel dance' outside of the Shirobako anime?
# Is there an 'angel dance' outside of the Shirobako anime?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-06-15
In Shirobako episode 16, Ema is caught doing a little dance exercise on the roof.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlVueWyu18>

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ZjLxW.gif)

CrunchyRoll's subtitles call this the 'Angel Dance' exercise. There's no results for that in english, but I was thinking maybe it's an exercise only really known about in Japan. For the most part, Shirobako has solid references to existing things.

Is this dance a real exercise or was it just created for the show?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-22. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
According to what I read in [a forum](http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?36321-Shirobako-Discussion-Thread&p=290346&viewfull=1#post290346):

> Ema's Angel Exercise is modelled on the real-life Angel Exercise in the 70s.
> Bodybuilder Tsushima Seiji, under the name of Mukimuki Man (Muscular Man), comically did the Angel Exercise in the TV commercial for a sweet made by [Morinaga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinaga_%26_Company) and also in other TV programmes in the late 70s. (Morinaga's mascot is an angel, and the founder of Morinaga & Company Morinaga Taichirō was a Christian and learnt how to make Western-style confectionery in the USA.)

Here's the video of the original Angel Exercise: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpF9V3nQoK4>
> **Comments:**
> **username_2** (2015-06-22): Please make sure to cite your sources in the future.  
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