Background artists specialize in the backgrounds for animation. Unlike key animators, who draw each frame one by one to make things move, they work on images that don't move.
Key animators are responsible for the parts of the scene that move.
Only at the end are the two groups' materials combined.
That means animated shots can never be as free as live-action ones. For a tracking shot, a rotating shot, or a horizontal pan, if you want the background to move with the camera, the key animators have to draw the background layer too. That's what they call a "background animation."
But that was such a pain!
Although Gu Xue had used a tracking shot following the protagonist as she ran in episode six of Ore-sama, and had drawn the background layer herself, that had only been a plain.
The circus Gu Xue was designing now had the protagonist darting around among skyscrapers at the beginning, before moving into the sky...
If she had to rely on her imagination alone to draw such complicated background animation, Gu Xue was afraid she'd work herself to death.
As for the in-betweening, she was only worried about the animation staff's skill. It was a giant robot, after all. Even if Gu Xue drew in the rough outlines and positions for them to use as a guide, she couldn't be sure they'd do a good job.
"Miss Mihara, I regret this." Looking at the storyboard on her desk, Gu Xue suddenly turned to her with a miserable expression.
This was such a pain.
"..." Mihara Chisa fell silent for a moment, then said, "Do you need me to negotiate with the other side?"
"No, that's not necessary." Gu Xue sighed.
She just wanted someone to vent to.
As for how to solve the two