IkoiTsukishiro said:Smudy said:
We started this project in 2017 to create a key. It is a group of backwaters. If you make a mistake, the brand called Key could fall. But since I got the right to challenge, I thought I had no choice but to move forward.
This explains the nonexistent 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th beats.
Smudy said:
The Toba producer received the keyword "return to the origin". I wrote a different scenario from the time of game production, in which I used "Angel Beats!" And "Charlotte" to throw in all the elements that could be thrown in as entertainment, such as the start of the war, bands, and different abilities. I haven't really talked about the meaning of "returning to the origin" in a deeper way, but I'm asking for a purely moving story, like when I was in "Kanon" or "AIR". Interpreted and wrote the script.
We sincerely hope that this will be a key step in the new era. Jun Maeda
This actually gives me a lot more hope for this 3rd collaboration. A BIG downfall with Angel Beats and especially Charlotte was that he was doing music for the bands, the opening, ending, and the background music in general. Because of this (which was more apparent in Charlotte due to two bands), the soundtrack wasn't as good overall compared to other Key works. The script was an issue too of course. Angel Beats had too many characters that were all useful but barely had screentime while Charlotte only had four main characters and of those four, only Yu became an actual use to the story.
With this story, it seems to be a simple sad story. So far, we only know of this girl and the guy she'll eventually meet. The synopsis doesn't seem to be leading up to a grand action-packed story like Angel Beats and Charlotte, but rather a simple story. The fact that this story as Maeda said goes back to how Kanon and Air were gives me a lot of hope. It's actually kind of funny he says that because this at the same time feels like Maeda's version of Rewrite. (Rewrite remake next please @ White Fox and then a Little Busters remake. I can dream) I've accepted that Maeda will probably not ever make another Clannad/Little Busters type of story again though if Aniplex continues only giving him 13 episodes.
I think Key in general needs to step away from their supernatural action stories (Rewrite, Angel Beats, Charlotte) and go back to their origin. This is why Summer Pockets is doing well for the company. And given that Aniplex will probably only give him 13 or so episodes, doing another big supernatural story like Angel Beats and Charlotte would be absolutely terrible. Especially if he adds bands and a baseball episode. Let's see what he delivers this time and if we can revive the Key anime brand. Fingers crossed.