Angel Beats!. More recently, he wrote the
The Day I Became a God original anime, which debuted in October. Now he s back yet again, this time with his debut novel published on May 17.
It was hard to know what to expect from
Neko Gari Zoku no Osa (The Chief of the Cut-Hunting Tribe). Its cover doesn t indicate much; it doesn t even feature any of the wide-eyed girls that Maeda s works are iconic for. In fact, there are no illustrations at all throughout the book. This initially made me think that it might be a lot more subdued than Maeda s other works, which are infamous for their tonal whiplash. However, in the end, the prose and plot are very much what you d expect from the man: Most of it is goofy dialogue, and then at the very end it takes an emotional turn.
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Among the franchises announced for the crossover anime, noted
Key writer
Rewrite, and also worked on the music for all of them (including
Rewrite).
Air debuted in 2000, and
Clannad in 2004.
Toei Animation in 2002, and the second by
Kyoto Animation adapted
Air into a television anime in 2005 as one of its first full productions as a studio, and
Toei Animation also adapted it into an anime film in the same year.
Kyoto Animation also animated the 2007 television anime of
Clannad.
J.C. Staff s anime adaptation premiering in 2012.
Rewrite debuted in 2011, with the television anime by
8-Bit premiering in 2016.