I te wa i timata ai a Key ki te whakaoti i te tukunga tuatahi o ta raatau pukapuka whakaata tuaono Little Busters!, Hironori Toba o Aniplex (he kaiwhaiwhai i nga mahi a Key) i toro atu ki a Maeda i te Oketopa 2007 mo te mahi tahi ki te whakaputa i tetahi raupapa anime taketake. I tiimata te hui a Maeda me Tobaplex i ia marama ka tiimata te korero ki te ahu whakamua. I hiahia a Aniplex ki a Maeda ki te tuhi i tetahi tuhinga whakaari ka tino "Key-rite, me nga waa o te kata me te roimata, engari i kitea e Maeda i te timatanga he korero nui atu i te Little Busters!, na te mea i whakaaro ia kua eke ia ki te rohe me Little Busters! ki te korero "Kei te rite ki a Keda!", Na Hironori Toba o Aniplex (he kaiwhaiwhaiwhai i nga mahi a Key) i whakaarohia e ia i te timatanga o te raupapa whakaari a Maeda na te mea i whakaarohia e ia tetahi mea nui rawa atu i a Maeda i te mea i whakaarohia i te timatanga o te
e whakaroa ana ētahi atu mahi whakairo rorohiko (CG) mō Key