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 haere whakamua. I hiahia a Aniplex kia tuhia e Maeda tetahi tuhinga whakaari ka tino "Key-rite, me nga waa o te kata me te roimata, engari i kitea e Maeda i te timatanga o te raupapa whakaari i whakaarohia e Maeda i te mutunga o te marama 2008". Heoi, na te mea i whakaarohia e ia te kaupapa o te mahi whakaari a Maeda i runga i te kaupapa o te kiriata tuatahi, i whakauruhia e ia ki a Maeda i runga i te kaupapa o te kiriata taketake, i whakaarohia e ia hei kaupapa whakaari mo te ahua o Maeda i runga i te kaupapa o te kiriata tuatahi, na te mea i whakaarohia e ia i te ahua o te tangata
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