Yamaga Mr Yamaga Thank you very much The first of the new shows is called Mahoromatic This series is based on an original comic and we made 12 episodes for this show Since the comic book series is not quite over there are going to be 14 more episodes and that is going to be the end of the anime AQ Is Mahoromatic cel based Mr Yamaga It is cel based and it will be the last one Originally when the project came to be I thought that it was still possible to make cel animation However it is getting harder and harder to find people who will paint the cels and people who will film the cels It seems like the industry is going more and more toward computers and it is getting harder and harder to make cel animation Mr Akai The first series was on cels and it was filmed on 35 millimeter prints kind of like feature films but the second season is going to be on computers AQ Will this cause a big difference in the look of the series or is it going to have the same basic style Mr Akai As long as you are watching it on television it is not going to make a big difference It might actually get slightly better If you are watching it on a large screen then you will be able to tell a difference Ed note Large screen movie screen AT A couple of questions about Mahoromatic Where does the second season pick up in the story Mr Yamaga In the comic book series the first season covered up to the third book The second season will pick up from the beginning of the fourth volume However the Tv series has surpassed the comic book in its speed and the Tv series is going to end before the comic book The author has said that you can t really end it in the same way you just ca nt So the later half of the second season is going to be very different from the comic book In fact Gainax itself has not been given the details of the way that the comic is going to go So we are kind of trying to find our way in the dark AT What was it about the Mahoromatic story that said to you This is going to make a great animation People are really going to want to watch this Mr Yamaga Originally Pioneer had brought the comic book to us and presented the series We did not really look at it very carefully We realized that it was a particular genre called the Maid genre We hadn t done that yet and it seemed a little bit interesting so we decided to make Mahoromatic AQ The ending of Mahoromatic has a very enjoyable dance video sequence Did you come up with that using live dancers Mr Yamaga Actually I came up with it at night and just kind of figured it out I felt very silly when I m did it at night I did a little bit and wrotes it down did a little bit more and wrote it down That is kind of how it was made Ed note Its our impression that he acted it out which is why he felt silly doing it AQ I found it kind of interesting how the ending song of Mahoromaticwas like advertising Did you write the lyrics Mr Yamaga Actually I did not write the lyrics myself Somebody else wrote the lyrics Any other questions 22 40 13 August 2011 GMT