Kinoko Nasu
Kinoko Nasu was inspired in late 1995 by the first episode of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" to write a novel, something he had been thinking of doing since he was in high school. Nasu originally wrote "Mahōtsukai no Yoru" on the spur of the moment as a roughly 400-page novel in winter 1996. He tried to enter it into several writing competitions, but was ultimately unsuccessful, leaving the work merely being passed around by his friends. Later, Nasu planned to submit it to Fujimi Shobo, but had difficulty keeping the page count under 350 pages, and left the novel unreleased. After forming Type-Moon with Takashi Takeuchi and releasing several projects under it, Takeuchi suggested remaking "Mahōtsukai no Yoru" so it could be released before their next planned project "Girls' Work".