Angel Beats! Visual Novel Progress: Not Good
I have written during November 2010 that Key’s Maeda Jun spoke publicly to an audience at Kyoto University regarding a possible Angel Beats! Visual Novel adaptation. Visual Arts’ President Baba Takahiro then added on Twitter that in 6 month’s time, progress would be evaluated and the project be started.
However, inquiries by several users on twitter and President Baba’s replies have cast the project’s future into doubt.
Q: When will the details of the Angel Beats! game be revealed? I’m most curious about the hardware.
A: Nothing has been decided yet.
Q: I recall that the original schedule called for the evaluation of the scenario writing in 6 month’s time and only then will the project proceed. [We] haven’t had any information and it has been past 6 months, so I am worried.
A: The reality is it hasn’t progressed that far.
Those two tweets by President Baba has set off a storm of speculation regarding the future of Angel Beats! visual novel. Some call for patience seeing that Key visual novels take anywhere from 2-3 years since announcement to hit the shelves; others are more pessimistic.
Posted on 2011/08/05, in Uncategorized and tagged ab!, angel beats!, AngelBeats!, anime, japan, key, maeda jun, twitter, visual arts, visual novel. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
I’ll keep my hopes up! It’s the only option!!
I was kind of hoping you could ask them again, or keep us updated on what’s the deal with the (hopefully) visual novel being developed…
Any news would be appreciated!
I would ask, but these things only get updated when Key/Maeda Jun holds a seminar at Kyoto University. That only is done rarely, so we most likely would have to simply wait.