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 == 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] 

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 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 cant. 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. 

  
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 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? 

  
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   22:40 13 August 2011 (GMT)"