A Tour of the Key Atelier
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 22, 2009 03:50 JST
- Tags: Clannad, Eroge, Itaru Hinoue, Key, Little Busters, Video Gallery, Visual Novels
Top visual novel production studio Key (Kanon, AIR, Clannad, Little Busters!) gives an interesting tour of its undeniably shabby offices.
The first desk visited is that of Itaru Hinoue, responsible for some of the most beloved character designs in recent memory…
Not the most technologically impressive of workplaces, but one undeniably effective in churning out masterpiece visual novels.
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THE GREAT KEY CALLS FOR OUR HELP!!!!
WE MUST SUPPLY NEW SUPPLIES AND MAIDS TO CLEAN FOR THEM!!!
And its Keropi :3
Kinda made me seasick watching this.
And Sloppy as that office may have been, hell of a lot neater than my bedroom. ha.
this is so a super otaku office and it looks really good and clean
i bet it looks similar to a lot of our rooms and apartments
True... it looks like a copy of mine.
A lot of Otaku have clean rooms, you know.
I would have expected something fancier. Oo
Even I have a better tablet than most of them.
And no-one had a Cintiq. >:
I have a cintiq <3
That's to show that gadgets don't make up for lack of talent.
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Judging by that box of tissues by the monitor in the fifth office box they seem to have a pretty nice job.
lol idd
>_> I bet they just have cold..all of them..^^ why would they otherwise need tissues :D
Hahaha, lol'd @ tissues.
I see wut he did thar~
Well, Clannad IS supposed to be pretty tear-inducing.
Depends on what you call "tears" and where do they come from (´∀`)
All those offices have tissue boxes. o_o
There's a thing called the flu. They have it in japan too.
fuck the flu! wheres my hentai!
Yep. it's all for their "post-nasal drip".
Seriously though. looks like just about every web/visual/ad design office I've ever been to/worked at with the obvious bishoujo anime production slant.
sounds like you have an interesting professional life. no sarcasm.
I don't see any difference between my room and those offices.
Oh.. you're right...
They wasn't as clearly shown as the one in the fifth office.
I bet they have something like fappan friday.
So that's what dreams are made of...
that room's made of pure win lol
one thing though, the furniture looks kinda boring... especially with the cubicle dividers...
but the interesting scatter of props make up for it :p
This is my dream office.
prolly the most interesting video posted on sankaku
...to me anyway >.>
A tour of Studio Uguu~ XD
why does every desk hace a box of tissue???
It is spring in Japan, and a lot of people suffer from hayfever....
@ 1:00
I want that!
「返事がない、ただのカエルのようだ．．．」
HAHAHA. That cracked me up.
And having a Wii-mote despite the fact that there's no Wii in the room... lol. And Maeda's dirty room. Heh. Very nice office =P. Also, love the fact that they have so much Clannad and Little Busters stuff lying around. They really love their own work XD.
wii mote for same reason as gun maybe?
drawing reference
Or it could be used with the computer using a Bluetooth device. I always have a Wiimote near my computer to play VNs with.
That video seemed a little suspicious.
wow.that the office that produce my beloved Tomoyo and Mai.i thought it should be tidier and cooler.but as long as they can produce good quality series thats cool
Are you talking about the Novels or the Anime?
Heh, pretty cool. Seems kinda like a standard office, if a little on the small size.
As others have noted, it's cool that even they are into their own work.
I'd be suprised if they weren't lol.
Nothing "shabby" about the offices at all imo, other than being a bit on the smallish side(caused by the stacks upon stacks of free licensed swag they have stacked all over the place and in every corner.
Looks alot like my office space honestly.
I have to work there. That is now my life goal.
So much stuff. And Excalibur on the desktop was funny. I remember how surprised I was when I saw the Kyoani studio in the extras of the haruhi dvd. Such tiny office buildings with people in cubicles on computers.
Tissues make me wonder what they're doing when they should be working.
Reminds me of the kyoani offices I saw on the haruhi extras.
Yes. I double posted.
Wow. A simple office like that can beat so many other eroge making companies >_> I guess its about determination and enthusiasm? *looks at tissues*
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was made from Ryukishi07's home.
That keyboard from 1:50 onwards.... aaaaieeeee!!!
Eh nice, lots of Little Busters loving I see there. Kudo here, Saya there, damn. Thought they'd be more of the Clannad side...
Not to mention the LB bgm too...Sorry for double post :x
Ouch... I was really expecting a fancier office, with all the fame.
Looks like a nice place to work anyways.
I Like offices like these, gives off a warm and fuzzy feeing :3
that's win
lol at the excalibur wallpaper
give me a van and 30 mins in that office please, if you know what i mean
Lol @ home center comment XD
I'm lovin that Rune Factory Frontier at 2:28 lol (currently playing)
Key fails fucking hard @ visual novels.
in before obvious troll is obvious
And you fails fucking hard at troll
If they fail so "fucking hard" at visual novels, I wonder why they're so damn popular then?
If you don't like something, try to keep the trolling for yourself, or you'll get hurt by yourself later. If you intended one for sarcasm, you fail at it too.
I want to work for Key. I want to work for Key. I really, seriously want to work for Key >_<
Their office cubicle have alot of non-work related stuff.Dun really if the staff go there to play or work
now that is rather unexpected. Seeing how Keys always produce great masterpieces, i would have aspect something grand in their office. Surprisingly is quite humble n simple. Hahahaha~~ They have show the other company what they are made from. "Kecil Kecil Cili Api" in my language means, "Small Small Chilli Fire" literally translated.
the voice make me imagining Gintama sneaking around with camera and pervert looks :D
Tissues ftw! I bet they draw, than fap to it. xD
But Hinoue and Na-Ga are both ladies, IIRC. Maybe it's for their male colleagues "Here's some tissue, make sure you don't dirty my pics while you're at it." lol
I lol'ed at Excalibur wallpaper.
Very interesting video. Quite a humble office for a software company that produces some of the best gems in the visual novel/eroge industry.
Looking at that small room of Orito Shinji, the chief composer, you realize this is where all the tear-jerking songs of Air, Kanon and Clannad originates from.
Next to Orito's room would be the boss Maeda Jun's rather messy room, as he plots to make even more suckers (including your truly) moved to tears. xD
And then of course the artists, Hinoue Itaru and Na-Ga, their desks are certainly no less messy than Maeda's. ^^
They're very cost effective if it's the case. No expensive office equipment overhead whatsoever...
Fuuuuuck, i want my work space to look like that D:
Not that I even have a job...
WOOO!! 1:48 in, Na-Ga-san is proudly displaying a copy of Falcom's "Sorcerian". (: They've got good taste, them Key people, yessiree! They not only make awesome games, they PLAY awesome games, too!! (:
I'd love my work space (if I worked in an office) to look like that, not that I really have one for just myself. The video has made me want to collect a bunch of anime stuff now, must save more money for A-kon.
Key Atelier = magic factory =3