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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Samurai Rising – Square Enix: You Guessed it!
Mangaka Pay Tribute to Kyushu
Street Fighter V Enlists Guile
Chinese Death Simulator “Hopefully Won’t Explode”
Re:Zero “In The Nick Of Time!”
Muma Astacia Sultry Succubus Ero-Figure
Hundred Sloppy Kissing Anime
Greek Woman “Born Without A Vagina!”
Let It Die Trailer Unforgettably Fierce
Shinjuku Station Reveals “All Yu-Gi-Oh Cards Ever!”
KanColle Arcade Scores A Direct Hit
Bakuon!! Relentlessly Cute
Fuwary Gymnastics Girl Onahole Frighteningly Flexible
Star Fox Animated Short Takes Flight
Big Order “Big & Scary!”
Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei Really Retro
Monster Hunter Generations Monstrous As Ever
Live Action Naruto Stage-Play Filthier Than Ever
Ragnarok Mobile “Blasphemy Against Ragnarok Online”
Luxurious Shadow Wing Figure
Alice Margatroid Ero-Cosplay by Hiyo Nishizuku Full of Cheer
Sheryl Nome Bunny Girl Cosplay by Mike Super Scandalous
Marvelous Madoka Mizugi Cosplay by Mashiro Yuki
Marie Rose Cosplay by Mike Undeniably Sexy
Tasha Tracer Cosplay Truly Tantalizing
Witch Craft Works Cosplay by Kagune Intensely Seductive
Kaine Cosplay by Yuricha Flawless
Kasumigaoka Utaha Cosplay Pretty Pure
Goddess of 2ch “Another Bathing Beauty!”
Tantalizing Hestia Cosplay Busts Out
Nice, I like the frog :P
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