I see... Next I would like to ask you about FLCL 2, at what stage is the production right now?
Sadamoto: Aaah. Well, it's another studio so I don't know the details either, but the director was decided, and now I guess they're working on the script. That's more or less where they are. Besides, for the characters, there were talks about what kind of characters there would be, and I just received the first command for the designs. And I've not sent the drafts yet. (laugh)
Are you only doing the designs or a little more?
Sadamoto: At first they wanted to make Haruko's character appear, you know, the heroine of the first series. They wanted to use her in FLCL 2, so they asked me if they could use my name, and I attended the meeting for that purpose. Then they showed me all the characters there would be, and asked me how many I could handle. So... it'll be impossible for me to do all of them, but I'm willing to help with some of the main ones.