Panguva Key akatanga kupedza yokutanga kusunungurwa kwavo rechitanhatu chinooneka inoverengeka Little Busters!, Hironori Toba pamusoro Aniplex (iye pachake ari kukuchidzira mabasa Key) akasvika Maeda kumativi October 2007 pamusoro collaborating kubudisa yepakutanga Anime akatevedzana. Maeda akatanga kusangana Toba uye Aniplex pamwedzi uye nyaya yakatanga mberi zvishoma nezvishoma. Aniplex aida Maeda kunyora screenplay kuti aizova chaizvo "Key-kufanana, pamwe nguva kuseka uye misodzi, "asi Maeda akazviwana pachake panguva kurasikirwa kunyora nyaya kunakidza kupfuura Little Busters!, kunyange zvazvo aifunga kuti akanga asvika muganhu pamwe Little Busters! mu "Key Busters!", Hironori Toba pamusoro Aniplex (iye pachake ari kukuchidzira mabasa Key) akafunga Maeda kuti aizoita kuti pfungwa yakavakirwa pamusoro musoro musoro wevanhu vakaurayiwa uye pfungwa yakabva pakufamba-famba, nokuti akanga akatora pfungwa yakabva pakufamba-famba, asi akawedzera pfungwa yokuti munhu akashinga kubva kuna Maeda akanga akafa.
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