Ask VisualArt's/Key Anything!

Key News Blog Discussion
#1

Today, Sekai Project posted a thread on Reddit asking everyone to submit their best questions to VisualArt's/Key, with the top 10 most upvoted questions being sent to VisualArt's/Key for a response (excluding any questions they refuse to answer). By going to the thread, you can contribute by submitting your own questions, upvoting the ones you like and downvoting the ones you don't. This is a huge opportunity for western Key fans to engage with Key like never before!

I'd like for everyone to use this topic to brainstorm good questions to ask, and share which questions already on the thread you think we should support with our votes. Let's make sure this AMA is worthwhile!

Top 10 questions for VisualArt's/Key

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://kazamatsuri.org/ask-visualartskey-anything/
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#2

So, off the record, Iā€™d like to bring up some personal concerns I have. I feel like a lot of those 10 spots are going to be wasted on questions that are either too similar to one another, or already have a predictable response. Quite a few of the spots right now are already occupied by ā€œWill you release Angel Beats! in the west?ā€, which will almost certainly be answered with generic PR, something to the effect of ā€œIf sales of CLANNAD are promising, we will consider it.ā€. Thatā€™s a lot of potential questions wasted on what I believe to be a pointless effort.

So hereā€™s what Iā€™d like us to do. Use this topic as a place to brainstorm good quality questions to post on the thread. Iā€™d like us to work together to agree on questions we need to boost up on the thread. But also, as a bit of an agressive tactic, Iā€™d like it if we could agree on questions which we need to keep below the top 10; questions we need to downvote together. Some might say this is a bit manipulative, but I really donā€™t want to see this amazing opportunity get wasted on pointless questions. If you agree with my sentiment, then help me out here. Letā€™s brainstorm some great questions to ask together!

#3

I share the same concerns about the types of questions being asked.

Iā€™m particularly curious about if the English ā€˜Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi deā€™ release will contain the three short stories found in the ā€˜CLANNAD 10th Anniversary Art Bookā€™ as a nod of support to the English speaking fan base. That being said, it would be a shame if all the questions selected were about localizations or other topics which could be answered generically. I suspect Key wonā€™t go into too much detail, and itā€™s hard to tell how exact their answers will be conveyed. Iā€™m all for conversing to determine quality questions to ask!

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#4

Yeah that is a real concern but I still find it really cool that they are actually taking the time to answer questions from the western fanbase and its in one of the more less popular subreddits.

#5

http://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/2pucx5/top_10_questions_to_visualartskey/cn08jov To start with, I think this is a really good question that could yield some very interesting responses.

http://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/2pucx5/top_10_questions_to_visualartskey/cn03see This is an example of one that needs to get downvoted.


And hereā€™s a question I whipped up myself. Thoughts?
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#6

Unfortunately, I doubt we get any good in-depth answers for the creative side of things. The most voted questions so far is will there be more stuff released across the international dateline. Seems like a waste of a good opportunity, all the cool stuff gets buried under ā€œwill we get more animeā€.

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#7

I agree that we will almost certainly get a ā€œwe might consider itā€ answer for this, but as Biz brought up in the skype chat, what having this one at the top would do is demonstrate to Key the huge support there is for something like that.

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#8

Seriously? ā€œWho is your waifu?ā€ on the top 10?

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#9

Honestly, what Iā€™d like to see answered in this topic is something of a factual nature. Probably because itā€™s one of our only chances to ask them something, we might as well have something asked that we will not be able to confirm unless it comes from them specifically.

For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/2pucx5/top_10_questions_to_visualartskey/cn05gyp kind of shows what I mean. We can speculate all we want, but if they confirm that one character is gay, then we will now have factual evidence regarding it.

Then again, this is a question to the company, which may or may not reach the storywriters. Either way, that is the point I am trying to make. I canā€™t think of anything to ask them in that regard yet >_<

#10

Things are starting to shift around a little. Iā€™ve spent a lot of time responding to comments that either I believe are really worthwhile questions, or arenā€™t. Youā€™ll see my face in the thread plenty of times :stuck_out_tongue:

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#11

Sidenote: How do I get a face in /r/visualnovels? (and any other subreddit that uses avatars)

#12

Just click the (edit) button. Works on most subreddits with flairs.

Edit: Katarou best Rewrite

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#13

Yeahhhā€¦ Showing no interest in AB! looks pretty bad.

#14

5 hours til the AMA closes. Top 10 right now isnā€™t toooo bad. Thereā€™s a couple of questions Iā€™m sad didnā€™t get higher (like mine, ahaha), but Iā€™m pretty happy with what we have right now.

#15

http://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/2rops9/visualartskey_questions_answered/ Answers inbound! Looks like they denied answering some questions (lol waifu) and reworded some others

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