Are you the creator and the creator? I thought for a long time, do I like this series? And it was only after watching the second season that I realized - Yes!
Studio A-1 Pictures Inc. appeared in 2005 and every year pleases with quality titles, gradually learning to draw beautifully.
I say no joke – from the very beginning, at this studio, anime was drawn with a pronounced “brush”, so to speak – to draw casually, but beautifully and from the heart.
This is exactly what happened to Saekano.
Saekano was worked on by directors who put their hands on - "The Abandoned Rabbit", "Kuroko", "Yormungand", "The Cat from Sakuraso", "Torador" and even "Monogatari". Therefore, it is not surprising that the script component is simply at the highest level!
What’s really hard to find is the script. It is simple, and resembles "Bakuman" and "White Box", but the message is different, radically different!
Writer, artist, aspiring singer and inconspicuous girl were involved in the creation of a visual novel by her friend (object of adoration) Aki Tomoya. Everyone had their own reasons for that - someone's growth as a creator, someone's desire to prove their uniqueness, and someone to live a real life of a schoolboy, so to speak - "getting into the pink season."
And a guitarist who just can’t say no to her brother because she owes him the rest of her life.
And this “fun company” begins its difficult path of game creators, overcoming very mediocre and predictable problems that throughout the series try to seem empty.
This is one of the ideas of the series - Don't drive for no reason!
... And everything is done easily and believably, which is why it is very easy to put yourself in the place of the characters and empathize with them.
This is a huge plus of the series.
If we talk about the minuses – this is a small “brake” of the characters. They keep something to themselves when they want to listen, even though they know about it and know that the listener will understand and help. But they still slow down.
Fortunately, everything is made realistically and the characters grow over time without losing their uniqueness.
After the middle of the second season (!!), I noted a small minus in the absence of a pronounced evolution in love relationships, but when I looked to the end, I realized that this is not a minus, it is even very funny!
My advice is to watch! The series will suit many, it is not vulgar, like many haremniks, it is not stupid, interesting and fascinating! As the same "Bakuman" he will teach you a lot - how not to retreat, overcome difficulties and go to your goal!