>Now, speaking of Anna, did the director have her as a favorite from the beginning?
>Ikehata: She wasn't exactly a favorite, but she was easy to handle. This applies not only to Anna, but also to all Meltic Stars. They have that comic/cartoon style, you know? So, you can do anything with them. For whoever is creating it, she is a very malleable character. With Anna, we could even do surreal things. For example, in the episode where she finds an abandoned kitten (Episode 7), initially, she sees the abandoned kitten and says something like: “Poor thing, right?” So, she builds a giant house for the cat in the place where he was abandoned. She says something like: “Now you will live happily here!”, with a smile. Exaggerated, isn't it? But it ended up working. On the other hand, we decided not to go overboard with the Kiratts and kept their actions within the bounds of common sense. In this sense, it became easier to handle Meltic without these restrictions