CATDOLL: Key's famous female artist cries out about her miserable situation and says she has been abandoned by the times

Audiences familiar with anime will certainly be very familiar with KEY, a well-known Japanese galgame production company. Many of its works have been produced by Kyoto Animation and have received rave reviews and tears, such as "Clannad" and "Kanon". However, recently, the famous female artist Hinaue Itaru (Hinaue To), who drew illustrations for these works and gave the characters souls, revealed that she was ignored by the company and was completely ignored as if she was abandoned by the times. It seems that she had this feeling because of frustration at work or biased communication with colleagues in the company.

Hinoue Itaru complained on Twitter: "Does anyone really need me?"

A few days ago, Hinoue Itaru posted several complaints on Twitter, expressing dissatisfaction with KEY company's neglect of her. She felt like a "window tribe" who could only sit in a corner, looking at the scenery and waiting to get off work... Perhaps some people envy this kind of "leisurely" work content, but for her who once invested a lot of effort and made many classic games for the company, the blow from busyness to idleness is a big one.

Many Japanese netizens speculated that the reason why Hinoue Itaru was left out was that her style was no longer suitable for the works that KEY Company was going to produce in the future. Before this, Hinoue Itaru was affectionately called "Bucket Mom" ​​by fans, and her style was once nicknamed "Bucket Mom Face" because the proportions of each character's appearance were strange, with very large eyes and very small noses and mouths. Although it is indeed scary to see this kind of standing picture for the first time, anyway, these works have achieved good sales and have been adapted into well-known animations.

Kanon (1999)

AIR, 2000

Clannad (2004)

"Little Busters!" 》2007

By 2007's Little Busters!, Higami Itaru's coloring style had changed significantly, but he still kept the oversized eyes, and this is still the case in recent years:

HOLY BREAKER! 2014

In January of this year, she also participated in the illustration activity invited by the official "How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend":

Eri pear drawn by Hidori Hidden

After posting the tweet and gaining the attention of many fans, in order to avoid further impact, Higami Itaru has deleted the most critical complaint post, saying that she is unwilling to say too much to avoid getting into trouble. As for how she will develop next, I am afraid we can only find her in the games that KEY is preparing to produce in the future. And the company's signature artist actually needs to find netizens to vent his grievances about his situation. It seems that there are also problems with internal communication in the company...

via: Otaku News

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