[What he considers his most important experience as a screenwriter, relating to
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)] Before I worked on Madoka, I worked with
Ichirô Itano on
Blassreiter (2008), and he taught me what it meant to work on a screenplay, and then with
Yôsuke Kuroda, who taught me the spirit behind screenplays. I consider both of them my mentors.
