[Tuesday, 4/29] Fumiaki Maruto x Tales Editor-in-Chief Public Editorial Meeting! We are holding a talk event: "How to Create Entertainment Original Works"

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On Tuesday, April 29, we will hold a talk event titled "How to Create Entertainment Original Works" at a venue in Yotsuya, Tokyo. We will welcome scenario writer and novelist Fumiaki Maruto, known for his original works such as "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend" and "I Know I'm Late, But I've Fallen in Love with My Childhood Friend," to share practical insights on creating entertainment original works. In the second half, we will hold a public editorial meeting where Mr. Maruto and the Tales Editor-in-Chief will review actual project proposals.

We hope this will also serve as a reference for those applying to the newly established "Entertainment Original Work Category" in the "Creative Awards 2025".

▼Timeline
・13:30 Doors open
・14:00-15:00 Fumiaki Maruto x Takeshi Hagiwara Talk Event: "How to Create Entertainment Original Works"
・15:00-16:30 Public Editorial Meeting
・17:00 Closing

Event Details

Talk Event: "How to Create Entertainment Original Works"

We will welcome scenario writer and author Fumiaki Maruto, who has worked on numerous hit media-mix projects such as "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend" and "I Know I'm Late, But I've Fallen in Love with My Childhood Friend," to discuss "How to Create Entertainment Original Works."

He is scheduled to share practical content, including tips on character creation, points for structuring stories, and what he does to keep releasing works. The interviewer will be Tales Editor-in-Chief, Takeshi Hagiwara.

Public Editorial Meeting

Mr. Maruto and Tales Editor-in-Chief Hagiwara will review actual plots for entertainment original works and provide ideas for improvement. If you download the format below, fill it out, and submit your project proposal via the
event application form by Tuesday, April 22, Mr. Maruto and Mr. Hagiwara will provide their opinions from the perspective of how to make that project commercially viable. While there are no genre restrictions, the projects must be intended as "original works" for media such as manga or film.

[Project Proposal Format]

Also, due to time constraints, we believe we can only cover 2-3 projects in the public meeting, so if many are submitted, Mr. Maruto and Mr. Hagiwara will carefully review and select them. (Note: Although there is an author name field in the format, the public meeting will be conducted with names hidden.)

For projects not selected for the public meeting, we will provide a brief individual review after the event if time permits.

Please note that all project proposals and review content submitted for this event will, of course, be returned to the creator, so you are free to submit them to public competitions or publish them on the web.

※ An archive video of the first half, "How to Create Entertainment Original Works," will be released at a later date. We plan to turn the entire event into an article.

Event Overview

[Date and Time] Tuesday, April 29 (Holiday) 14:00-17:00
[Venue] note place
[Capacity] 60 people *First-come, first-served basis; registration will close once capacity is reached.
[Participation Fee] Free

[How to Apply for the Event] (First 60 people)
Please click the "Apply for Event" button and fill in the required information in the form to apply. The automatically sent email you receive at the email address you provide will serve as your admission ticket for the day.
*If you apply via the application form first and submit your project proposal later, please submit the proposal via the form again once it is ready.

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Speaker Profiles

Fumiaki Maruto (Scenario Writer/Author)
Debuted as a scenario writer in 2002 with "Ripple: Welcome to Blue Seal," and subsequently worked on scenarios for numerous games such as "Parfait: Chocolat Second Brew" and "Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo."
In 2010, he was in charge of the scenario for the romance adventure game "WHITE ALBUM2" released by Leaf, which was later adapted into a TV anime of the same name.
In 2012, he published the light novel "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend," marking his debut as a novelist. A total of 20 volumes were published, and it was adapted into a TV anime twice and a theatrical film.
Since 2023, he has been publishing "I've Fallen in Love with My Childhood Friend, Even Though It's Too Late" (Original story: Fumiaki Maruto, Manga: Yomu) on X and note, and it has been serialized in WebComic Apanda since February 2025.

Takeshi Hagiwara (Representative Director and President, Tales & Co., Inc.)
After working at Gyosei Corporation and Gentosha Comics, Inc., he joined Fujimi Shobo (now KADOKAWA). He served as Dragon Book Desk, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Fantasia Bunko, first Editor-in-Chief of Fujimi L Bunko, first Editor-in-Chief of Kadokawa BOOKS, and first Editor-in-Chief of Kakuyomu before leaving the company in 2017. Since then, he has been involved in the planning and production of numerous anime and games, and in 2024, he established Tales & Co., Inc. His major launch projects are as follows.

<Light Novels>
"Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend," "Only Sense Online," "Boku no Yusha," "Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody," "Legend"
<Character Literature>
"Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits," "Koka Kokyu Monogatari," "Asakusa Oniyome Nikki"
<Original Anime>
"Warlords of Sigrdrifa," "Lycoris Recoil," "Engage Kiss"
<Games>
"Tales of Luminaria," "Link! Like! Love Live!"