The future of the Oreimo
(Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii wake ga nai!) anime's second season was decided on stage at Dengeki Bunko Autumn
Festival 2012 today by Ayana Taketatsu (voice of Kirino), Kana Hanazawa
(Kuroneko), creator (author Tsukasa Fushimi), as well as staff from both
Aniplex (publisher) and Dengeki Bunko (publisher of the light novels).
The meeting's agenda kicked off with discussion of when to air season
two. October was immediately rejected since the re-edited "True Route"
version of the first season just kicked off its run on Friday. Spring
was mentioned as an option since both Taketatsu and Hanazawa like that
season, but in the end they decided they needed to know more about the
production status before deciding an air date. This entailed the
revelation that A-1 Pictures (a subsidiary of Aniplex) will be animating
season two instead of AIC Build for scheduling reasons. However, it
sounds like the original staff members will be gathered together for the
project.
Once they got that announcement out of the way, they arrived at the
April 2013 premiere of season two, with the note that taking that amount
of time will mean the show will look better.
Next everyone spent some time brain storming character tie-ups. You may remember Kirino's Chiba Mazda campaign,
and there was also a successful collaboration that resulted (it was
announced) in a new record of 8,400 commemorative ticket sales for Chiba
Urban Monorail. The idea of "Kiririn P" (P for Produced) projects was
introduced. Taketatsu thought a Kirino-produced clothing line would be
cool, and Hanazawa added that Kuroneko could do a collaboration with a
goth loli fashion magazine. They're also looking for more ways to stay
tight with Chiba.
Source: Crunchyroll.