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Interview: Legendary Anime Screenwriter Mari Okada

Kougeru wrote:

Nice little interview. Can't wait to read her book and see that movie. Outside of Lost Village, I pretty much love everything she's touched. Jose, ANN says she only did 9 episodes of Simoun.

According to interviews and commentary tracks, Okada started contributing to the show following the first story arc (which is generally considered to be the least interesting third of the show). She and her mentor Junji Nishimura - who also directed the show - worked very closely together to write the show's final two thirds, and one of the two of them are credited for every episode after that point, aside from the one where the sybilla provide air support for an all-male ground infantry unit.