

Maeda had thought up the concept for Charlotte long before he was approached in early 2012 to work on another anime series after Angel Beats!. Both Maeda and Na-Ga are from the visual novel brand Key, and Charlotte is the second original anime series created by Key following Angel Beats! in 2010. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed some of the music, with original character design by Na-Ga. A focus is placed on Yuu Otosaka, a high school boy who awakens the ability to temporarily possess others, which brings him to the attention of Nao Tomori, the student council president of a school founded as a haven for children with such abilities.

The story takes place in an alternate reality where a small percentage of pubescent children manifest superhuman abilities upon reaching puberty. Two manga series were serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Comic. An original video animation episode was released in March 2016. The anime aired 13 episodes in Japan between July 5 and September 27, 2015. Works and Aniplex and directed by Yoshiyuki Asai. Charlotte is a 2015 Japanese anime television series produced by P.A.
