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Oh, I just realized that they gave two interviews to different magazines. But let's do the one I linked first.

This one almost exclusively focuses on the first season. The second season is not mentioned.

AnimeY: How do you approach the adaptation of an already successful manga?

Morita (director): First, I want to stress that the first and second season were approached in different ways. For a start, you must grasp the concept of the original work, look at the manga and find the great spots. Then we planned the first season while consulting Ishida. In this season, we first focused on Kaneki when his hair was still black. With Ishida's consent, I switched the order of some sequences. Like that, Tsukiyama's story was moved to the front, while Hinami's was pushed further back. You have to keep in mind that we're working with moving images here. You have to adapt the original in such a way that it is visually appealing.

AnimeY: To what extend did you communicate with Ishida on the course of the anime?

Morita: From the beginning, since the first meeting, I was surprised how willing he was to cooperate with us. We agreed that we should focus on Kaneki at the start, so that we can characterize him better. Communication went smoothly, even though is living in Fukuoka. Because we could not actually meet in person because of the long distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo, we regularly skyped, so I have a good feeling about this. The writers [Note: I thought it's just one? Maybe some translation issue to German?] had to suffer a lot because of their heavy involvement in this project. The screenplay meetings were very labor-intensive. We had meetings to discuss the screenplays deep into the night twice a week.