This is the adaption of Key's fantastic visual novel that came out in 2007. Full disclosure, I have played the Ecstacy version (the 18+ version). I really love the visual novel. From the music to the character development and that awesome baseball mini-game that exposed me to the awesomeness that is Dorj. But how does the anime hold up to my high expectations. Well, I found the anime quite enjoyable. It is one thing to see sprites on your screen make the ocassional reaction, but seeing characters move as you might expect was great. I believe many of the same voice actors from the game retained their roles in the anime-adaption so that was another plus. The animation was pretty good compared to the art from the visual novel (I've noticed this to be a bit of a trend with some vns being adapted, the most notable example being Higurashi). Many adaptions of visual novels have fallen flat, whether the animation is bad, they skip or try to address every single route within the visual novel, or it was just lackluster story-telling. I've experienced many of them, and feel let down as often it is that I've sen the anime and then played the source material. However, for the most part, I feel that the anime for Little Busters! does not suffer from that. Since the entire franchise was given a healthy 39-episode run (26 for the first season, 13 for the second season, which deals with the "true ending" of the visual novel, something I leave for readers to figure out). I had hoped for a longer s2, or perhaps, just a continuous series that adapted all or most of the visual novel. Alas, that did not happen. But I really enjoyed this walk down memory lane. And the bonus, and it is always a bonus when they do this, they kept or adapted most of the music from the original series (if only they could have found a way to adapt the title screen music from the visual novel, since it is so damn good). It is an enjoyable anime that treats the viewer to a great adaption of the visual novel. And I hope it inspires at least some of you to pursue the game, whether the all-ages version or the 18+ version (forewarning it is a bit of a slog to find that one). Key has a track record of putting out great vns, but this is the first adaption that I can say I have really enjoyed as an adaption. Angel Beats, another good anime by Key, received its visual novel some years after the anime finished airing. I would give this show a 9/10, and I have if you look at my anime list here. An overall enjoyable that serves as a mostly faithful adaption of its source material. I hope this review helps and you too can enjoy Little Busters! in both anime and visual novel form as much as I do.